Sorato Anraku

Sorato Anraku
Anraku at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2006-11-14) November 14, 2006
Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan
EducationYachiyo High School
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Climbing career
Ape index+13 cm (5 in)
Known forFirst male to win both the overall bouldering and lead IFSC World Cup titles in the same season. Did so in his debut season.
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 17 5 4
Men's competition climbing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisCombined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 SeoulBouldering
Silver medal – second place2023 BernLead
World Cup (Overall)
Winner2023Bouldering
Winner2023Lead
Winner2024Bouldering
Winner2025Bouldering
Winner2026Bouldering
Second place2025Lead
Third place2024Lead
World Cup (Event)
Gold medal – first placeInnsbruck 2026Bouldering
Gold medal – first placePrague 2026Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeMadrid 2026Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeBern 2026Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeKeqiao 2026Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeKoper 2025Lead
Gold medal – first placeChamonix 2025Lead
Gold medal – first placeSalt Lake City 2025Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeCuritiba 2025Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeWujiang 2025Lead
Gold medal – first placeKeqiao 2025Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeSeoul 2024Lead
Gold medal – first placeSalt Lake City 2024Bouldering
Gold medal – first placeWujiang 2023Lead
Gold medal – first placeKoper 2023Lead
Gold medal – first placeBriançon 2023Lead
Gold medal – first placeInnsbruck 2023Bouldering
Silver medal – second placeInnsbruck 2025Bouldering
Silver medal – second placePrague 2025Bouldering
Silver medal – second placeKoper 2024Lead
Silver medal – second placeKeqiao 2024Bouldering
Silver medal – second placeSalt Lake City 2023Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeBern 2025Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeInnsbruck 2024Bouldering
Bronze medal – third placeWujiang 2024Lead
Bronze medal – third placeChamonix 2023Lead
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2024Bouldering
Silver medal – second place2026Lead
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022Combined

Sorato Anraku (安楽 宙斗, Anraku Sorato, born November 14, 2006)[1] is a Japanese rock climber who specializes in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. In 2023, Anraku became the first climber to win both the Lead Overall World Cup and Boulder Overall World Cup, doing so in his debut senior season.[2] He also won the gold medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2022 Asian Games, held in October 2023.[3] He won the silver medal in the combined boulder and lead event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]

Climbing career

Before 2023, Anraku competed in youth international competition climbing.

2023: Four World Cup wins, World Championship Silver, Overall titles in Boulder and Lead

In 2023, Anraku made his senior international competition climbing debut, opening the year with a fifth-place finish in bouldering at the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Hachioji. He went on to win his first World Cup medal by placing second in the bouldering discipline at the Salt Lake City World Cup in May.[5] This was followed by his first World Cup gold medal at the Innsbruck World Cup in June, where he was also awarded the overall title for the 2023 Bouldering World Cup season.[6][7]

He went on to claim his first World Cup medal in lead climbing with a bronze in Chamonix in July, followed by his first gold medal in lead at the Briançon World Cup later in July. At the 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Bern in August, he won a silver medal in lead behind Jakob Schubert.[8][9][10] He followed this up with two more first-place finishes at the Koper and Wujiang World Cups, both in September, following which he was also awarded the overall title for the 2023 Lead World Cup season.[11] In October, shortly after his performance in Wujiang, he also won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in his Asian Games debut.[12] He participated in the 2023 Asian Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier, held in Jakarta in November, where he placed first in the men's boulder and lead competition.[13] This qualified him for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[14]

2024: Olympic Silver and two World Cup wins

Anraku began the year at the Keqiao Boulder World Cup, where he reached the finals and placed second behind Tomoa Narasaki.[15] At the Salt Lake City World Cup, Anraku reached the final and claimed his second Boulder World Cup gold ahead of Meichi Narasaki and Jakob Schubert.[16] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he earned a silver medal, becoming the first Japanese male climber to medal in Sport Climbing at the Games.[17] Anraku rounded off the season by winning the Lead World Cup in Seoul in October.[18]

2025: World Championship title and six World Cup wins

Anraku began the season by achieving an unprecedented feat in men's bouldering, securing three consecutive Boulder World Cup victories.[19][20][21] Never finishing off the podium, he clinched the 2025 Boulder World Cup overall title — marking his third consecutive overall triumph in the discipline.[22] The 2025 Lead season saw Anraku secure gold in three of the six Lead World Cups.[23][24][25] Over the full lead season, he finished 2nd in the 2025 Lead World Cup overall standings.[26] At the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Seoul, Anraku captured the men's Boulder World Championship title.[27]

