Japan men's national gymnastics team
Continental union | Asian Gymnastics Union |
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National federation | |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 20 |
Medals | Gold: 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 2004, 2016 Silver: 1956, 2008, 2012, 2020 Bronze: 1984, 1988, 1992 |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 28 |
Medals | Gold: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 2015 Silver: 1954, 1958, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014 Bronze: 1983, 2003, 2006, 2018, 2019 |
Asian Games | |
Appearances | 12 |
Medals | Gold: 2014 Silver: 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2006, 2010, 2018 Bronze: 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002 |
Asian Championships | |
Appearances | 8 |
Medals | Gold: 2008, 2015 Silver: 2003, 2006, 2012, 2019 Bronze: 1996, 2017 |
Junior World Championships | |
Appearances | 1 |
Medals | Gold: 2019 |
The Japan men's national artistic gymnastics team is a sport group governed by and represents Japan in international gymnastics competitions and multi-sports events. Followed the establishment of in 1930, the team first appeared at the 1932 Summer Olympics and gradually became the major force till this day. For nearly two decades, from 1960 to 1978, Japanese men was dominant and won every gold medal at the Olympics and World Championships.
History[]
1930-1958: Establishment to first medals[]
The Japanese first appeared internationally at the 1932 Summer Olympics, following the establishment of on April 13th 1930,[1] and finished 5th. They returned 4 years later in Berlin, Germany and got 9th place. As the result of the World War II, Germany, Japan and Bulgaria, under Allied military occupations, were not allowed to send athletes to London.[2]
The breakthrough came in 1952 when Japanese gymnasts achieved 4 medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Tadao Uesako brought home a silver in floor and a bronze in vault. Another two vault medalists were Masao Takemoto and Takashi Ono, winning silver and bronze respectively.[3] The team made its debut at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1954 and immediately achieved success, winning silver in Group All-around, their first world-level medal in the discipline. Takemoto became the champion in Floor, also the country first gold medal, and bronze in Parallel Bars.[4]
Japan's performances in men's gymnastics improved incredibly at the 1956 Olympics, with 11 medals in total. While securing their position as 2nd best team in the world, winning silver in Group All-around, they also achieved first Olympic gold medal, with Takashi Ono being the champion in Horizontal Bar. Ono was also tied with Viktor Chukarin as the most decorated male gymnasts at the Games, winning silvers in All-around and Pommel Horse, and a bronze in Parallel Bars. Other successful Japanese gymnasts in individual disciplines were Masao Takemoto, winning 3 bronzes, Masumi Kubota, a silver in Parallel Bars and a bronze in Rings, and Nobuyuki Aihara, a bronze in Floor.[5]
Ono and Takemoto led team Japan to defend their second place at the 1958 World Championships, with each of them winning 5 and 4 individual medals respectively. Takemoto successfully achieved another gold in Floor, and added a Vault silver and Horizontal Bar bronze to his collection. Ono received 3 silvers in All-around, Floor, Parallel Bars and a bronze in Vault. Another individual medal was a silver in Rings achieved by Nobuyuki Aihara.[6][7][8]
1960-1978: World Superpower[]
For nearly 30 years, Japan dominated men's gymnastics, winning every team competition from 1960 Summer Olympics to 1978 World Championships. During this golden age, many gymnasts rose to prominent and achieved overwhelming success. Despite the World Championships only be held every four year, multiple legends appeared and became some of the most decorated gymnasts in the history. Notable names could be mentioned are Sawao Kato, who's holding the record of most Olympics gold medals, Akinori Nakayama, most Olympic and World victories until being surpassed by Kohei Uchimura in 2016, Eizo Kenmotsu, 24 medals including 10 gold, Mitsuo Tsukahara, 15 medals with 9 gold, Yukio Endo, 8 victories and 17 times being on the podium, Takashi Ono, whose glory continued until 1964 Summer Olympics, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Haruhiro Yamashita, Shuji Tsurumi, Nobuyuki Aihara, Takashi Mitsukuri,...
1960 Summer Olympics[]
Japan defeated the USSR in Team All-around for the first time, ending a decade of Soviet domination in the discipline. Takashi Ono brough home two more gold medals in Vault and horizontal bar, as well as an all around silver, and two bronzes in rings and parallel bars, respectively. Nobuyuki Aihara also won the floor, and other 2 medals were achieved by Masao Takemoto, with a silver in horizontal bar, and Shuji Tsurumi, the pommel horse bronze medalist. In total, Japanese team won 9 medals, 2 less than 4 years ago, but 3 more gold, jumping to second place with only 2 behind the USSR. [9]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
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Takashi Ono | 4 | 6 | ||||||
Nobuyuki Aihara | 7 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13 | ||
Masao Takemoto | 5 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||
Shuji Tsurumi | 4 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
Yukio Endo | 5 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
Takashi Mitsukuri | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 9 |
1962 World Championships[]
