Kazuya Hiraide

Kazuya Hiraide (平出和也) from Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture, is a Japanese ski mountaineer, Alpine climber, and professional mountain cameraman. Hiraide has won the Piolet d'Or mountaineering award on three occasions.

Climbing career
Hiraide became a serious mountain climber after joining a mountaineering club at his university. In 2001, he reached the eastern summit of Kula Kangri (7,381m) in Tibet. His list of accomplishments includes first ascents, reaching summits without oxygen, and skiing from mountain peaks. In 2009, he scaled the previously unclimbed southeastern wall of Kamet (7,756m) in India, and with his climbing partner Kei Taniguchi, became the first Japanese to receive the 17th Piolet d'Or Award, the "Academy Award" of mountaineering. He also won two other Piolet d'Or Awards for his first ascent on an uncharted route with Shispare in 2017, and Rakaposhi in 2019. He also received the Japan Sports Award, sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, in 2001 and 2009.

Ski mountaineering

 * 2009:
 * 1st, Asian Championship, relay (mixed team), together with Mase Chigaya, Sato Yoshiyuki and Suzuki Keiichiro
 * 4th, Asian Championship, individual
 * 5th, Asian Championship, vertical race

Mountain climbing

 * 2001
 * Kula Kangri East Peak (7381m), Pakistan, first ascent
 * Cho Oyu (8201m) China, summit, ski down from top
 * 2003
 * Kunyang Chhish (7852m), Pakistan, first try, west face
 * 2004
 * Golden Peak (7027m), Pakistan, new route, north west ridge, summit
 * Lila Peak (6200m), Pakistan, new route, east face, summit
 * Kunlun Mustag (6355m), China, new route, summit
 * 2005
 * Mustag Ata (7564m), China, second ascent, east ridge, summit, ski down to west side
 * Shivling (6543m), India, new route, north face to west face, summit
 * 2007
 * Shispare (7611m), Pakistan, first try, north east face
 * 2008
 * Gasherbrum II (8035m), Pakistan, summit
 * Broad Peak (8047), Pakistan, summit
 * Kamet (7756m), India, new route, south east face, summit
 * 2009
 * Gasherbrum I (8068m), Pakistan, Summit
 * Gaurishankar (7134m), China, first try, east face
 * 2010
 * Ama Dablam (6856m), Nepal, first try, north west face
 * 2011
 * Everest (8848m), Nepal, south side, summit
 * Naimonanyi (7694m), China, new route, south west ridge, summit, south peak (7200m), first ascent, first try, south east face
 * 2012
 * Khan Tengri (7010m), Kazakh, north side, summit
 * Shispare (7611m), Pakistan, first try, south west face
 * 2013
 * Everest (8848m), Nepal, summit
 * Diran (7266m), Pakistan, west ridge, summit
 * Shispare (7611m), Pakistan, first try, south west face
 * 2014
 * Everest (8848m), Nepal, south side
 * Hkakabo Razi (5881m), Myanmar, first try, north ridge
 * 2015
 * Everest (8848m), China, north side
 * Api (7132m), Nepal, north side, summit
 * 2016
 * Everest (8848m), China, north side, summit
 * 2017
 * Shispare (7611m), Pakistan, new route, north east face
 * 2019
 * Rakaposhi (7788m), Pakistan, new route, south face

Awards

 * 2008: Piolet d'Or, together with Kei Taniguchi (谷口ケイ) for the first ascent of the South-West face of Kamet (7756m, India) in alpine style
 * 2017: The 26th Piolet d'Or Award and The 12th Piolet d'Or Asia Award, together with Kenro Nakajima for the first ascent of the North-East face of Shispare (7611m, Pakistan) in alpine style.
 * 2019: The 28th Piolet d'Or Award, together with Kenro Nakajima for the first ascent of the south face of Rakaposhi (7788m, Pakistan) in alpine style.