Taizo Yoshida
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 2006 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 82 kg, 87 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Taizo Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 泰造, born 24 April 2006) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 87 kg event at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.[1] He is also a world champion at both the under-17 and under-20 levels and won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Yoshida emerged as one of Japan's leading young Greco-Roman wrestlers in 2023, when he won the gold medal in the 80 kg category at the U17 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2024, he won the 82 kg title at the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Later that year, he became one of the few high school students to win a men's title at Japan's Emperor's Cup All-Japan Championships, taking the Greco-Roman 82 kg title.[3][4]
At the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Yoshida won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 82 kg event. He defeated Adlet Tiuliubaev of Russia in the bronze-medal match, earning his first senior world championship medal. He also won bronze medals at the 2024 and 2025 U20 World Championships in the 82 kg category.[3][5]
In August 2026, Yoshida won the gold medal in the 87 kg category at the U20 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. He defeated Iurik Petrosian of Armenia 8–0 in the final, becoming Japan's first U20 world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.[3]
At the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Yoshida competed in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg event. He defeated Callum Roberts of the Philippines 10–0 in the second round and Sunil Kumar of India 11–0 in the semi-final. In the final, he defeated defending Asian champion Asan Zhanyshov of Kyrgyzstan 11–1 to win the gold medal. The victory made him the youngest Japanese men's Greco-Roman Asian Games champion at the time.[2][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Shoichiro Momose, Yomiuri Shimbun Sportwriter. "Asian Games 2026: Rising Star Yoshida Wins Gold In Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- 1 2 "Yoshida Dominates to Asian Games Gold in Major Step Up". United World Wrestling. 30 September 2026. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Yoshida Wins First-Ever Greco-Roman U20 World Title for Japan". United World Wrestling. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "High schooler Yoshida completes historic Japan national title double". United World Wrestling. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "YOSHIDA Taizo". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "【アジア大会】レスリング男子 高松市出身の吉田泰造選手がグレコローマン87キロ級で金メダル獲得「どこまででも成長できるんだぞって証明できた」【香川】". TBS NEWS DIG (in Japanese). 2026-10-01. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "「これ普通なら大怪我」日本金メダリスト襲った衝撃ハプニング アジア大会で歓喜、宙返り直後に騒然「あぶねえ…」". THE ANSWER スポーツ文化・育成＆総合ニュース・コラム (in Japanese). 2026-10-03. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "レスリング・吉田泰造がアジア大会金メダル 世界ランク1位のキルギスの選手に圧勝し初優勝 香川県出身 | KSBニュース | KSB瀬戸内海放送". KSB (in Japanese). 2026-10-01. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
External links
[edit]- 2006 births
- Living people
- Japanese male sport wrestlers
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Wrestlers at the 2026 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2026 Asian Games
- Nippon Sport Science University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese sportspeople