At the World Championships 2 years later in Prague, Japan surpassed the USSR, climbing to the first on men's medal table. They continued the victory in team, while also being successful in individual events, winning another 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze. Yukio Endo was the biggest star by reaching the podium in every category except for pommel horse. He shared the victory in floor with the reigning Olympic Champion and compatriot Nobuyuki Aihara, getting silvers in individual all-around, rings and horizonal bar, bronzes in vault and parallel bars. Takashi Ono adding another gold in horizontal bar to his collection. Another 2 medal of the Japanese team were a silver from the later Olympic and world vault champion, Haruhiro Yamashita and a bronze in pommel horse by Takashi Mitsukuri.[10][11][12]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
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Yukio Endo | ||||||||
Takashi Ono | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Nobuyuki Aihara | 12 | 4 | ||||||
Haruhiro Yamashita | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Takashi Mitsukuri | 6 | 4 | ||||||
Shuji Tsurumi | 9 |
1964 Summer Olympics[]
When Japan hosted their first Olympics in 1964, their male gymnasts won big at home. The Japanese men achieved the total of 5 gold medals, more than the whole Soviet team, male and female, combined. The defending Olympic and world champion successfully secured the top position in team, with the exact score different like 4 years ago, 2.500. Yukio Endo won the first gold medal in all-around for Japan, while his compatriot Shuji Tsurumi got the silver. The two men also achieved 2 other medals each, with Endo winning gold parallel bars and silver in floor, and Tsurumi getting 2 silvers in parallel bars & pommel horse. in vault, the defending world runner-up Haruhiro Yamashita became the Olympic champion, and Takuji Hayata bought Japan the first victory in rings.[13]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
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Yukio Endo | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Haruhiro Yamashita | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 7 | ||
Takuji Hayata | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | ||
Shuji Tsurumi | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | ||||
Takashi Ono | 11 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 6 | |
Takashi Mitsukuri | 9 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
1966 World Championships[]
Japan showed their domination rival at the 1966 World Championships by winning 13 medals, including 4 golds, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes. Akinori Nakayama was the biggest star with 3 championship titles in team, floor, parallel bars, as well as a silver in rings and 2 bronzes in all-around and vault. In total, he won the same number of medals as the Soviet men, also the number of gold medals. The defending Olympic champion in vault, Haruhiro Yamashita successfully became the world champion in the same apparatus. All other 4 Japanese gymnasts were also be on the podium in individual events. Yukio Endo won 2 silvers in floor and horizontal bar. Takeshi Kato got a silver in vault and a bronze in pommel horse. Takashi Mitsukuri helped Japan achieved the podium sweep in horizontal bar. Shuji Tsurumi, the all-around runner-up, also qualified for all 6 apparatus finals. However, an injury happened in rings performance caused him to withdraw from the competition.
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
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Akinori Nakayama | ||||||||
Haruhiro Yamashita | 10 | |||||||
Yukio Endo | 7 | 4 | ||||||
Takeshi Katō | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Shuji Tsurumi | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
Takashi Mitsukuri | 8 |
1968 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
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Akinori Nakayama | 12 | 5 | ||||||
Sawao Kato | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
Yukio Endo | 8 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||
Takeshi Katō | 5 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||
Eizo Kenmotsu | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
Mitsuo Tsukahara | 18 | 4 | 53 | 4 | 27 | 74 | 11 |
1970 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akinori Nakayama | 6 | |||||||
Eizo Kenmotsu | 4 | 5 | ||||||
Mitsuo Tsukahara | 5 | |||||||
Takeshi Katō | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Takuji Hayata | 7 | 4 | ||||||
6 | 4 | 6 |
1972 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sawao Kato | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Akinori Nakayama | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | ||||
Mitsuo Tsukahara | 8 | 8 | 34 | 71 | 11 | |||
Eizo Kenmotsu | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Shigeru Kasamatsu | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | ||||
Teruichi Okamura | 11 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 54 | 14 | 10 |
1974 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shigeru Kasamatsu | 4 | |||||||
Eizo Kenmotsu | 5 | |||||||
Hiroshi Kajiyama | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Mitsuo Tsukahara | 5 | 4 | 6 | |||||
12 | ||||||||
Sawao Kato |
1976 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitsuo Tsukahara | 8 | 8 | 9 | |||||
Sawao Kato | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
Eizo Kenmotsu | L | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
Hiroshi Kajiyama | 5 | 12 | 7 | 12 | L | 10 | ||
Shun Fujimoto | INJ | 14 | 29 | 15 | INJ | INJ | INJ | |
Hisato Igarashi | L | 29 | 11 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
1978 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shigeru Kasamatsu | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||||
Eizo Kenmotsu | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Hiroshi Kajiyama | 5 | |||||||
Mitsuo Tsukahara | ||||||||
1979-1992: Declining Results[]
1979 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koji Gushiken | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Hiroshi Kajiyama | 9 | 6 | ||||||
Shigeru Kasamatsu | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||
Nobuyuki Kajitani | 7 | |||||||
Eizo Kenmotsu | ||||||||
1981 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koji Gushiken | 7 | 6 | ||||||
Nobuyuki Kajitani | 9 | 7 | 5 | |||||
Koji Sotomura | 7 | |||||||
Kyoji Yamawaki | ||||||||
5 | 4 | |||||||
1983 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koji Gushiken | 7 | 5 | ||||||
Koji Sotomura | 17 | 8 | 4 | |||||
Nobuyuki Kajitani | 7 | |||||||
Noritoshi Hirata | 8 | |||||||
Shinji Morisue | 7 | 4 | ||||||
Mitsuaki Watanabe | 7 |
1984 Summer Olympics[]
1985 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koji Gushiken | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||||
Koji Sotomura | 4 | 11 | 8 | |||||
Hiroyuki Konishi | 4 | 12 | 5 | |||||
Kyoji Yamawaki | 4 | 6 | ||||||
Mitsuaki Watanabe | 4 | |||||||
4 |
1987 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koichi Mizushima | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | ||||
5 | 21 | |||||||
Hiroyuki Konishi | 5 | 32 | ||||||
5 | ||||||||
5 | ||||||||
5 |
1988 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yukio Iketani | 8 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 9 | ||
Hiroyuki Konishi | 37 | 51 | 19 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 35 | |
Koichi Mizushima | 10 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 12 | |
Daisuke Nishikawa | 13 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 | |
Toshiharu Sato | 26 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 18 | 56 | |
Takahiro Yameda | 44 | 68 | 36 | 39 | 60 | 29 | 38 |
1989 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Toshiharu Sato | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | |||
Yukio Iketani | 4 | 4 | ||||||
4 | 18 | |||||||
Daisuke Nishikawa | 4 | |||||||
Hiroyuki Kato | 4 | |||||||
Masayuki Matsunaga | 4 |
1991 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yukio Iketani | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||
Daisuke Nishikawa | 4 | 7 | 4 | |||||
Takashi Chinen | 4 | |||||||
Masayuki Matsunaga | 4 | |||||||
Yutaka Aihara | 4 |
1992 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yutaka Aihara | N/A | N/A | 4 | |||||
Yukio Iketani | N/A | N/A | 9 | 5 | ||||
Hikaru Tanaka | N/A | N/A | 5 | 16 | ||||
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | N/A | N/A | 6 | 6 | ||||
Daisuke Nishikawa | N/A | N/A | 9 | |||||
[[]] | N/A | N/A |
1992 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yutaka Aihara | 21 | 5 | 35 | 36 | 8 | 35 | 46 | |
Takashi Chinen | 27 | 24 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 17 | |
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 15 | 36 | 5 | 76 | 53 | 13 | 55 | |
Yukio Iketani | 23 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 67 | ||
Masayuki Matsunaga | 35 | 27 | 80 | 27 | 17 | 17 | ||
Daisuke Nishikawa | 17 | 47 | 51 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 |
1993-2002: Deeply Struggling[]
1993 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hikaru Tanaka | N/A | 16 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 41 | 45 | 20 |
Takashi Chinen | N/A | 32 | 56 | 22 | 61 | 79 | 42 | 22 |
Daisuke Nishikawa | N/A | 38 | 10 | 95 | 34 | 44 | 16 | 30 |
1994 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hikaru Tanaka | 5 | 11 | ||||||
Daisuke Nishikawa | 5 | 45 | ||||||
Masayuki Matsunaga | 5 | |||||||
Toshiharu Sato | 5 | |||||||
5 | ||||||||
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 5 | 13 | ||||||
5 | ||||||||
Masanori Suzuki | N/A | 8 | 6 |
1995 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 6 | 7 | ||||||
Daisuke Nishikawa | 14 | |||||||
Hikaru Tanaka | 13 | 5 | 7 | |||||
Toshiharu Sato | ||||||||
Masayuki Matsunaga | ||||||||
1996 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masanori Suzuki | 12 |
1996 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoya Tsukahara | 10 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 23 | 19 | 30 |
Hikaru Tanaka | 10 | 19 | 40 | 24 | 58 | 40 | 17 | 23 |
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 10 | 15 | 36 | 5 | 76 | 53 | 13 | 55 |
Toshiharu Sato | 10 | 29 | 54 | 29 | 59 | 32 | 38 | 60 |
Shigeru Kurihara | 10 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 17 | 58 | 61 | 82 |
Takashi Uchiyama | 10 | 54 | 44 | 83 | 69 | 90 | 72 | 69 |
1997 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenichi Fujita | 4 | 35 | ||||||
Yoshiaki Hatakeda | 4 | 11 | 5 | |||||
4 | ||||||||
Shigeru Kurihara | 4 | |||||||
Naoya Tsukahara | 4 | |||||||
Yoshihiro Saito | 4 | 8 |
1999 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoya Tsukahara | 4 | |||||||
Yoshihiro Saito | 4 | 15 | 8 | 4 | ||||
Akihiro Kasamatsu | 4 | 17 | ||||||
Kenichi Fujita | 4 | |||||||
4 | ||||||||
4 |
2000 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoya Tsukahara | 4 | 18 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 8 |
Yoshihiro Saito | 4 | 12 | 44 | 40 | 18 | 27 | 63 | 13 |
Kenichi Fujita | 4 | 25 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 68 | 36 |
Mutsumi Harada | 4 | 58 | 41 | 50 | 36 | 48 | 33 | |
Akihiro Kasamatsu | 4 | 66 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 28 | ||
Norimasa Iwai | 4 | 86 | 7 | 35 | 23 |
2001 World Championships[]
2002 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Takehiro Kashima | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Hiroyuki Tomita | N/A | N/A | 11 | 4 | ||||
Isao Yoneda | N/A | N/A | 5 | |||||
Naoya Tsukahara | N/A | N/A | 13 | 13 | ||||
N/A | N/A | 10 |
2003-2008: Returning to Top & Olympic Gold[]
2003 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoya Tsukahara | 7 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 12 | ||
Hiroyuki Tomita | 38 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 13 | |||
Takehiro Kashima | 7 | 50 | 84 | 52 | ||||
N/A | 60 | N/A | 5 | N/A | N/A | |||
Akihiro Kasamatsu | N/A | N/A | 48 | 18 | N/A | 16 | 25 | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 43 | 47 | 115 | 63 |
2004 Summer Olympics[]
2005 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hiroyuki Tomita | N/A | 7, WD | 8 | 13 | 10 | 8 | ||
Hisashi Mizutori | N/A | 8 | 17 | 39 | 21 | 36 | ||
N/A | N/A | 6 | N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | 16 | |
Takehiro Kashima | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18 | N/A | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2006 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hisashi Mizutori | 14 | 183 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 11 | ||
N/A | N/A | 26 | N/A | 7 | 6 | |||
Takuya Nakase | 6 | 26 | 62 | 14 | 20 | 15 | ||
N/A | 108 | N/A | 64 | N/A | 102 | |||
Hiroyuki Tomita | 14 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||||
Naoya Tsukahara | N/A | 44 | 128 | 21 | N/A | 12 | N/A |
2007 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hisashi Mizutori | 49 | 41 | 13 | |||||
Hiroyuki Tomita | 12 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
N/A | 44 | 40 | N/A | 7 | 16 | |||
Makoto Okiguchi | N/A | 8 | 79 | 88 | N/A | N/A | ||
Takuya Nakase | N/A | 10 | N/A | 27 | 94 | 15 | ||
Shun Kuwahara | N/A | N/A | 22 | 80 | N/A | 16 | 8 |
2008 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kōhei Uchimura | 5 | 42 | 43 | N/A | 10 | 15 | ||
Koki Sakamoto | 5 | 34 | 14 | 13 | N/A | 18 | 33 | |
Hiroyuki Tomita | 4 | 23 | 5 | 32 | N/A | 15 | 6 | |
Takuya Nakase | N/A | 12 | 43 | 20 | N/A | 16 | 5 | |
Takehiro Kashima | N/A | N/A | 33 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 17 | |
Makoto Okiguchi | N/A | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2009-2016: Uchimura's Era[]
2009 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kōhei Uchimura | N/A | 4 | 13 | 12 | N/A | 12 | 6 | |
Kazuhito Tanaka | N/A | 4 | 100 | 52 | 24 | N/A | 20 | |
Takuya Nakase | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 93 | 31 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 | N/A | N/A | |
Makoto Okiguchi | N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Koki Sakamoto | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2010 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kōhei Uchimura | 12 | 8 | N/A | 14 | ||||
Koji Yamamuro | 30 | 241 | 91 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 15 | |
8 | 149 | 54 | 32 | N/A | 5 | 8 | ||
Kazuhito Tanaka | N/A | N/A | N/A | 16 | N/A | 21 | 26 | |
Kenya Kobayashi | 16 | 56 | 78 | 7 | N/A | 19 | 31 | |
N/A | 28 | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2011 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kōhei Uchimura | 5 | 6 | N/A | 4 | ||||
Kazuhito Tanaka | N/A | 130 | 81 | 12 | N/A | 8 | 13 | |
Kenya Kobayashi | N/A | N/A | 11 | 16 | N/A | 43 | 53 | |
Koji Yamamuro | 44 | 20 | 22 | 92 | 16 | |||
Makoto Okiguchi | N/A | 20 | 27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Yusuke Tanaka | N/A | 222 | N/A | 9 | N/A | 11 | 6 |
2012 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryohei Kato | N/A | 9 | 21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Kazuhito Tanaka | 6 | 61 | 62 | 11 | N/A | 4 | 30 | |
Yusuke Tanaka | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 | N/A | 8 | 36 | |
Kōhei Uchimura | 60 | 19 | N/A | 5 | 16 | |||
Koji Yamamuro | 18 | 41 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 50 | 32 |
2013 World Championships[]
2014 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kohei Kameyama | N/A | N/A | 46 | 67 | N/A | N/A | 97 | |
Ryohei Kato | 7 | 6 | 71 | 32 | N/A | 31 | ||
Shogo Nonomura | 11 | 23 | 18 | 26 | N/A | 24 | 88 | |
Kenzo Shirai | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | 30 | N/A | ||
Yusuke Tanaka | 24 | 32 | 13 | N/A | 5 | 25 | ||
Kōhei Uchimura | 5 | 12 | 17 | N/A | 15 | |||
Kazuyuki Takeda | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naoto Hayasaka | N/A | 164 | 87 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23 | |
Ryohei Kato | N/A | N/A | 23 | 55 | N/A | 130 | 10 | |
Kazuma Kaya | 10 | 30 | 75 | N/A | 26 | 24 | ||
Kenzō Shirai | N/A | N/A | 71 | 7 | 31 | N/A | ||
Yusuke Tanaka | 12 | 16 | 106 | 22 | N/A | 7 | 11 | |
Kōhei Uchimura | 64 | 9 | 21 | N/A | 10 |
2016 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryohei Kato | 11 | 16 | 18 | 49 | N/A | 7 | 11 | |
Kenzo Shirai | N/A | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Yusuke Tanaka | N/A | 8 | 57 | 17 | N/A | 55 | 24 | |
Kohei Uchimura | 5 | 14 | 20 | N/A | 10 | 37 | ||
Koji Yamamuro | N/A | N/A | 24 | 21 | N/A | 66 | 33 |
2017-2020: Post Uchimura & Declining Results[]
2017 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kohei Uchimura | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32 | N/A | 30 | N/A |
Kenzo Shirai | N/A | 39 | 43 | 13 | 35 | |||
Wataru Tanigawa | N/A | N/A | 57 | N/A | 15 | N/A | 11 | N/A |
Kohei Kameyama | N/A | N/A | 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | N/A | N/A | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 |
2018 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazuma Kaya | 6 | 8 | 41 | 24 | N/A | 18 | 45 | |
Kenzō Shirai | 7 | 20 | 39 | 55 | 25 | |||
Yūsuke Tanaka | N/A | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12 | 10 | |
Wataru Tanigawa | N/A | 26 | 116 | 23 | 11 | 13 | N/A | |
Kōhei Uchimura | N/A | N/A | 21 | 28 | N/A | N/A | ||
Kakeru Tanigawa | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2019 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daiki Hashimoto | N/A | 11 | 9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | |
Yuya Kamoto | N/A | 47 | N/A | 17 | N/A | 12 | 20 | |
Kazuma Kaya | 6 | 43 | 5 | 24 | N/A | 18 | ||
Kakeru Tanigawa | 40 | 151 | 11 | 50 | N/A | 15 | 98 | |
Wataru Tanigawa | N/A | N/A | 38 | 28 | N/A | 50 | N/A | |
Shogo Nonomura | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2021- : Hashimoto & World Leading Teams[]
2020 Summer Olympics[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daiki Hashimoto | 10 | 8 | 27 | N/A | 10 | |||
Kazuma Kaya | 9 | 27 | 14 | N/A | 17 | 17 | ||
Takeru Kitazono | 5 | 11 | 22 | 44 | N/A | 22 | 6 | |
Wataru Tanigawa | 13 | 14 | 25 | 17 | N/A | 11 | 32 | |
Kohei Kameyama | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kohei Uchimura | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 |
2021 World Championships[]
Gymnasts | Team | AA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daiki Hashimoto | N/A | 5, WD | 4, WD | 28 | N/A | 4 | ||
Kazuma Kaya | N/A | N/A | 6 | 15 | N/A | 6 | 13 | |
Kazuki Minami | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Hidenobu Yonekura | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 16 | N/A | N/A | |
Kohei Uchimura | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 |
Current Squads[]
2021[]
World Championships[]
- Daiki Hashimoto[14]
- Kazuma Kaya
- Kohei Uchimura
- Hidenobu Yonekura
- Kazuki Minami
Summer Olympics[]
- Daiki Hashimoto[15]
- Kazuma Kaya
- Wataru Tanigawa
- Takeru Kitazono
- Kohei Uchimura
- Kohei Kameyama
World Cup[]
- Kohei Kameyama - Doha[16]
- Hidenobu Yonekura - Doha
Team Competition Results[]
Olympic Games[]
- 1896 through 1928 — did not participate
- 1932 — 5th place
- Toshihiko Sasano, Shigeo Homma, Takashi Kondo, Yoshitaka Takeda, Fujio Kakuta
- 1936 — 9th place
- Yoshitaka Takeda, Hikoroku Arimoto, Yoshio Miyake, Hiroshi Nosaka, Kiichiro Toyama, Dokan Sone, Fujio Kakuta, Hiroshi Matsunobu
- 1948 — banned from participating
- 1952 — 5th place
- Akitomo Kaneko, Tetsumi Nabeya, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Tadao Uesako
- 1956 — silver medal
- Nobuyuki Aihara, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Shinsaku Tsukawaki
- 1960 — gold medal
- Nobuyuki Aihara, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Shuji Tsurumi
- 1964 — gold medal
- Yukio Endo, Takuji Hayata, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Shuji Tsurumi, Haruhiro Yamashita
- 1968 — gold medal
- Yukio Endo, Sawao Kato, Takeshi Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Mitsuo Tsukahara
- 1972 — gold medal
- Shigeru Kasamatsu, Sawao Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Akinori Nakayama, Teruichi Okamura, Mitsuo Tsukahara
- 1976 — gold medal
- Shun Fujimoto, Hisato Igarashi, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Sawao Kato, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara
- 1980 — did not participate
- 1984 — bronze medal
- Koji Gushiken, Noritoshi Hirata, Nobuyuki Kajitani, Shinji Morisue, Koji Sotomura, Kyoji Yamawaki
- 1988 — bronze medal
- Yukio Iketani, Hiroyuki Konishi, Koichi Mizushima, Daisuke Nishikawa, Toshiharu Sato, Takahiro Yameda
- 1992 — bronze medal
- Yutaka Aihara, Takashi Chinen, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa
- 1996 — 10th place
- Naoya Tsukahara, Hikaru Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Toshiharu Sato, Shigeru Kurihara, Takashi Uchiyama
- 2000 — 4th place
- Naoya Tsukahara, Yoshihiro Saito, Kenichi Fujita, Mutsumi Harada, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Norimasa Iwai
- 2004 — gold medal
- Takehiro Kashima, Hisashi Mizutori, Daisuke Nakano, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara, Isao Yoneda
- 2008 — silver medal
- Hiroyuki Tomita, Takehiro Kashima, Koki Sakamoto, Makoto Okiguchi, Kohei Uchimura, Takuya Nakase
- 2012 — silver medal
- Ryohei Kato, Kazuhito Tanaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro
- 2016 — gold medal
- Ryohei Kato, Kenzo Shirai, Yusuke Tanaka, Kohei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro
- 2020 — silver medal
- Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Takeru Kitazono, Wataru Tanigawa
World Championships[]
- 1954 — silver medal
- Akitomo Kaneko, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Tetsumi Nabeya, Takashi Ono, , Masao Takemoto
- 1958 — silver medal
- Nobuyuki Aihara, Akira Kono, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, , Shinsaku Tsukawaki
- 1962 — gold medal
- Nobuyuki Aihara, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Shuji Tsurumi, Haruhiro Yamashita
- 1966 — gold medal
- Shuji Tsurumi, Akinori Nakayama, Takeshi Katō, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Haruhiro Matsuda
- 1970 — gold medal
- Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Akinori Nakayama, , Takuji Hayata, Takeshi Katō
- 1974 — gold medal
- Shigeru Kasamatsu, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Hiroshi Kajiyama, , Sawao Kato
- 1978 — gold medal
- Hiroshi Kajiyama, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Eizo Kenmotsu, , , Mitsuo Tsukahara
- 1979 — silver medal
- Hiroshi Kajiyama, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Nobuyuki Kajitani, , Koji Gushiken, Eizo Kenmotsu
- 1981 — silver medal
- Nobuyuki Kajitani, Koji Gushiken, Koji Sotomura, , Kyoji Yamawaki,
- 1983 — bronze medal
- Koji Gushiken, Koji Sotomura, Nobuyuki Kajitani, Mitsuaki Watanabe, Noritoshi Hirata, Shinji Morisue
- 1985 — 4th place
- Koji Gushiken, Koji Sotomura, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kyoji Yamawaki, Mitsuaki Watanabe,
- 1987 — 5th place
- Koichi Mizushima, , Hiroyuki Konishi, , ,
- 1989 — 4th place
- Toshiharu Sato, Yukio Iketani, , Daisuke Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Kato, Masayuki Matsunaga
- 1991 — 4th place
- Yukio Iketani, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Daisuke Nishikawa, Takashi Chinen, Masayuki Matsunaga, Yutaka Aihara
- 1994 — 5th place
- Hikaru Tanaka, Daisuke Nishikawa, Masayuki Matsunaga, Toshiharu Sato, , Yoshiaki Hatakeda,
- 1995 — silver medal
- Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Daisuke Nishikawa, Hikaru Tanaka, Toshiharu Sato, Masayuki Matsunaga, ,
- 1997 — 4th place
- Kenichi Fujita, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, , Shigeru Kurihara, Naoya Tsukahara, Yoshihiro Saito
- 1999 — 4th place
- Naoya Tsukahara, Yoshihiro Saito, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Kenichi Fujita, ,
- 2001 — did not participate
- 2003 — bronze medal
- Takehiro Kashima, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara,
- 2006 — bronze medal
- Hisashi Mizutori, , Takuya Nakase, , Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara
- 2007 — silver medal
- Hisashi Mizutori, Hiroyuki Tomita, , Makoto Okiguchi, Takuya Nakase, Shun Kuwahara
- 2010 — silver medal
- Kōhei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro, , Kazuhito Tanaka, Kenya Kobayashi,
- 2011 — silver medal
- Kōhei Uchimura, Kazuhito Tanaka, Kenya Kobayashi, Koji Yamamuro, Makoto Okiguchi, Yusuke Tanaka
- 2014 — silver medal
- Kohei Kameyama, Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura, Kenzo Shirai, Yusuke Tanaka, Kōhei Uchimura, Kazuyuki Takeda*
- 2015 — gold medal
- Naoto Hayasaka, Ryohei Kato, Kazuma Kaya, Kenzō Shirai, Yusuke Tanaka, Kōhei Uchimura
- 2018 — bronze medal
- Kazuma Kaya, Kenzō Shirai, Yūsuke Tanaka, Wataru Tanigawa, Kōhei Uchimura, Kakeru Tanigawa*
- 2019 — bronze medal
- Daiki Hashimoto, Yuya Kamoto, Kazuma Kaya, Kakeru Tanigawa, Wataru Tanigawa, Shogo Nonomura*
Asian Games[]
- 1974 Asian Games — silver medal
- , , , , ,
- 1978 Asian Games — silver medal
- Nobuyuki Kajitani, , , Teruichi Okamura, ,
- 1982 Asian Games — silver medal
- Koji Gushiken, Noritoshi Hirata, Nobuyuki Kajitani, Shinji Morisue, , Koji Sotomura
- 1986 Asian Games — bronze medal
- , Hiroyuki Konishi, Koichi Mizushima, , Koji Sotomura, Kyoji Yamawaki
- 1990 Asian Games — silver medal
- Yutaka Aihara, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Toshiharu Sato
- 1994 Asian Games — bronze medal
- Takashi Chinen, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, , Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Toshiharu Sato, Hikaru Tanaka
- 1998 Asian Games — bronze medal
- Mutsumi Harada, Akihiro Kasamatsu, , Yoshihiro Saito, Naoya Tsukahara, Isao Yoneda
- 2002 Asian Games — bronze medal
- Mutsumi Harada, Takehiro Kashima, Hisashi Mizutori, , Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara
- 2006 Asian Games — silver medal
- Ryosuke Baba, Kenya Kobayashi, Shun Kuwahara, Hisashi Mizutori, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yuki Yoshimura
- 2010 Asian Games — silver medal
- Ryosuke Baba, , Shun Kuwahara, Hisashi Mizutori, Takuya Nakase,
- 2014 Asian Games — gold medal
- , Yuya Kamoto, , , Kazuyuki Takeda, Masayoshi Yamamoto
- 2018 Asian Games — silver medal
- Kenta Chiba, , Fuya Maeno, Shogo Nonomura, Kakeru Tanigawa
Asian Championships[]
- 1996 — bronze medal
- 2003 — silver medal
- Yoshihiro Saito, Akihiro Kasamatsu, ,
- 2006 — silver medal
- , , ,
- 2008 — gold medal
- , Koji Yamamuro, , , Ryosuke Baba,
- 2012 — silver medal
- , , , , , Kenzo Shirai
- 2015 — gold medal
- Naoto Hayasaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Ryohei Kato, Kazuma Kaya, Koji Yamamuro, Kenzo Shirai
- 2017 — bronze medal
- , , , ,
- 2019 — silver medal
- , , Minori Haruki, , Jumpei Oka
Most Decorated Gymnasts[]
Multiple Medalists[]
Rank | Gymnast | Years | Team | All Around | Olympic Total | World Total | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kohei Uchimura | 2008 - 2021 | 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
2010 2011 2012 2013 |
2010 2013 |
2011 2013 2014 2015 2018 |
7 | 21 | 28 | |||
2 | Eizo Kenmotsu | 1968 - 1979 | 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1970 | 1970 1972 1974 1976 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1968 1970 1974 1976 |
9 | 15 | 24 | ||
3 | Akinori Nakayama | 1966 - 1972 | 1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 | 1968 1970 |
1966 1968 1970 |
10 | 12 | 22 | |
4 | Takashi Ono | 1952 - 1964 | 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1958 | 1956 | 1960 | 1952 1958 1960 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1956 1960 1962 |
13 | 8 | 21 |
5 | Yukio Endo | 1960 - 1968 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1962 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1966 |
7 | 10 | 17 | |
6 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1968 - 1978 | 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 |
1970 1976 |
1970 1972 |
1970 1976 |
1976 | 1972 1976 |
9 | 6 | 15 | ||
7 | Koji Gushiken | 1979 - 1985 | 1979 1981 1983 1984 |
1981 1983 1984 |
1981 | 1979 | 1983 1984 |
1984 | 1981 1985 |
1984 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
8 | Masao Takemoto | 1952 - 1960 | 1954 1956 1958 1960 |
1954 1958 |
1956 | 1952 1958 |
1954 1956 |
1956 1958 1960 |
7 | 7 | 14 | ||
9 | Sawao Kato | 1968 - 1976 | 1968 1972 1974 1976 |
1968 1972 1976 |
1968 | 1972 | 1968 | 1972 1976 |
1972 | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
10 | Kenzo Shirai | 2013 - 2018 | 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2017 | 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 |
2016 2017 2018 |
2 | 11 | 13 | ||||
11 | Shigeru Kasamatsu | 1972 - 1979 | 1972 1974 1978 1979 |
1974 | 1972 1974 1978 |
1974 | 1972 | 1972 1978 |
4 | 8 | 12 | ||
