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
Born	(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 Miyazaki, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
Division	Half-heavyweight
Style	Judo
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Trainer	Kosei Inoue, Keiji Suzuki
Rank	4th degree black belt in Judo
University	Tokai University
Notable club(s)	Asahi Kasei
Medal record Representing  Japan Men's Judo Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –100 kg World Championships 2015 Astana –100 kg Universiade 2011 Shenzhen –100 kg

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]