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10 Most Famous Japanese Gymnasts of All Time

The history of the gymnasium dates back to ancient Greece, where the literal meaning of the Greek word gymnasium was a school for naked exercise.

Gymnasium, a large room used and equipped for the performance of various sports, The gymnasiums were of great significance to the ancient Greeks.

Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially Yoyogi National Stadium is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its suspension roof design.

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

1. Kohei Uchimura

K艒hei Uchimura Rio 2016 by Angecia Brasil/

Uchimura is the only gymnast, male or female, to win six straight world all-around titles and two Olympic all-around golds in a row, dominating the all-around on the global stage from 2009 to 2016.

Uchimura, after battling injuries throughout his last Olympic cycle, competed on solely the high bar in Tokyo and fell in qualifying, failing to make the final.

Kohei Uchimura is a famous Gymnast who has a net worth of $1 to 5 million. He was born on January 3, 1989, and his birthplace is Japan.

Kohei Uchimura is a private person who keeps his personal and romantic life secret, Uchimura is not dating anyone at the moment.

2. Mukarami Mai

Murakami Mai is a retired Japanese gymnast. She’s a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo.

Murakami won the all-around at the National Championships in addition to winning gold on the beam and floor and winning silver on the vault.

She is the first Japanese female gymnast to win an individual medal at the Olympics, winning bronze on floor exercise in Tokyo.

Mai Murakami’s net worth is approximately $1.5 Million, She is currently single and not dating anyone.

3. Sawao Kato

Kat艒 Sawao was a Japanese gymnast, who won eight Olympic gold medals as a member of the Japanese team that dominated men鈥檚 gymnastics during the 1960s and 鈥�70s.

His technique and style continued to define men鈥檚 gymnastics for three Olympiads. Admired not only for his originality, and his level of refinement, form, and execution, but in addition for his technical perfection.

His total medal count over three Olympic Games remains solidly in the record books, with 12 Olympic medals, eight of them gold.

Today, Mr. Kato works as a professor at Tsukuba University, one of Japan鈥檚 most respected educational institutions.

4. Koko Tsurumi

Koko Tsurumi, by Unknown Arthur/

Koko Tsurumi is the 2009 World all-around bronze medalist and uneven bars silver medalist; she was a member of the 2008 Japanese Olympic Team.

Tsurumi is the first Japanese woman gymnast to win a World Championships medal in 43 years.

She tore her Achilles tendon, leaving her out of competition for the rest of the season, and she retired from the sport.

Koko Tsurumi is a famous Japanese artistic gymnast who has a net worth of $1 to 10 million, she is currently single.

5. Takashi Ono

Takashi Ono 1960 by Unknown Arthur/

In 1998, Takashi Ono entered the gymnastics hall of fame, Takashi Ono, at the age of 33, was the oldest member of a brilliant Japanese team.

Ono was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1960 Olympics and took the Olympic Oath at the 1964 Games.

He is married to Kiyoko Ono, a fellow Olympic gymnast. They have two sons and three daughters.

Takashi Ono’s net worth or net income is estimated to be between $1 Million and 5 Million dollars.

6. Sasada Natsumi

Sasada Natsumi competed at the 2010 Youth Olympics and is the 2013 and 2014 Japanese National Champion.

Sasada’s international debut came at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, winning uneven bars gold and team and all-around silver medals.

Natsumi Sasada’s net worth is approximately $1.5 Million, She trains at Nippon Sports Science University, after graduating from Teikyo High School, and is coached by her mother, Yayoi Sasada.

7. Mitsuo Tsukahara

Mitsuo was a five-time Olympic Gold Medalist. He remained active in the sport after he retired from competition.

He has remained connected to the gymnastics world, partly through his son Naoya Tsukahara.

Naoya is a multi-medalist at the World Championships and Olympic Games throughout the late 1990s and who still competing as of 2014.

The Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) has suspended husband and wife officials Chieko and Mitsuo Tsukahara as an investigation into alleged harassment continues.

8. Sugihara Aiko

Aiko is a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo.

She represented Japan at the 2015, 2017, and 2019 World Championships she helped Japan qualify seventh in the team final.

In the 2015 Asian Championships, she won team and all-around gold, and in the Rio Olympics, She performed well. 

Sugihara sustained an injury to her left ankle at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and withdrew from the balance beam during the team event.

In 2019 she was given the Hyogo Prefecture Sports Excellence Award in Japan, she took up the sport at age four in Osaka, Japan.

9. Yukio Endo

Yukio Endo by Anefo/

Endo was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics.

Yukio Endo attended the University of Education in Tokyo, where his legendary status in gymnastics began.

He was the All-Around Champion of Japan, defeating legions of athletes who are to this day legends in their own right.

The artistic gymnastics legend Yukio Endo died at the age of 72 years after a long fight with esophageal cancer.

10. Minobe Yu

Minobe competed for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women’s artistic team all-around and the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women’s artistic team all-around.

She was coached by Chieko Tsukahara, wife of legendary Japanese gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara.

Yu Minobe of Japan lands on her head during the dismount on the balance beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Team final.

She was announced as a member of the Japanese team for the World Championships, After not being selected for the Olympic team, she retired.