The Japanese climber wrapped up the 2026 Boulder crown with one event still remaining
Anraku Sorato of Japan has won the men’s Boulder Series Ranking presented by Euroholds for the fourth consecutive season, becoming the first climber in history to win four straight Boulder titles.
The 19-year-old clinched the 2026 crown at the World Climbing Series Innsbruck 2026, with one event still remaining on the calendar and set to take place in Salt Lake City, USA, from 16 to 18 October.
SERIES STANDINGS
With one event remaining, the top five in the men’s Boulder Series Ranking presented by Euroholds are as follows:
| ATHLETE | POINTS |
| Sorato ANRAKU (JPN) | 5,000 |
| Dohyun LEE (KOR) | 3,095 |
| Mejdi SCHALCK (FRA) | 2,587 |
| Hannes VAN DUYSEN (BEL) | 2,345 |
| Rei KAWAMATA (JPN) | 1,970 |
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ALL THE PODIUMS IN 2026
The five men’s Boulder podiums in 2026 are as follows:
Keqiao, China:
- Sorato ANRAKU (JPN)
- Dohyun LEE (KOR)
- Mejdi SCHALCK (FRA)
Bern, Switzerland:
- Sorato ANRAKU (JPN)
- Mejdi SCHALCK (FRA)
- Hannes VAN DUYSEN (BEL)
Alcobendas, Spain:
- Sorato ANRAKU (JPN)
- Colin DUFFY (USA)
- Samuel RICHARD (FRA)
Prague, Czechia:
- Sorato ANRAKU (JPN)
- Dohyun LEE (KOR)
- Mejdi SCHALCK (FRA)
Innsbruck, Austria:
- Sorato ANRAKU (JPN)
- Rei KAWAMATA (JPN)
- Dohyun LEE (KOR)
Outside of Anraku’s five victories, only two climbers have won multiple medals during the 2026 Boulder season. Lee Dohyun of South Korea has collected three medals in total, with two silvers and one bronze; Mejdi Schalck of France has also won three medals, earning one silver and two bronzes.
A CAREER OF CONSISTENCY
Since making his World Cup debut in 2023, Anraku has won every Boulder Series title available.
Across the past four seasons, the 19-year-old Japanese climber has competed in all 23 Boulder World Cup and World Climbing Series events. In those appearances, he has reached 16 podiums and claimed 10 victories, the first of those wins coming in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2023.
Furthermore, he has reached the final round in all but three Boulder events, with his most recent missed final dating back to Seoul, South Korea, in 2024. Even more remarkably, he has failed to advance from qualification to semi-final only once in his career, at Seoul 2023.
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