| 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 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 given 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 given 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, where he won silver behind Toby Roberts.
| Discipline | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 1 | 3 | |
| Bouldering | 1 | 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 | 1 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |