Kiichi Harada

Kiichi Harada is a Japanese Olympic Dressage rider.

[1] Representing Japan, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished 45th in the individual and 11th in the team competition.

He started riding at age 6, motivated by the receipt of a pony as a birthday present.

From 2005 to 2016 Kiichi had 143 tournament wins recognized by the Japan Equestrian Federation.

In April 2021 Kiichi spearheaded the foundation of Old Friends Japan,[5] a retraining and retirement facility for off-track Thoroughbred racehorses in Hiruzen, Okayama.