Our Team
Our Team
Atsushi Sakata
Team Director
Atsushi started riding at the age of 9 in Hyogo prefecture and started Show Jumping soon after that. In 2012, he traveled to Germany alone to work as a rider in a Show Jumping stable. Atsushi's talent was soon recognized and he rode and placed in many national and international competitions and was selected in the state representative team many times. He started his own stable in 2015 and has been training and competing owner's horses ever since. Atsushi continues to train young horses as well as competition horses and will be based in our stable in Japan.
Haru Watanabe
Show Jumping Rider
2023 年 Tokyo Equestrian Festival U25 3位
2022年 栃木国体 奈良県代表 トップスコア 1位
2022年 栃木国体 奈良県代表 リレー競技 2位
2022年 全日本ジュニア選手権 ジュニア競技 選手権 1位
2022年 インターハイ 1位
2018年 全日本ジュニア選手権 チルドレン競技 選手権2位
Tamar Mai Weisburd
Stable Manager/Tack store manager
Tamar started riding at the age of 5. Growing up in Japan, she worked as a fashion model but made sure she had time to pursue her passion in horses. Tamar attended the University of Kentucky and received her Bachelor of Science in Equine Business and Management. When she was in Kentucky, she started riding and grooming for Callie Schott and traveled to Wellington for WEF. After graduating from UK in 2017, Tamar started to work as a show groom for Teddy Vlock who was training with world top 10 rider Darragh Kenny. With Teddy, she traveled up to 5* competitions such as Global Champions Tours and gained much experience with high level performance horses. In 2020, Tamar started grooming for Reiko Takeda, a two time Olympian. She now manages GEA horses and also runs the GEA tack store.
Hayato Nukada
Dressage Rider/Trainer, Tack Store Manager
Hayato started riding at age 10 in the Gunma prefecture in their junior sports team. While he did not get many chances to compete within Japan, he trained in both Show Jumping and Dressage and gained much experience, leading him to dream of traveling to Europe to experience the highest level of the sport. When he was 17, he attended the GEA equestrian travel abroad which motivated him to make the decision to move to Germany to work and learn. Hayato has impressed the staff at our German stable with his hard work and motivated attitude and has become essential in the training of young horses.
Sou Tanaka
Show Jumping Rider/Trainer
Shota Kusumoto
Stable Manager/Horse Transport
Shota started riding at the age of 13 in Okayama prefecture. His passion for horses lead him to want to persue a life in the equine industry and after University he started working in a riding club in Japan as an instructor. He got his truck license as well as trailer license. In 2015, Shota traveled to Germany to start his international career. He worked as a groom and also rode in national competitions within Germany. Shota has also been working as a Farrier's assistant is very knowledgable and reliable in many aspects of horse care.
Ryota Sano
Groom/Home Rider