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The Japan men's national artistic gymnastics team is a sport group governed by
Japan Gymnastics Association Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the no ...
and represents
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in international gymnastics competitions and multi-sports events. Followed the establishment of All Japan Gymnastics Federation in 1930, the team first appeared at the
1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
and gradually became the major force till this day. For nearly two decades, from 1960 to 1978, Japanese men was dominant and won every gold medal at the
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and World Championships.


History


1930-1958: Establishment to first medals

The Japanese first appeared internationally at the
1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...
, following the establishment of All Japan Gymnastics Federation on April 13, 1930, and finished 5th. They returned 4 years later in
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and got 9th place. As the result of the World War II, Germany, Japan and Bulgaria, under Allied military occupations, were not allowed to send athletes to London. The breakthrough came in 1952 when Japanese gymnasts achieved 4 medals at the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in Helsinki. Tadao Uesako brought home a silver in floor and a bronze in vault. Another two vault medalists were
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
and Takashi Ono, winning silver and bronze respectively. The team made its debut at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1954 and immediately achieved success, winning silver in Group All-around, their first world-level medal in the discipline.
Takemoto Takemoto (written: , , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese playwright and puppet theatre director *Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), American animator, television producer, and film ...
became the champion in Floor, also the country first gold medal, and bronze in Parallel Bars. Japan's performances in men's gymnastics improved incredibly at the
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, with 11 medals in total. While securing their position as 2nd best team in the world, winning silver in Group All-around, they also achieved first Olympic gold medal, with Takashi Ono being the champion in Horizontal Bar. Ono was also tied with Viktor Chukarin as the most decorated male gymnasts at the Games, winning silvers in All-around and Pommel Horse, and a bronze in Parallel Bars. Other successful Japanese gymnasts in individual disciplines were
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
, winning 3 bronzes, Masumi Kubota, a silver in Parallel Bars and a bronze in Rings, and
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, a bronze in
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.
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and
Takemoto Takemoto (written: , , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese playwright and puppet theatre director *Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), American animator, television producer, and film ...
led team Japan to defend their second place at the 1958 World Championships, with each of them winning 5 and 4 individual medals respectively.
Takemoto Takemoto (written: , , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese playwright and puppet theatre director *Iwao Takamoto (1925–2007), American animator, television producer, and film ...
successfully achieved another gold in Floor, and added a Vault silver and Horizontal Bar bronze to his collection.
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received 3 silvers in All-around, Floor, Parallel Bars and a bronze in Vault. Another individual medal was a silver in Rings achieved by
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
.


