Sorato Anraku

Sorato Anraku
Anraku at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2006-11-14) November 14, 2006 (age 17)
Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan
EducationYachiyo High School
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Known forFirst male to win both the overall bouldering and lead IFSC World Cup titles in their debut season
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 6 3 3
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Combined
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bern Lead
World Cup (Overall)
Winner 2023 Bouldering
Winner 2023 Lead
Winner 2024 Bouldering
Third place 2024 Lead
World Cup (Event)
Gold medal – first place Seoul 2024 Lead
Gold medal – first place Salt Lake 2024 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place Wujiang 2023 Lead
Gold medal – first place Koper 2023 Lead
Gold medal – first place Briançon 2023 Lead
Gold medal – first place Innsbruck 2023 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place Koper 2024 Lead
Silver medal – second place Keqiao 2024 Bouldering
Silver medal – second place Salt Lake 2023 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Innsbruck 2024 Bouldering
Bronze medal – third place Wujiang 2024 Lead
Bronze medal – third place Chamonix 2023 Lead
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bouldering
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Combined

Sorato Anraku (安楽 宙斗, Anraku Sorato, born November 14, 2006)[1] is a Japanese rock climber who specializes in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. In 2023, Anraku became the first climber to win both the Lead Overall World Cup and Boulder Overall World Cup in his debut senior season.[2] He also won the gold medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2022 Asian Games, held in October 2023.[3] He won the silver medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]

  1. ^ "ANRAKU Sorato". Olympics. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Sorato Anraku and Ai Mori win as Japan dominates lead World Cup meet". The Japan Times. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. ^ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (October 6, 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Japan's 16-year-old Anraku Sorato strikes gold in men's boulder & lead competition". Olympics. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Sport Climbing Men's Boulder & Lead. Individual Medals and Ranking". Paris Olympics 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-09.