Nickname
Gachapin (ameblo.jp, 09 May 2014)
Occupation
Office Worker
Family
One daughter
Spoken languages
Japanese
International senior debut
2009
Injuries
He suffered back pain during training one month before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (yomiuri.co.jp, 10 Aug 2017)
In December 2015 he suffered a back injury. (mainichi.jp, 21 Feb 2016)
He sustained injuries to his waist area in 2013 and was unable to train for six months. (ninomiyasports.com, 05 Mar 2015)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age four.
Reason for taking up the sport
He was influenced by his older sister. He learned trampoline, artistic gymnastics and swimming, but he began focusing on trampoline at age six because his teacher recommended the sport to him. He initially liked trampolining because it felt like he was flying.
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. (headlines.yahoo.co.jp, 22 May 2016)
Philosophy / Motto
"If I win, it is the result from my effort. But if I lose, it means that I didn't put enough effort in." (school.js88.com, 01 Sep 2013)
Awards
In 2018 he was given the Kozuki Sports Award by the Kozuki Foundation in Japan. (kozuki-foundation.or.jp, 05 Sep 2018)
Additional information
RETIREMENT
He announced his retirement from the sport in April 2019. "I always wanted to win a medal at the Olympic Games, so I felt much more pressure on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. However as I consistently suffered an injury last year, I felt like it was the end of my sporting career. Therefore I decided to announce my retirement ahead of the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Olympic Games that will be all held in Tokyo, because it will be perfect timing for me to make a contribution to the promotion of trampolining in Japan, if I can't compete anymore." (The Page YouTube channel, 17 Apr 2019; saga-s.co.jp, 16 Apr 2019)
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