Haruki Sugiyama

Haruki Sugiyama is a JRA racehorse trainer who decided on the job as a teenager after watching Dance in the Dark win the Kikuka Sho, and I find that kind of single-minded path fascinating. That birth date alone means every birthday of his life has been swallowed up by the holiday chaos, which must forge a certain quiet resilience — you either learn to carve out your own moment or you just stop caring about the noise. By 2024 he's well into his forties, and I get the vibe of someone who does the work without needing the spotlight to validate it. I respect that more than I probably should.

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Haruki Sugiyama is a Japanese racehorse trainer born on December 24, 1981, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is based at the JRA's Ritto Training Center, and is the seventh trainer in ten years to win two JRA graded races on the same day.

Name (English)

Haruki Sugiyama

Name (Japanese)

杉山晴紀

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すぎやま はるき

Born

December 24, 1981 (age 44)

Origin

Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Occupation

Horse Trainer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E5%B1%B1%E6%99%B4%E7%B4%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57888064

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Last updated

October 18, 2026

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