Kakeru Tanigawa | |
Country: | Japan |
Birth Date: | 1999 2, df=yes |
Discipline: | MAG |
Show-Medals: | yes |
[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 and 2019 Japanese National All Around Champion. His older brother, Wataru Tanigawa, is also an international gymnast.
In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] In the same year, he also won the bronze medal in the men's team event at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. A year later, he also won the bronze medal in the men's team event at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany.
In 2014, he won several medals in the men's junior events at the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships held in Richmond, British Columbia.
In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.[2] He also won the bronze medal in the floor event, and the gold medal on parallel bars.