Kai Harada

NationalityJapanese

Born (1999-03-10) March 10, 1999 (age 26)^[1]

Kanagawa^[2]

OccupationProfessional competition climber

Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)^[1]

Kai Harada

Harada at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1999-03-10) March 10, 1999 (age 26)[1] Kanagawa[2]
Occupation	Professional competition climber
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Climbing career
Type of climber	Bouldering
Ape index	+11 cm (4 in)
Highest grade	Bouldering: V15 (8C)
Known for	Winner of Bouldering at the Climbing World Championships in 2018
Medal record Men's sport climbing Representing  Japan World Championships 2018 Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup Kranj 2019 Lead Wujiang 2019 Bouldering

Kai Harada (原田 海 Harada Kai; born May 10, 1999) is a Japanese competition boulderer.^[2]

Harada started climbing in 2009 in Osaka.^[3] He started competition climbing in 2015, placing in the Youth A Bouldering Championships and the Junior Asian Championships.

In 2018 he won the Bouldering Climbing World Championships as an outsider, and was the only person to get four tops in the final.^[4][5][6]

In December 2020, Harada's qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was confirmed after a dispute between the IFSC and the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association.^[7]