Sōsuke Takatani
| Sōsuke Takatani medal table |
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| silver | 2014 Tashkent | up to 74 kg |
Sōsuke Takatani ( Japanese 高 谷 惣 亮 Takatani Sōsuke ; born April 5, 1989 in Kyōtango , Kyoto Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2014 he was runner-up in the free style world championship in the weight class up to 74 kg.
Career
Sōsuke Takatani started wrestling in 2002. He concentrates on the free style. The 1.78 meter tall, 80 kg heavy athlete studied at Takushoku University in Hachiōji . Now he is a member of the Sohgo Security Service in Tokyo and a member of the ALSOK Wrestling Club Tokyo . He has been trained by Masanori Ohashi since 2012. His younger brother Daichi Takatani is also a Japanese top wrestler.
In 2005 he was accepted into the Japanese national youth team of freestyle wrestlers. Since that year he has also participated in international junior and senior championships. In 2012 and 2016 he qualified for the Olympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro, respectively. In London, he was eliminated in the weight class up to 74 kg in the qualification against Aschraf Aliyev from Azerbaijan and took 15th place. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he started in the same weight class and came there to victories over Talgat Ilyasov from Australia and Selimchan Chadijew from France. In the quarterfinals he was defeated by Galimchan Usserbajew from Kazakhstan, so he was eliminated and ended up in 6th place.
2013 Sōsuke Takatani was the first time at a World Championship for seniors at the start. In Budapest he won the weight class up to 74 kg over Gia Tschikladse from Ukraine and Akschurek Tanatarow from Kazakhstan and then lost to Aliaschgar Akbarizarinkolaei, Iran and Jakob Makaraschwili, Georgia. He finished 7th.
Sōsuke Takatani celebrated the greatest success in his wrestling career at the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent. He won in Tashkent in the weight class up to 74 kg over Ramasan Kambarow, Turkmenistan, Livan Lopez Ascuy, Cuba, Murad Gaidarow, Belarus and Jumber Kwelaschwili, Georgia and was only defeated in the final against Denis Zargusch from Russia. He became vice world champion.
In the following years he did not get such good results at the world championships. At the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas he won over Francisco Daniel Soler Tanco from Spain and lost to Aniuar Gedujew , Russia (14th), at the 2017 World Cup in Paris he won over Grigor Grigorjan, Armenia and lost to Jordan Burroughs , United States and Ali Schabanow, Belarus (8th place) and at the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, where he competed in the weight class up to 79 kg for the first time, he won over Mihaly Nagy, Hungary and lost to Essadollah Akbarizarinkolaei from Iran (place 11.).
In March 2019 he was part of the Japanese team at the Team World Cup of freestyle wrestlers in Yakutsk, which lost 4-6 in the battle for third place against the United States. He came to victories over Fatih Erdin, Turkey, Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta, Cuba and Samuel Joseph Brooks, USA and only lost to Vladislav Waliev from Russia.
So far, Sōsuke Takatani has won the Japanese championship title seven times.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5. | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Oarai / Japan | up to 63 kg | Winner: Uktam Tujew, Uzbekistan ahead of Alireza Eslami, Iran |
| 2006 | 7th | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Bangkok | up to 69 kg | Winner: Saeid Tavakol, Iran ahead of Sandeep Kumar, India |
| 2007 | 5. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing | up to 74 kg | after victories over Dan Palinkas, Slovakia and Iman Mohammadian, Iran and defeats against Denis Zargusch, Russia and Gocha Lomtatidze, Georgia |
| 2008 | 7th | Olympic qualification tournament in Warsaw | up to 74 kg | Winner: Arsen Gitinow, Russia ahead of Ahmet Gulhan, Turkey |
| 2009 | 9. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Ankara | up to 74 kg | after victories over Parviz Mammadow, Azerbaijan and Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes, Venezuela and a defeat against Batuhan Demirci, Turkey |
| 2010 | 7th | Universities World Cup in Turin | up to 74 kg | Winner: Iman Mohammadian ahead of Ibrahim Yusubow, Azerbaijan |
| 2011 | 10. | "Dan-Kolow" & "Nikola-Petrow" Memorial in Burgas | up to 74 kg | Winner: Agil Gulijew, Azerbaijan ahead of Kiril Tersijew , Bulgaria |
| 2012 | 4th | "Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs | up to 74 kg | behind Jordan Burroughs, Trent Paulson and Tylor Caldwell, all USA |
| 2012 | 2. | Olympic qualification tournament in Astana | up to 74 kg | after victories over Lee Yun-seok, South Korea and Gombodorj Dorjvaanching, Mongolia and a defeat against Raschid Kurbanow, Uzbekistan |
