View from High Camp, Everest, Tibet
Every climber from Japan who has climbed the 7 summits: 23 on the Kosciuszko (Bass) and Carstensz Pyramid (Messner) lists, with dates and sources.
K = Kosciuszko list (Bass) · CP = Carstensz Pyramid list (Messner) · CP+K = both lists · * after a name = provisional approval
| # | Name (Sort by last name) | Nationality (Sort by nationality) | Lists (Sort by list) | Date (Sort by first list completion date, reversed) | Age (Sort by youngest at completion) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junko Tabei | Japan | CP+K | 28 Jul 1992 | 52y 310d |
| 2 | Yasuko Namba | Japan | CP | 10 May 1996 | 47y 93d |
| 3 | Ken Noguchi | Japan | K | 13 May 1999 | 25y 265d |
| 4 | Wataru Atsuta | Japan | K | 17 Jan 2000 | 32y 361d |
| 5 | Naoki Ishikawa | Japan | K | 23 May 2001 | 23y 327d |
| 6 | Atsushi Yamada | Japan | CP+K | 17 May 2002 | 23y 9d |
| 7 | Haruhisa Watanabe | Japan | K | 12 Jun 2004 | 22y 292d |
| 8 | Toshihiko Tamura | Japan | K | 21 May 2005 | 47y 98d |
| 9 | Makiko Hisasue* | Japan | K | 1 Dec 2005 | 56y 265d* |
| 10 | Hisashi Hashimoto* | Japan | K | 27 Dec 2005 | 53y 62d |
| 11 | Shokichi Saito | Japan | CP+K | 13 Feb 2006 | 51y 218d |
| 12 | Hiroyuki Kuraoka | Japan | CP | 26 Mar 2006 | 44y 235d |
| 12 | Chieko Shimada | Japan | CP | 26 Mar 2006 | 54y 29d |
| 14 | Koichi Oyama | Japan | K | 15 May 2007 | 58y 157d |
| 15 | Tomiyasu Ishikawa | Japan | CP | 21 Jan 2008 | 71y 60d |
| 16 | Junichi Shinozaki* | Japan | CP | 21 May 2009 | 45y 222d |
| 17 | Yasunori Tanaka* | Japan | K | 1 Dec 2009 | 58y 286d* |
| 18 | Takao Arayama | Japan | CP | 18 Feb 2010 | 74y 137d |
| 19 | Tatsuo Matsumoto | Japan | CP | 19 May 2011 | 71y 128d |
| 20 | Kenji Kondo* | Japan | K | 7 Mar 2013 | 50y 250d |
| 21 | Marin Minamiya* | Japan | CP+K | 4 Jul 2016 | 19y 197d |
| 22 | Fumiaki Nishikawa* | Japan | K | 31 May 2025 | 43y 108d |
| — | Chizuko Kono | Japan | K | — |
* after a name: provisional approval; this record needs more details. Provisional finishers count in every total but are not ranked on the leaderboards until confirmed.
Approved records with one summit still undocumented. They get a number, and count in every total, once that summit is.
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