Spoken languages
Japanese
Club
Tokushukai [Kamakura, JPN]
Coach
Isao Yoneda [club], JPN; Hisashi Mizutori [national], JPN (news.yahoo.co.jp, 12 Mar 2019)
Injuries
In April 2021 he damaged ligaments in both elbows while performing on horizontal bar at the All Japan Championships which was also the national selection trials for the 2020 Olympic Games. (hochi.news, 18 Apr 2021; daily.co.jp, 19 Apr 2021)
He fractured his left ankle after a bad landing during training in 2017. The injury was still troubling him at the national trials for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (fujitv.co.jp, 17 Jan 2018; sanspo.com, 19 May 2018)
Start sporting career
He began the sport at age three at Tomioka Gymnastics Club in Osaka, Japan. (number.bunshun.jp, 21 Aug 2020)
Reason for taking up the sport
His mother enrolled him in a gymnastics club because he was fascinated by Japanese superhero television series 'Kamen Rider Hibiki'. (ytv-athlete.jp, 11 Jul 2015; daily.co.jp, 21 Oct 2018)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ews.yahoo.co.jp, 12 Mar 2019)
Hero / Idol
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (sanspo.com, 19 May 2018)
Awards
He was presented with a Rookie Award at the 2018 Japanese Olympic Committee [JOC] Sports Awards. (jpn-gym.or.jp, 03 Apr 2019)
In 2019 he received Big Sports Rookie Award at the 53rd TV Asahi Big Sports Awards in Japan. (TV Asahi YouTube channel, 15 Jan 2019)
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