Ryunosuke Haga

Ryunosuke Haga (羽賀 龍之介, Haga Ryunosuke, born 28 April 1991) is a male Japanese judoka who became world champion in the under 100 kg division in 2015. His favoured technique is Uchi Mata.[1]

Ryunosuke Haga

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 Miyazaki, Japan
Home town	Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Tokai University
Occupation	Judoka
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–100 kg
Rank	4th dan black belt in Judo
Club	Asahi Kasei
Coached by	Kosei Inoue, Keiji Suzuki
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2015)
Olympic Games	(2016)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –100 kg World Championships 2015 Astana –100 kg IJF Grand Slam 2015 Tokyo –100 kg 2019 Osaka –100 kg 2015 Tyumen –100 kg IJF Grand Prix 2015 Düsseldorf –100 kg 2017 Hohhot –100 kg 2014 Budapest –100 kg 2010 Qingdao –100 kg Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen –100 kg World Juniors Championships 2010 Agadir –100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	3623
JudoInside.com	70366
Updated on 11 November 2021.

Born in Miyazaki, Haga started judo at the age of 5.[1] In 2010, he won the gold medal in the -100 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships Juniors in Agadir.[1]

In 2011, Haga won the Universiade in Shenzhen.[1] In 2015, he won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2015 World Judo Championships.[2]

He won the Grand Slam Tokyo and Grand Prix Düsseldorf in 2015.[3][4]

Bronze medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Haga's father, Yoshio, was also a judoka. Like his father who was a winner of the Kodokan Cup, he won the competition in 2010 and 2011.[5]