Further Personal Information |
| Residence |
Tokyo, JPN |
| Occupation |
Athlete |
| Languages |
Japanese |
| Higher education |
Philosophy - Keio University: Tokyo, JPN |
Sport Specific Information |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He first tried the sport at age six. |
| Why this sport? |
He saw a picture of a fencing club at the swimming school he was attending and became interested in the sport. |
| Club / Team |
Seiko: Japan |
| Name of coach |
Oleg Matseichuk [national], UKR |
| Training Regime |
He focuses on interval training in order to increase his physical strength. |
| Handedness |
Left |
International Debut |
| Year |
2005 |
| Competing for |
Japan |
General Interest |
| Nicknames |
Miyachan, IQ Fencer [his coach calls him this because he is intelligent]. (fencingfan.net, 28 Nov 2015; gendai.ismedia.jp, 11 Apr 2012) |
| Hobbies |
Photography, watching foreign television dramas. (fencingfan.net, 28 Nov 2015; ninomiyasports.com, 07 May 2015) |
| Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning a gold medal at the 2007 World Junior and Cadet Championships in Belek, Turkey. (fencingfan.net, 28 Nov 2015) |
| Hero / Idol |
Japanese baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese singer and actress Hibari Misora. (ninomiyasports.com, 07 May 2015) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Although a frog in the well doesn't know how big the world is, it knows how blue the sky is." (fencingfan.net, 28 Nov 2015) |
| Awards and honours |
In 2012 he received the Citizen Medal of Honour in Ichikawa, Japan. (sportsspecial.mainichi.jp, 10 Aug 2012) |
| Ambitions |
To win medals at international competitions, and to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. (itolator.co.jp, 26 Feb 2015) |
| Olympic Games |
| 2012 |
2 |
Team Foil |
London, England |
| World Championships |
| 2015 |
7 |
Team Foil |
Moscow, Russia |
| 2011 |
5 |
Team Foil |
Catania, Italy |
| 2010 |
3 |
Team Foil |
Paris, France |
| Asian Championships |
| 2015 |
3 |
Team Foil |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 2014 |
7 |
Individual Foil |
Suwon, Korea |
| 2013 |
2 |
Individual Foil |
Shanghai, China |
| 2012 |
3 |
Individual Foil |
Wakayama, Japan |
| 2011 |
2 |
Team Foil |
Seoul, Korea |
| 2010 |
2 |
Team Foil |
Seoul, Korea |
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