Hiroyuki Akimoto

Hiroyuki Akimoto
Personal information
Native name
秋本 啓之
Born31 January 1986 (1986-01-31) (age 40)
OccupationJudoka
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍73 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ. (2010)
Asian Champ. (2010, 2014)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2010 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou ‍–‍73 kg
2014 Incheon ‍–‍73 kg
2006 Doha ‍–‍66 kg
2014 Incheon Men's team
World Masters
2012 Almaty ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍73 kg
2011 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
2014 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
2015 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
2015 Tokyo ‍–‍73 kg
2010 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
2016 Paris ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍73 kg
2010 Tunis ‍–‍73 kg
World Juniors Championships
2004 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2206
JudoInside.com32243
Updated on 25 July 2023

Hiroyuki Akimoto (秋本 啓之, Akimoto Hiroyuki; born 31 January 1986 in Amakusa, Kumamoto) is a Japanese judoka. After moving up from the ‍–‍66 kg division to the ‍–‍73 kg division, he won the gold medal in the lightweight division (73 kg) at the 2010 World Judo Championships.