Kai Harada

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Kai Harada (原田 海 Harada Kai; born May 10, 1999) is a Japanese competition boulderer.^[2]

Kai Harada

Harada at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1999-03-10) March 10, 1999 (age 26)[1] Kanagawa[2]
Occupation	Professional competition climber
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Climbing career
Type of climber	Bouldering
Ape index	+11 cm (4 in)
Known for	Winner of Bouldering at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Medal record Men's sport climbing Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup Kranj 2019 Lead Wujiang 2019 Bouldering

Climbing World Championships 2018 Boulder Final Harada (BT0A9215)

Harada started climbing in 2009 in Osaka.^[3] He started competition climbing in 2015, placing in the Youth A Bouldering Championships and the Junior Asian Championships.

In 2018 he won the Bouldering Climbing World Championships as an outsider, and was the only person to get four tops in the final.^[4][5][6]

In December 2020, Harada's qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was confirmed after a dispute between the IFSC and the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association.^[7]

Rankings

Climbing World Cup

Discipline	2017	2018	2019
Lead	-	36
Bouldering	16	16	12
Speed	-	-
Combined	53	6

Climbing World Championships

Youth

Discipline	2017 Juniors	2018 Juniors
Bouldering	11	3
Lead	13	3
Speed	22	33
Combined	5	-

Adult

Discipline	2018	2019
Lead	10	7
Bouldering	1	9
Speed	-	32
Combined	4

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Bouldering

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2019		1		1
Total	0	1	0	1