Rankings

World Cup

Discipline 2023 2024 2025
Lead 1 3 2
Bouldering 1 1 1
Bouldering & Lead 1 2

World Championships

Discipline Bern
2023		 Seoul
2025
Lead 2 10
Bouldering 4 1
Bouldering & Lead 4 -

World Youth Championships

Discipline 2021
Youth B		 2022
Youth A
Bouldering 2 3
Lead 1 1

Japan Cup

Discipline 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Lead 60 9 7 12 1 3
Bouldering 67 33 7 6 1 3
Bouldering & Lead - 1 1 - - -

Number of medals at the IFSC Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2023112
20241113
20253216
202655
Total104216

Lead

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2023314
20241113
202533
Total71210

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ANRAKU Sorato". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sorato Anraku and Ai Mori win as Japan dominates lead World Cup meet". The Japan Times. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (October 6, 2023). "Asian Games 2023: Japan's 16-year-old Anraku Sorato strikes gold in men's boulder & lead competition". Olympics. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sport Climbing Men's Boulder & Lead. Individual Medals and Ranking". Paris Olympics 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. ↑ McCarvel, Nick (22 May 2023). "Sport climbing: Narasaki Tomoa soars to boulder title at Salt Lake World Cup, Veddriq Leonardo wins in speed". Olympics. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Pardy, Aaron (17 June 2023). "Japan Continues to Dominate Men's Boulder World Cup - Sorato Anraku Wins 2023 Season". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "INNSBRUCK CROWNS ANRAKU SORATO AS NEW BOULDER KING". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "ANRAKU MAKES HISTORY AS PILZ COMPLETES GOAL OF LEAD SERIES WIN". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. ↑ de Villiers, Ockert (10 September 2023). "IFSC Sport Climbing World Cup Koper 2023: Janja Garnbret and Anraku Sorato wins lead titles". Olympics. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ai Mori captures Japan's first lead world championship". The Japan Times. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Mikkelsen, Sebastian (24 September 2023). "Sport Climbing World Cup 2023 Wujiang: Japan dominates final event, as Mori Ai and Anraku Sorato claim lead titles". Olympics. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Japan teen Anraku wins Asiad Men's Combined Sport Climbing_The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou". www.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "IFSC Asian Qualifier: Anraku Sorato and Zhang Yuetong win boulder and lead titles in Jakarta - Results". olympics.com. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Japan's Anraku Tops Stellar First Senior Year with Ticket To Paris 2024". World Climbing. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Narasaki Moves Up On All-Time List With Keqiao Win". World Climbing. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Anraku Sorato claims second career World Cup boulder title, topping field in Salt Lake". Olympics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "安楽宙斗が銀！ 日本男子でスポーツクライミング初の五輪表彰台　金メダルはロバーツの手に【パリ五輪｜男子ボルダー&リード】". climbers-web.jp (in Japanese). 9 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Jessica Pilz wins in Seoul to snatch 2024 IFSC Sport Climbing World Cup Lead series title". Olympics. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Japanese Athlete Dominates Men's IFSC Boulder World Cup Finals in Keqiao". Sports Illustrated. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "Anraku and Meignan take top spots in Curitiba". UKClimbing. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  21. ↑ "Welcome to the Sorato Anraku Show". Inside Climbing. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  22. ↑ "Oriane Bertone & Anraku Sorato win Boulder World Cup 2025, Janja Garnbret & Toby Roberts win in Innsbruck". PlanetMountain. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  23. ↑ "IFSC Lead World Cup Wujiang 2025: Anraku Sorato wins men's final after Erin McNeice and Seo Chaehyun share women's spoils". Olympics. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  24. ↑ "Big Names Win 2025 Chamonix World Cup". Gripped Climbing Magazine. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "安楽宙斗が最終戦でV　今季3勝目【リードW杯2025 最終第6戦コペル大会】". climbers-web.jp (in Japanese). 7 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "Erin McNeice & Alberto Ginés López win Lead World Cup 2025!". PlanetMountain. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Anraku Sorato strikes Boulder gold as sport climbing takes another giant leap". Olympics. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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