| 2012 | 4th | World Cup in Baku | up to 74 kg | behind Jordan Burroughs, Ashraf Aliyev, Azerbaijan and Sadegh Goudarzi, Iran |
| 2012 | 15th | OS in London | up to 74 kg | after a loss to Ashraf Aliyev |
| 2013 | 16. | "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk | up to 74 kg | Winner: Aniuar Gedujew ahead of Saba Chubeschti, both from Russia |
| 2013 | 11. | World Cup in Tehran | up to 74 kg | Winner: Jordan Burroughs ahead of Jakob Makarashvili, Georgia |
| 2013 | 7th | World Cup in Budapest | up to 74 kg | after victories over Gia Tschikladse, Ukraine and Akschurek Tanatarow, Kazakhstan and defeats against Aliaschgar Akbarizarinkolaei, Iran and Jakob Makaraschwili |
| 2014 | 16. | "Takhti" cup in Tehran | up to 74 kg | Winner: Reza Alireza Afzali Paemani ahead of Iman Mohammadian, both Iran |
| 2014 | 9. | "Yasar Dogu" Memorial in Istanbul | up to 74 kg | Winner: Nicholas Marable, USA ahead of Morteza Rezaei, Iran and Jordan Burroughs |
| 2014 | 2. | World Cup in Tashkent | up to 74 kg | after victories over Ramasan Kambarow, Turkmenistan, Livan Lopez Ascuy, Cuba, Murad Gaidarow, Belarus and Jumber Kwelaschwili, Georgia and a defeat against Denis Zargusch |
| 2015 | 2. | "Wacław-Ziółkowski" Memorial in Warsaw | up to 74 kg | behind Alireza Ghasemi, Iran, in front of Georg Harth, Germany and Morteza Rezaei |
| 2015 | 14th | World Cup in Las Vegas | up to 74 kg | after defeating Francisco Soler Tanco, Spain and losing to Aniuar Gedujew, Russia |
| 2016 | 2. | Olympic qualification tournament in Astana | up to 74 kg | behind Galimchan Usserbajew, Kazakhstan, in front of Raschid Kurbanow and Asamat Sufijew, Tajikistan |
| 2016 | 1. | Macedonia Pearl in Skopje | up to 86 kg | before Rene Matejew and Michal Duba, both Slovakia |
| 2016 | 7th | OS in Rio de Janeiro | up to 74 kg | after victories over Talgat Ilyasov, Australia and Selimchan Chadijew, France and a loss to Galimchan Usserbajew |
| 2017 | 6th | "Ivan Yarigin" Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk | up to 74 kg | Winner: Akhmed Gadschimagomedow ahead of Azamas Sanakojew and Radik Valiyev, all Russia |
| 2017 | 8th. | World Cup in Paris | up to 74 kg | after a victory over Grigor Grigorjan, Armenia and defeats against Jordan Burroughs and Ali Schabanow, Belarus |
| 2018 | 11. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 79 kg | after defeating Mihaly Nagy, Hungary and losing to Essadollah Akbarizarinkolaei, Iran |
Successes in national competitions
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | behind Kazuyuki Nagashima, in front of Aosuke Kato and Masakiho Nagashima |
| 2010 | 3. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | behind Kazuyuki Nagashima and Takayuki Suzuki |
| 2011 | 1. | Japanese student championship | up to 74 kg | before Kohei Kitamura, Ken Karamushizawa and Kimitoshi Hasegawa |
| 2011 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Takafumi Kojima, Futoshi Yokoyama and Takaki Yamana |
| 2012 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Kohei Kitamura, Daisuke Shimada and Ryoichi Yamanaka |
| 2013 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 74 kg | before Daisuke Shimada, Ryoichi Yamanaka and Kohei Kitamura |
| 2013 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Ryoichi Yamanaka, Daisuke Shimada and Manabu Kamata |
| 2014 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 74 kg | before Daisuke Shzimada, Kohei Kitamura and Ryoichi Yamanaka |
| 2014 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Daisuke Shimada, Tsukasa Asai and Ken Hosaka |
| 2015 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 74 kg | before Daisuke Shimada, Tsubasa Asai and Ken Hosaka |
| 2015 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Daisuke Shimada, Kohei Kitamura and Ken Hosaka |
| 2016 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Jaijiro Yamasaki |
| 2017 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 74 kg | before Tsubasa Asai, Yuta Abe and Hayato Ishiguro |
| 2018 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 79 kg | before Yajyuro Tamasaki, Hayato Ishiguro and Yuta Abe |
| 2018 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 86 kg | before Shota Schirai, Hayato Ishiguro and Masao Matsusaka |
| 2019 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 86 kg | before Masao Matsusaka, Hayato Ishiguro and Yuya Nichikido |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Sōsuke Takatani at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Sōsuke Takatani in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Sōsuke Takatani Japanese champion for the sixth time
- Results of the Meiji Cup 2013
- Brief portrait of Sōsuke Takatani
- Final World Championship 2014 Sōsuke Takatani against Denis Zargusch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Takatani, Sōsuke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 高 谷 惣 亮 (Japanese); Takatani, Sohsuke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kyōtango , Kyoto Prefecture |