Kazuki Minami

Kazuki Minami

Personal information
Born	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 25)
Gymnastics career
Sport	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Japan
Club	Sendai University
Head coach(es)	Hisashi Mizutori [national], Ryota Suzuki [club]
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing   Japan World Championships 2023 Antwerp Team 2021 Kitakyushu Floor Exercise 2023 Antwerp Floor Exercise World University Games 2021 Chengdu Team FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 0 1 0 World Challenge Cup 2 0 0 Total 2 1 0

Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) ^[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris. ^[2] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified for the floor exercise final in third place. In the final he took home the silver medal. ^{[3] [4]}

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2019	World Cup Cottbus
	World Cup Paris
2021
	World Championships
2023
	Doha World Cup						6
2025
	World Championships	—		8			8

Eponymous skills

At the 2023 Doha World Cup Minami became the first gymnast to successfully perform a "double salto bwd with 7/2 t." on floor. The skill was added to the Code of Points and was given the value H (0.8).

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty	Added to Code of Points
Floor Exercise	Minami	Double salto bwd. tucked with 7/2 t.	H (0.8)	2023 World Cup Doha

References

1. "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
2. "Kazuki Minami". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 23 October 2021.
3. "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
4. "Japan's Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds". Kyodo News. Retrieved 23 October 2021.