Shiho Nakaji
| Shiho Nakaji | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 April 2000 Kyoto, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Toda City Sports Center | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Risa Sugawara | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shiho Nakaji (中路紫帆, Nakaji Shiho; born 15 April 2000)[2] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Asian Games, she won bronze medals in the team event and on the floor exercise.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Nakaji moved from Kyoto to Saitama to train at the Toda City Sports Center under coach Risa Sugawara.[3] She became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2016. She finished 12th in the all-around at both the 2016 All-Japan Championships and NHK Trophy.[4][5]
Nakaji competed at the 2017 WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas, and finished 11th in the all-around.[6] She finished fourth in the all-around at the 2017 All-Japan Championships and had the second-highest score on the balance beam, behind Mai Murakami.[7] Then at the 2017 NHK Trophy, she finished fifth in the all-around[8] She placed seventh on the balance beam and sixth on the floor exercise at the All-Japan Event Championships.[9] She was not selected to compete at the 2017 World Championships.[10]
Nakaji finished eighth in the all-around at the 2018 All-Japan Championships and placed third on the balance beam behind Murakami and Asuka Teramoto.[11] She also finished eighth at the NHK Trophy.[12] She represented Japan at the 2018 Asian Games and helped her team win a bronze medal in the team event behind China and North Korea. She finished sixth in the all-around, the highest finisher from Japan, with a total score of 51.250. She qualified for the balance beam final and finished in fourth place. Then in the floor exercise final, she won the bronze medal behind Kim Su-jong and Rifda Irfanaluthfi.[2][13][14]
Nakaji finished 22nd in the all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Championships.[15] She then finished 18th at the NHK Trophy.[16] She has not competed since 2019.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "中路 紫帆（なかじ しほ）" [Athlete: Shiho Nakaji]. Japanese Olympic Committee. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "【体操】芸術性で勝負できるニューフェース アジア大会で銅２つの中路紫帆" [[Gymnastics] A new face who can compete with artistry: Shiho Nakaji, two bronze medalists at the Asian Games]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 April 2016). "2016 All-Japan Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (4 May 2016). "2016 NHK Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "2017 WOGA Classic International Elite" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (7 April 2017). "2017 All-Japan Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 May 2017). "2017 NHK Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (25 June 2017). "2017 All-Japan Event Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Johnson, Rebecca (30 June 2017). "Japan's Women's Team For The 2017 World Championships". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 May 2018). "2018 All-Japan Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (21 May 2018). "2018 NHK Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "China tops gymnastics medal tally at Jakarta Asiad, history made by host Indonesia". Xinhua News Agency. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "体操競技の中路選手が戸田市長を表敬訪問" [Gymnast Nakaji pays courtesy visit to Mayor of Toda]. Toda City (in Japanese). 25 October 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (28 April 2019). "2019 All-Japan Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 May 2019). "2019 NHK Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Nakaji Shiho". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