1960-1978: World Superpower

For nearly 30 years, Japan dominated men's gymnastics, winning every team competition from
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to 1978 World Championships. During this golden age, many gymnasts rose to prominent and achieved overwhelming success. Despite the World Championships only be held every four year, multiple legends appeared and became some of the most decorated gymnasts in the history. Notable names could be mentioned are
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, who's holding the record of most Olympics gold medals, Akinori Nakayama, most Olympic and World victories until being surpassed by Kohei Uchimura in 2016,
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, 24 medals including 10 gold, Mitsuo Tsukahara, 15 medals with 9 gold, Yukio Endo, 8 victories and 17 times being on the podium, Takashi Ono, whose glory continued until
1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
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Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles ...
,
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
,
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
,
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
,
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
Japan defeated the USSR in Team All-around for the first time, ending a decade of Soviet domination in the discipline. Takashi Ono brought home two more gold medals in Vault and horizontal bar, as well as an all around silver, and two bronzes in rings and parallel bars, respectively.
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
also won the
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, and other 2 medals were achieved by
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
, with a silver in horizontal bar, and
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
, the pommel horse bronze medalist. In total, Japanese team won 9 medals, 2 less than 4 years ago, but 3 more gold, jumping to second place with only 2 behind the USSR. * 1962 World Championships At the World Championships 2 years later in Prague, Japan surpassed the USSR, climbing to the first on men's medal table. They continued the victory in team, while also being successful in individual events, winning another 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze. Yukio Endo was the biggest star by reaching the podium in every category except for pommel horse. He shared the victory in floor with the reigning Olympic Champion and compatriot
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, getting silvers in individual all-around, rings and horizonal bar, bronzes in vault and parallel bars. Takashi Ono adding another gold in horizontal bar to his collection. Another 2 medal of the Japanese team were a silver from the later
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and world vault champion,
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
and a bronze in pommel horse by
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
When Japan hosted their first
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in 1964, their male gymnasts won big at home. The Japanese men achieved the total of 5 gold medals, more than the whole Soviet team, male and female, combined. The defending Olympic and world champion successfully secured the top position in team, with the exact score different like 4 years ago, 2.500. Yukio Endo won the first gold medal in all-around for Japan, while his compatriot
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
got the silver. The two men also achieved 2 other medals each, with Endo winning gold parallel bars and silver in
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, and Tsurumi getting 2 silvers in parallel bars & pommel horse. in vault, the defending world runner-up
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
became the Olympic champion, and
Takuji Hayata is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around. At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal ...
bought Japan the first victory in rings. * 1966 World Championships Japan showed their domination rival at the 1966 World Championships by winning 13 medals, including 4 golds, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes. Akinori Nakayama was the biggest star with 3 championship titles in team, floor, parallel bars, as well as a silver in rings and 2 bronzes in all-around and vault. In total, he won the same number of medals as the Soviet men, also the number of gold medals. The defending Olympic champion in vault,
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
successfully became the world champion in the same apparatus. All other 4 Japanese gymnasts were also be on the podium in individual events. Yukio Endo won 2 silvers in floor and horizontal bar. Takeshi Kato got a silver in vault and a bronze in pommel horse.
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.podium sweep in horizontal bar.
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
, the all-around runner-up, also qualified for all 6 apparatus finals. However, an injury happened in rings performance caused him to withdraw from the competition. *
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
* 1970 World Championships *
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* 1974 World Championships *
1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
* 1978 World Championships


1979-1992: Declining Results

* 1979 World Championships * 1981 World Championships *
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*
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* 1985 World Championships * 1987 World Championships *
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
* 1989 World Championships * 1991 World Championships * 1992 World Championships *
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...


1993-2002: Deeply Struggling

* 1993 World Championships * 1994 World Championships * 1995 World Championships *
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* 1997 World Championships * 1999 World Championships *
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* 2001 World Championships * 2002 World Championships


2003-2008: Returning to Top & Olympic Gold

* 2003 World Championships *
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* 2005 World Championships * 2006 World Championships * 2007 World Championships *
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2009-2016: Uchimura's Era

* 2009 World Championships * 2010 World Championships * 2011 World Championships *
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* 2013 World Championships * 2014 World Championships * 2015 World Championships *
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2017-2020: Post Uchimura & Declining Results

* 2017 World Championships * 2018 World Championships * 2019 World Championships


2021- : Hashimoto & World Leading Teams

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* 2022 World Championships * 2023 World Championships


