Sailor · 2016–2024

Nobuyuki Imai

wsc J/24 J/70

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Events: 10
Win rate: 10%
Podium rate: 40%
Typically beats: 86%
Best class ranking: #18

Biggest lift: Taiga Nakagawa
Nemesis: Mike Ingham
Rival: Travis Odenbach
Best day: 14 Jul 2022
Signature result: 2nd of 31

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Taiga Nakagawa · Siesta · J/24, J/70 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 24 races won Beat 91% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Sep 2024
Kosuke Demichi · Siesta · J/24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Koki Miwa · Siesta · J/24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Yuji Nishihata · Siesta · J/24 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 17 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together · best 4th · Sep 2024 – Sep 2024
Daichi Wada · Siesta · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021
Fumiya Kato · Siesta · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 97% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Sep 2021

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
27 Sep 2024	2024 Beecher’s Handmade Cheese J/24 World Championship	Siesta	J/24	Skipper	4th / 56
3 Sep 2024	2024 J/24 National Championship	Siesta	J/24	Skipper	4th / 18
14 Jul 2022	2022 J24 World Championship	Siesta	J/24	Skipper	3rd / 38
23 May 2022	2022 J/24 U.S. National Championship	Siesta	J/24	Skipper	2nd / 24
17 Sep 2021	2021 Mustang Survival J70 Corinthian National Championship	Siesta	J/70	Other	2nd / 31
22 Oct 2019	2019 J 24 World Championship	Siesta	J/24	Other	18th / 79
12 Oct 2019	2019 J 24 D-10 District Championship / Pre-Worlds Regatta	Siesta	J/24	Other	5th / 14
23 Aug 2019	2019 J 24 National Championship	Siesta	J/24	Other	8th / 46
19 Sep 2017	2017 J 24 World Championship Regatta	Siesta	J/24	Other	14th / 63
12 Feb 2016	Helly Hansen St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta 2016	Siesta	J/24	Other	1st / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	641 provisional	#648 band 229–1613	—
J/24 Helm	584 provisional	#18 band 12–34	+12.2

1 more class, not yet ranked

J/70 · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 97

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	10 events	1 wins	beats 88%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	+10 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	81%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	88%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Travis Odenbach	70	30–40
Mike Ingham	50	18–32
Christopher Holmes	43	39–4
Carter White	41	25–15
James Freedman	37	28–9
Scott Milne	37	28–9
Aidan Glackin	36	23–13
John Mollicone	36	17–19
Dan Busch	36	31–5
Keith Whittemore	35	15–20
Rossi Milev	33	12–21
Will Welles	33	12–21

Most-beaten opponent: Christopher Holmes (39–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2024	2	0	88%
2022	2	0	95%
2021	1	0	97%
2019	3	0	77%
2017	1	0	79%
2016	1	1	100%

Boats

Siesta · J/24, J/70 · 10 events · 2016–2024

Where they race

Miami, FL, USA · 2 events
Oak Point, TX · 1 events
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events
Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle - Seattle, WA · 1 events
Marblehead, MA, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 641, #648. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.