Elena Shinohara

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Elena Shinohara
Full nameElena Shinohara
Country representedFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-04-06) April 6, 2000 (age 24)
Saitama, Japan [1]
Hometown Suwanee, Georgia, United States
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2019-present
ClubRhythmic Brains
Head coach(es)Nancy Shinohara
Elena Shinohara
Born
Erena Shinohara

(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)
Saitama, Japan
Nationality
  • Japanese
  • American
Occupations
Years active2021–present
Twitch information
Channel
Genre(s)Flexibility, Gaming
Followers10.5 thousand
YouTube information
Channel
Genre
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics
Subscribers1.24 million [2]
Total views760 million [2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2021
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2023
Last updated: 14 December 2023

Elena Shinohara (born April 6, 2000) is a Japanese-born American rhythmic gymnast and social media personality. [1] [3] She was a member of the U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. [4]

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Personal life

Elena Shinohara was born in Japan on April 6, 2000. [1] She moved with her family to the United States when she was five months old. [5] [6] Her mother, Nancy Shinohara, is a former member of the Japanese national rhythmic gymnastics team, and she coaches Elena. [5] She graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2018. [7] She graduated from Georgia Tech, and she majored in biochemistry. [7] She planned on becoming a dermatologist after her gymnastics career is over. [8] Her father, Minoru Shinohara, runs the Human Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory at Georgia Tech. [5] Elena resides in California as of 2023.

Gymnastics career

Shinohara is the only elite-level rhythmic gymnast in the state of Georgia. [5] She was named to the Junior U.S. National team in 2015. [9]

Shinohara made her international debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Cup. She placed fourth in the ball, fifth in the ribbon, and seventh in the hoop. [10] [11] She also competed at the 2019 Irina Cup in Warsaw, Poland where she finished eighth in clubs. [12] [1] At the 2019 Amsterdam Masters, she won the silver medal in the all-around and the gold medal in the hoop.

At the 2019 National Championships, she finished tenth in the all-around, seventh in clubs and ribbon, and eighth in ball. [13] She was then named to the Senior U.S. National team. [14] She also won the 2019 Sportsperson of the Year Award, which was voted on by the top twelve rhythmic gymnasts at the competition. [15] At the 2020 Rhythmic Challenge in Lake Placid, New York, she finished fifth in the all-around and won the bronze medal in clubs. [16]

Social media

Shinohara posts training and flexibility videos on TikTok. [17] As of June 2021, she has 4.8 million followers on TikTok. [18] In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2021, TikTok named her an API TikTok Trailblazer. [19]

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  6. ↑ 宮下, 幸恵. "米有名大の日本出身プロフェッサーが説く。文武両道の鍵は急がば回れ！". Yahoo!ニュース (個人) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
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