Recent Squads


2021 - 2024


2017 - 2020


Team Competition Results


Olympic Games

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through
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— did not participate *
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
— 5th place *: Toshihiko Sasano,
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, Yoshitaka Takeda, Fujio Kakuta *
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
— 9th place *: Yoshitaka Takeda, Hikoroku Arimoto, Yoshio Miyake, Hiroshi Nosaka, Kiichiro Toyama, Dokan Sone, Fujio Kakuta, Hiroshi Matsunobu *
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
— banned from participating *
1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
— 5th place *: Akitomo Kaneko, Tetsumi Nabeya, Takashi Ono,
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
, Tadao Uesako *
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
— silver medal *:
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Takashi Ono,
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
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Shinsaku Tsukawaki was a Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 Nove ...
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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
— gold medal *:
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, Yukio Endo,
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.Takashi Ono,
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
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Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
*
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
— gold medal *: Yukio Endo,
Takuji Hayata is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around. At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal ...
,
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.Takashi Ono,
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
,
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
*
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
— gold medal *: Yukio Endo,
Sawao Kato Sawao (written: 沢男 or さわお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese musician {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
, Takeshi Kato,
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, Akinori Nakayama, Mitsuo Tsukahara *
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
— gold medal *:
Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles ...
,
Sawao Kato Sawao (written: 沢男 or さわお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese musician {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
,
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, Akinori Nakayama,
Teruichi Okamura is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi ...
, Mitsuo Tsukahara *
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
— gold medal *: Shun Fujimoto,
Hisato Igarashi is Japanese former gymnast. He was a member of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He is a professor at Niigata University is a national university in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It ...
, Hiroshi Kajiyama,
Sawao Kato Sawao (written: 沢男 or さわお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese musician {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
,
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, Mitsuo Tsukahara *
1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...
— did not participate *
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
— bronze medal *: Koji Gushiken,
Noritoshi Hirata is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
,
Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Shinji Morisue,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
, Kyoji Yamawaki *
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
— bronze medal *: Yukio Iketani, Hiroyuki Konishi,
Koichi Mizushima is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-p ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
, Takahiro Yameda *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
— bronze medal *:
Yutaka Aihara is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos ...
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Takashi Chinen is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in Barcelona as part of the Japanese men's gymnastic team. Chinen is a specialist in the pommel horse. Chinen was born in Ishikawa, a former city tha ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
, Yukio Iketani,
Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
— 10th place *:
Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Hikaru Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the all around at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
, Shigeru Kurihara,
Takashi Uchiyama __NOTOC__ is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016, having held the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2016. Early life He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives i ...
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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
— 4th place *:
Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Yoshihiro Saito is a Japanese gymnast. He made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Team Japan in the Artistic Gymnastics, finishing 12th All-Around. References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese male ...
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Kenichi Fujita is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in 25th place in the all around at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium ...
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Mutsumi Harada is a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of t ...
, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Norimasa Iwai *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
— gold medal *: Takehiro Kashima,
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
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Daisuke Nakano is a retired Japanese gymnast. He helped his Japanese gymnastics team claim a gold medal in the Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around, all-around competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Career Naka ...
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Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
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Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Isao Yoneda ; (born August 20, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high ba ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
— silver medal *:
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
, Takehiro Kashima,
Koki Sakamoto (born 21 August 1986, in Sapporo) is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in g ...
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Makoto Okiguchi is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the develop ...
, Kohei Uchimura,
Takuya Nakase is a Japanese artistic gymnast. References External links Sanspo profile * * * 1982 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnas ...
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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
— silver medal *: Ryohei Kato, Kazuhito Tanaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Uchimura,
Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
— gold medal *: Ryohei Kato,
Kenzo Shirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Uchimura,
Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
— silver medal *: Daiki Hashimoto,
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Takeru Kitazono is a Japanese male Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won five gold medals in the all-around, floor, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar competit ...
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Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...


