Tomoharu Tsunogai

Tomoharu Tsunogai
角皆友晴
Tsunogai at the 2025 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameTomoharu Tsunogai
NicknameTomo
Born (2006-04-22) 22 April 2006
Japan
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Japan Japan
(2023–present)
ClubFunabashi Municipal High School
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's artistic gymnastics
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 JakartaParallel bars
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 JecheonTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 JecheonParallel bars
Silver medal – second place2025 JecheonHorizontal bar
World University Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Rhine-RuhrTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 Rhine-RuhrParallel bars
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaParallel bars
Gold medal – first place2023 AntalyaHorizontal bar

Tomoharu Tsunogai (角皆友晴, Tomoharu Tsunogai; born 22 April 2006)[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was part of the gold medal winning teams at the 2023 Junior World Championships, 2025 Asian Championships, and 2025 World University Games. Individually he is the 2023 Junior World Champion on parallel bars and horizontal bar and the 2025 World silver medalist on the parallel bars.

Gymnastics career

Tsunogai competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Haruto Kamiyama and Masaharu Tanida; together they won gold as a team.[2] During individual finals he placed fourth in the all-around, seventh on floor exercise, fifth on rings, and won gold on parallel bars and horizontal bar.[3][4]

In 2025 Tsunogai competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Japan place first as a team;[5] individually he won gold on the parallel bars.[6] At the 2025 Asian Championships he once again helped Japan win gold as a team. Individually he won silver medals on parallel bars and horizontal bar behind Shinnosuke Oka and Tang Chia-hung respectively.[7][8] In July, Tsunogai competed at the 2025 World University Games where he helped Japan win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on the parallel bars.[9]

Tsunogai was selected to represent Japan at the 2025 World Championships.[10][11] While there he qualified to the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals in third and first respectively.[12][13] He went on to win the silver medal in the parallel bars final behind two-time Olympic champion Zou Jingyuan and placed fourth on horizontal bar.[14][15][16]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Tomoharu Tsunogai at the junior level
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2022 All-Japan Team Championships10
2023
Junior World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)4751st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Championships60
All-Japan Junior Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
All-Japan Team Championships11
Competitive history of Tomoharu Tsunogai at the senior level
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge74
All-Japan Championships14
NHK Trophy9
All-Japan Junior Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Japanese National Sports Festival1st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Team Championships4
All-Japan Event Championships4
2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge1st place, gold medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
NHK Trophy7
Asian Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World University Games1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
World ChampionshipsN/a2nd place, silver medalist(s)4
2026 American Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
NHK Trophy5

References

  1. ↑ "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ↑ "FIG Gymnastics Junior World Championships 2023: All results, scores and medals - complete list". International Olympic Committee. March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2023 Junior World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. April 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "【3冠】市立船橋・角皆友晴が体操世界ジュニアで平行棒・鉄棒優勝" [[Triple Crown] Tomoharu Tsunogai of Funabashi Municipal High School wins the parallel bars and high bar at the World Junior Gymnastics Championships]. Nippon Television (in Japanese). April 3, 2023.
  5. ↑ "EnBW DTB Pokal Stuttgart 2025; Team Challenge MAG" (PDF). USA Gymnastics.
  6. ↑ "EnBW DTB Pokal Stuttgart 2025; Apparatus MAG" (PDF). USA Gymnastics.
  7. ↑ "2025 Asian Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. June 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tang Chia-hung wins horizontal bar final at Asian Championships". Taipei Times. June 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ "本学勢、金メダル９個の快挙！ ワールドユニバーシティゲームズ" [Our university team achieves the remarkable feat of winning nine gold medals at the World University Games!]. Juntendo University (in Japanese). July 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ "第53回世界体操競技選手権大会" [53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships]. Japan Gymnastics Association (in Japanese). July 28, 2025.
  11. ↑ "【体操】世界選手権へ種目別代表４人が抱負、南一輝「今年こそ金」角皆友晴「堂々とした演技を」" [[Gymnastics] Four representatives for each event share their aspirations for the World Championships: Minami Ikki "This year is the gold medal" and Tsunominami Tomoharu "I'll give a dignified performance"]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). August 12, 2025.
  12. ↑ "体操・橋本予選1位、岡も決勝へ 世界選手権、種目別は角皆ら" [Gymnastics - Hashimoto takes first place in qualifying, Oka also advances to finals World Championships, individual events]. Yahoo Japan (in Japanese). October 20, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Two-time champ Daiki Hashimoto of Japan tops all-around qualifying at world gymnastics championships". Fox Sports. October 20, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Gymnastics: Sugihara wins floor gold, beam bronze for 1st worlds' podiums". Kyodo News. October 25, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Brody Malone wins gold on high bar at gymnastics worlds". ESPN. October 25, 2025.
  16. ↑ "2025 World Gymnastics Championships Results". NBC Sports. October 25, 2025.


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