Gymmin' Miel!

Rie Tanaka of Nippon Sport Science University took out the Women's All Around title at the 2012 Japanese National Championships over Natsumi Sasada (Teikyo High School) and Yuumi Iizuka (Asahi Seimei). For the Men, Kohei Uchimura won his fifth National Title, taking it out over fellow Konami gymnast Kenya Kobayashi and Juntendo University's Shogo Nonomura. Nippon Sport Science University's Mizuho Nagai scored the highest mark on the Vault on day two, with a 15.400, with Tanaka top scoring on the Uneven Bars with a 14.150. Koko Tsurumi had the top mark on the Balance Beam (14.300) whilst Mai Marukami earned a 14.700 on the Floor Exercise. In a first for the Japanese Gymnastics Association, they decided to use the new life competition for Day Two. Kohei Uchimura, who only competed on three events on the first day, but came out successfully on Day Two, winning his fifth Japanese National title over Kenya Kobayashi and Shogo Nonomura. 

1. Rie Tanaka (Nippon Sport Science University) (14.050, 14.150, 14.200, 14.050) 56.450
2. Natsumi Sasada (Teikyo High School) (13.400, 13.600, 14.050, 13.400) 54.450
3. Yuumi Iizuka (Asahi Seimei) (15.250, 14.000, 11.100, 14.050) 54.400
4. Asuka Teramoto (Legyc Gymnastics) (13.800, 12.100, 13.750, 13.800) 53.450
5. Yuki Uchiyama (Smile Gymnastics Club) (13.450, 13.150, 12.450, 14.150) 53.200
6. Yuko Shintake (Hagoromo International University) (12.850, 13.450, 13.800, 12.950) 53.050
7. Koko Tsurumi (Nippon Sport Science University) (13.000, 12.800, 14.300, 12.850) 52.950
8. Mai Yamagishi (Hagoromo International University) (12.950, 12.550, 13.350, 13.500) 52.350
9. Yu Minobe (Asahi Seimei) (13.050, 13.150, 12.800, 13.150) 52.150
10. Wakana Inoue (Mizutori Gymnastics Club) (13.500, 12.750, 12.900, 12.850) 52.000
11. Mai Murakami (Yukio Iketani Gymnastics Club) (13.450, 11.350, 11.800, 14.700) 51.300
12. Sakura Noda (Asahi Seimei) (12.850, 12.550, 12.400, 13.400) 51.200
13. Takuko Kitano (Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences) (13.300, 12.550, 12.600, 12.300) 50.750
14. Erika Lynn Danko (Dream Gymnastics Club) (13.850, 12.000, 12.300, 12.500) 50.650
15. Mizuho Nagai (Nippon Sport Science University) (15.400, 10.550, 11.500, 12.950) 50.400
16. Ryu Wakiko (Tosu High Club) (15.000, 12.000, 11.600, 11.650) 50.250
17. Chinami Otaki (Kokushikan University) (12.700, 13.000, 12.100, 12.300) 50.100
18. Haruko Nakamura (Shitennoji Sports Club) (13.600, 12.650, 11.350, 11.950) 49.550
19. Haruhi Uchimura (Nippon Sport Science University) (12.450, 12.600, 12.450, 11.900) 49.400
20. Kyoko Oshima (Asahi Seimei) (12.550, 11.000, 12.800, 12.900) 49.250
21. Nanase Ashikawa (Mizutori Gymnastics Club) (13.000, 10.650, 12.550, 12.550) 48.750
22. Mina Sugimura (Legyc Gymnastics) (13.550, 11.550, 10.400, 12.900) 48.400
23. Maki Ikejiri (Nippon Sport Science University) (13.100, 11.850, 11.900, 11.450) 48.300
24. Shizuka Tozawa (Toda City Sports Center) (12.000, 12.800, 11.100, 11.950) 47.850

DAY ONE:

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

DAY TWO:

