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Mana Okamura (Japanese: 岡村 真; born 28 May 2005)[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Asian Games balance beam champion and all-around and team silver medalist. She represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Okamura finished ninth in the all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships.[2] She made her international debut at the 2020 WOGA Classic and finished second in the all-around to Skye Blakely.[3] She then placed 17th in the all-around at the 2020 All-Japan Championships.[4]

2021

Okamura became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2021. She finished 15th in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Championships and 13th at the NHK Trophy.[5][6] She qualified for the balance beam final at the All-Japan Event Championships and placed fourth.[7] She helped her club place 12th at the All-Japan Team Championships.[8]

2022

Okamura placed 13th in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships and 11th at the NHK Trophy.[9][10] At the All-Japan Event Championships, she repeated her fourth-place finish on the balance beam.[11] She had the second-highest all-around score behind Shoko Miyata at the All-Japan Team Championships and helped her club finish 11th.[12]

2023

Okamura made her senior international debut at the Cottbus World Cup and won the gold medal on the balance beam.[13] At the All-Japan Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around,[14] and she finished also finished seventh at the NHK Trophy.[15] She finished sixth on the floor exercise at the All-Japan Event Championships.[16]

At the 2022 Asian Games, held in 2023 due to COVID-19 concerns, Okamura led the Japanese team to a second-place finish behind China.[17] She qualified for the all-around final where she won the silver medal behind China’s Zuo Tong.[18] She then won a gold medal in the balance beam final, the first time a Japanese gymnast won the Asian Games balance beam title.[19] She also placed eighth on uneven bars and fourth on floor exercise.[20] At the All-Japan Team Championships, she had the second-highest score on the balance beam behind Urara Ashikawa and helped her club place tenth.[21]

2024

Okamura began the 2024 season at the Cairo World Cup where she won a gold medal on the floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam.[22] She finished fourth in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships.[23] She then won the bronze medal in the all-around at the NHK Trophy and was selected for the Japanese Olympic team alongside Shoko Miyata, Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, and Kohane Ushioku.[24] At the 2024 Olympics, she contributed to Japan’s eighth place finish in the team final. Though she ranked 19th in the all-around during qualifications, she was ineligible to compete in the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule, as her teammates Kishi and Nakamura qualified ahead of her.[25]

2025

In March, Okamura competed at the Antalya World Cup, qualifying for the balance beam and floor exercise finals and winning the silver medal on beam.[26] At that same competition, she introduced a new element on the uneven bars, the Okamura.[27] She next competed at the 2025 All-Japan Championships, where she won gold on balance beam as well as silver on floor exercise.[28] At the NHK Trophy in May, she won silver on balance beam, as well as bronze on floor exercise and in the all-around.[29] In July, Okamura competed at the 2025 World University Games, winning the gold medal with the Japanese team as well as silver in the all-around.[30] Okamura also represented Japan at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships with teammates Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, and Aiko Sugihara.[31] She competed on balance beam and floor exercise in the qualification round, but did not advance to any finals.[26]

Personal life

Okamura graduated from high school in March 2024 and will attend Yokkaichi University.[32]

Eponymous skill

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to the Code of Points
Uneven bars Okamura From L-grip, swing backward with half turn (180°) to double salto backward piked. D (0.4) 2025 Antalya World Cup
  1. ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

Competitive history

Competitive history of Mana Okamura[33]
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 All-Japan Junior Championships 9
2020 WOGA Classic 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
All-Japan Championships 17
2021 All-Japan Championships 15
NHK Trophy 13
All-Japan Event Championships 4
All-Japan Team Championships 12
2022 All-Japan Championships 13
NHK Trophy 11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
All-Japan Event Championships 4
All-Japan Team Championships 11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 Cottbus World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Championships 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
NHK Trophy 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
All-Japan Event Championships 6
Asian Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
All-Japan Team Championships 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Cairo World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Championships 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NHK Trophy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games 8
2025 Antalya World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
NKH Trophy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World University Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 37 22
2026 Baku World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ “岡村 真” [Okamura Mana]. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 August 2019). “2019 All-Japan Junior Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (5 February 2020). “Blakely Beats Seniors at WOGA Classic”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 December 2020). “2020 All-Japan Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (17 April 2021). “2021 All-Japan Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (17 May 2021). “2021 NHK Trophy Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (8 June 2021). “2021 All-Japan Event Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 December 2021). “2021 All-Japan Team Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (23 April 2022). “2022 All-Japan Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 May 2022). “2022 NHK Trophy Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 June 2022). “2022 All-Japan Event Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  12. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (12 December 2022). “2022 All-Japan Team Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  13. ^ “Gymnasts from seven nations snag titles at Cottbus World Cup”. International Gymnastics Federation. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  14. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (24 April 2023). “2023 All-Japan Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  15. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (21 May 2023). “2023 NHK Trophy Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  16. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (11 June 2023). “2023 All-Japan Event Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  17. ^ “Artistic Gymnastics Women Qualifications and Team Finals” (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 25 September 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  18. ^ “China’s Zuo wins women’s all-around gymnastics title at Asian Games”. Xinhua. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  19. ^ “体操の岡村選手「力出し切れた」 アジア大会金メダル 四日市市長に喜び報告” [Gymnast Okamura “I gave it my all” Asian Games gold medal, happy report to Mayor Yokkaichi]. Ise Shimbun. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  20. ^ Crumlish, John (16 October 2023). “Japan’s Mana Okamura: ‘I will turn regrets into motivations’“. International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  21. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (29 November 2023). “2023 All-Japan Team Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  22. ^ “Olympic qualification is on as 2024 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup series comes alive in Cairo”. International Gymnastics Federation. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  23. ^ “初優勝は宮田笙子 パリ五輪切符に前進 ２位岸里奈、３位中村遥香…体操全日本女子決勝” [First win: Shoko Miyata advances to Paris Olympics ticket; 2nd place: Rina Kishi; 3rd place: Haruka Nakamura… All Japan Women’s Gymnastics Finals]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  24. ^ Kano, Shintaro (18 May 2024). “NHK Trophy 2024: Miyata Shoko Romps to Third Successive Women’s Title – and a Gymnastics Quota at Paris 2024”. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  25. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2024-08-05). “2024 Olympic Games Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  26. ^ a b “OKAMURA Mana – FIG Athlete Profile”. www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  27. ^ “Three new named elements on Uneven Bars”. www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  28. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2025-04-19). “2025 All-Japan Championships Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  29. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2025-05-17). “2025 NHK Trophy Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  30. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2025-07-28). “2025 World University Games Results”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  31. ^ “53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Women’s Qualifications – Start List)”. gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  32. ^ “パリ五輪出場目指す体操・岡村真選手 私立暁高校の卒業式に出席「自分の演技を世界に見せられるように」” [Mana Okamura, a gymnast aiming to participate in the Paris Olympics, attends the graduation ceremony of Akatsuki Private High School, “I want to be able to show my performance to the world”]. Tōkai Television Broadcasting (in Japanese). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  33. ^ “Okamura Mana”. The Gymternet. Retrieved 24 July 2025.