is a Japanese professional
rock climber who specializes in
competition climbing
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock climbing, rock-climbing competition held indoor climbing, indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition ...
. She participates in
competition lead climbing
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition climbing disciplines are lead ...
,
competition bouldering and
competition speed climbing disciplines.
Early life and education
Kotake was born on May 18, 1997, in
Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...
,
Hokkaido
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. She started
bouldering
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or Climbing wall, artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or Climbing harness, harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers ...
in the fifth grade of elementary school.
Kotake acquired a degree at a women's college for nutrition and food science.
Climbing career
Competition climbing
In 2014 she won the All Japan Climbing Youth Championship in the category
Lead
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.
Rock climbing
In 2022, Kotake sent ''Era Vella'', an -graded
sport climbing
Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing where the Lead climbing, lead climber clips their climbing rope, rope — via a quickdraw — into pre-drilled in-situ bolt (climbing), bolts for their ...
route in
Margalef, in
Spain
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.
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Rankings
IFSC Climbing World Championships
IFSC Climbing World Cup
Asian Championships
Asian Cup
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References
External links
JMSCA profile
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1997 births
Living people
Japanese rock climbers
Japanese competition climbers
Japanese female climbers
Sportspeople from Sapporo
21st-century Japanese sportswomen