Japan's Worlds/Uni Games Teams Announced
5:45 PMAfter the NHK Cup this weekend the Men's and Women's squads for the World Championships and the University Games have been finalised. Congratulations to those who made the team, and especially to the Tanaka family who will have three on the Worlds teams - Kazuhito, sister Rie and younger brother Yusuke! Here are the members of the squads:
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:
MEN:
- Kohei Uchimura (Konami)
- Kazuhito Tanaka (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club)
- Kenya Kobayashi (Konami)
- Koji Yamamuro (Konami)
- Makoto Okiguchi (Konami)
- Yusuke Tanaka (Juntendo)
- ALTERNATES: Shogo Nonomura (Funabashi Municipal High School); Ryohei Kato (Saitama Sakae High School)
WOMEN:
- Koko Tsurumi (Asahi Seimei)
- Rie Tanaka (Nippon Sport Science)
- Yuko Shintake (Hagoromo International)
- Asuka Teramoto (Legyc Sports)
- Tomomi Iiduka (Asahi Seimei)
- Yuu Minobe (Asahi Seimei)
- Kyoko Oshima (Asahi Seimei)
- Mai Yamagishi (Hagoromo International)
UNIVERSITY GAMES:
MEN:
- Takuya Nakase (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club)
- Ryuzou Sejima (Nippon Sport Science)
- Shouichi Yamamoto (Gymnastics Association of Gifu Prefecture)
- Masanori Yamamoto (Nippon Sport Science University/NITTAIDAI)
- Daiki Ishikawa (Juntendo)
- ALTERNATE: Shun Kuwahara (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club)
WOMEN:
- Rie Tanaka (Nippon Sport Science)
- Yuko Shintake (Hagoromo International)
- Yuu Minobe (Asahi Seimei)
- Kyoko Oshima (Asahei Seimei)
- Mai Yamagishi (Hagoromo International)
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