Yoshinosuke Aoyagi

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi
青柳善の輔
Personal information
Born (2002-02-13) 13 February 2002
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class74 kg
Event
Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2025 Zagreb 70 kg
2024 Tirana 70 kg
Asian Championships
2024 Bishkek 70 kg
2023 Astana 70 kg
2025 Amman 70 kg
Yasar Dogu Tournament
2024 Antalya 70 kg
Grand Prix
2024 Sangju 70 kg
2025 Tirana 70 kg
2025 Budapest 70 kg
2026 Zagreb 74 kg
U23 World Championships
2023 Tirana 70 kg
2024 Tirana 70 kg
2025 Novi Sad 74 kg
Japan National Championships
2023 Tokyo 70 kg
2024 Tokyo 70 kg
U20 World Championships
2022 Sofia 65 kg
U17 World Championships
2019 Sofia 60 kg

Yoshinosuke Aoyagi (born 13 February 2002) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.[1]

Wrestling career

National career

In 2023, Aoyagi became the champion of his country in 70 kg. He defended this title, winning once more in 2024.

International career

In 2019, Aoyagi won a bronze at the U17 World Championships held in Sofia. He went on to again win Bronze in Sofia in the 65kg class at the 2022 U20 World Championships.

Aoyagi won the bronze medal in 70 kg at the 2023 Asian Championships in Astana. He also won the silver medal in the 70kg weight class at the U23 World Championships in Tirana that same year.

In April 2024, he won the silver medal at the Asian Championships in Bishkek, losing to Iranian wrestler Amir Mohammad Yazdani in the final.

At the 2024 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, he lost to Kazakh Nurkozha Kaipanov 5-3 in the men's freestyle 70 kg final match and won the silver medal. Aoyagi reached the final by defeating Turkish Yasin Yeşil 11-0 in the second round, Ukrainian Vasyl Shuptar 12-2 with technical superiority in the quarter-finals and Inalbek Sheriev, who competed for Russia, who participated as an Individual Independent, 6-1 in the semi-finals.[2][3]

Also at Tirana that year, he won a bronze medal at 70kg at the U23 World Championships.

Rounding out 2024, he won Gold at the Grand Prix event in Sangju, and bronze in the Yasar Dogu Tournament in Antalya - both in the 70kg weight class.

In 2025 Grand Prix events, Aoyagi won gold in both Tirana and Budapest in the 70kg weight class. He also achieved a bronze place finish at the 2025 Asian Championships in Amman in the same class.

References

  1. ^ "Yoshinosuke Aoyagi profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ "Freestyle – Seniors – 70 kg – Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.