1. Kohei Uchimura (KONAMI) (15.800, 15.050, 15.300, 16.000, 15.600, 14.900) 92.650
2. Kenya Kobayashi (KONAMI) (14.150, 15.100, 15.150, 16.200, 15.500, 14.700) 90.800
3. Shogo Nonomura (Juntendo University) (14.700, 14.700, 15.100, 15.500, 15.050, 15.000) 90.050
4. Ryohei Kato (Juntendo University) (15.400, 14.650, 14.250, 15.800, 14.700, 15.000) 89.800
5. Makoto Okiguchi (KONAMI) (15.450, 14.150, 14.800, 16.350, 14.600, 14.350) 89.700
6. Jumpei Oka (Nippon Sport Science University) (14.500, 14.750, 14.050, 16.200, 14.650, 15.050) 89.200
7. Kazuhito Tanaka (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (14.550, 13.450, 14.850, 14.750, 15.900, 15.600) 89.100
8. Hiroyuki Imai (Juntendo University) (14.450, 14.150, 14.600, 15.350, 15.200, 14.800); Shoichi Yamamoto (Gifu Prefecture Athletic Association) (14.550, 14.200, 14.450, 15.400, 15.200, 14.750) 88.550
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10. Yusuke Tanaka (KONAMI) (14.600, 14.250, 13.900, 14.150, 15.600, 15.850); Yusuke Saito (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (13.900, 13.550, 14.500, 16.700, 14.400, 15.300) 88.350
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12. Koji Yamamuro (KONAMI) (14.700, 14.600, 15.600, 15.700, 14.350, 13.050) 88.000
13. Yousuke Hoshi (Central Sports Co. Ltd) (14.050, 14.050, 14.000, 15.700, 15.000, 15.000) 87.800
14. Daiki Ishikawa (Juntendo University) (14.700, 14.400, 14.250, 15.400, 13.700, 15.050) 87.500
15. Tatsuki Nakashima (KONAMI) (14.800, 14.550, 14.000, 14.650, 14.750, 14.200); Mitsuyasu Ota (KONAMI) (14.400, 12.900, 14.300, 15.550, 14.350, 15.450) 86.950
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17. Kazuaki Koizumi (Sogou Gymnastics Club) (13.850, 13.900, 14.400, 15.000, 14.700, 14.950) 86.800
18. Takuto Kakitani (Juntendo University) (13.850, 14.500, 14.500, 15.150, 14.500, 14.250) 86.750
19. Takuya Nakase (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (13.500, 13.450, 15.050, 14.450, 15.350, 14.900) 86.700
20. Tomomasa Hasegawa (Nippon Sport Science University) (13.750, 13.900, 14.500, 15.200, 14.000, 15.200); Masataka Aoyama (Nippon Sport Science University) (13.450, 13.900, 14.700, 15.950, 14.450, 14.100) 86.550
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22. Koji Uematsu (KONAMI) (14.150, 13.600, 14.350, 15.300, 12.850, 16.100) 86.350
23. Shun Kuwahara (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (14.650, 13.050, 14.250, 15.450, 14.250, 14.650) 86.300
24. Shotaro Shirai (Nippon Sport Science University) (14.650, 13.350, 14.200, 15.900, 13.950, 14.100) 86.150
25. Ryuzo Sejima (Nippon Sport Science University) (14.700, 13.300, 14.450, 15.050, 14.650, 13.850); Takuya Nagano (Nihon University) (14.100, 12.950, 15.250, 15.350, 14.050, 14.300) 86.000
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27. Yasuhisa Tanaka (Sogou Gymnastics Club) (13.450, 13.600, 14.350, 15.950, 13.900, 14.450) 85.700
28. Ryotaka Deguchi (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (14.300, 13.550, 13.700, 15.150, 14.450, 14.500) 85.650
29. Masahiro Yoshida (Sogou Gymnastics Club) (14.300, 13.150, 13.150, 15.450, 14.850, 14.600) 85.500
30. Hisashi Mizutori (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (14.800, 12.600, 13.450, 15.800, 14.200, 14.600) 85.450
31. Takeito Mori (KONAMI) (13.250, 13.550, 14.400, 14.600, 14.150, 14.800) 84.750
32. Masanori Yamamoto (Tokushukai Gymnastics Club) (13.500, 13.250, 14.550, 14.900, 14.500, 13.900) 84.600
33. Hitoshi Aoyama (KONAMI) (13.650, 15.000, 13.850, 14.500, 14.100, 13.050) 84.150
34. Riku Munakata (Sogou Gymnastics Club) (15.000, 13.100, 13.850, 15.250, 13.450, 12.900) 83.550
35. Yuta Shimoda (Sogou Gymnastics Club) (13.400, 13.550, 13.500, 15.900, 13.550, 13.500) 83.400
36. Yasuhiro Okamura (Asahi Seimei) (13.650, 13.150, 15.300, 15.100, 11.550, 13.800) 82.550

DAY ONE:

