Tomohiro Araya

Tomohiro Araya (Japanese: 荒谷 友碩; born October 22, 1994) is a taijiquan athlete from Japan.[1]

Tomohiro Araya
Personal information
Born (1994-10-22) October 22, 1994
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Taijiquan, Taijijian
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Wushu Taolu
World Championships
2017 Kazan Taijijian
2015 Jakarta Taijiquan
2015 Jakarta Taijijian
2017 Kazan Taijiquan
World Cup
2016 Fuzhou Taijijian
2016 Fuzhou Taijiquan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang Taijiquan

Career

Tomohiro made his international debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he was a double silver medalist.[2] This qualified him for the 2016 Taolu World Cup where he won a gold medal in taijijian and a bronze medal in taijiquan.[3] A year later, he was the world champion in taijijian and a bronze medalist in taijiquan at the 2017 World Wushu Championships.[4][5] At the 2018 Asian Games, he won the silver medal in men's taijiquan, earning the only medal for Japan in wushu at the games.[6]

See also

References
  1. "荒谷 友碩（武術太極拳）" [Araya Tomohiro, Wushu Taijiquan]. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "The 1st Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "武术世锦赛精彩回顾 | 男子太极剑冠军比赛实录（日本-荒谷友碩）" [Wushu World Championships | Men's Taijijian Men's Championships (Japan-Tomohiro Araya)]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  6. "荒谷友碩が銀、男子太極拳・太極剣で日本選手初" [Tomohiro Araya is the first Japanese athlete to earn silver, Taijiquan / Taijiquan]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-06.


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