World Championships

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1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
— silver medal *: Akitomo Kaneko, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Tetsumi Nabeya, Takashi Ono, Yoshiyuki Oshima,
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
— silver medal *:
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, Akira Kono, Takashi Ono,
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world ...
, Katsumi Terai,
Shinsaku Tsukawaki was a Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 Nove ...
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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
— gold medal *:
Nobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast. Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these ...
, Yukio Endo,
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.Takashi Ono,
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
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Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took ...
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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
— gold medal *:
Shuji Tsurumi is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gym ...
, Akinori Nakayama, Takeshi Katō, Yukio Endo,
Takashi Mitsukuri is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''.Haruhiro Matsuda *
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
— gold medal *:
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Akinori Nakayama,
Fumio Honma Fumio (written: , , , , , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese illustrator * Fumio Abe (1922–2006), Japanese politician * Fumio Asaki, Japanese ski jumping sports official *, ...
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Takuji Hayata is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around. At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal ...
, Takeshi Katō *
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
— gold medal *:
Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles ...
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Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Hiroshi Kajiyama,
Fumio Honma Fumio (written: , , , , , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese illustrator * Fumio Abe (1922–2006), Japanese politician * Fumio Asaki, Japanese ski jumping sports official *, ...
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Sawao Kato Sawao (written: 沢男 or さわお in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese gymnast *, Japanese musician {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...
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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
— gold medal *: Hiroshi Kajiyama,
Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles ...
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Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
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Junichi Shimizu Jun'ichi or Junichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junichi can be written using different kanji characters. "Ichi" is nearly always written with the character ("one") or its ''daiji'' (large numerals) form , while "jun" mi ...
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Shinzo Shiraishi ''Shinzo'', known as in Japan, is an anime television series produced by TV Asahi, Toei Advertising, and Toei Animation. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, with Mayori Sekijima handling series scripts, Sachiko Kamimura designing the characte ...
, Mitsuo Tsukahara *
1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
— silver medal *: Hiroshi Kajiyama,
Shigeru Kasamatsu is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles ...
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Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Toshiomi Nishikii, Koji Gushiken,
Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University an ...
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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
— silver medal *:
Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Koji Gushiken,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
, Kiyoshi Goto, Kyoji Yamawaki, Toshiro Kanai *
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
— bronze medal *: Koji Gushiken,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
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Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Mitsuaki Watanabe,
Noritoshi Hirata is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Shinji Morisue *
1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
— 4th place *: Koji Gushiken,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kyoji Yamawaki, Mitsuaki Watanabe, Shigemitsu Kondo *
1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...
— 5th place *:
Koichi Mizushima is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-p ...
, Naoyuki Terao, Hiroyuki Konishi, Morimasa Honda, Yukihiro Hayase, Shinji Kanda *
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
— 4th place *:
Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
, Yukio Iketani, Yoshikazu Nakamura,
Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
, Hiroyuki Kato,
Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
— 4th place *: Yukio Iketani,
Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Takashi Chinen is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in Barcelona as part of the Japanese men's gymnastic team. Chinen is a specialist in the pommel horse. Chinen was born in Ishikawa, a former city tha ...
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Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Yutaka Aihara is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos ...
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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
— 5th place *:
Hikaru Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the all around at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Takehiko Ono Takehiko (written: 武彦, 毅彦, 雄彦 or 岳彦) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (born 1969), Japanese sumo wrestler * (1922–1999), Japanese baseball player and manager * (1938–2019), Japanese po ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
, Masayoshi Maeda *
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
— silver medal *:
Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Hikaru Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the all around at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Hiromasa Masuda Hiromasa (written: 博正, 宏昌, 弘昌, 弘将, 浩正, 大将 or 太将) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese composer and music producer *, Japanese f ...
, Masayoshi Maeda *
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
— 4th place *:
Kenichi Fujita is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in 25th place in the all around at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
, Takuya Kishimoto, Shigeru Kurihara,
Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Yoshihiro Saito is a Japanese gymnast. He made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Team Japan in the Artistic Gymnastics, finishing 12th All-Around. References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese male ...
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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
— 4th place *:
Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Yoshihiro Saito is a Japanese gymnast. He made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Team Japan in the Artistic Gymnastics, finishing 12th All-Around. References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese male ...
, Akihiro Kasamatsu,
Kenichi Fujita is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in 25th place in the all around at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium ...
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Mutsumi Harada is a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of t ...
, Tatsuya Yamada *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
— did not participate *
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
— bronze medal *: Takehiro Kashima,
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
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Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
, Tatsuya Yamada *
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
— bronze medal *:
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
, Takehito Mori,
Takuya Nakase is a Japanese artistic gymnast. References External links Sanspo profile * * * 1982 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnas ...
, Eichi Sekiguchi,
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
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Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
— silver medal *:
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
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Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
, Yosuke Hoshi,
Makoto Okiguchi is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the develop ...
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Takuya Nakase is a Japanese artistic gymnast. References External links Sanspo profile * * * 1982 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnas ...
, Shun Kuwahara *
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
— silver medal *:
Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...
,
Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
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Koji Uematsu Koji, Kōji, Kohji or Kouji may refer to: *Kōji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name *Kōji (Heian period) (康治), Japanese era, 1142–1144 *Kōji (Muromachi period) (弘治), Japanese era, 1555–1558 *Koji orange, a Japanese citrus ...
, Kazuhito Tanaka,
Kenya Kobayashi is a Japanese gymnastics, gymnast. Career Kobayashi was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. References

