The members of Fairy Japan, a group representative of rhythmic gymnastics aiming to win the first medal at the Tokyo Olympics, have been decided, and five people including Sayuri Sugimoto, who will participate in two consecutive tournaments, have been appointed as representatives.

The Japan Gymnastics Association has continued training camps for rhythmic gymnastics groups by athletes who are candidates for the Tokyo Olympics.



The Gymnastics Association announced on the 2nd that it has selected five members from these candidates to participate in the Olympics and has decided to represent them.



In addition to Sugimoto, who served as the captain at the previous Rio de Janeiro Olympics and will participate in two consecutive tournaments, Ayuka Yokota and Sakura Noshitani, who also participated in the same two consecutive tournaments, were appointed as representatives, and were vacant at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Nanami Takenaka and Ayuka Suzuki, who participated for the first time.



Fairy Japan was 8th in the previous Rio de Janeiro Games, but since then, it has been strengthened by significantly increasing the difficulty of the technique, and has won the silver medal for the first time in 44 years in the overall group of the adult world championships.

Sayuri Sugimoto

Sayuri Sugimoto is 25 years old from Aichi prefecture.



Due to the influence of my sister who was learning rhythmic gymnastics, I started playing at the age of six.



Taking advantage of his long limbs and flexibility, he has a supple movement, and in 2013 while he was in high school, he joined a selection team where representative candidates of the group practiced.



With strong leadership, in 2014 he was appointed captain of the group representative, Fairy Japan, and at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he led the team at the young age of 20 and contributed to the 8th place finish.



Even in the training camp held throughout the year, the team with many young people was put together as a spiritual pillar of the team, and at the 2019 World Championship, it greatly contributed to the overall silver medal of the group for the first time in 44 years.

Kiko Yokota

Kiko Yokota is 24 years old from Tokyo.



He started competing at the age of 6 and joined the group's representative candidate selection team in 2013 with his expressive performance, and contributed to the 8th place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.



At the 2019 World Championships, he contributed to winning the group's overall silver medal for the first time in 44 years, aiming to participate in the Olympic Games for the second time in a row.

Sakura Noshitani

Sakura Noshitani, a rhythmic gymnastics group, is 23 years old from Tokyo.



I started competing from an early age, and when I was a junior high school student, I joined the selection team for the representative candidates of the group.



With a dynamic performance that makes use of his large body, which is 1 meter and 69 centimeters tall, he participated in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and contributed to the 8th place prize.



In 2019, he contributed to winning the group's overall silver medal at the World Championships for the first time in 44 years, aiming to participate in the Olympic Games for the second consecutive tournament.

Nanami Takenaka

Nanami Takenaka, a rhythmic gymnastics group, is 22 years old from Aichi prefecture.



He started competing from an early age, and with his excellent sense of balance and flexibility, he joined the selection team of the group's representative candidates in the first year of high school, and became a substitute member at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.



At the 2019 World Championships, he contributed to winning the group's overall silver medal for the first time in 44 years.

Ayuka Suzuki

Ayuka Suzuki, a rhythmic gymnastics group, is 21 years old from Gifu prefecture.



He started the competition at the age of 5 and manipulated the tools accurately with splendid movements, and won the 6th place overall in the 2014 All Japan Junior Championships.



From the following year, he joined the selection team of the group's representative candidates, and at the 2019 World Championship, he contributed to winning the group's overall silver medal for the first time in 44 years.