is a male

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retired

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and 2015 world champion in the under 100 kg division. His favoured technique is

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. Born in Miyazaki, Haga started judo at the age of 5. He won the gold medal in the 100 kg weight class at the 2010 World Juniors Championships in Agadir. In 2011, Haga won the Shenzhen Universiade. In 2015, he won the gold medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2015 World Championships. Haga won the 2015 Tokyo Grand Slam and the 2015 Düsseldorf Grand Prix. Bronze medalist in the

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. Haga's father, Yoshio, was also a judoka. Like his father who was a winner of the Kodokan Cup, he won the competition in 2010 and 2011. Furthermore, he maintains a decade-long friendship with ''

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'' Kirishima Tetsuo, a professional

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* * * 1991 births Living people Japanese male judoka Tokai University alumni World judo champions Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Japan Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Miyazaki (city) 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-judo-bio-stub