Kenro Nakajima
Japanese alpinist
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| October 2024 | Posthumously awarded the Piolets d'Or for The Secret Line climb, marking his third such honor. |
| September 2024 | Posthumously recognized by Piolets d'Or technical committee for 2023's The Secret Line climb. |
| July 30 2024 | Expedition sponsor Ishii Sports called off rescue attempts after the climbers were found motionless at 7,500m. |
| July 27 2024 | Lost contact with expedition team while attempting K2's West Face summit. |
| July 27 2024 | Kenro Nakajima passed away, with a posthumous Piolet d'Or awarded to him in the same year. |
| July 24 2024 | Set off at 4:30 am to attempt K2's West Face summit, despite active rain and icy conditions. |
| May 2024 | Launched an expedition to attempt a new alpine-style route on K2's West Face with Kazuya Hiraide. |
| 2023 | Climbed the north face of Tirich Mir (7,708 m) with Kazuya Hiraide, creating a new route called The Secret Line from the Lower Tirich Glacier to the summit. |
| 2022 | Climbed Karun Koh, reaching an elevation of 6,977 meters. |
| 2022 | Made the second known ascent of Karun Koh (6,977 m) with Kazuya Hiraide, and the first via the northwest face. |
| 2020 | Became a sponsored athlete with Ishii Sports, an outdoor equipment supplier. |
| 2020 | Nakajima and Hiraide won their second Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Rakaposhi (7,788 m). |
| 2019 | Summited Rakaposhi at 7,788 meters and climbed Aconcagua to 6,961 meters. |
| July 2 2019 | Reached the summit of Rakaposhi (7,788 m) via a new route on the south side with Kazuya Hiraide. |
| 2018 | Reached the summit of Mount Everest at 8,849 meters and climbed Ama Dablam to 6,814 meters. |
| 2018 | Nakajima and Hiraide received the 26th Piolet d'Or award for their Shispare ascent. |
| 2017 | Climbed the North-east face of Shispare and summited Mount Vinson at 4,892 meters. |
| 2017 | Nakajima and Kazuya Hiraide made a successful ascent of the unclimbed northeast face of Shispare. |
| 2016 | Completed a direct route on the north-northwest face of Loinbo Kangri, reaching 7,095 meters. |
| 2016 | Began climbing professionally with Kazuya Hiraide. |
| 2015 | Summited Api Main at 7,132 meters and climbed Denali to 6,190 meters. |
| 2014 | Climbed Hkakabo Razi, reaching an elevation of 5,881 meters. |
| 2013 | Summited Manaslu at 8,163 meters and completed a climb of K6's North-west face. |
| 2013 | Made his first trip to climb a high peak in alpine-style, with an expedition to K6. |
| 2012 | Climbed Dhaulagiri, reaching an elevation of 8,167 meters. Also completed an ascent of the Matterhorn at 4,478 meters. |
| 2011 | Summited Cho Oyu, an 8,188-meter peak. |
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