Sailor · 2015–2023

Naoki Hirakawa

Melges 20

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 18%
Best class ranking: #168

Biggest lift: Takumi Nakamura
Longest-running crew: Tetsuya Matsunaga
Nemesis: Matteo Marenghi Vaselli
Best day: 4 Mar 2016
Signature result: 15th of 25

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Itsuki Tokushige · Swift Magic, SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 45 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together · best 15th · Oct 2015 – Oct 2018
Tetsuya Matsunaga · SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 42 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 9th · Jul 2016 – Nov 2023
Takumi Nakamura · Swift Magic, SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 32 races won Beat 21% of the fleet together(+3 vs. without) · best 15th · Mar 2016 – Jun 2017
Tsuji Hiromoto · Swift Magic · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 3% of the fleet together · best 38th · Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
Satsuki Ogawa · SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 9th · Nov 2023 – Nov 2023
Shouichi Yanagawa · SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 32nd · Oct 2018 – Oct 2018
Eiichiro Hamazaki · Swift Magic · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 3% of the fleet together · best 38th · Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
Einosuke Morita · SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 9th · Nov 2023 – Nov 2023

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
30 Nov 2023	2023 Melges 20 World Championship	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Helm	9th / 14
11 Oct 2018	2018 Melges 20 World Championship	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Helm	32nd / 36
6 Oct 2018	2018 Melges 20 Russian Open	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Skipper	26th / 32
9 Jun 2017	2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 3	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Other	27th / 34
25 Aug 2016	2016 Melges 20 World Championship	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Other	51st / 56
20 Aug 2016	2016 Melges 20 Open Russian Championship	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Other	29th / 30
1 Jul 2016	2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 4	SWIFT MAGIC	Melges 20	Owner	36th / 50
4 Mar 2016	2015/2016 Melges 20 Miami Winter Series :: Event 3	Swift Magic	Melges 20	Helm	15th / 25
1 Oct 2015	2015 Audi Melges 20 World Championship	Swift Magic	Melges 20	Helm	38th / 39

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Melges 20 Helm	-90 provisional	#168 band 117–192	−8.2
All classes Helm	11 provisional	#49592 band 30541–67390	—

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	9 events	0 wins	beats 20%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Owner (1)

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−3 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	73%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	17%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Alexis Michas	49	12–37
Oleg Evdokimenko	42	5–37
Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	41	2–39
Dario Levi	41	2–39
Robert Wilber	40	5–35
Drew Freides	40	7–33
Igor Rytov	36	2–34
Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	36	3–33
Alexander Mikhaylik	36	1–35
Krzysztof Krempec	34	9–25
Marco Franchini	33	6–27
Achille Onorato	33	2–31

Most-beaten opponent: Florian Rixner (19–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	1	39%
2018	2	15%
2017	1	21%
2016	4	21%
2015	1	3%

Boats

SWIFT MAGIC · Melges 20 · 9 events · 2015–2023

Where they race

Cagliari, Italy · 2 events
Miami, FL, USA · 2 events
Scarlino, Grosseto, Italy · 1 events
Riva del Garda, Garda, Italy · 1 events
Provincia di Grosseto, Puntone, Italy · 1 events
Sukošan, Croatia · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 11, #49,592. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.