| Sorato Anraku | |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 14 November 2006 |
| Birth Place: | Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan |
| Education: | Yachiyo High School |
| Height: | 168 cm |
| Knownfor: | First male to win both the overall bouldering and lead IFSC World Cup titles in their debut season |
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 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]
Before 2023, Anraku competed in youth international competition climbing. In 2023, Anraku made his senior international competition climbing debut, opening the year with a fifth-place finish in bouldering at the Hachioji World Cup. He went on to win his first medal by placing second in the bouldering discipline at the Salt Lake City World Cup in May.[5] This was followed by his first-place bouldering finish at the Innsbruck World Cup in June, where he was also given the men's Boulder 2023 title.[6] [7]
He went on to claim his first senior World Cup lead medal with a bronze in Chamonix in July, followed by a first-place finish at Briançon later in July, and second place at Bern in August, both in lead.[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 given the men's Lead 2023 title.[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, where he won silver.
| Discipline | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 | ||
| Bouldering | 1 | ||
| Bouldering & Lead | 1 |
Youth
| Discipline | 2021 Youth B | 2022 Youth A |
|---|---|---|
| Bouldering | 2 | 3 |
| Lead | 1 | 1 |
Senior
| Discipline | Bern 2023 |
|---|---|
| Lead | 2 |
| Bouldering | 4 |
| Bouldering & Lead | 4 |
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |