Occupation
Athlete
Education
Sport Studies - Juntendo University , Japan
Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Central Sports [Japan]
Coach
Mutsumi Mutsumi [club]; Tomita Hiroyuki [club], JPN; Hisashi Mizutori [national], JPN (cyclestyle.net, 24 Mar 2016; sakura.juntendo.ac.jp, 14 Sep 2015; sports-biz.co.jp, 22 Jan 2016)
Sporting relatives
His younger brother Koji has also competed for Japan in artistic gymnastics. The brothers first competed together internationally in 2009. (ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013; sakura.juntendo.ac.jp, 14 Sep 2015)
International senior debut
2010 for Japan, in Moscow, Russia (jpn-gym.or.jp, 13 Sep 2013)
Injuries
In 2015 he damaged a ligament in his left middle finger during training on the parallel bars, and also injured his tail bone while practising on the horizontal bar the same year. (gymnasticsnews.jp, 23 Apr 2015)
National Team
2011 (jpn-gym.or.jp, 13 Sep 2013)
Start sporting career
He began the sport aged six at Fuji Sports Club. (jpn-gym.or.jp, 13 Sep 2013; ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013)
Reason for taking up the sport
A friend of his father suggested the sport to him, so he and his brother took up the sport together. (jpn-gym.or.jp, 09 Sep 2013; ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013)
Ambitions
To win gold medals at world championships and Olympic Games. (ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013)
Hero / Idol
Japan gymnast Hiroyuki Tomita. (athlete-japon.com, 10 Apr 2012)
Most influential person in career
His younger brother Koji. (ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013)
Philosophy / Motto
"Don't think whether you can do it or not, rather think how much effort you should put into doing it." (ninomiyasports.com, 10 Sep 2013)
Additional information
Awards
He received the Best New Gymnast award at the 2011 Japan Gymnastics Association [JGA] Awards Ceremony. (plus-blog.sportsnavi.com, 21 Jan 2012)
Last update : 2016-06-27
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