Tetsuo Nishizaki (affiliated with NOMURA) selected as a member of the Japanese national paraclimbing team to compete in the IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup (L) Innsbruck 2025

Tetsuo Nishizaki of NOMURA Ltd. has been selected as a member of the Japanese national paraclimbing team and will compete in the IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup (L) Innsbruck 2025 to be held in Austria on Monday, June 23, 2025.

Nishizaki began paraclimbing as supplementary training in August 2024, and after placing second in the second round of the Paraclimbing Japan Series held in March 2025, he was selected as a member of the Japanese Paraclimbing National Team for 2025.

Nishizaki will continue to compete in powerlifting, competing in competitions both at home and abroad.

What is Paraclimbing?
https://www.jpca-climbing.org/about-pc/

Paraclimbing competitions are divided into classes for visual impairments and physical impairments, and participants are further classified according to the level of their impairment. Nishizaki is in the AL1 class (both lower limb functional impairments).
 

<Comment by Tetsuo Nishizaki>
I started paraclimbing last year. Since then, I have competed in the 25th All Japan Para Powerlifting International Invitational Championships, where I improved my personal best and set a new Japanese record in the 49kg class, and placed second in the men's AL1 class at the 2024 Paraclimbing Japan Series Round 2, and I've seen a good synergy between the two sports. This will be my first international paraclimbing competition. I'd like to enjoy the competition and make it to the finals, aiming for a higher ranking.