is a Japanese group

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. She is the 2019 World Group All-around silver and the 2017 World Group All-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

She is studying at

Nippon Sport Science University , abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

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Career

She joined Japanese National group in 2017 and took bronze medal in Group All-around at the 2017 World Championships in

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together with

Mao Kunii Mao Kunii (born 5 April 1996) is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Career She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 201 ...

Rie Matsubara is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Being World champion and 10-time Asian champion, she is widely considered to be the most successful Japanese rhythmic gymnast ever. Career She has participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished on ...

Sayuri Sugimoto is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Career She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at several world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal ...

Nanami Takenaka Nanami Takenaka (born 2 December 1998) is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. She was part of the Japanese squad at two world championships, in 2017 in Pesaro, Italy, and in 2019 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2017, Japan won bronze in the group all-ar ...

and

Kiko Yokota is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Career Yokota represented Japan at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the 5 ribbons event. and eventually competed alongside her teammates Airi Hatakeya ...

. They also won silver medal in 3 Ropes + 2 Balls final, next day. In 2018, they placed 5th in Group All-around at the 2018 World Championships in

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and took silver medal in 5 Hoops Final. On September 16–22, she and her teammates competed at the 2019 World Championships, her third. They won silver medal in Group All-around and 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Final and won gold in 5 Balls Final. This was Japanese first ever gold medal in group event at

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* * * * 1999 births Living people Japanese rhythmic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Japan 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub