Japan men's national gymnastics team explained

Japan Men's National Gymnastics Team
Label1:	Continental union
Data1:	Asian Gymnastics Union
Label2:	National federation
Label4:	Appearances
Data4:	20
Label5:	Medals
Data5:	Gold: 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 2004, 2016, 2024 Silver: 1956, 2008, 2012, 2020 Bronze: 1984, 1988, 1992
Label7:	Appearances
Data7:	30
Label8:	Medals
Data8:	Gold: 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 2015, 2023 Silver: 1954, 1958, 1979, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022 Bronze: 1983, 2003, 2006, 2018, 2019
Label10:	Appearances
Data10:	13
Label11:	Medals
Data11:	Gold: 2014 Silver: 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022 Bronze: 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002
Label13:	Appearances
Data13:	10
Label14:	Medals
Data14:	Gold: 2008, 2015, 2023 Silver: 2003, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022 Bronze: 1996, 2017
Label16:	Appearances
Data16:	27
Label17:	Medals
Data17:	Gold: 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1995, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 Silver: 1973, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2021 Bronze: 1987, 2003, 2013
Label19:	Appearances
Data19:	2
Label20:	Medals
Data20:	Gold: 2019, 2023

The Japan men's national artistic gymnastics team is a sport group governed by Japan Gymnastics Association and represents Japan in international gymnastics competitions and multi-sports events. Followed the establishment of All Japan Gymnastics Federation 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 All Japan Gymnastics Federation on April 13, 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 brought 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]

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			4	6
		7		26	5	9	4	13
		5	14	26	8	7	6
		4	13		9	6	8	8
		5	10	10	12	5	7	4
		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]}

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		4	5			5	5
		12			4
		7	4				4
		6						4
		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]

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				17	6	6		5
		6	7	4	21		7	7
		8	7	7		16	10	12
			9		5	4		21
		11	14	7	9	14	25	6
		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 achieve 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.

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		10
		7				4
		6	4		4
			6	5	6	6	6	6
		8

• 1968 Summer Olympics

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				12		5
				8		7	7	7
		8	11	26	8		9	6
		5		20	5	4	4	11
		4	6	5	7	6	5
		18	4	53	4	27	74	11

• 1970 World Championships

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						6
					4	5
			5
		8					4
		7			4
		6				4		6

• 1972 Summer Olympics

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			6		4	4
				7		12	5	5
		8	8	34		71	11
			4		5	4		4
		5		4	12	7
		11	12	29	9	54	14	10

• 1974 World Championships

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				4
						5
		4					4
		5			4			6
		12

• 1976 Summer Olympics

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			8	8	9
			5	5	6	7		8
		L	6		5	15	17
		5	12	7	12		L	10
		INJ	14	29	15	INJ	INJ	INJ
		L	29	11	29	19	10	7

• 1978 World Championships

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		7		8	4
					6	8		8
		5

1979-1992: Declining Results

• 1979 World Championships

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		7			4		4
		9					6
			6	6		7
								7
		15

• 1981 World Championships

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				7				6
		9	7		5
		7
				5				4

• 1983 World Championships

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				7			5
		17	8		4
		7
						8
						7		4
								7

• 1984 Summer Olympics

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			8	21			5
		16Q, L	13	34	33		35
		8	36	6	9	16		37
		25Q, L		43	30	25	31	25
		9	30	15	25	32	14	12
		29Q, L	9	65	6	16	15	45

• 1985 World Championships

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	4	13		8
	4	11					8
	4	12						5
	4		6
	4
	4

• 1987 World Championships

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	5	10	7				5
	5	21
	5	32
	5
	5
	5

• 1988 Summer Olympics

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		8		22	21	7	29	9
		37	51	19	46	46	50	35
		10	19	4	21	26	18	12
		13	47	51	17	23	8	5
		26	30	12	21	26	18	56
		44	68	36	39	60	29	38

• 1989 World Championships

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	4	12	8		6			7
	4	4
	4	18
	4
	4
	4

• 1991 World Championships

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	4	13			6	6		8
	4	10		4			6
	4	7					4
	4
	4
	4

• 1992 World Championships

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			4
			9					5
				5		16
				6			6
								9

• 1992 Summer Olympics

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		21	5	35	36	8	35	46
		27	24	11	31	27	18	17
		15	36	5	76	53	13	55
		23		12	7	23	12	67
		35	27	80	27	17		17
		17	47	51	17	23	8	5

1993-2002: Deeply Struggling

• 1993 World Championships

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		16	16	17	27	41	45	20
		32	56	22	61	79	42	22
		38	10	95	34	44	16	30

• 1994 World Championships

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	5	11
	5	45
	5
	5
	5
	5	13
	5
			8			6

• 1995 World Championships

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		6					7
		14
		13		5	7

• 1996 World Championships

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						12

• 1996 Summer Olympics

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	10	12	14	28	48	23	19	30
	10	19	40	24	58	40	17	23
	10	15	36	5	76	53	13	55
	10	29	54	29	59	32	38	60
	10	44	37	81	17	58	61	82
	10	54	44	83	69	90	72	69

• 1997 World Championships

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	4	35
	4	11						5
	4
	4
	4
	4				8

• 1999 World Championships

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	4
	4	15			8			4
	4	17
	4
	4
	4

• 2000 Summer Olympics

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	4	18	42	28	11	21	54	8
	4	12	44	40	18	27	63	13
	4	25	24	33	36	14	68	36
	4	58	41	50	36		48	33
	4	66	26	23		14		28
	4	86			7	35	23

• 2001 World Championships
• 2002 World Championships

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				11	4
								5
						13	13
							10

2003-2008: Returning to Top & Olympic Gold

• 2003 World Championships

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		7	12	11	37		4	12
			38	25	9		14	13
		7	50		84		52
			60		5
			48	18			16	25
				43	47		115	63

• 2004 Summer Olympics

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			53			13	40	6
				35	23	26		6
			6		65		5	6
		6	62	8	4			13
			4	12	13		21
		11	7	76	27		15

• 2005 World Championships

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			7, WD	8	13		10	8
			8	17	39		21	36
			6			5		16
							18
					4

• 2006 World Championships

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		14	183	35	29		10	11
				26			7	6
		6	26	62	14		20	15
			108		64			102
			14	7	11			4
			44	128	21		12

• 2007 World Championships

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				49	41		13
		12	50	5	8		10	8
			44	40			7	16
			8	79	88
			10		27		94	15
				22	80		16	8

• 2008 Summer Olympics

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			5	42	43		10	15
		5	34	14	13		18	33
		4	23	5	32		15	6
			12	43	20		16	5
				33			21	17
			19

2009-2016: Uchimura's Era

• 2009 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			4	13	12		12	6
		4	100	52	24			20
							93	31
						13
			5
				31

• 2010 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
				12	8			14
		30	241	91	4	9	22	15
		8	149	54	32		5	8
					16		21	26
		16	56	78	7		19	31
			28	10

• 2011 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
				5	6		4
			130	81	12		8	13
				11	16		43	53
			44	20		22	92	16
			20	27
			222		9		11	6

• 2012 Summer Olympics

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			9	21
		6	61	62	11		4	30
					17		8	36
				60	19		5	16
		18	41	15	23	17	50	32

• 2013 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
				10	17
			15	21	22		12	7
						4
					7			27
							75

• 2014 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
				46	67			97
		7	6	71	32			31
		11	23	18	26		24	88
						4	30
			24	32	13		5	25
			5	12	17		15
Kazuyuki Takeda

• 2015 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			164	87				23
				23	55		130	10
		10	30		75		26	24
					71	7	31
		12	16	106	22		7	11
			64	9	21		10
Tomomasa Hasegawa

• 2016 Summer Olympics

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
		11	16	18	49		7	11
			4
			8	57	17		55	24
			5	14	20		10	37
				24	21		66	33

2017-2020: Post Uchimura's Dominance

• 2017 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
					32		30
				39	43		13	35
			57		15		11
			17
						6
								5

• 2018 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
		6	8	41	24		18	45
		7		20	39		55	25
			43				12	10
			26	116	23	11	13
				21	28
Kakeru Tanigawa

• 2019 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			11	9				4
			47		17		12	20
		6	43	5	24			18
		40	151	11	50		15	98
				38	28		50
Shogo Nonomura

2021- : Hashimoto & World Leading Teams

• 2020 Summer Olympics

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			10	8	27		10
		9	27		14		17	17
		5	11	22	44		22	6
		13	14	25	17		11	32
				5
								20

• 2021 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
			5, WD	4, WD	28		4
			6		15		6	13
						16
								6

• 2022 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
				109	11		16
					7		6	7
				7				21
			15	17	17	7	13	30
			9	10	46		10
Kazuma Kaya

• 2023 World Championships

width=28% class=unsortable	Gymnasts	width=9% class=unsortable	Team	width=9% class=unsortable	AA	width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable		width=9% class=unsortable
		4	37	6	31		10	7
			7	50	28		13
		2	26	17	10		4	7
						12
				46	23			17
Teppei Miwa

Recent Squads

2021 - 2024

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2017 - 2020

Team Competition Results

Olympic Games

See also: Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics.

• 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

• 2024 — gold medal

Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Shinnosuke Oka, Takaaki Sugino, Wataru Tanigawa

World Championships

See also: World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

• 1954 — silver medal

Akitomo Kaneko, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Tetsumi Nabeya, Takashi Ono, Yoshiyuki Oshima, Masao Takemoto

• 1958 — silver medal

Nobuyuki Aihara, Akira Kono, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Katsumi Terai, 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, Fumio Honma, Takuji Hayata, Takeshi Katō

• 1974 — gold medal

Shigeru Kasamatsu, Eizo Kenmotsu, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Hiroshi Kajiyama, Fumio Honma, Sawao Kato

• 1978 — gold medal

Hiroshi Kajiyama, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Eizo Kenmotsu, Junichi Shimizu, Shinzo Shiraishi, Mitsuo Tsukahara

• 1979 — silver medal

Hiroshi Kajiyama, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Nobuyuki Kajitani, Toshiomi Nishikii, Koji Gushiken, Eizo Kenmotsu

• 1981 — silver medal

Nobuyuki Kajitani, Koji Gushiken, Koji Sotomura, Kiyoshi Goto, Kyoji Yamawaki, Toshiro Kanai

• 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, Shigemitsu Kondo

• 1987 — 5th place

Koichi Mizushima, Naoyuki Terao, Hiroyuki Konishi, Morimasa Honda, Yukihiro Hayase, Shinji Kanda

• 1989 — 4th place

Toshiharu Sato, Yukio Iketani, Yoshikazu Nakamura, 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, Takehiko Ono, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Masayoshi Maeda

• 1995 — silver medal

Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Daisuke Nishikawa, Hikaru Tanaka, Toshiharu Sato, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiromasa Masuda, Masayoshi Maeda

• 1997 — 4th place

Kenichi Fujita, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Takuya Kishimoto, Shigeru Kurihara, Naoya Tsukahara, Yoshihiro Saito

• 1999 — 4th place

Naoya Tsukahara, Yoshihiro Saito, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Kenichi Fujita, Mutsumi Harada, Tatsuya Yamada

• 2001 — did not participate
• 2003 — bronze medal

Takehiro Kashima, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara, Tatsuya Yamada

• 2006 — bronze medal

Hisashi Mizutori, Takehito Mori, Takuya Nakase, Eichi Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara

• 2007 — silver medal

Hisashi Mizutori, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yosuke Hoshi, Makoto Okiguchi, Takuya Nakase, Shun Kuwahara

• 2010 — silver medal

Kōhei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro, Koji Uematsu, Kazuhito Tanaka, Kenya Kobayashi, Tatsuki Nakashima

• 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, Tomomasa Hasegawa*

• 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*

• 2022 — silver medal

Ryosuke Doi, Daiki Hashimoto, Yuya Kamoto, Kakeru Tanigawa, Wataru Tanigawa, Kazuma Kaya*

• 2023 — gold medal

Kenta Chiba, Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami, Kaito Sugimoto, Teppei Miwa*

Asian Games

See also: Gymnastics at the Asian Games.

• 1974 — silver medal

Kazuo Horide, Kenji Igarashi, Takeo Igarashi, Ryuji Nakayama, Hideyuki Nozawa, Hiroshi Sugawara

• 1978 — silver medal

Nobuyuki Kajitani, Junichi Kitagawa, Toshiomi Nishikii, Teruichi Okamura, Shinzo Shiraishi, Haruyasu Taguchi

• 1982 — silver medal

Koji Gushiken, Noritoshi Hirata, Nobuyuki Kajitani, Shinji Morisue, Taichi Okada, Koji Sotomura

• 1986 — bronze medal

Yukihiro Hayase, Hiroyuki Konishi, Koichi Mizushima, Hiroaki Okabe, Koji Sotomura, Kyoji Yamawaki

• 1990 — silver medal

Yutaka Aihara, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Toshiharu Sato

• 1994 — bronze medal

Takashi Chinen, Yoshiaki Hatakeda, Horimasa Masuda, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Toshiharu Sato, Hikaru Tanaka

• 1998 — bronze medal

Mutsumi Harada, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Yoshihiro Saito, Naoya Tsukahara, Isao Yoneda

• 2002 — bronze medal

Mutsumi Harada, Takehiro Kashima, Hisashi Mizutori, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Hiroyuki Tomita, Naoya Tsukahara

• 2006 — silver medal

Ryosuke Baba, Kenya Kobayashi, Shun Kuwahara, Hisashi Mizutori, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yuki Yoshimura

• 2010 — silver medal

Ryosuke Baba, Ryotaka Deguchi, Shun Kuwahara, Hisashi Mizutori, Takuya Nakase, Kyoichi Watanabe

• 2014 — gold medal

Tomomasa Hasegawa, Yuya Kamoto, Yusuke Saito, Shotaro Shirai, Kazuyuki Takeda, Masayoshi Yamamoto

• 2018 — silver medal

Kenta Chiba, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Fuya Maeno, Shogo Nonomura, Kakeru Tanigawa

• 2022 — silver medal

Shohei Kawakami, Takeru Kitazono, Kakeru Tanigawa, Wataru Tanigawa, Ryota Tsumura

Asian Championships

See also: Asian Gymnastics Championships.

• 1996 — bronze medal
• 2003 — silver medal

Yoshihiro Saito, Akihiro Kasamatsu, Masaki Endo, Yasuhiro Ogawa

• 2006 — silver medal

Tomoharu Sano, Hiroaki Kusu, Kazusa Fujita, Ryuta Nakazato

• 2008 — gold medal

Naoyuki Terao, Koji Yamamuro, Yosuke Hoshi, Shoichi Yamamoto, Ryosuke Baba, Go Tagashira

• 2012 — silver medal

Minori Koyama, Yoshiaki Furutani, Takayuki Ohara, Yu Suzuki, Rikii Hoshino, Kenzo Shirai

• 2015 — gold medal

Naoto Hayasaka, Yusuke Tanaka, Ryohei Kato, Kazuma Kaya, Koji Yamamuro, Kenzo Shirai

• 2017 — bronze medal

Hayato Uchida, Jun Muraoka, Shuto Horiuchi, Tatsuki Ichise, Hiroki Ishikawa

• 2019 — silver medal

Daisuke Fudono, Hibiki Arayashiki, Minori Haruki, Tatsuki Tanaka, Jumpei Oka

• 2022 — silver medal

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Daiki Hidaka, Kouki Maeda, Shiga Tachibana, Kenya Yuasa

• 2023 — silver medal

Takeru Kitazono, Shinnosuke Oka, Fumiya Sasaki, Ryota Tsumura, Motomu Yoshida

Summer Universiade

See also: Gymnastics at the Summer Universiade.

• 1963 — gold medal
• 1965 — gold medal
• 1967 — gold medal
• 1970 — gold medal
• 1973 — silver medal
• 1977 — silver medal
• 1979 — silver medal
• 1981 —
• 1983 —
• 1985 — silver medal
• 1987 — bronze medal
• 1991 — silver medal
• 1993 —
• 1995 — gold medal
• 1997 — silver medal
• 1999 — gold medal
• 2001 — silver medal
• 2003 — bronze medal

Masaki Endo, Akifumi Sasaki, Naoya Tabara, Yuki Yoshimura

• 2005 — gold medal

Ryosuke Baba, Takehiro Kashima, Shun Kuwahara, Takehito Mori, Hiroyuki Tomita

• 2007 — gold medal

Hisashi Mizutori, Koki Sakamoto, Kohei Uchimura, Kazuya Ueda,

• 2009 — gold medal

Yosuke Hoshi, Takuya Nakase, Takuya Niijima, Makoto Okiguchi, Kyoichi Watanabe

• 2011 — gold medal

Yodai Hojo, Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryuzo Sejima, Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shoichi Yamamoto

• 2013 — bronze medal

Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryohei Kato, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke Tanaka, Chihiro Yoshioka

• 2015 — gold medal

Naoto Hayasaka, Kaito Imabayashi, Yuya Kamoto, Shogo Nonomura, Chihiro Yoshioka

• 2017 — gold medal

Kenta Chiba, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Yuya Kamoto, Shogo Nonomura, Wataru Tanigawa

• 2019 — gold medal

Kazuma Kaya, Kakeru Tanigawa, Wataru Tanigawa

• 2021 – silver medal

Daiki Hashimoto, Shohei Kawakami, Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami, Kaito Sugimoto

Most Decorated Gymnasts

Multiple Medalists

Rank	class=unsortable style="width:15.5em;"	Gymnast	Years	Team	All Around							Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1		2008 - 2021									7	21	28
2		1968 - 1979									9	15	24
3		1966 - 1972									10	12	22
4		1952 - 1964									13	8	21
5		1960 - 1968									7	10	17
6		1968 - 1978									9	6	15
7		1979 - 1985									5	10	15
8		1952 - 1960									7	7	14
9	Daiki Hashimoto	2019 - 2023	2019 2020 2022 2023 2024	2020 2021 2022 2023	2022					2020 2021 2022 2023	4	10	14
10	Sawao Kato	1968 - 1976	1968 1972 1974 1976	1968 1972 1976	1968	1972	1968		1972 1976	1972	12	1	13
11		2013 - 2018									2	11	13
12		1972 - 1979									4	8	12
13		2003 - 2008									3	7	10
	Kazuma Kaya	2015 - 2021	2015 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024			2015 2020 2021			2019		3	7	10
15	Shuji Tsurumi	1960 - 1966	1960 1962 1964 1966	1964 1966		1960 1964			1964		6	3	9
16		1956 - 1962									4	4	8
17		1974 - 1979									2	6	8
18		1966 - 1970									2	6	8
19		2002 - 2008									3	5	8
20	Yusuke Tanaka	2011 - 2018									2	5	7
21		1997 - 2006									1	6	7
22		2004 - 2007									1	6	7
23		1962 - 1966									2	4	6
24		1960 - 1966									2	4	6
25		2013 - 2016									2	4	6
26		2010 - 2016									2	4	6
27		1979 - 1984									2	4	6
28	Wataru Tanigawa	2017 - 2022	2018 2019 2020 2022 2024								2	4	6
29		1981 - 1984									2	3	5
		1988 - 1992									4	1	5
			`            `		`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `

Multiple Gold Medalists

Rank	class=unsortable style="width:15.5em;"	Gymnast	Years	Team	All Around										Total
1		2008 - 2021									13	10	5	28
2		1966 - 1972									13	4	5	22
3		1968 - 1979									10	8	6	24
4		1968 - 1978									9	3	3	15
5		1968 - 1976									9	3	1	13
6		1960 - 1968									8	7	2	17
7		1952 - 1964									7	9	5	21
8	Daiki Hashimoto	2019 - 2023	2019 2020 2022 2023 2024	2020 2021 2022 2023	2022					2020 2021 2022 2023	7	6	1	14
9	Shigeru Kasamatsu	1972 - 1979	1972 1974 1978 1979	1974	1972 1974 1978			1974	1972	1972 1978	7	3	2	12
10		2013 - 2018									6	3	4	13
11		1962 - 1966									5	1	0	6
12		1979 - 1985									4	4	7	15
13		1960-1966									4	4	1	9
14		1956 - 1962									4	4	0	8
15		1960 - 1966									4	0	2	6
16		1952 - 1960									3	6	5	14
17	Kazuma Kaya	2015 - 2023	2015 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024			2015 2020 2021			2019		3	2	5	10
18	Hiroshi Kajiyama	1974 - 1979	1974 1976 1978 1979		1974			1974 1976	1978		3	3	2	8
19	Takeshi Kato	1966 - 1970	1966 1968 1970		1968 1970	1966		1966 1970			3	1	4	8
20	Takehiro Kashima	2002 - 2008	2003 2004 2008			2002 2003 2004 2005				2003	3	1	4	8
21	Takuji Hayata	1964 - 1970	1964 1970				1964			1970	3	0	1	4
	Shinnosuke Oka	2024	2024	2024					2024	2024	3	0	1	4
23	Hiroyuki Tomita	2003 - 2008	2003 2004 2006 2007 2008	2003 2005 2006					2004 2006		2	5	3	10
234	Yusuke Tanaka	2011 - 2018	2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018	2014							2	3	2	7
25	Ryohei Kato	2013 - 2016	2012 2014 2015 2016	2013					2014		2	3	1	6
26		1970 - 1974									2	0	0	2
		1978									2	0	0	2
			`            `		`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `	`            `

Multiple Individual Medalists

Rank	class=unsortable style="width:15.5em;"	Gymnast	Years	All Around							Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1		2008 - 2021								4	16	20
2		1966 - 1972								8	10	18
3		1968 - 1979								6	11	17
4		1952 - 1964								10	5	15
5		1960 - 1968								4	8	12
6		1979 - 1985								4	7	11
7		1952 - 1960								5	5	10
8	Daiki Hashimoto	2019 - 2023	2020 2021 2022 2023							2	7	9
9		1968 - 1976								9	0	9
10		2013 - 2018								1	8	9
11		1968 - 1978								6	3	9
12		1972 - 1979								3	5	8
13		2002 - 2008								1	4	5
14		2003 - 2008								1	4	5
15		1960 - 1966								4	1	5
16		1966 - 1970								1	4	5
17		1956 - 1962								2	2	4
18		1974 - 1979								1	3	4
19		1997 - 2006								0	4	4
20	Kazuma Kaya	2015 - 2023								1	3	4
21		2004 - 2007								0	4	4
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Multiple Individual Gold Medalists

Rank	class=unsortable	Gymnast	Years	All Around										Total
1		2008 - 2021								11	5	4	20
2		1966 - 1972								9	4	5	18
3	Daiki Hashimoto	2019 - 2023								5	4	0	9
4		1968 - 1976								5	3	1	9
5		1968 - 1979								4	7	6	17
6		1952 - 1964								4	6	5	15
7		1979 - 1985								4	2	5	11
8		2013 - 2018								4	2	3	9
9		1972 - 1979								4	2	2	8
10		1960 - 1968								3	7	2	12
11		1968 - 1978								3	3	3	9
12		1952 - 1960								2	3	5	10
12		1956 - 1962								2	2	0	4
15		1962 - 1966								2	1	0	3
16		2002 - 2008								2	0	3	5
17	Shinnosuke Oka	2024	2024					2024	2024	2	0	1	3
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See also

• Japan women's national gymnastics team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Japan Gymnastics Association Profile. Japan Gymnastics Association.
2. News: Three years after WWII ended, Japan was still technically an enemy — and banned from the London Games. The Washington Post. July 23, 2021.
3. Web site: HELSINKI 1952 - GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC RESULTS. International Olympic Committee.
4. Web site: 1954 World Championships Results. Romanian Gymnastics Federation.
5. Web site: MELBOURNE 1956 - GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC RESULTS. International Olympic Committee.
6. Web site: 1958 World Championships - Men's Team Results. gymn-forum.net.
7. Web site: 1958 World Championships - Men's AA Results. gymn-forum.net.
8. Web site: 1958 World Championships - Men's EF Results. gymn-forum.net.
9. Web site: ROME 1960 - GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC RESULTS. International Olympic Committee.
10. Web site: 1962 World Championships - Men's Team Results. gymn-forum.net.
11. Web site: 1962 World Championships - Men's AA Results. gymn-forum.net.
12. Web site: 1962 World Championships - Men's EF Results. gymn-forum.net.
13. Web site: TOKYO 1964 - GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC RESULTS. International Olympic Committee.
14. Web site: 50th World Gymnastics Championships. Japan Gymnastics Association.
15. Web site: 32nd Olympic Games (Gymnastics). Japan Gymnastics Association.
16. Web site: FIG Event World Cup Doha Tournament. Japan Gymnastics Association.