Objective To isolate, purify and identify of a human wild rotavirus (RV) strain from RV-positive clinical stool samples. Methods The stool samples of infants with diarrhea infected by RV were cultured and isolated in monolayer rhesus monkey kidney cell MA104, cloned and purified by plaque method. The virus morphology and size was observed by electron microscope (EM), and identified by, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), reverse transcription PCR and whole genome sequencing. Results A wild strain of RV was isolated and purified by passage screening and plaque cloning from a large number of clinical samples. Typical RV particles with a diameter of ~75 nm were observed under EM after 50% sucrose ultracentrifugation. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting results showed that target bands appeared at the expected position. IFA result showed that the isolated virus was RV. RNA-PAGE showed that the isolate virus had a long electrophoretic pattern with 11 bands arranged by 4∶2∶3∶2 of the group A RV. Amplified PCR fragments and whole genome sequencing showed that the isolated strain was G1P[8] human RV. Conclusion A wild human RV strain G1P[8] has been successfully isolated and named HN15D2.