Sosuke Takatani

Sosuke Takatani (高谷 惣亮, Takatani Sōsuke; born April 5, 1989) is an amateur Japanese freestyle wrestler, who competes in the middleweight category (under 74 kg).

Sosuke Takatani
Personal information
NicknameTackle Prince
Nationality Japan
Born (1989-04-05) 5 April 1989
Kyōtango, Kyoto, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country Japan
SportWrestling
Weight class86 kg
EventFreestyle
ClubALSOK
Coached byMasanori Ohashi
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2014 Tashkent74 kg
World Cup
2018 IowaTeam
Japan National Championships
2020 Tokyo92 kg
2019 Tokyo86 kg
2018 Tokyo86 kg
All-Japan Invitational Championships
2018 Tokyo79 kg
Olympic Qualification Tournament
2021 Sofia86 kg
2021 Almaty86 kg
2016 Astana74 kg
2012 Astana74 kg

Takatani represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was eliminated in the qualifying round.

At the 2016 Olympics he reached the quarterfinals, beating Talgat Ilyasov and Zelimkhan Khadjiev before losing to Galymzhan Userbayev.

He competed in the 92 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.