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Mitchell Hirota

2012
Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 22 8 - - - 30
Losses 50 46 - - - 96
Win ratio 30.6% 14.8% - - - 23.8%
Pool victories 20 7 - - - 27
Pool losses 39 38 - - - 77
Pool win ratio 33.9% 15.6% - - - 26.0%
DE victories 2 1 - - - 3
DE losses 11 8 - - - 19
DE win ratio 15.4% 11.1% - - - 13.6%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† 8 1 - - - 9
Easy wins % 36.4% 12.5% - - - 30.0%
Close wins‡ 8 4 - - - 12
Close wins % 36.4% 50.0% - - - 40.0%
Close losses‡ 5 7 - - - 12
Close losses % 10.0% 15.2% - - - 12.5%
Big losses† 30 24 - - - 54
Big losses % 60.0% 52.2% - - - 56.2%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - - -
Victories % 0.0% 0.0% - - - 0.0%
Losses 1 - - - - 1
Losses % 2.0% 0.0% - - - 1.0%
Total 1 - - - - 1
Total % 1.4% 0.0% - - - 0.8%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 11 8 - - - 19
Tournaments 11 7 - - - 18

Competition history

19 competitions, 126 bouts

Rain City Super Youth Circuit (SYC)

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 April 20, 2026

Place 48 of 51 Seed 47 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 WONG Hawken 4 65 C25 6 1780 578 1.1 2%
Pool
D 0:5 HOLMES Xavier 20 - D25 32 Salle Auriol Seattle 1453 577 3.0 7%
Pool
D 1:5 GUVEN Derin 13 135 D26 9 PDX Fencing 1537 574 2.3 6%
Pool
D 1:5 LAI Mars 36 - U 15 1357 572 3.7 10%
Pool
D 4:5 XIN Ryan 29 - U 36 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 566 568 15.5 50%
T64
D 8:15 SMITH Etienne 17 204 E26 13 Oregon Fencing Alliance / Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1618 679 12.2 7%

Orange Coast Division SN Qualifiers

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 March 29, 2026

Place 3 of 6 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 HULL Eason 3 - U 5 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 356 585 11.8 64%
Pool
V 5:3 CHEN Maorui 6 - U 6 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 519 596 14.6 55%
Pool
D 4:5 RAPHAEL Pierson 1 - U 1 Laguna Fencing Center 787 611 12.5 39%
Pool
D 1:5 WONG Alexander 5 - U 4 West Coast Fencing Academy 933 599 9.6 29%
Pool
D 2:5 SAHA Aryan 2 - U 2 Laguna Fencing Center 840 589 10.9 34%
T8
V 15:9 HULL Eason 3 - U 5 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 492 658 54.8 59%
T4
D 11:15 SAHA Aryan 2 - U 2 Laguna Fencing Center 1200 712 33.5 23%

9th Annual Sword in the Stone RYC & RJCC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 February 27, 2026

Place 25 of 40 Seed 32 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 SAHA Aryan 29 - U 23 Laguna Fencing Center 790 546 12.4 34%
Pool
D 2:5 OU Rigel 17 219 E25 3 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1560 533 2.2 5%
Pool
D 1:5 KIM Leo 8 141 U 11 Rebel Fencing Club 1225 531 5.2 13%
Pool
V 5:2 WU Kaiden 31 - U 24 West Coast Fencing Academy 732 526 22.1 37%
Pool
V 5:2 CHAN Ewan 5 77 E25 32 Aura Fencing Academy 1301 548 36.6 11%
T64
V 15:5 HSU Nicholas 25 - U 40 Laguna Fencing Center 1541 541 127.0 12%
T32
D 7:15 LIN Ethan 16 217 E26 8 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1729 668 10.5 5%

Mary Rafanelli RYC/RJCC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 January 17, 2026

Place 81 of 97 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 HSIEH Maxwell 71 - U 78 Spartak 841 539 26.4 31%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG KAIQI 11 84 E25 25 West Coast Fencing Academy 1825 566 1.1 2%
Pool
D 1:5 HSIEH Sebastian 80 - U 78 Cali Fencing / Las Vegas Fencing Academy 961 565 9.8 26%
Pool
D 1:5 LIN Ethan 42 210 U 26 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1364 555 4.0 9%
Pool
D 2:5 YANG Jake 20 133 U 24 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1253 551 5.2 12%
T128
D 5:15 LIU Baichen (Matthew) 27 155 U 48 Eagle Blade Fencers Club 1600 554 12.5 6%

