Megumi Nishimoto
Japanese rhythmic gymnast
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Megumi Nishimoto (西本愛実, Nishimoto Megumi; born 26 September 2007) is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2025 World group all-around champion.
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| Born | 26 September 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162.4 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Japan (2023–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Showa Gakuin Senior High School[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Yukari Murata[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Megumi took up the sport at age seven.[1]
In 2023 the Japanese group debuted at the World Cup in Athens, being 9th in the All-Around and did not qualify for finals.[3] In Sofia she was 8th overall, 4th with 5 hoops, and 10th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[4] In Baku they finished 9th in the All-Around, 12th with 5 hoops and 8th in the mixed event.[5] In Portimão the group was 6th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops, and won bronze with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[6] Competing at the Asian Championships she won bronze in the All-Around and silver with 5 hoops.[7][8] In the World Cup in Cluj-Napoca Japan was 14th overall, 16th with 5 hoops and 12th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls. In August she was selected, along Rina Imaoka, Chihana Nakamura, Ayuka Suzuki, Rinako Inaki and Hisano Taguchi, for the World Championships in Valencia, being 13th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops, 6th with 3 ribbons & 2 balls.[9]
Suzuki helped Japan win the gold medals in both the 5 hoops and 3 ribbons and 2 balls finals at the 2024 Baku World Cup.[10] At the 2024 Asian Championships, they finished second in the all-around to Uzbekistan and missed the continental Olympic berth.[11][12] They won the gold medal in the 5 hoops final and finished second to Uzbekistan again in the 3 ribbons and 2 balls final.[13]
In 2025, she competed as a part of a renewed group and won silver medal in all-around at Sofia World Cup. They also won silver medal in 5 ribbons and bronze in 3 balls + 2 hoops finals. In July, they bronze in 5 ribbons and silver medals in all-around and 3 balls + 2 hoops at Milan World Cup.[14] Next week, they competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup, where they took 4th place in all-around and 7th place in 5 ribbons final.[15] In late August, she was selected to represent Japan alongside Natsumi Hanamura, Hatsune Miyoshi, Ayuka Suzuki, Rinako Inaki and Hisano Taguchi at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They won gold medal in group all-around, 0.3 point in front of Brazil, being the first World all-around champions from Asia.[16]They also won silver medal in 5 ribbons final and took 5th place in 3 balls + 2 hoops final.[17]