WNobuyuki Aihara was a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these events.
WHikoroku Arimoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and finished ninth with the Japanese team. His best individual result was 35th place on the floor. He died in World War II.
WRyosuke Doi is a Japanese artistic gymnast. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the team event and the silver medal in the men's all-around event at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Győr, Hungary. In the floor exercise he finished in 4th place.
WYukio Endō was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 1964 he won the first individual all-around Olympic gold medal for Japan. He was the flag bearer at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
WKōji Gushiken is a former Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. He broke an ankle in May 1985 which prevented him from training for 3 months and hindered his performances at the 1985 World Championships. Gushiken announced his retirement at the 1985 Chūnichi Cup. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders.
WTakuji Hayata is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around. At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal bar, as well as a team gold.
WYuya Kamoto is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in men's gymnastics artistic individual all-around, as well as in the parallel bars and in the team event, held in Incheon, South Korea. He also won the bronze medal in men's floor gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games.
WSawao Katō is a Japanese former gymnast and one of the most successful Olympic athletes of all time. Between 1968 and 1976 he won twelve Olympic medals, including eight gold medals.
WTakeshi Katō was a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.
WEizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006, Kenmotsu was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
WTakeru Kitazono is a Japanese male artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won five gold medals in the all-around, floor, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar competitions. He was the first artistic gymnast ever to achieve such a feat in a single Youth Olympic Games.
WAkinori Nakayama is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. Nakayama was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and is a graduate of Chukyo University in Nagoya. Nakayama is one of only two gymnasts to become an Olympic Champion in rings twice, the first to do so being Albert Azaryan.
WShinnosuke Oka is a Japanese artistic gymnast. In 2019, he won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Győr, Hungary. He won the gold medal both in the team event and in the men's all-around event. He won the silver medal in the pommel horse event and the bronze medal in the parallel bars event.
WTakashi Ono is a retired Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won five gold, four silver and four bronze medals. Ono was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1960 Olympics, and took the Olympic Oath at the 1964 Games. In 1998, he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
WKenzō Shirai is a former gymnast of Japan in artistic gymnastics (AG), who secured notable gold for team, and bronze on individual vault (VT) at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Even later in individual all-around (AA) too, he did specialise on floor (FX) and VT in hardest twisting skills/combinations. He won more mainly gold major medals at the world championships (WC) with Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU).
WMasao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.
WMitsuo Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. He remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition. He served as vice president of the Japan Gymnastic Association.
WKōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist, winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist.
WHaruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises.