Occupation
Student
Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Shizuoka Sangyo University [JPN] / Hamamatsu Seisei High School [JPN]
Coach
Masataka Sugiura [Shizuoka Sangyo, father], JPN: Akiko Maruyama [national], JPN
Sporting relatives
Her father Masataka Sugiura competed in artistic gymnastics at junior national level in Japan and became a coach. He has served as head coach of the trampoline and artistic gymnastics teams at Shizuoka Sangyo University in Iwata, Japan. (hochi.news, 19 Oct 2021; at-s.com, 09 Jan 2021)
Start sporting career
She began gymnastics while in elementary school and first tried tumbling in grade seven of middle school. (at-s.com, 09 Jan 2021)
Reason for taking up the sport
She got involved in gymnastics after she was encouraged by her father Masataka Sugiura, who was a gymnastics coach. She began to focus on tumbling at her father's club. "I was fascinated by the beautiful and dynamic routines." (at-s.com, 09 Jan 2021)
Last update : 2021-11-05