Hisayoshi Harasawa

There's something almost poetic about a heavyweight judoka whose signature move is uchi mata — that hip throw looks absurd when you're over 100 kg, yet Harasawa turned it into an art form. The guy from Shimonoseki spent the better part of a decade chasing Teddy Riner's shadow, took silver at Rio 2016 when Riner was at his absolute peak, and kept showing up — World Championship medals, Grand Slam wins across four continents, three Olympic appearances. Most athletes in that position would quietly pivot to another weight class or retire bitter; Harasawa just... kept competing. Nihon University judo program produces serious people, and he's a textbook example: technically obsessive, physically imposing, quietly relentless. He never became the household name Riner did, but in the judo world that career record speaks for itself.

Hisayoshi Harasawa is a Japanese judoka born on July 3, 1992, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He attended Nihon University. His blood type, agency affiliation, and active period details are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Hisayoshi Harasawa

Name (Japanese)

原沢久喜

Reading

はらさわ ひさよし

Born

July 3, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

Origin

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Judoka

University

Nihon University

Motto

Private

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Tags

• From Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Judoka

Last updated

2026-06-02

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