12 | Hiroyuki Tomita | 2003-2008 | 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 |
2003 2005 2006 |
2004 2006 |
3 | 7 | 10 | |||||
13 | Shuji Tsurumi | 1960-1966 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 |
1964 1966 |
1960 1964 |
1964 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||
14 | Nobuyuki Aihara | 1956 - 1962 | 1956 1958 1960 1962 |
1956 1960 1962 |
1958 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
15 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | 1974 - 1979 | 1974 1976 1978 1979 |
1974 | 1974 1976 |
1978 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
16 | Takeshi Kato | 1966 - 1970 | 1966 1968 1970 |
1968 1970 |
1966 | 1966 1970 |
2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
17 | Takehiro Kashima | 2002 - 2008 | 2003 2004 2008 |
2002 2003 2004 2005 |
2003 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||
18 | Kazuma Kaya | 2015 - 2021 | 2015 2018 2019 2020 |
2015 2020 2021 |
2019 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||
19 | Yusuke Tanaka | 2011 - 2018 | 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2014 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
20 | Naoya Tsukahara | 1997 - 2006 | 2003 2004 2006 |
1997 1999 |
1997 1999 |
1 | 6 | 7 | |||||
21 | Hisashi Mizutori | 2004 - 2007 | 2004 2006 2007 |
2005 2007 |
2007 | 2007 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
22 | Haruhiro Yamashita | 1962 - 1966 | 1962 1964 1966 |
1962 1964 1966 |
2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
23 | Takashi Mitsukuri | 1960 - 1966 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1966 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
24 | Ryohei Kato | 2013 - 2016 | 2012 2014 2015 2016 |
2013 | 2014 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
25 | Daiki Hashimoto | 2019 - 2021 | 2019 2020 |
2020 2021 |
2020 2021 |
3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
26 | Koji Yamamuro | 2010 - 2016 | 2010 2011 2012 2016 |
2011 | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
27 | Nobuyuki Kajitani | 1979 - 1984 | 1979 1981 1983 1984 |
1981 1984 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
Multiple Gold Medalists[]
Rank | Gymnast | Years | Team | All Around | Total | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kohei Uchimura | 2008 - 2021 | 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
2010 2011 2012 2013 |
2010 2013 |
2011 2013 2014 2015 2018 |
13 | 10 | 5 | 28 | |||
2 | Akinori Nakayama | 1966 - 1972 | 1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 | 1968 1970 |
1966 1968 1970 |
13 | 4 | 5 | 22 | |
3 | Eizo Kenmotsu | 1968 - 1979 | 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1979 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1970 | 1970 1972 1974 1976 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1968 1970 1974 1976 |
10 | 8 | 6 | 24 | ||
4 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1968 - 1978 | 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 |
1970 1976 |
1970 1972 |
1970 1976 |
1976 | 1972 1976 |
9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
5 | Sawao Kato | 1968 - 1976 | 1968 1972 1974 1976 |
1968 1972 1976 |
1968 | 1972 | 1968 | 1972 1976 |
1972 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
6 | Yukio Endo | 1960 - 1968 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1962 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1966 |
8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | |
7 | Takashi Ono | 1952 - 1964 | 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1958 | 1956 | 1960 | 1952 1958 1960 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1956 1960 1962 |
7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
8 | Shigeru Kasamatsu | 1972 - 1979 | 1972 1974 1978 1979 |
1974 | 1972 1974 1978 |
1974 | 1972 | 1972 1978 |
7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
9 | Kenzo Shirai | 2013 - 2018 | 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2017 | 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 |
2016 2017 2018 |
6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||||
10 | Haruhiro Yamashita | 1962 - 1966 | 1962 1964 1966 |
1962 1964 1966 |
5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
11 | Koji Gushiken | 1979 - 1985 | 1979 1981 1983 1984 |
1981 1983 1984 |
1981 | 1979 | 1983 1984 |
1984 | 1981 1985 |
1984 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
12 | Shuji Tsurumi | 1960-1966 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 |
1964 1966 |
1960 1964 |
1964 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
13 | Nobuyuki Aihara | 1956 - 1962 | 1956 1958 1960 1962 |
1956 1960 1962 |
1958 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||||
14 | Takashi Mitsukuri | 1960 - 1966 | 1960 1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1966 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||||
15 | Masao Takemoto | 1952 - 1960 | 1954 1956 1958 1960 |
1954 1958 |
1956 | 1952 1958 |
1954 1956 |
1956 1958 1960 |
3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
16 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | 1974 - 1979 | 1974 1976 1978 1979 |
1974 | 1974 1976 |
1978 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
17 | Takeshi Kato | 1966 - 1970 | 1966 1968 1970 |
1968 1970 |
1966 | 1966 1970 |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
18 | Takehiro Kashima | 2002 - 2008 | 2003 2004 2008 |
2002 2003 2004 2005 |
2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||||
19 | Takuji Hayata | 1964 - 1970 | 1964 1970 |
1964 | 1970 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||
20 | Hiroyuki Tomita | 2003-2008 | 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 |
2003 2005 2006 |
2004 2006 |
2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||||
