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Birth Name:

Dai Koyamada

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Aug 23, 1976

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

Age:

47

Zodiac Sign:

Virgo

Astrology Data:

Sun

0°

Vir

6'

About Dai Koyamada

Dai Koyamada (Japanese: 小山田大, born 23 August 1976) is a Japanese rock climber and known as one of the premier boulderers of his generation. He has also put up or repeated hard sport climbs. Dai was born on 23 August 1976 in Kagoshima and has been climbing since 1993. Despite his shorter stature at 165 cm and 58 kg Dai has excelled at a wide style of rock climbing at the highest level of difficulty. In 1996, Koyamada won the Japanese National Championship. This is the event which allowed him to become a professional rock climber. Four years later in 2000 Koyamada left the competitions, because he realized "The real nature of my climbing resides in crags". Dai made a name for himself on the rock early on by completing the first ascent (FA) of Logical Progression (9a) on 2001 November 27 in Joyama, Japan. At the time this was considered one of the most difficult sport climbs in the world. Koyamada was made world famous in 2004, when he journeyed to Australia and repeated every problem at the Hollow Mountain Cave (HMC) in the Grampians, problems put up by Fred Nicole and Klem Loskot and some of Australia's top boulderers. He then proceeded to link-up the problems in the HMC for the first ascent (FA) of The Wheel of Life (V16/8C+) on 2004 May 12. This climb has stood the test of time and remains a world class test piece for top level climbers. The level of V16 has been downgraded over the years. The second ascent of The Wheel of Life was by Chris Webb Parsons on 13 Oct 2007. Later in 2004 Koyamada traveled to Switzerland and repeated Dreamtime on November 9. At the time Dreamtime was considered one of the hardest boulder problems in the world and is the first problem to ever receive a V15/8C grade. It has since broken and downgraded. On October 15, 2005 Koyamada repeated Action Directe (9a) in the Frankenjura, Germany and proclaimed it harder than any other route that he has climbed. Dai continues to push the limits of hard rock climbing. On April 4, 2017 at the age of 40 Koyamada climbed a new personal limit with the first ascent of Nayuta 8C+(V16) in Gero, Japan.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• KOYAMADA [email protected] (Japanese)

• The Way of the Weekend Warrior

• http://www.project-climbing.com/, Yokohama bouldering gym produced by Dai Koyamada

• http://koyamada.dai.hiho.jp/, Dai's diary (Japanese)

• http://vimeo.com/23101550, video of the first ascent of Agartha V14

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3EJctYJzpk, video of Dai Koyamada climbing Action Direct (9a)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUoFXV7MgR4, video of Dai Koyamada climbing Dreamtime

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Dai Koyamada: Sun 0 Virgo, Moon 29 Cancer, Mercury 27 Virgo, Venus 18 Virgo, Mars 29 Virgo, Jupiter 29 Taurus, Saturn 9 Leo, Uranus 3 Scorpio, Neptune 11 Sagittarius, Pluto 10 Libra, Sun Sextile Uranus, Sun Semi Sextile Mars, Sun Square Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Semi Square Saturn, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Mars Trine Jupiter, Saturn Trine Neptune, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Dai Koyamada: Living people, August 23 births, 1976 births, Japanese rock climbers