Kyohei Ogawa, Ritomo Andou, and Kosuke Hori are all legendary gymnasts and belong to so called "the Golden Generation." They graduated from university in 2021.
Kyohei Ogawa: He won the most prestigious competition for high school gymnasts ("Inter-High School RG Championship") in 2016. He was captain of the team. After graduating from Ibara High School in 2017, he went on to Hanazono University as an individual gymnast (college gymnasts choose either "individual" or "group" when they enter a college). Due to several injuries, he could not participate in the "All Japan RG Championship" at his 4th year. His beautiful movements, friendliness, and smiles have not changed all the time.
Ritomo Andou: One of the best of the talented "Gold Generation" gymnasts. He has won almost all national competitions through his career, including "All Japan Junior", "Inter-High School", "Inter-College", and "All Japan". After graduating from Aomori University, he stopped practicing men's RG to start out in the work field. It is unbelievable he still has excellent tumbling and apparatus handling skills after such a long absence.
Kosuke Hori: During his high school years, Takada High School didn't have a tumbling floor, which is necessary to perform men's RG routines. However, his cleverness and efforts outperformed his competitors and he won the most prestigious "Inter-High" in 2015. After graduating from Takada High School, he entered Doshisha University, whose MRG team was not famous nor dominant, and had only a few members then. Again, the Doshisha University MRG team didn't have a tumbling floor. As a college gymnast, Hori showed excellent apparatus handling skills and ranked 2nd at the "All Japan" (Ritomo won). However, he was not satisfied with the result. So he continued practicing RG while working as a coach of Takada High School, and became "All Japan" champion twice in a row in 2021 and 2022, after graduating from college. That is an astonishing achievement in MRG history.
[Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics] Men’s rhythmic gymnastics (MRG) is a sport invented in Japan nearly 70 years ago. There are two variations of MRG, individuals (where gymnasts perform with one of four apparatus) and group, which focuses on tumbling, flexibility, balance, and synchronization. Today there are nearly 2,000 men’s rhythmic gymnasts active in Japan, from junior clubs up through top universities.
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