1983 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Place of birt ...
, Tatsuki Nakashima *
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
— silver medal *:
Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...
, Kazuhito Tanaka,
Kenya Kobayashi is a Japanese gymnastics, gymnast. Career Kobayashi was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. References

1983 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Place of birt ...
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Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
,
Makoto Okiguchi is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the develop ...
, Yusuke Tanaka *
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
— silver medal *:
Kohei Kameyama is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in pommel horse. He made his Olympic debut at the age of 32 when he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the two appara ...
, Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura,
Kenzo Shirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
, Yusuke Tanaka,
Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...
, ''
Kazuyuki Takeda is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Born in Gunma, Japan, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University and later join Tokushukai Gymnastics Club. Takeda was part of Japan men's national gymnastics team that won the gold medal at 2014 Asian G ...
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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
— gold medal *:
Naoto Hayasaka is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Born in Saitama, Japan, he graduated from Juntendo University is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the Sc ...
, Ryohei Kato,
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kenzō Shirai is a Japanese men's former athlete of artistic gymnastics ( AG). Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, he, a graduate of Kishine High School, joined the Nippon Sport Science University ( Nittaidai). Shirai took the team gold, and a bronze on individual v ...
, Yusuke Tanaka,
Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...
, '' Tomomasa Hasegawa* *
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
— bronze medal *:
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kenzō Shirai is a Japanese men's former athlete of artistic gymnastics ( AG). Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, he, a graduate of Kishine High School, joined the Nippon Sport Science University ( Nittaidai). Shirai took the team gold, and a bronze on individual v ...
, Yūsuke Tanaka,
Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
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Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and ...
, ''
Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
— bronze medal *: Daiki Hashimoto,
Yuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consist ...
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Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
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Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
, '' Shogo Nonomura''* *
2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...
— silver medal *: Ryosuke Doi, Daiki Hashimoto,
Yuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consist ...
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Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
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Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
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Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
— gold medal *:
Kenta Chiba is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also won the bronze medal in the parallel bars event. He reached the final in both the horizontal bar and pommel ...
, Daiki Hashimoto,
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kazuki Minami Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 Wo ...
, Kaito Sugimoto, ''
Teppei Miwa Teppei (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese comedian and television presenter *Teppei Isaka (born 1974), Japanese footballer * (born 1986), Japanese actor and singer * (born 1975 ...
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Asian Games

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— silver medal *: Kazuo Horide, Kenji Igarashi, Takeo Igarashi, Ryuji Nakayama, Hideyuki Nozawa (gymnast), Hideyuki Nozawa, Hiroshi Sugawara (gymnast), Hiroshi Sugawara * Gymnastics at the 1978 Asian Games, 1978 — silver medal *:
Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Junichi Kitagawa, Toshiomi Nishikii,
Teruichi Okamura is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi ...
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Shinzo Shiraishi ''Shinzo'', known as in Japan, is an anime television series produced by TV Asahi, Toei Advertising, and Toei Animation. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, with Mayori Sekijima handling series scripts, Sachiko Kamimura designing the characte ...
, Haruyasu Taguchi * Gymnastics at the 1982 Asian Games, 1982 — silver medal *: Koji Gushiken,
Noritoshi Hirata is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
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Nobuyuki Kajitani is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to ...
, Shinji Morisue, Taichi Okada,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
* Gymnastics at the 1986 Asian Games, 1986 — bronze medal *: Yukihiro Hayase, Hiroyuki Konishi,
Koichi Mizushima is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-p ...
, Hiroaki Okabe,
Koji Sotomura is a Japanese former gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held fr ...
, Kyoji Yamawaki * Gymnastics at the 1990 Asian Games, 1990 — silver medal *:
Yutaka Aihara is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
, Yukio Iketani,
Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
* Gymnastics at the 1994 Asian Games, 1994 — bronze medal *:
Takashi Chinen is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in Barcelona as part of the Japanese men's gymnastic team. Chinen is a specialist in the pommel horse. Chinen was born in Ishikawa, a former city tha ...
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Yoshiaki Hatakeda is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Hitomi Hatakeda and Chiaki Hatakeda, members of Japan's women's national team and candidates for the 2020 Olympic Game ...
, Horimasa Masuda,
Masayuki Matsunaga Masayuki Matsunaga (born 23 March 1970) is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as th ...
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Daisuke Nishikawa Daisuke Nishikawa (born 2 June 1970) is a retired Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
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Toshiharu Sato is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
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Hikaru Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the all around at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centenn ...
* Gymnastics at the 1998 Asian Games, 1998 — bronze medal *:
Mutsumi Harada is a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of t ...
, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Yasuhiro Ogawa (gymnast), Yasuhiro Ogawa,
Yoshihiro Saito is a Japanese gymnast. He made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Team Japan in the Artistic Gymnastics, finishing 12th All-Around. References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese male ...
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Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
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Isao Yoneda ; (born August 20, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high ba ...
* Gymnastics at the 2002 Asian Games, 2002 — bronze medal *:
Mutsumi Harada is a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of t ...
, Takehiro Kashima,
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
, Yasuhiro Ogawa (gymnast), Yasuhiro Ogawa,
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
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Naoya Tsukahara Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 ''Tsukahara Naoya'', born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mits ...
* Gymnastics at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 — silver medal *:Ryosuke Baba,
Kenya Kobayashi is a Japanese gymnastics, gymnast. Career Kobayashi was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. References

