Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics, everyone can't wait to start discussing the 2024 Paris Olympics and continue the sports boom! There are many handsome male and female athletes in this Olympic Games, whose appearance is almost comparable to the artists and actors in front of the screen, but have you ever thought that there are actually many "athletes who have been delayed by their acting careers" in the entertainment industry? Some Japanese media launched a vote to let netizens select 10 artists who used to be outstanding athletes, including Ryoma Takeuchi, who once belonged to the professional football team, Kazuya Kameari, who appeared at the Junior Baseball World Congress, and a popular little fresh meat who won the karate world championship, do you know who he is?
The Japanese ranking website ランキングー recently took advantage of the Olympic boom to vote for 10 "athletes who were delayed by their acting careers", with a total of nearly 4,000 netizens participating. It turns out that there are also many hidden strength athletes in the Japanese entertainment industry, and Kazuya Kameari, a member of the tenth "KAT-TUN", used to be a baseball teenager, and once entered the Soft Baseball World Congress, if he did not enter Johnny's office, he is now a professional baseball player!
【10th】Kazuya Kameari (KAT-TUN member): Baseball
When he was in elementary school, he appeared at the Soft Baseball World Congress, and before he entered the industry, his goal was to "enter Koshien in high school and challenge professional baseball in the future."
His name, Kazuya, is also taken from the baseball manga Touch.
【9th】Yuka Sugai (Sakurasaka 46 member): Equestrian
As a captain during the "Beechaka 46" period, he began to practice equestrianism in the fifth grade of elementary school, and won the first place at the 40th Tokyo Equestrian Congress and the 2017 Dongguan Equestrian Congress.
She was known as "Big Miss" because she knew equestrian skills, and she attended the same school as Princess Aiko of the Japanese Imperial Family, and became the manager of the equestrian department at the University of Learning Andress.
【8th】Kudo Asuka (Actor): Tennis
His father was a baseball player, Kudo Koyasu, and his sister was a golfer, while he chose to play tennis and won the prefectural convention in high school.
He once played with Kei Nishikori on a one-on-one tennis team, and he played quite well!
7th place: Ryohei Otani (actor): Volleyball
In junior high school, he won the volleyball tournament in Osaka Prefecture, and in high school, he attended the famous school "Breeze High School" and appeared as a representative team of Osaka at the Japan National Sports Conference.
After going to college, he did not continue his volleyball career, and some netizens speculated that Ryohei Otani, who was 180cm tall, felt inferior to his height.
Ryoma Takeuchi (Actor): Soccer
He started playing soccer at the age of 5 and was a soccer player affiliated with the professional football club Tokyo Greenery in high school.
As a teenager, Takeuchi Ryo really sunburned a healthy complexion.
The "Soccer Boy" did not give up football after entering the entertainment industry, and served as a special ambassador when the World Cup was broadcast live on TV.
【5th】Tsuyoshi Ayano (Actor): Middle distance running in athletics
He belonged to the athletics department of the school in middle school and high school, and won the 800-meter middle-distance running academic competition in the prefecture.
Despite becoming an actor, he still loves running, and once threatened to complete the "Hakone Ekiden" (a famous Japanese university relay race).
【4th】Yokohama Meteor (Actor): Karate
In the first grade of elementary school, he began to learn "Extreme Vacuum Hand", and in 2011, he participated in the "7th International Youth Karate Players' Rights Competition in the 13th and 14-year-old men's 55kg category" and won the championship, becoming the world's first.
Incidentally, he was scouted into the entertainment industry by scouts in the 6th grade of elementary school, continued to practice karate while becoming an entertainer, and won international awards in middle school.
【3rd】Ryoko Hiromi (Actor): Athletics high jump, hurdles
During the middle school period, it was subordinate to the school's athletics department, and the motor nerves were very developed.
He won the first place in the high jump in the academic competition, the second place in the high jump and the second place in the hurdles at the Kochi Prefectural Sports Conference.
【2nd place】Yuriko Ishida (Actor): Swimming
At the age of 9, he began to learn to swim, but only practiced for a year to facilitate the appearance of "Jr. Olympics", and he would swim at least 10km a day to practice.
During his secondary school years, he studied in Taiwan and was selected to join the Taiwan representative team.
She once posted photos of herself swimming on Instagram, not to mention diving into the water even while taking a shower.
【1st】Koshiba Kazehana (Actor): Figure skating
Elementary school students began to learn figure skating in the third grade, practicing at least 7 hours a day until they had a knee injury and needed surgery, and also insisted on skating, winning the championship at the 15th All Japan Figure Skating Novice Championships in 2011.
In the same year, she also won the acting rookie competition, debuted as an actress the following year, and now intends to continue to be an actor and become a figure skating coach in the future.