1. Kazuhito Tanaka (14.900, 14.500, 14.800, 15.000, 16.050, 15.450) 90.700
2. Yusuke Tanaka (14.550, 14.300, 15.100, 15.100, 15.450, 15.500) 90.000
3. Ryu Kato (15.300, 14.200, 14.350, 15.750, 14.850, 14.950) 89.450
4. Koji Yamamuro (13.700, 14.550, 15.500, 16.600, 14.700, 14.150); Makoto Okiguchi (15.150, 13.800, 14.850, 16.500, 14.500, 14.400) 89.200
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6. Shogo Nonomura (14.600, 14.650, 15.250, 15.600, 15.400, 13.650) 89.150
7. Kotobuki Mizutori (14.800, 14.050, 13.350, 15.800, 14.600, 15.850) 88.450
8. Hiroyuki Imai (14.300, 14.050, 14.600, 15.350, 15.200, 14.800) 88.300
9. Yusuke Saito (13.850, 14.200, 14.500, 16.550, 14.200, 14.900) 88.200
10. Koji Uematsu (14.300, 13.850, 14.450, 15.400, 15.000, 15.050) 88.050
11. Jumpei Oka (14.900, 14.450, 13.800, 15.100, 14.500, 14.900) 87.650
12. Kenya Kobayashi (14.200, 14.250, 15.200, 14.900, 14.650, 14.350) 87.550
13. Hitoshi Aoyama (14.750, 13.950, 14.750, 16.000, 14.050, 14.000) 87.500
14. Yousuke Hoshi (14.050, 13.750, 13.800, 15.650, 15.100, 14.950) 87.300
15. Takuya Nakase (14.400, 13.150, 14.850, 15.350, 14.500, 14.950) 87.200
16. Daiki Ishikawa (14.400, 14.050, 14.000, 15.500, 14.800, 14.300) 87.050
17. Keisuke Ogura (14.300, 13.250, 14.150, 15.500, 14.150, 15.650) 87.000
18. Kazuaki Koizumi (14.350, 13.600, 14.450, 15.100, 14.750, 14.600) 86.850
19. Ryotaka Deguchi (15.200, 14.450, 13.850, 14.500, 14.450, 14.350) 86.800
20. Tatsuki Nakashima (15.100, 14.800, 13.850, 13.900, 14.700, 14.150) 86.500
21. Ryuzo Sejima (14.600, 12.650, 14.350, 15.400, 15.200, 14.100) 86.300
22. Masahiro Yoshida (14.300, 14.000, 13.600, 15.400, 14.600, 14.300) 86.200
23. Taku Nagano (14.200, 12.650, 15.200, 15.600, 14.100, 14.250) 86.000
24. Takuto Kakitani (13.900, 14.100, 14.400, 15.300, 13.800, 14.150) 85.650
25. Takehito Mori (12.800, 13.450, 14.450, 15.500, 14.600, 14.800) 85.600
26. Masanori Yamamoto (13.800, 14.200, 14.550, 15.900, 14.300,12.800); Shirai Katsutaro (14.700, 12.950, 14.200, 15.900, 13.650, 14.150) 85.550
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28. Hasegawa Chisho (14.600, 13.800, 14.450, 14.300, 14.450, 13.850) 85.450
29. Shoichi Yamamoto (13.350, 13.850, 14.400, 15.000, 14.750, 13.950) 85.300
30. Hitoshi Aoyama (13.300, 14.850, 13.850, 14.750, 13.700, 14.750) 85.200
31. Yasuhiro Okamura (12.350, 13.850, 15.350, 15.000, 14.150, 14.350); Riku Munakata (15.050, 13.650, 13.850, 15.750, 13.450, 13.300) 85.050
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33. Yasuhisa Tanaka (13.950, 12.350, 14.250, 15.850, 14.600, 13.900); Yuta Shimoda (13.700, 13.350, 13.800, 15.900, 14.100, 14.050) 84.900
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35. Shun Kuwahara (14.500, 12.250, 14.050, 15.350, 15.350, 13.250); Tatsuki Ichise (14.250, 12.650, 14.350, 15.150, 14.200, 14.150) 84.750
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37. Takashi Saito (14.200, 12.500, 14.300, 15.400, 14.150, 14.150); Shota Hisanaga (14.500, 13.050, 14.050, 14.900, 14.000, 14.200); Hiromasa Koga (13.250, 13.300, 14.500, 15.450, 13.650, 14.550) 84.700
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40. Koji Nonomura (14.400, 13.100, 13.650, 15.350, 14.200, 13.700); Kyoichi Watanabe (13.250, 13.300, 14.600, 15.250, 14.700, 13.300) 84.400
