Takuto Otoguro
| Takuto Otoguro medal table |
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|---|---|---|
| Japan | ||
| World Championship | ||
| gold | 2018 Budapest | up to 65 kg |
| Asian Championship | ||
| gold | 2020 New Delhi | up to 65 kg |
| Junior World Championships | ||
| gold | 2015 Sarajevo | up to 54 kg cadets |
Takuto Otoguro ( Japanese 乙 黒 拓 斗 , Otoguro Takuto ; born December 13, 1998 in Yamanashi Prefecture ) is a Japanese wrestler . In 2018 he became world champion in free style in the weight class up to 65 kg body weight.
Career
Takuto Otoguro began wrestling as a young student. He comes from a family of wrestlers, and his older brother Keisuko Otoguro is one of the best Japanese freestyle wrestlers. After transferring to Teikyo High School (secondary school) in Tokyo, he quickly became one of the best young Japanese wrestlers. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 he was Japanese high school master in the weight classes up to 50 kg, 55 kg and 60 kg body weight. He has been attending Yamanashi Gaksun University in Tokyo since 2017 and starts for the university's wrestling club.
With a good placement at the Japanese Championship 2017, he qualified for participation in the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, which took place in June 2018. To the surprise of many, he won this tournament in the weight class up to 65 kg in front of the Olympic silver medalist Rei Higuchi , whom he defeated in the final with 6-0 points. In July 2018, he had to compete in a decisive battle for the starting place at the 2018 World Cup against the Japanese champion from 2017 Daichi Takatani , who could not take part in the Meiji Cup due to an injury. Takuto Otoguro won this fight early with 11-0 points.
Takuto Otoguro's international career began in 2013 when he won a bronze medal in the weight class up to 46 kg at the Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Zrenjanin. In 2014 he became Asian Junior (Cadet) champion in the weight class up to 50 kg body weight in Bangkok. At the Junior World Championships 2015 (Cadets) he lost in the 2nd round against the Iranian Nader Amirgholi Nasrisamakoush and only came in 11th place. So he did all the better at the Junior World Championship 2015 (Cadets) in Sarajevo, because he won the title there in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. In the older junior classes Juniors and U23 he has not yet participated in any international championships.
In April 2018, he and Daichi Takatani represented the Japanese colors at the Team World Cup in Iowa City. He was used twice in the weight class up to 65 kg and came to victories over Sharvan Sharvan, India and Logan Stieber from the United States. At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, he started in the same weight class, where he defeated George Bucur Romania, Wassylyj Schuptar , Ukraine and Andrei Perpelita , Moldova all prematurely through techn. Superiority. In the semifinals he defeated the strong Russian Akhmed Chakajew with 15:10 points and in the final he came in a lively fight characterized by many great actions to a 16: 9 point victory over the Indian Bajrang Punia . With this success, Takuto Otoguro became the youngest Japanese world champion (19 years old) in the history of Japanese wrestling.
At the Freestyle Team World Cup in March 2019, Takuto Otoguro was not used. In June 2019, he lost the Meiji Cup in Tokyo, which was decisive for the nomination for the world championship, in the final of the weight category up to 65 kg against Rei Higuchi, who sent him off the mat after 5.47 minutes with 15: 5 points. For July 6, 2019, the Japanese Wrestling Association has scheduled another World Cup elimination match against Rei Higuchi in Wako City. Takuto Otoguro won this fight.
At the 2019 World Cup in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) he was unable to defend his title in the weight class up to 65 kg. He won there first over Waqsgen Tewanjan, Armenia, then lost to Gadschimurad Raschidow , Russia, defeated the former world champion Hadschi Aliyev , Azerbaijan and Hadschi Mohamad Ali from Bahrain in the consolation round . But he lost the fight for one of the bronze medals against Ismail Mussukayev from Hungary.
In February 2020, Takuto Otoguro impressed at the Asian Cup in New Delhi. There he won the title in the weight class up to 65 kg with superior victories over Mohammed Kareem, Iraq, Daulet Nijaswbekow, Kazakhstan, Njandorj Battulga, Mongolia and Bajrang Punia, India.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2013 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Zrenjanin | up to 46 kg | after victories over Bogdan Lazarew, Ukraine and Oskar Bulaqui, Canada, a defeat against Fazil Hasanow, Azerbaijan and a win over Deveci Bulent, Turkey |
| 2014 | 1. | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Bangkok | up to 50 kg | before Nader Amirgholi Nasrisamakoush, Iran and Neeven 3, India |
| 2014 | 11. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Snina, Slovakia | up to 50 kg | after a win over Spencer Lee, USA and a loss to Nader Amirgholi Nasrisamakoush |
| 2015 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Sarajevo | up to 54 kg | in front of Abasgadschi Magomedow, Russia, Geworg Abrahamian, Ukraine and Daton Ducin Fix, USA |
| 2018 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 65 kg | after victories over George Bucur, Romania (13: 2), Wassylyj Schuptar, Ukraine (11: 0), Andrei Perpelita, Moldova (12: 2), Achmed Chakajew, Russia (15:10) and Bajrang Punia, India (16: 9) |
| 2019 | 5. | World Cup in Nur-Sultan | up to 65 kg | after a victory over Wasgen Tevanjan, Armenia, a defeat against Gadschimurad Raschidow, Russia, victories over Haji Aliyev, Azerbaijan and Haji Mohamad Ali, Bahrain and a defeat against Ismail Mussukayev, Hungary |
| 2020 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | up to 65 kg | after victories over Mohammed Kareem, Iraq, Daulet Nijasbekow, Kazakhstan, Njamdorj Battulga, Mongolia and Bajrang Punia, India |
Successes in national competitions
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 2015 | 1. | Japanese high school championship | up to 55 kg | before Ryutaro Hayama |
| 2016 | 1. | Japanese high school championship | up to 60 kg | before Kojiro Shiga |
| 2016 | 1. | Junior Cup | up to 60 kg | before Takumi Yoshimura |
| 2018 | 1. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 65 kg | before Rei Higuchi , Hirotaka Abe and Koki Shimizu |
| 2018 | 1. | World Cup qualification in Wako, Saitama | up to 65 kg | before Daichi Takatani |
| 2018 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 65 kg | before Daichi Takatani, Koki Shimizu and Rinya Nakamura |
| 2019 | 2. | Meiji Cup in Tokyo | up to 65 kg | behind Rei Higuchi , in front of Yujiro Ueno and Takuma Taniyama |
| 2019 | 1. | World Cup elimination match in Wako City | up to 65 kg | with a victory over Rei Higuchi |
| 2019 | 1. | Japanese championship | up to 65 kg | before Rinya Nakamura, Shoya Shimae and Masakazu Komoi |
- Explanations
- all free style competitions
- Cadets = age group up to 17 years of age
- WM = World Championship
Web links
- Profile of Takuto Otoguro at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Takuto Otoguro in the final of the 2018 World Cup
- World Championship of Cadets 2015
- Results of the World Cup elimination on July 6, 2019 in Wako City
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otoguro, Takuto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 乙 黒 拓 斗 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1998 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yamanashi Prefecture |