Treasure Chest RYC/Y8

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 January 5, 2026

Place 23 of 34 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LE BRIAN 18 - U 33 San Francisco Sabre School 2500 501 33.5 3%
Pool
V 5:4 BODO John 10 - U 27 Maximum Fencing Club 636 534 21.8 43%
Pool
D 0:5 SRIVATSAV Ishaan 2 90 D25 9 Cardinal Fencing Club 1682 556 1.7 3%
Pool
D 1:5 LIU Paul 20 - U 11 Spartak 1081 554 8.0 19%
Pool
D 2:5 RAMBHIA Smit 12 - U 14 Premier Fencing Academy 1147 546 6.8 16%
T32
D 9:15 GOTTSCHALK Theodore 3 103 E25 8 United Fencers of Oakland 1597 567 13.5 6%

2nd Annual BBFC RYC and Y8

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 December 14, 2025

Place 19 of 32 Seed 31 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 WANG Ryan 8 165 E25 7 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1254 411 48.6 8%
Pool
V 5:1 LI Jason 18 - U 16 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1058 460 38.6 16%
Pool
D 2:5 JECHA Zack Missing ID 25 - U 23 Saratoga Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 YANG Jake 3 128 U 9 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1193 498 5.9 13%
Pool
V 5:2 JUNG Andres 13 - U 26 Laguna Fencing Center -34 492 8.4 80%
T32
D 8:15 HIROTA Jackson 29 - U 14 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1120 611 43.9 23%

SoCal Scholastic League MIDDLE SCHOOL Individual Epee/Saber #1

Middle School Boy's Saber U November 16, 2025

Place 6 of 11 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating U Rancho San Joaquin / Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 DAUM William 9 - U 7 Briskin / Avant Garde Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 WOO Slade 8 - U 5 Huntington Middle School / West Coast Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 CHEN Maorui 7 - U 8 Aliso Viejo / Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 HEMANTH KUMAR SHRIKAR 6 - U 9 Rio Norte / Bridgeport Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 DUGGIREDDY Ronav 5 - U 10 Fairmont School / Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa) - - - -
T8
D 8:15 CHEUNG Evan 11 - U 1 South Pointe Middle School / West Coast Fencing Academy - - - -

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 November 1, 2025

Place 81 of 136 Seed 136 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 FERRING Theo 70 - U 120 Cardinal Fencing Club 974 281 7.2 13%
Pool
D 2:5 LUC Linkin 9 31 D24 5 Premier Fencing Academy 1717 274 0.7 1%
Pool
V 5:4 FAN Yuchen 87 - U 58 West Coast Fencing Academy / LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 895 273 45.5 15%
Pool
V 5:4 WANG Ryan 32 133 U 74 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 1192 318 53.7 8%
Pool
V 5:3 LIU Nico 114 - U 109 1110 372 46.6 11%
Pool
D 2:5 LIU Paul 49 - U 67 Spartak 1035 419 7.6 16%
T128
D 5:15 AN Chris 45 - E25 50 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 1688 625 14.2 6%

13th Annual Little Musketeers RYC & RJC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 October 12, 2025

Place 42 of 66 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 LOVELL Jackson 37 - U 59 Spartak 549 203 39.7 29%
Pool
D 0:5 WARD Carter 16 128 D25 26 Phoenix Fencing Academy 942 242 7.7 13%
Pool
V 5:4 JI Derek 53 - U 48 South Bay Fencing Academy 1086 235 58.7 8%
Pool
D 0:5 KIM Suin 5 43 E25 19 West Coast Fencing Academy 1396 293 2.5 4%
Pool
D 4:5 LEI Isaac 58 - U 31 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 827 291 10.2 19%
Pool
V 5:4 GUO Kesson Missing ID 64 - U 34 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona - - - -
T64
D 4:14 SLOAN Ethan 49 - U 7 Spartak 1209 673 47.4 21%

The Cascade Clash SYC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 September 14, 2025

