Satone Yoshida

Satone Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 智音, Hepburn: Yoshida Satone); born May 22, 2004)^[1] is a Japanese competition climber who specializes in competition lead climbing.

Satone Yoshida

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(2004-05-22) May 22, 2004 (age 21) Nara, Japan
Education	Setsunan University
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber	Competition lead climbing
Highest grade	Redpoint: 9a+ (5.15a)
Medal record Men's competition climbing Representing  Japan World Championships Seoul 2025 Lead World Cup (Overall) 2025 Lead World Cup (Event) Bali 2025 Lead Briançon 2024 Lead Madrid 2025 Lead Briançon 2023 Lead Asian Championships Tai'an 2024 Lead
Updated on September 7, 2025

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Yoshida made his senior international competition climbing debut in 2021. He placed sixth at the World Cup event in Kranj, Slovenia.^[2] Yoshida won his first IFSC international senior-level medal in July 2023 as part of the all-Japanese podium.^[3]

In July 2024, Yoshida collected a silver medal at the World Cup event in Briançon, Japan.^[4]

In 2025, Yoshida won his first World Cup gold medal in the men's lead final in Bali.^[5][6] He maintained his consistency as a finalist, securing bronze at the Madrid Lead World Cup.^[7] In September, Yoshida secured the silver medal in the lead discipline at the 2025 World Championships, thereby becoming only the third Japanese male climber to accomplish this distinction.^[8]

Rankings

World Cup

Discipline[9]	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Lead	17	7	6	7	3

World Championships

Discipline	Moscow 2021	Seoul 2025
Lead	12	2

Japan Cup

Discipline[10]	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2025
Lead	57	2	1	2	3	6

Notable ascents

Redpointed routes

5.15a (9a+)

• Biographie, August 2025^[11]