Yūsuke Tanaka (田中 佑典, Tanaka Yūsuke; born November 29, 1989) is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in…Yūsuke Tanaka (田中 佑典, Tanaka Yūsuke; born November 29, 1989) is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
Miki Uemura (上村 美揮, Uemura Miki; born (1986-03-06)6 March 1986) is a Japanese former artistic gymnast and part of the…Miki Uemura (上村 美揮, Uemura Miki; born (1986-03-06)6 March 1986) is a Japanese former artistic gymnast and part of the national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also competed at world championships, including the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain.
Kazuhito Tanaka (田中 和仁, Tanaka Kazuhito; born 16 May 1985) is a Japanese gymnast, Olympic silver and 3-time World…Kazuhito Tanaka (田中 和仁, Tanaka Kazuhito; born 16 May 1985) is a Japanese gymnast, Olympic silver and 3-time World medalist. Younger siblings, sister Rie Tanaka and brother Yusuke Tanaka, are both professional gymnasts. Tanaka's first major international competition was the 2009 World Championships, where he qualified 10th to the individual all-around with a score of 86.650. In the final, he placed fourth with a score of 88.300, a tenth of a point behind third place. He won the bronze medal in the parallel bars final, scoring 15.500. Tanaka competed for the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the team-all around competition at the 2010 World Championships, contributing scores of 14.166 on still rings, 15.483 on parallel bars, and 14.433 on high bar. His team matched this feat the next year at the 2011 World Championships, where he contributed scores of 15.500 on parallel bars and 15.141 on high bar. He also qualified seventh to the parallel bars final, and placed eight with a score of 15.166. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he competed on all six apparatuses during qualification, where he qualified in twenty-second place to the individual all-around final with a total score of 86.841, was named as the third reserve for the rings final with a score of 15.100, and qualified second to the parallel bars final with a score of 15.725, .141 behind his brother Yusuke. During the team final 2012 Olympics, he contributed scores of 13.733 on floor, 13.433 on pommel horse, 15.366 on parallel bars, and 15.166 on high bar towards the Japanese team's second-place finish. In the individual all-around, Tanaka was in the silver medal position going into the final rotation, when a mistake on the pommel horse dropped him to sixth. His overall score was 89.407, a major improvement from his performance in qualification, and just over a point away from medalling. In the parallel bars final, he once again just missed out on a medal, placing fourth with a score of 15.500.
Naoya Tabara (田原 直哉, Tabara Naoya; born 24 December 1980) is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and freestyle skier. He…Naoya Tabara (田原 直哉, Tabara Naoya; born 24 December 1980) is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and freestyle skier. He has formerly competed as a gymnast and has participated at the gymnastic competitions until 2005 before switching on to take the sport of freestyle skiing in 2006. Naoya Tabara sustained a shoulder injury in 2005 when he was professional artistic gymnast which caused him to choose aerials freestyle skiing. He participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics and competed in the freestyle skiing men's aerials event. Naoya most notably took part in the 2005 Gymnastics World Cup finishing sixth in the floor excise event. Naoya Tabara has competed in FIS World Championships and has represented Japan during the 2011 Asian Winter Games before being selected to represent Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He is also the first Japanese male freestyle skier to secure a podium finish in aerials at a Skiing World Cup.
Hikaru Tanaka (田中 光, Tanaka Hikaru; born 19 July 1972) is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the…Hikaru Tanaka (田中 光, Tanaka Hikaru; born 19 July 1972) is a Japanese gymnast. He finished in eighteenth place in the all around at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
