🇯🇵 Asia
Japan / 日本 armwrestling graph
Local search name
Japan / 日本
Computed national signal
Globally ranked athletes
These are the 8 unique athletes counted above. Each athlete is shown with their best current ArmRankings placement; athletes can also appear in other classes and arms below.
Yoshinobu Kanai
The Warlord
#8 · 105kg
right arm · global class rank
Ryo Nakao
#31-40 · 70kg
left arm · global class rank
Koji Mekaru
#31-40 · 70kg
right arm · global class rank
Ryoma Okishima
#31-40 · 70kg
left arm · global class rank
Hideyuki Teraoka
#41-50 · 70kg
left arm · global class rank
Yoichiro Urakami
#31-40 · 85kg
left arm · global class rank
Yujiro Shimizu
#31-40 · 95kg
left arm · global class rank
Yasumasa Tateyama
#51-60 · 70kg
right arm · global class rank
Rankings by weight class
Athletes are grouped by weight class and arm, then ordered by their global rank in that class. An athlete appears in every class where they have a computed ranking.
105kg
right arm
Global class rank95kg
85kg
70kg
right arm
Global class rankKoji Mekaru
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2025 — 4th · 63 kg right
Hideyuki Teraoka
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2023 — 1st · 57 kg right
Ryoma Okishima
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2023 — 3rd · 63 kg right
Yasumasa Tateyama
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2023 — 4th · 63 kg right
left arm
Global class rankRyo Nakao
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2025 — 4th · 63 kg left
Ryoma Okishima
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2023 — 1st · 63 kg left
Hideyuki Teraoka
Official tournament provisional
IFA World Armwrestling Championship 2023 — 2nd · 57 kg left
National sources
No national federation ranking source is attached yet. Current data comes from ArmRankings match results and athlete country metadata.
International bridge evidence
This page gets stronger when athletes from Japan face ranked athletes from other countries. More cross-border matches mean higher confidence in global placement.
Irakli Zirakashvili vs Yoshinobu Kanai
Irakli Zirakashvili · 3-0 · 2026-06-06
Yoshinobu Kanai vs Petro Marharint
Yoshinobu Kanai · 3-0 · 2025-11-01
Yoshinobu Kanai vs John Brzenk
Yoshinobu Kanai · 3-0 · 2025-03-29
Todd Hutchings vs Yoshinobu Kanai
Todd Hutchings · 3-2 · 2024-11-02