TOBE Naoto

Date of Birth: 31 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : NODA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's High Jump	13

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Men's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Men's High Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (2.26)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (2.26)

Asian Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Indonesia	3rd (2.24)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (2.26)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 7th
2018	2 x 4th, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	High Jump	Rabat, MAR	2.28
4	2018	High Jump	Birmingham, GBR	2.24
4	2018	High Jump	Monaco, MON	2.27
5	2019	High Jump	Zurich, SUI	2.27
6	2018	High Jump	Brussels, BEL	2.26
7	2019	High Jump	Birmingham, GBR	2.19
11	2019	High Jump	Rome, ITA	2.15

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	2.30
3	2020	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	2.24

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	High Jump	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	2.27
1	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	2.30
2	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	2.19
4	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	2.25
4	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Kawasaki, JPN	2.25

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Coaching, Physical Education - University of Tsukuba, Japan

Languages spoken:

Japan Airlines [Japan]

In April 2016 he tore a muscle in his left calf and was sidelined for six weeks. (jaaf.or.jp, 18 May 2018)

In early 2015 he was troubled by a left Achilles tendon injury. (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 22 Feb 2015; jaaf.or.jp, 18 May 2019)

He began athletics in grade four of primary school, and took up high jump in grade seven of middle school. (bunya.ne.jp, 14 Oct 2009; rikujyokyogi.co.jp, 28 Apr 2020)

After he managed the best long jump result in a physical education class, he joined the athletics team at his primary school. He was encouraged to switch to the high jump by a coach after he began middle school, due to his height. (bunya.ne.jp, 14 Oct 2009; rikujyokyogi.co.jp, 28 Apr 2020; net.keizaikai.co.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

To jump 2.40m and win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 21 Oct 2020)

He has one jumping session per week in the lead-up to a competition, and in the off-season he has one jumping session every two weeks. Each session he completes up to 30 jumps. (net.keizaikai.co.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

Coach Koji Zushi. (number.bunshun.jp, 13 May 2020; tokyo2020.org, 21 Oct 2020)

Philosophy:

"It is important to set aside the desire to jump and calmly focus on what you must do in order to jump." (net.keizaikai.co.jp, 17 Jun 2020)

He received an Outstanding Athlete Award at the 2019 Japan Association of Athletics Federations [JAAF] Athletics Awards. (jaaf.or.jp, 05 Dec 2019)

He received a Sports Award from the Kozuki Foundation in Japan in 2011 and 2012. (kozuki.or.jp, 22 Aug 2012; kozuki.or.jp, 13 Sep 2011)

General Interest

General
INFLUENCE OF LATE COACH
A calf injury suffered in 2016 ended his chances of competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the same year his coach Koji Zushi passed away. He says he then considered quitting the sport, but that Zushi's advice inspired him to continue. "I had no one to consult after the death of my coach. I felt his absence more and more, and it even made me think that it would be the end of my sporting career. But my coach's words came to my mind, and I became motivated again. Following Zushi's instructions, I have always tried to conduct training based on certain grounds and evidence. My training regimen is based 100 per cent on research. I can understand the technical aspects of the high jump because I conduct the research myself. Compared with other athletes, I'm able to assess my own movement more from a researcher's viewpoint. I also try to be able to theoretically explain the motions of my body during high jumps." (number.bunshun.jp, 13 May 2020; net.keizaikai.co.jp, 24 Jan 2020; 4years.asahi.com, 27 Feb 2019; rikujo.taiiku.tsukuba.ac.jp, 08 Jul 2019; tokyo2020.org, 21 Oct 2020)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2019 he completed a PhD in coaching studies at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, having previously studied for a master's degree in the same subject. His doctoral dissertation theme was 'Studies on the High Jump from the Perspective of Coaching', and he was presented with a research award by the Japan Society of Coaching Studies in recognition of his work. "For a long time, I had been thinking about how I can jump higher. I had been reading coaches' manuals and monthly athletics magazines to gather information, but I knew that wasn't enough. Then, in my third year at university, I joined a seminar group to write my graduation thesis, where I had the opportunity to read academic papers. This experience was an eye-opener for me. The main part of my research was sports biomechanics. I performed in-depth analyses of how the body moved in the running start and the take-off phases by using sports biomechanics methodology." (tokyo2020.org, 21 Oct 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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