Place 44 of 47 Seed 41 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KELLEHER Liam 42 - U 26 PDX Fencing 733 246 13.2 22%
Pool
D 1:5 KANG Jeremy 2 21 C25 11 Premier Fencing Academy 1835 233 0.5 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 MITCHELL-LU Hiro 16 - E25 22 Washington Fencing Academy 997 233 7.2 11%
Pool
D 3:5 MODJESKI Lincoln 28 - U 42 Oregon Fencing Alliance 440 226 20.1 37%
Pool
D 2:5 DUFF Michael 31 - U 25 Globus Fencing Academy 1326 206 2.6 3%
Pool
D 1:5 XU Yixiao 13 - E25 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 1920 203 0.3 < 1%
T64
D 6:15 WANG James 35 - U 21 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1819 686 13.2 4%

Fortune ROC/RJCC/RYC

Y-14 Men's Saber C2, Y14 August 30, 2025

Place 94 of 108 Seed 93 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 GRIFFIN Sid 88 - U 92 LA International Fencing 663 222 50.8 24%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHOU Ruibo 37 - U 84 Phoenix Fencing Academy 901 273 10.4 15%
Pool
D 2:5 CHEN Zhengming 59 - U 29 1112 263 6.3 9%
Pool
D 1:5 GU Andrew 6 29 D25 9 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1827 256 0.6 1%
Pool
D 0:5 LUO Gavin 69 - U 19 The Fencing Center 1255 256 4.0 5%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Kyle Sung Ju 27 - U 50 Premier Fencing Academy 1163 252 5.1 7%
T128
D 4:15 OU Rigel 97 - U 26 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1960 695 9.5 3%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber Championship

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 June 22, 2025

Place 20 of 24 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 KIM Suin 14 - U 2 West Coast Fencing Academy 1396 200 2.7 3%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG Kaden 3 - U 13 Spartak 936 197 9.5 12%
Pool
D 0:5 KIM Leo 11 - U 3 Rebel Fencing Club 964 187 8.5 10%
Pool
D 0:5 SU Eric 20 - U 11 Spartak 1164 179 4.9 5%
Pool
V 5:4 PILYAVSKY Daniel 7 - U 23 Spartak 528 174 48.2 28%
T32
D 8:15 ZHANG Kaden 3 - U 13 Spartak 1389 741 45.1 18%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber Championship

Y-14 Men's Saber U, Y14 June 22, 2025

Place 21 of 23 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LAM Ethan 9 - U 9 LA International Fencing 775 297 19.0 22%
Pool
D 2:5 ADAMS Jordan 2 - U 8 Rolling Hills Preparatory School / South Bay Fencing Academy 709 278 20.0 24%
Pool
D 4:5 NAZIF Alexander 7 - U 11 Spartak 778 258 16.4 20%
Pool
D 4:5 BRADIC Andreja 15 - U 3 Spartak 1024 242 9.1 10%
Pool
D 1:5 CHANDLER Scott 22 - U 18 Spartak 269 233 33.2 48%
T32
D 4:15 SU Eric 4 - U 13 Spartak 1536 780 39.6 13%

San Diego Cup - Youth Saber #6

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 May 18, 2025

Place 12 of 23 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 LAD Anish 22 - U 15 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 358 105 34.9 34%
Pool
V 5:2 PILYAVSKY Daniel 15 - U 18 Spartak 478 70 73.2 26%
Pool
V 5:3 KIM Noah 10 - U 11 Fairmont Preparatory Academy / West Coast Fencing Academy 2583 143 98.7 1%
Pool
V 5:3 YANG Collin 7 - U 22 South Bay Fencing Academy 629 242 64.2 27%
Pool
D 0:5 WANG Henrik 16 - U 5 Southern California Fencing Academy (socalfa) 1156 306 8.7 9%
T32
V 15:4 CHOI Liam 21 - U 23 South Bay Fencing Academy 652 717 133.2 53%
T16
D 9:15 ZHANG Kaden 1 - U 3 Spartak 1341 850 70.4 25%