1983 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Place of birt ...
, Shun Kuwahara,
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
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Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
, Yuki Yoshimura * Gymnastics at the 2010 Asian Games, 2010 — silver medal *:Ryosuke Baba, Ryotaka Deguchi, Shun Kuwahara,
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
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Takuya Nakase is a Japanese artistic gymnast. References External links Sanspo profile * * * 1982 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnas ...
, Kyoichi Watanabe * Gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games, 2014 — gold medal *: Tomomasa Hasegawa,
Yuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consist ...
, Yusuke Saito, Shotaro Shirai,
Kazuyuki Takeda is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Born in Gunma, Japan, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University and later join Tokushukai Gymnastics Club. Takeda was part of Japan men's national gymnastics team that won the gold medal at 2014 Asian G ...
, Masayoshi Yamamoto * Gymnastics at the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 — silver medal *:
Kenta Chiba is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also won the bronze medal in the parallel bars event. He reached the final in both the horizontal bar and pommel ...
, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Fuya Maeno, Shogo Nonomura,
Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
* Gymnastics at the 2022 Asian Games, 2022 — silver medal *:Shohei Kawakami (gymnast), Shohei Kawakami,
Takeru Kitazono is a Japanese male Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won five gold medals in the all-around, floor, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar competit ...
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Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
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Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
, Ryota Tsumura


Asian Championships

* 1996 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 1996 — bronze medal * 2003 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2003 — silver medal *:
Yoshihiro Saito is a Japanese gymnast. He made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, representing Team Japan in the Artistic Gymnastics, finishing 12th All-Around. References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese male ...
, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Masaki Endo, Yasuhiro Ogawa (gymnast), Yasuhiro Ogawa * 2006 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2006 — silver medal *:Tomoharu Sano, Hiroaki Kusu, Kazusa Fujita, Ryuta Nakazato * 2008 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2008 — gold medal *: Naoyuki Terao,
Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
, Yosuke Hoshi, Shoichi Yamamoto, Ryosuke Baba, Go Tagashira * 2012 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2012 — silver medal *:Minori Koyama, Yoshiaki Furutani, Takayuki Ohara, Yu Suzuki (gymnast), Yu Suzuki, Rikii Hoshino,
Kenzo Shirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
* 2015 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 — gold medal *:
Naoto Hayasaka is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Born in Saitama, Japan, he graduated from Juntendo University is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the Sc ...
, Yusuke Tanaka, Ryohei Kato,
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Koji Yamamuro is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championshi ...
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Kenzo Shirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...
* 2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2017 — bronze medal *:Hayato Uchida, Jun Muraoka, Shuto Horiuchi, Tatsuki Ichise, Hiroki Ishikawa * 2019 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 — silver medal *:Daisuke Fudono, Hibiki Arayashiki, Minori Haruki, Tatsuki Tanaka, Jumpei Oka * 2022 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 — silver medal *:Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (gymnast), Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Daiki Hidaka, Kouki Maeda, Shiga Tachibana, Kenya Yuasa * 2023 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 — gold medal *:
Takeru Kitazono is a Japanese male Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won five gold medals in the all-around, floor, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar competit ...
, Shinnosuke Oka, Fumiya Sasaki, Ryota Tsumura, Motomu Yoshida


