Daki-age (抱上), the high lift.
Said: DAH-kee AH-geh

At a glance
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Nage-waza (throwing techniques), Koshi-waza (hip techniques).
Required for: Yodan (4th Dan) (black belt, United States Judo Federation).

About
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The high lift: with uke on their back, guarding between their legs, tori wraps the trunk, stands, and lifts them bodily from the mat. Neither the 1895 Gokyo nor the 1920 revision listed it; the Kodokan recognised it officially in 1982 as a koshi-waza, though the movement is far older and went by mochi-age, idaki-age and daki-otoshi in earlier days. In modern contest it has no legal ending, because driving a lifted opponent back to the mat is a serious offence, so the name is met in the rule book rather than on the scoreboard.

Where this technique is not allowed
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Prohibited in competition: current IJF rules give a direct hansoku-make for lifting an opponent off the mat and forcing them back down without a judo technique, so the high lift has no legal finish in contest. It remains part of the Kodokan classification and is demonstrated with a controlled lowering.

Under contest rules
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Lifting an opponent off the mat and forcing them back down without a judo technique is a direct hansoku-make, which leaves the high lift no legal finish in contest.
Source: Sport and Organisation Rules of the International Judo Federation: refereeing rules, 2026 edition, Article 18.2.2.

Key points
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1. Recognise it: uke is wrapped around the trunk and lifted bodily from the mat
2. In contest there is no legal finish; forcing a lifted opponent back down without a technique is hansoku-make
3. In practice a lifted partner is always lowered under control, never dropped

Demonstrations
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Akita Judo: Daki-age https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToI7sxt4DnY

In combinations, counters and transitions
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None yet.

From Waza Book: https://wazabook.com/techniques/daki-age/