Hobbies
Bowling. (taisou-nippon.jp, 07 Aug 2017)
Occupation
Student
Education
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Meikei Club [Japan]
Coach
Hisashi Mizutori [national], JPN (tokyo-sports.co.jp, 11 Apr 2017)
Injuries
In 2015 he underwent surgery on his shoulder. He was also troubled by injuries to both elbows the same year. (news.yahoo.co.jp 12 Jun 2019)
National Team
2017 (mainichi.jp, 03 Sep 2017)
Start sporting career
He began the sport at age three at Nahara Artistic Gymnastics Club in Japan. (chunichi.co.jp, 08 Aug 2017; news.yahoo.co.jp 12 Jun 2019)
Reason for taking up the sport
He was influenced by his older sister. (aichi-sports.jp, 04 Jun 2019)
Ambitions
To win gold on the horizontal bar at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tv-tokyo.co.jp, 08 Apr 2020)
Most influential person in career
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (taisou-nippon.jp, 07 Aug 2017)
Philosophy / Motto
"Try first before thinking too much." (taisou-nippon.jp, 07 Aug 2017)
Additional information
General
FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2019 he began a doctorate programme after completing a master's degree in physical education at University of Tsukuba in Japan. (tsukuba.ac.jp, 02 Apr 2018; tv-tokyo.co.jp, 08 Apr 2020; news.yahoo.co.jp, 13 Jun 2019)
NAMED ELEMENT
As his training for vault was disrupted by injuries to his shoulder and elbows in 2015, he decided to spend more time on the horizontal bar. In December 2017 'The Miyachi' was added to the Code of Points for the horizontal bar by the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG]. The element, first performed by him at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada, involves a Kovacs with 2/1 turn stretched and has an 'I' value. (fig-gymnastics.com, 15 Dec 2017; news.yahoo.co.jp 12 Jun 2019)
Last update : 2020-08-10
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