Yoshiaki Oiwa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yoshiaki Oiwa

Japanese equestrian

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1976

Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: equestrian

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Yoshiaki Oiwa (?? ??, Oiwa Yoshiaki, born 19 July 1976 in Nagoya) 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.