Tomohiro Araya

Japanese wushu practitioner

Tomohiro Araya

Personal information

Born

(1994-10-22) October 22, 1994 (age 29)

Height

174 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Wushu

Event(s)

Taijiquan, Taijijian

Medal record

Representing Japan

Men's Wushu Taolu
World Championships
	2017 Kazan	Taijijian
	2015 Jakarta	Taijiquan
	2015 Jakarta	Taijijian
	2017 Kazan	Taijiquan
	2023 Fort Worth	Taijiquan
	2023 Fort Worth	Taijijian
World Cup
	2016 Fuzhou	Taijijian
	2016 Fuzhou	Taijiquan
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Taijiquan

Tomohiro Araya (Japanese: 荒谷友碩; born October 22, 1994) is a taijiquan athlete from Japan.^[1]

Career

Tomohiro made his international debut at the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he was a double silver medalist.^[2] This qualified him for the 2016 Taolu World Cup where he won a gold medal in taijijian and a bronze medal in taijiquan.^[3] A year later, he was the world champion in taijijian and a bronze medalist in taijiquan at the 2017 World Wushu Championships.^[4]^[5] At the 2018 Asian Games, he won the silver medal in men's taijiquan, earning the only medal for Japan in wushu at the games.^[6]

At the 2023 World Wushu Championships, Tomohiro won bronze medals in taijiquan and taijijian.

References

^ "荒谷友碩（武術太極拳）" [Araya Tomohiro, Wushu Taijiquan]. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
^ "The 1st Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
^ "武术世锦赛精彩回顾 | 男子太极剑冠军比赛实录（日本-荒谷友碩）" [Wushu World Championships | Men's Taijijian Men's Championships (Japan-Tomohiro Araya)]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
^ "荒谷友碩が銀、男子太極拳・太極剣で日本選手初" [Tomohiro Araya is the first Japanese athlete to earn silver, Taijiquan / Taijiquan]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-06.