NOSHITANI Sakura

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Group AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	8

World Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5C	Gr-5H	Gr-5Ri	Gr-5B	Gr-3B/2Ri	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3C/2H	Gr-3H/2C
2019	Baku, AZE	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
2018	Sofia, BUL	5	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-
2015	Stuttgart, GER	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-
2014	Izmir, TUR	8	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	-
2013	Kiev, UKR	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3H/2C	Gr-3H/4C
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd	-	-	1 x 6th	1 x 2nd
2019	1 x 1st	2 x 2nd	-	-	2 x 4th	1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 2nd	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st	-	-
2017	1 x 9th	-	1 x 4th	-	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	49.250
1	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Sofia, BUL	18.800
2	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	39.700
2	2021	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	35.800
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Baku, AZE	24.450
2	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Sofia, BUL	23.250
2	2018	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	38.700
2	2018	Group - 5x Hoop	Sofia, BUL	19.800
2	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Baku, AZE	18.000
3	2021	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	70.650
3	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	43.800
3	2019	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	46.800
3	2019	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	24.950
3	2019	Group - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs	Sofia, BUL	23.600
3	2018	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	35.550

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Student

Sports Science - Japan Women's College of Physical Education, Japan

Japanese

Konami Sports Club [JPN] / Japan Women's College of Physical Education [JPN]

Hiroko Yamasaki [national], JPN

She sustained an injury while training at the 2018 World Challenge Cup in Guadalajara, Spain, and withdrew from the competition. (news.yahoo.co.jp, 05 Jun 2018)

She began the sport at age four at Konami Sports Club in Tokyo, Japan. (city.ota.tokyo.jp, 01 Nov 2016; konami.com, 11 Jul 2016)

Her mother wanted her to learn a sport, and her friend's mother suggested she try rhythmic gymnastics. (city.ota.tokyo.jp, 01 Nov 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (jwcpe.ac.jp, 02 Oct 2017)

"Don't think whether it suits you or not, but be positive." (Instagram profile, 21 Oct 2018)

In 2019 she and her teammates [Sayuri Sugimoto, Nanami Takenaka, Ayuka Suzuki, Rie Matsubara and Kiko Yokota] were presented with Best Gymnast Award by the Japan Gymnastics Association. They became the first Japanese team in 44 years to win a medal in the group all-around at the world championships following their silver at the 2019 edition in Baku, Azerbaijan. (jiji.com, 21 Dec 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 11 Jan 2020)

In 2017 she received the Ota Citizen Special Citation Award in Japan. (sponichi.co.jp, 12 Mar 2017)