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| Born | (2003-10-31)31 October 2003 (age 22) Okayama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan(2018–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tokushukai Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Isao Yoneda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shinnosuke Oka (岡 慎之助,Oka Shinnosuke; born 31 October 2003) is a Japaneseartistic gymnast. He representedJapan at the 2024 Summer Olympics where he became the2024 Olympic all-around champion; additionally he helped the Japanese team win gold in theteam event and individually he won gold onhorizontal bar and bronze onparallel bars. He is also the2023 and2025 Asian and the2019 Junior World all-around champion.
Oka was born on 31 October 2003 inOkayama to Yachiyo and Yasumasa Oka, and grew up in theKojo region [ja] ofMinami-ku, Okayama.[1] He has a brother named Kyoiki. He began gymnastics when he was four years old. In 2019, he moved away from his family at age 16 to train at the Tokushukai Gymnastics Club inKamakura.[2][3]
Oka competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships where the Japanese team won the silver medal behind China. Individually, he won the all-around bronze medal behindShi Cong andYin Dehang.[4] Then in the event finals, he won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the silver medals on the floor exercise and parallel bars, and the bronze medal on the still rings.[5]
Oka won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the2019 Junior World Championships held inGyőr, Hungary. On the first day, he won the gold medal both in the team and individual all-around events.[6][7] Then in the first day of event finals, he won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind teammateTakeru Kitazono.[8][9] Then on the final day, he won the bronze medal in the parallel bars behind Kitazono and China'sYang Haonan.[10][11] He then placed eighth all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships.[12] At the 2020 All-Japan Championships, he finished 44th in the all-around.[13]
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Oka placed 60th in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Championships.[14] He tore his right ACL at the 2022 All-Japan Championships.[15]
Oka returned to competition at the 2023 All-Japan Championships and placed 10th in the all-around.[16] He then finished 11th in the all-around at the NHK Trophy.[17] Then at the 2023 All-Japan Event Championships, he won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[18] Oka won the all-around title at the2023 Asian Championships in an upset overCarlos Yulo.[19][20] The Japanese team won the silver medal behind China.[21] In the event finals, Oka won silver medals on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar.[22]
Oka began the 2024 season at the All-Japan Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behindDaiki Hashimoto.[23] He then won the all-around title at the 2024 NHK Trophy and earned a place onJapan's 2024 Olympic team[15] alongside Hashimoto,Kazuma Kaya,Takaaki Sugino, andWataru Tanigawa.[24][25] At theOlympic Games the Japanese team won the team gold on July 29, defeating long-time rival China.[25] Oka went on to win gold medals in theindividual all-around andhorizontal bar, as well as a bronze medal in theparallel bars.[26]
Oka competed at the2025 Asian Championships where he helped Japan win gold as a team. Individually he also won gold in the all-around and on the parallel bars.[27] Later in the summer he competed at the2025 World University Games where he once again helped Japan win team gold. Individually he won two silver medals on floor exercise and parallel bars and placed sixth on horizontal bar.[28]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| Junior Asian Championships |  |  | | 5 | | |  | ||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| Junior World Championships | | | | 5 | | ||||
| All-Japan Junior Championships | 8 | ||||||||
| 2020 | All-Japan Championships | 44 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2021 | All-Japan Championships | 60 | |||||||
| 2023 | All-Japan Championships | 10 | |||||||
| NHK Trophy | 11 | ||||||||
| All-Japan Event Championships | | 6 | |||||||
| Asian Championships | | | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | ||
| 2024 | All-Japan Championships | | |||||||
| NHK Trophy | | ||||||||
| Olympic Games | | | | | |||||
| 2025 | All-Japan Championships | | |||||||
| NKH Trophy | | ||||||||
| Asian Championships | | | 7 | 6 | 4 | | |||
| World University Games | | | | 6 | |||||
| World Championships | — | 5 | 7 |
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Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's All-Around | |
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Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Parallel Bars | |
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