Takaaki Sugino

[4] He graduated from National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya and joined the Tokushukai Gymnastics Club.

[9] He narrowly won the gold medal on the horizontal bar ahead of Audrys Nin Reyes at the Koper World Challenge Cup.

[13] Then at the All-Japan Event Championships, he won the gold medal on the pommel horse and tied for fifth on the horizontal bar.

[15] Then in September, he won gold medals on the floor exercise and pommel horse at the Guimaraes World Challenge Cup.

[17] Sugino placed second on the pommel horse in the qualification of the Baku World Cup before the event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[22] At the All-Japan Event Championships, he placed eighth on the pommel horse and won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar behind Daiki Hashimoto and Kōhei Uchimura.

[28] At the All-Japan Event Championships, he won the gold medal on the pommel horse and also placed fifth on the horizontal bar.

[37] He finished fifth in the all-around at the NHK Trophy and had the second-highest scores on the floor exercise, pommel horse, and horizontal bar.

[38] He was then selected to represent Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, alongside Tanigawa Wataru, Oka Shinnosuke, Kaya Kazuma, and Hashimoto Daiki.