Summer Universiade

* Gymnastics at the 1963 Summer Universiade, 1963 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 1965 Summer Universiade, 1965 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 1967 Summer Universiade, 1967 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 1970 Summer Universiade, 1970 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 1973 Summer Universiade, 1973 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1977 Summer Universiade, 1977 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1979 Summer Universiade, 1979 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1981 Summer Universiade, 1981 — * Gymnastics at the 1983 Summer Universiade, 1983 — * Gymnastics at the 1985 Summer Universiade, 1985 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1987 Summer Universiade, 1987 — bronze medal * Gymnastics at the 1991 Summer Universiade, 1991 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1993 Summer Universiade, 1993 — * Gymnastics at the 1995 Summer Universiade, 1995 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 1997 Summer Universiade, 1997 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 1999 Summer Universiade, 1999 — gold medal * Gymnastics at the 2001 Summer Universiade, 2001 — silver medal * Gymnastics at the 2003 Summer Universiade, 2003 — bronze medal *:Masaki Endo, Akifumi Sasaki, Naoya Tabara, Yuki Yoshimura * Gymnastics at the 2005 Summer Universiade, 2005 — gold medal *:Ryosuke Baba, Takehiro Kashima, Shun Kuwahara, Takehito Mori,
Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight
* Gymnastics at the 2007 Summer Universiade, 2007 — gold medal *:
Hisashi Mizutori , (born 22 July 1980 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in th ...
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Koki Sakamoto (born 21 August 1986, in Sapporo) is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in g ...
, Kohei Uchimura, Kazuya Ueda, * Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade, 2009 — gold medal *: Yosuke Hoshi,
Takuya Nakase is a Japanese artistic gymnast. References External links Sanspo profile * * * 1982 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in gymnas ...
, Takuya Niijima,
Makoto Okiguchi is a Japanese gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the develop ...
, Kyoichi Watanabe * Gymnastics at the 2011 Summer Universiade, 2011 — gold medal *:Yodai Hojo, Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryuzo Sejima, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shoichi Yamamoto * Gymnastics at the 2013 Summer Universiade, 2013 — bronze medal *:Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke Tanaka, Chihiro Yoshioka * Gymnastics at the 2015 Summer Universiade, 2015 — gold medal *:
Naoto Hayasaka is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Born in Saitama, Japan, he graduated from Juntendo University is a private university in Japan. Its headquarters are on its campus in Bunkyo, Tokyo, for the School of Medicine and in Inzai, Chiba, for the Sc ...
, Kaito Imabayashi,
Yuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consist ...
, Shogo Nonomura, Chihiro Yoshioka * Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade, 2017 — gold medal *:
Kenta Chiba is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. He also won the bronze medal in the parallel bars event. He reached the final in both the horizontal bar and pommel ...
, Tomomasa Hasegawa,
Yuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consist ...
, Shogo Nonomura,
Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
* Gymnastics at the 2019 Summer Universiade, 2019 — gold medal *:
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kakeru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Gam ...
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Wataru Tanigawa Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the ...
* Gymnastics at the 2021 Summer World University Games, 2021 – silver medal *: Daiki Hashimoto, Shohei Kawakami,
Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 201 ...
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Kazuki Minami Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2021 Wo ...
, Kaito Sugimoto


Most Decorated Gymnasts


Multiple Medalists


Multiple Gold Medalists


Multiple Individual Medalists


Multiple Individual Gold Medalists


See also

* Japan women's national gymnastics team


References

{{National sports teams of Japan Gymnastics in Japan National men's artistic gymnastics teams National sports teams of Japan, Gymnastics