Ryoichi Akamatsu prize money
Ryoichi Akamatsu has been paid $9,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1628th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 2nd.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | High jump | =2nd | $8,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | High jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| All two | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,250 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Ryoichi Akamatsu did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | =8th | 2.24 m | $2,500 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Ryoichi Akamatsu $2,500 for one finish in Tokyo, against $9,250 from two Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2025. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,250 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $8,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Ryoichi Akamatsu in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,250.
Around Ryoichi Akamatsu on the money list
Ranks 1608 to 1648
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ryoichi Akamatsu is 1628th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ryoichi Akamatsu most
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $8,000 for =2nd in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hamish Kerr, Romaine Beckford, Vernon Turner, Marco Fassinotti, Raymond Richards and Edgar Rivera.
Weltklasse Zürich 2023 paid $1,250 for 5th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shelby McEwen, Loïc Gasch, Luis Zayas, Tobias Potye, Brandon Starc and Mutaz Barsham.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ryoichi Akamatsu won?
$9,250, which ranks 1628th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Ryoichi Akamatsu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$8,000, for finishing =2nd in the Diamond+ high jump at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for =2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ryoichi Akamatsu gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's high jump as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How much did Ryoichi Akamatsu win at the 2025 World Championships?
$2,500, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Ryoichi Akamatsu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ryoichi Akamatsu is Rohan Watson on $9,250, and one below Tobias Scherbarth on $9,250. Ryoichi Akamatsu is one of 40 Japan athletes athletics has paid, and Japan athletics prize money adds them up to $780,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ryoichi Akamatsu has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's high jump page.