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42. Yoshimoto Moon (14.250, 12.700, 13.850, 15.300, 13.900, 14.350) 84.350
43. Ryosuke Kobayashi (13.950, 14.200, 13.150, 14.750, 13.950, 14.250) 84.250
44. Kohei Kamayama (14.600, 14.200, 13.100, 14.700, 13.800, 13.700) 84.100
45. Kenji Nishinomine (14.700, 13.550, 13.550, 15.200, 13.300, 13.700) 84.000
46. Takuya Niijima (13.650, 13.450, 13.900, 15.250, 14.150, 13.550) 83.950
47. Yuya Kamoto (13.200, 12.650, 13.900, 15.200, 14.200, 14.650); Hitoshi Koyama (13.850, 13.150, 13.500, 15.400, 14.000, 13.900) 83.800
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49. Yoshi Susumu (13.850, 13.100, 13.950, 14.450, 14.150, 14.100) 83.600
50. Hoshino Tsutomu (14.600, 11.800, 13.850, 15.000, 14.350, 13.850) 83.450
51. Ryouba Kawamoto (13.500, 13.500, 13.950, 14.800, 12.600, 14.500) 82.850
52. Yoshiaki Furuya (13.700, 13.600, 13.900, 14.250, 12.700, 14.600) 82.750
53. Yuki Nomura (14.150, 11.750, 13.650, 15.150, 13.800, 14.100); Takumi Otsuki (14.000, 12.750, 14.200, 14.750, 13.650, 13.250) 82.600
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55. Kenzo Kaneko (13.900, 12.150, 13.850, 15.750, 13.700, 12.700) 82.050
56. Wataru Sato (13.850, 12.900, 14.450, 15.250, 13.850, 11.500); Rui Yamazaki (13.950, 12.550, 14.350, 14.600, 12.700, 13.650) 81.800
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58. Kaito Imabayashi (14.250, 11.100, 12.900, 15.400, 13.900, 14.150); Kazuya Ueda (12.700, 12.750, 13.350, 14.950, 13.400, 14.550) 81.700
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60. Naoto Hayasaka (14.750, 13.000, 12.550, 15.200, 12.550, 13.600) 81.650
61. Kouhei Yasuda (13.850, 11.900, 13.400, 15.000, 12.850, 14.300); Tsuyoshi Tagashira (13.000, 13.550, 13.050, 14.900, 13.400, 13.400) 81.300
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63. Takayuki Obara (14.150, 13.350, 13.600, 15.900, 11.950, 12.200) 81.150
64. Masaru Ishihara (13.200, 13.450, 13.350, 14.000, 13.500, 13.550) 81.050
65. Takahito Watanabe (14.300, 12.900, 11.350, 15.400, 13.550, 13.500) 81.000
66. Yodai Houjou (13.250, 12.150, 13.050, 15.300, 12.700, 14.200) 80.650
67. Kazushi Takeda (14.400, 10.600, 13.550, 14.600, 13.750, 13.700) 80.600
68. Daisuke Suzuki (13.800, 11.150, 13.150, 15.050, 13.950, 13.300) 80.400
69. Shigeru Kishimoto (12.450, 12.550, 13.150, 14.400, 12.900, 14.000) 79.450
70. Shigeru Miyachi (12.500, 10.700, 13.200, 15.400, 13.400, 14.200) 79.400
71. Kensuke Asada (13.250, 12.900, 12.800, 14.350, 10.300, 14.050) 77.650
72. Kohei Uchimura (0.000, 14.400, 0.000, 0.000, 15.750, 16.100) 46.250

Natsumi Sasada - Love the color and patterning on this leotard.

Rie Tanaka - Same leotard as Day One, but different color. Much prefer this color than that on Day One.

Yuumi Iizuka - Gorgeous leotard.

Chinami Otaki - Stunning color, pity we can't see the detailing.

Yu Minobe

Koko Tsurumi - Loving the pink. 

Yuko Shintake - Love this variation

Asuka Teramoto. Interesting colors and patterning.

Yuko Shintake. Love the simplicity of this leotard.

Rie Tanaka. Love the detailing.

Kyoko Oshima. Simple yet stunning.

Yu Minobe. Another simple and effective leotard.

Yumi Iizuka. 

Mai Yamagishi

Unsure of who this is? What a colorful and unusual leotard!

Sakura Noda.

Koko Tsurumi. Already given my view, but it's Koko! How could I not include it.