21 | Yusuke Tanaka | 2011 - 2018 | 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 |
2014 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
22 | Ryohei Kato | 2013 - 2016 | 2012 2014 2015 2016 |
2013 | 2014 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
23 | Daiki Hashimoto | 2019 - 2021 | 2019 2020 |
2020 2021 |
2020 2021 |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||
24 | 1970 - 1974 | 1970 1974 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
25 | 1978 | 1978 | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Multiple Individual Medalists[]
Rank | Gymnast | Years | All Around | Olympic Total | World Total | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kohei Uchimura | 2008 - 2021 | 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
2010 2011 2012 2013 |
2010 2013 |
2011 2013 2014 2015 2018 |
4 | 16 | 20 | |||
2 | Akinori Nakayama | 1966 - 1972 | 1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 | 1968 1970 |
1966 1968 1970 |
8 | 10 | 18 | |
3 | Eizo Kenmotsu | 1968 - 1979 | 1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1970 | 1970 1972 1974 1976 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1968 1970 1974 1976 |
6 | 11 | 17 | ||
4 | Takashi Ono | 1952 - 1964 | 1956 1958 1960 |
1958 | 1956 | 1960 | 1952 1958 1960 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1956 1960 1962 |
10 | 5 | 15 |
5 | Yukio Endo | 1960 - 1968 | 1962 1964 |
1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1962 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1966 |
4 | 8 | 12 | |
6 | Koji Gushiken | 1979 - 1985 | 1981 1983 1984 |
1981 | 1979 | 1983 1984 |
1984 | 1981 1985 |
1984 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
7 | Masao Takemoto | 1952 - 1960 | 1954 1958 |
1956 | 1952 1958 |
1954 1956 |
1956 1958 1960 |
5 | 5 | 10 | ||
8 | Sawao Kato | 1968 - 1976 | 1968 1972 1976 |
1968 | 1972 | 1968 | 1972 1976 |
1972 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
9 | Kenzo Shirai | 2013 - 2018 | 2017 | 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 |
2016 2017 2018 |
1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
10 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1968 - 1978 | 1970 1976 |
1970 1972 |
1970 1976 |
1976 | 1972 1976 |
6 | 3 | 9 | ||
11 | Shigeru Kasamatsu | 1972 - 1979 | 1974 | 1972 1974 1978 |
1974 | 1972 | 1972 1978 |
3 | 5 | 8 | ||
12 | Takehiro Kashima | 2002 - 2008 | 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
13 | Hiroyuki Tomita | 2003-2008 | 2003 2005 2006 |
2004 2006 |
1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
14 | Shuji Tsurumi | 1960-1966 | 1964 1966 |
1960 1964 |
1964 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
15 | Takeshi Kato | 1966 - 1970 | 1968 1970 |
1966 | 1966 1970 |
1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
16 | Nobuyuki Aihara | 1956 - 1962 | 1956 1960 1962 |
1958 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
17 | Daiki Hashimoto | 2019 - 2021 | 2020 2021 |
2020 2021 |
2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
18 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | 1974 - 1979 | 1974 | 1974 1976 |
1978 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
19 | Naoya Tsukahara | 1997 - 2006 | 1997 1999 |
1997 1999 |
0 | 4 | 4 | |||||
20 | Kazuma Kaya | 2015 - 2021 | 2015 2020 2021 |
2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
21 | Hisashi Mizutori | 2004 - 2007 | 2005 2007 |
2007 | 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Multiple Individual Gold Medalists[]
Rank | Gymnast | Years | All Around | Total | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kohei Uchimura | 2008 - 2021 | 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 |
2010 2011 2012 2013 |
2010 2013 |
2011 2013 2014 2015 2018 |
11 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |||
2 | Akinori Nakayama | 1966 - 1972 | 1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 1968 1970 1972 |
1966 | 1968 1970 |
1966 1968 1970 |
9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |
3 | Sawao Kato | 1968 - 1976 | 1968 1972 1976 |
1968 | 1972 | 1968 | 1972 1976 |
1972 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
4 | Eizo Kenmotsu | 1968 - 1979 | 1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1970 | 1970 1972 1974 1976 |
1970 1972 1974 1978 |
1968 1970 1974 1976 |
4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | ||
5 | Takashi Ono | 1952 - 1964 | 1956 1958 1960 |
1958 | 1956 | 1960 | 1952 1958 1960 |
1956 1958 1960 |
1956 1960 1962 |
4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
6 | Koji Gushiken | 1979 - 1985 | 1981 1983 1984 |
1981 | 1979 | 1983 1984 |
1984 | 1981 1985 |
1984 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
7 | Kenzo Shirai | 2013 - 2018 | 2017 | 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 |
2016 2017 2018 |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
8 | Shigeru Kasamatsu | 1972 - 1979 | 1974 | 1972 1974 1978 |
1974 | 1972 | 1972 1978 |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
9 | Yukio Endo | 1960 - 1968 | 1962 1964 |
1962 1964 1966 |
1962 | 1962 1968 |
1962 1964 |
1962 1966 |
3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | |
10 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 1968 - 1978 | 1970 1976 |
1970 1972 |
1970 1976 |
1976 | 1972 1976 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
11 | Masao Takemoto | 1952 - 1960 | 1954 1958 |
1956 | 1952 1958 |
1954 1956 |
1956 1958 1960 |
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
12 | Nobuyuki Aihara | 1956 - 1962 | 1956 1960 1962 |
1958 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
13 | Daiki Hashimoto | 2019 - 2021 | 2020 2021 |
2020 2021 |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
See also[]
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