The home team Japan has many notable faces in gymnastics, typically Shinnosuke Oka and Daiki Hashimoto.
Among them, Oka won 3 gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics in all-around, team and crossbar events. Hashimoto won the all-around event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team in Paris.
With sports, Zhang Boheng will be a formidable opponent for the Japanese athlete duo. He won a world-class gold medal at the 2023 Hangzhou ASIAD and won the world championship in 2021. Also with the Chinese national team is Zou Jingyuan - the 2024 Paris Olympic champion in the parallel bar event.
The Blue Race also gathers many Olympic champions. Pan Zhanle (China) once won a gold medal in the 100m freestyle at Paris 2024 and set a world record with a time of 46.40 seconds. Wang Shun (China) is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion in the 200m individual medley, while Zhang Yufei once stood on the highest podium at Tokyo 2020.
China also possesses a very strong force in diving. Chen Yiw en, Chen Yuxi and Wang Zongyuan all won gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics. At that Games, Chinese sports dominated all 8 gold medals in diving.
South Korea has An Se-young as the women's singles badminton champion at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In fencing, Oh Sang-uk also participated after winning a gold medal in individual swordplay at the Paris 2024 Olympics and winning the ASIAD Hangzhou 2023.
With Southeast Asian sports, the Philippines has the participation of Carlos Edriel Yulo, who won 2 gold medals at Paris 2024 in the freestyle and backstroke events.
