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
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
- ^ "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.