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|medaltemplates= }} is a Japanese artistic gymnast. == Personal Life == Unlike many athletes of his level, Kenzo attends school regularly. He has one six hour practice varying from 5-7 days per week. 〔(Gymcastic Podcast: Interview with Kenzo Shirai )〕 Kenzo graduated high school in March 2015, and was accepted to study at a university soon after. == Career == Shirai got started in artistic gymnastics at a very young age, after being influenced by his parents and two older brothers. 〔(SHIRAI Kenzo at FIG Database )〕 He said, "For as long as I can remember, I was a gym rat." His parents were gym owners of the Tsurumi Junior Gymnastics Club. Instead of paying for day care, they brought him to the gym. 〔 (Gymcastic Podcast: Interview with Kenzo Shirai )〕 He particularly loved to use the trampoline, which developed his extreme mastery of twisting skills. He is the first gymnast ever to successfully attempt a quadruple twisting laid out somersault on the apparatus during international competition. Shirai was only fourteen years old when he was first able to perform the quad twist with a hard landing.〔(10 Things to Know About Kenzo Shirai )〕 Shirai is also well known for his ability to perform a triple twisting Yurchenko (TTY) vault, something accomplished by only a handful of gymnasts, including his teammate and role model, Kōhei Uchimura. Among other distinguishing facts, Shirai was the youngest ever member of the national men's artistic gymnastics team for Japan.〔http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/07/01/more-sports/gymnastics/shirai-becomes-youngest-male-gymnast-to-make-national-team-after-floor-win/#.VULf8ZPNIUo〕 In October 2013, he competed in the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships〔(Kenzo Shirai (JPN) dominates Olympic Hopes International, Penza )〕 at just seventeen years old. He qualified for both floor and vault apparatus finals. In the event finals, he finished in first place on the floor apparatus with a difficulty score of 7.4, the highest D score of the competition. His victory margin of .4 over the 2nd place competitor was the largest between any athletes in the competition. He also finished fourth place on the vault apparatus with a score of 15.133. Shirai again competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. After qualifying in first place with the same difficulty score of 7.4, Shirai finished in second place on the floor exercise finals with a total score of 15.733. Shirai is said to be working on his execution score after a technical mistake on the floor exercise cost him the gold medal. Similarly, British commentary reported that Shirai is working on his ability to perform a quintuple twisting back somersault.〔(Kenzo Shirai at the 2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. EF FX = 15.733 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenzō Shirai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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