BBFC Duel in the Desert SYC, RCC & Y8

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 May 3, 2025

Place 78 of 87 Seed 50 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 YU BOWEN 2 5 C25 18 Lone Star Fencing Center 2103 56 0.2 < 1%
Pool
D 4:5 STERN Kazuki 54 - U 77 Phoenix Fencing Academy 390 56 38.8 30%
Pool
V 5:4 HSIEH Maxwell 41 134 U 40 Spartak 767 17 123.8 12%
Pool
D 0:5 CAO Chuck 28 88 U 34 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1017 141 11.2 8%
Pool
D 2:5 LEI Isaac 80 - U 46 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona / LA International Fencing 721 130 20.4 17%
Pool
D 3:5 WU Lucas 25 73 U 24 1297 109 4.4 3%
T128
D 9:15 WANG Darren 60 - U 51 West Coast Fencing Academy 1146 840 122.4 34%

6th Annual Precision RYC and RJC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 April 19, 2025

Place 53 of 66 Seed 65 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LIU Clarence 47 - U 52 Laguna Fencing Center 1005 -124 202.5 4%
Pool
D 2:5 LVOVSKIY Roman 29 133 U 29 Spartak 1331 79 5.0 2%
Pool
D 3:5 QI Jeremy 8 39 U 10 West Coast Fencing Academy 1397 74 3.9 2%
Pool
D 1:5 LI Jason 54 - U 26 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1078 70 9.8 6%
Pool
D 2:5 YE Aaron 34 - U 41 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1359 60 4.0 2%
T64
D 3:15 WANG David 10 57 U 12 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) / LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1721 903 63.6 13%

Meade Hansford Anderson Memorial RYC/RCC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 March 23, 2025

Place 39 of 42 Seed 39 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 LVOVSKIY Roman 11 131 U 30 Spartak 1360 -36 4.7 2%
Pool
D 2:5 WU Kaiden 35 - U 13 West Coast Fencing Academy 789 -40 22.3 10%
Pool
D 2:5 LEE Bill King 14 - U 11 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1030 -63 10.9 5%
Pool
D 2:5 SAHA Aadi 26 - U 27 Laguna Fencing Center 514 -74 33.6 19%
Pool
D 1:5 GREENSTEIN Viktor 2 4 E25 1 LA International Fencing 1924 -107 0.3 < 1%
Pool
D 3:5 ADAMS Jordan 24 - U 29 South Bay Fencing Academy 794 -107 16.2 8%
T64
D 8:15 KIM Leo 22 - U 26 Rebel Fencing Club 767 1301 398.0 74%

8th Annual Sword in the Stone RYC and RJC

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 February 22, 2025

Place 54 of 55 Seed 55 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 ADAMS Jordan 37 - U 36 South Bay Fencing Academy 856 199 48.8 17%
Pool
D 1:5 LOVELL Jackson 42 - U 36 Spartak 439 150 81.3 33%
Pool
D 4:5 LEE Aidan 23 - U 50 Rebel Fencing Club 287 68 79.0 37%
Pool
D 0:5 WANG David 10 62 U 13 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) / LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1266 -11 7.5 3%
Pool
D 1:5 QI Jeremy 7 43 U 5 West Coast Fencing Academy 1387 -18 4.9 2%
Pool
D 4:5 YUAN Alan 26 - U 20 LA Fencing Academy of Pomona 1053 -23 12.8 5%
T64
D 9:15 GUO Jonathan 50 - U 10 South Bay Fencing Academy 1561 1746 444.5 58%

San Diego Cup Youth Saber #2

Y-12 Men's Saber U, Y12 October 27, 2024

Place 16 of 16 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 ARAIZA LOZANO Daniel 8 - U 8 Family Fencing Club 539 2500 46.3 97%
Pool
D 0:5 FISHER Patrick 12 - U 14 Spartak 324 2546 1496.9 98%
Pool
D 1:5 LOPEZ Mateo 15 - U 1 Southern California Fencing Academy (SOCALFA) 858 1049 356.8 59%
Pool
D 1:5 WEI Jonathan 16 - U 5 Laguna Fencing Center 889 693 173.1 40%
Pool
D 4:5 SHI Jeremy 1 - D24 13 Spartak 471 520 193.2 53%
Pool
D 2:5 KIM Derek 4 - U 2 South Bay Fencing Academy 658 326 101.4 32%
Pool
D 1:5 SU Eric 13 - U 5 Spartak 1209 225 26.4 8%
T16
D 9:15 LAM Ethan 7 - U 3 LA International Fencing 1767 2500 754.3 74%