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Kai Harada has traded bouldering World Championships with Tomoa Narasaki since 2016 and beat Narasaki in speed in 2019. The depth and success of Team Japan helps explain why it has been the most consistently dominant team on the world circuit for over a decade. Photo Eddie Fowke/IFSC
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