Daiki Kishi

Daiki Kishi
Born (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994
Komatsu, Japan
Gymnastics career
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Country
represented		 Japan
ClubPoppins
Head coach(es)Manabu Yamaguchi
Medal record
Men's trampoline gymnastics
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sofia Team
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Cali Team

Daiki Kishi (岸大貴, born 22 September 1994)[1] is a Japanese trampoline gymnast. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a team bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships.

Early life

Kishi was born on 22 September 1994, in Komatsu, Ishikawa. His father competed in national-level gymnastics competitions. He has an older sister, Ayano Kishi, who competed in trampoline gymnastics for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] He began trampoline gymnastics at three years old because he was inspired by his older sister.[3]

Gymnastics career

Kishi competed with Ryosuke Sakai in synchro at the 2017 Valladolid World Cup, where they won the silver medal.[4] At the 2017 World Championships, he won a bronze medal in the team event alongside Masaki Ito and Ginga Munemoto.

At the 2018 Brescia World Cup, Kishi and Sakai won a silver medal in the synchro event.[5] They went on the win the gold medal at the Loule World Cup.[6]

Kishi and Sakai upset the reigning world champions to win the synchro title at the 2019 Baku World Cup.[7] They then won the bronze medal at the Khabarovsk World Cup.[8]

Kishi was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and advanced into the trampoline final, finishing seventh.[9][10]

At the 2022 Arosa World Cup, Kishi and Sakai won the synchro event.[11] He was left out of the national team in 2022 and 2023 due to poor performances at domestic competitions.[10]

At the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships, Kishi won a team gold medal.[12] He placed third in the individual event at the 2024 All-Japan Championships and was not selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13]

Kishi was selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships– his first major international competition since the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Kishi Daiki". NHK. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Japan's Trampoline stars inspired by Rugby World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Daiki Kishi". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "China's Dong Dong and Zhu Xueying win final World Cup event before Trampoline Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Dong Dong at the double as Irina Kundius claims gold in Brescia". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Nine nations win medals at Loulé Trampoline World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Liu and Hancharou take golds in Baku". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Champions return on big weekend for Pavlova and US pair in Khabarovsk". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  9. ^ "岸が７位…トランポリン". Yomiuri (in Japanese). 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  10. ^ a b c "再起の30歳、再び世界へ　トランポリンの岸大貴が世界選手権の代表切符つかむ" [A resurgent 30-year-old returns to the world: Trampoline athlete Daiki Kishi secures a spot on the World Championships team]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 18 July 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Japan shows technical expertise with two trampoline golds in Arosa" [Kishi is 7th...Trampoline]. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Individual trampoline —Team competitions —Team final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  13. ^ "森２連覇、西岡２年ぶりＶ トランポリン全日本年齢別" [Mori wins for the second consecutive year, Nishioka wins for the first time in two years at the All Japan Trampoline Championships]. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
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