Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) is a Japanese

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. 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 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 ...

he qualified for the floor exercise final in third place. In the final he took home the silver medal.

Competitive history

Eponymous skills

At the 2023 Doha World Cup Minami became the first gymnast to successfully perform a "double salto bwd with 7/2 t." on floor. The skill was added to the Code of Points and was given the value H (0.8).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Minami, Kazuki Living people 2000 births Japanese male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 21st-century Japanese people Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Japan