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SURFING PRIZE MONEY · 7TH OF 28 NATIONS

Japan surfing prize money

Japan's surfers have won £2,267,744 between 5 surfers, 2.2% of all the surfing prize money we hold. Kanoa Igarashi leads on £1,307,433.

PRIZE MONEY£2.3m
SURFERS5
TITLES2
NATION RANK7th

Japan's surfers

By career surfing prize money

Japan's surfing surfers ranked by prize money.
# SURFER WORLD WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Kanoa Igarashi 22 1 £1,307,433£1.3m
2 Connor O'Leary 36 1 £896,237£896k
3 Amuro Tsuzuki 224 0 £28,889£29k
4 Hiroto Ohhara 242 0 £22,593£23k
5 Mahina Maeda 287 0 £12,593£13k

Japan's top 5

Kanoa Igarashi £1.3m Connor O'Leary £896k Amuro Tsuzuki £29k Hiroto Ohhara £23k Mahina Maeda £13k

Where Japan's money was won

Japan prize money by event, the top 15 of 22

Jeffreys Bay £246k Pipeline £196k Margaret River £177k Bells Beach £174k Saquarema £164k Portugal £163k Teahupoo £156k Trestles £149k Gold Coast £125k El Salvador £116k Sunset Beach £110k Fiji £99k Surf Ranch £97k Bali £89k France £46k

Japan's titles

2 wins, newest first

Surfing titles of Japan's surfers.
EDITION WINNER PRIZE
Corona Cero Open J-Bay Connor O'Leary £74,074£74k
Corona Bali Protected Kanoa Igarashi £74,074£74k

Japan against other nations

Surfing prize money by nation, the countries either side

Nations ranked around Japan by surfing prize money.
# NATION SURFERS PRIZE MONEY
1 Australia 122 £31,475,964£31.5m
2 Brazil 62 £19,923,334£19.9m
3 United States 51 £17,667,730£17.7m
4 Hawaii 71 £13,746,186£13.7m
5 France 25 £5,806,741£5.8m
6 South Africa 27 £4,114,030£4.1m
7 Japan 5 £2,267,744£2.3m
8 Portugal 13 £1,276,626£1.3m
9 Italy 3 £1,118,644£1.1m
10 Costa Rica 3 £908,459£908k
11 New Zealand 8 £615,018£615k
12 Indonesia 5 £525,885£526k
14 Spain 6 £362,059£362k
15 Peru 10 £310,518£311k
17 Tahiti 15 £229,963£230k
18 Mexico 5 £218,496£218k
21 Barbados 2 £88,982£89k
22 Fiji 6 £73,852£74k
23 El Salvador 2 £51,378£51k
Australia £31m Brazil £20m United States £18m Hawaii £14m France £5.8m South Africa £4.1m Japan £2.3m Portugal £1.3m Italy £1.1m Costa Rica £908k New Zealand £615k Indonesia £526k Spain £362k Peru £311k Tahiti £230k Mexico £218k Barbados £89k Fiji £74k El Salvador £51k

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money have Japan's surfers won?

£2,267,744 between 5 surfers, 7th of the 28 nations on our surfing money list.

Who is Japan's highest earning surfer?

Kanoa Igarashi, with £1,307,433 and 1 title.

How many surfing titles has Japan won?

2 titles in the editions we hold, most recently Connor O'Leary at the Corona Cero Open J-Bay.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on surfing prize money, and across every individual sport on prize money by nation.