Yoshiaki Ōiwa

is a Japanese equestrian.

"Yoshi", as he is known, began riding as a junior high school student and took up eventing at University. In 2001 Yoshi he moved to the UK in order to pursue eventing trained by Andrew Hoy and in 2009 he moved to Germany. He now trains with German rider Dirk Schrade.

He earned Best Equestrian Athlete; award at the Japanese sports awards in 2005, ’07 and ’11.

Yoshi comes from a family of Olympians; his aunt was an international figure skater and is now an Olympic judge and his uncle won a silver medal in swimming at the Rome Olympic Games.

Competition

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished in 49th in the individual eventing. There was no Japanese team.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the individual eventing and team eventing.

In June 2017, he became the first Japanese rider to win a CCI*** competition outside Japan when he won the Bramham Horse Trials, in Yorkshire, England.