Takuto Otoguro

Takuto Otoguro isn't a household name in the way Olympic sprinters or baseball stars tend to be, but the fact that he earned the Purple Ribbon Medal — Japan's government decoration for genuine sporting achievement — says everything you need to know about the level he operates at. He grew up in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi, which is not exactly a wrestling hotbed, and yet he quietly ground his way to national recognition before he even turned twenty-five. Amateur wrestling rarely gets the spotlight it deserves; it's one of those sports where the work happens in cold gyms with no crowd, and the scoreboard at the end of your career is basically a pile of mat burns and hardware. I don't know his exact weight class or signature move, but honestly that almost adds to the mystique. He just shows up, competes at an elite level, and lets the medal do the talking.

Takuto Otoguro is a Japanese amateur wrestler born on December 13, 1998, in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. He stands 173 cm tall and has been recognized for his athletic achievements with the Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju-hosho), one of Japan's state honors. Further personal and career details remain private or unknown.

Name (English)

Takuto Otoguro

Name (Japanese)

乙黒拓斗

Reading

おとぐろ たくと

Born

December 13, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Height

173cm

Occupation

Amateur wrestler

Awards & achievements

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (year unknown)

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/01096taku/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%99%E9%BB%92%E6%8B%93%E6%96%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55391344

Tags

• From Yamanashi Prefecture
• Amateur wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.