Professional Gymnast from Japan who is best known for his competitions in both team events and the single vault. He is a part of the Japanese National Olympic team.
He began training at a young age at the Tsurumi Junior Gymnastics Club. He began competing internationally in October of 2013 at just seventeen years old.
At the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in 2016, he won gold in the team event and bronze in the vault final. He also currently has six skills named after him (3 each on both floor and vault) as he was the first to perform them in major international competitions.
His parents were gym owners of the Tsurumi Junior Gymnastics Club where he began training.
As an olympic Gymnast for the Japanese national team, he is among the ranks of other members of the team including Ryohei Kato and Kohei Uchimura.
