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  Each of these gymnasts has a unique skill that they performed in international competition, and their addition to the sport of gymnastics was recognized by adding that skill to the FIG book, and naming it after the gymnast that performed it.
  The gymnasts are listed in alphabetical order from top to bottom according to their surname.
  The gymnasts' name is a link to biographical information about that particular gymnast. Immediately following the gymnasts' name are the current values of the unique skill/s listed directly below his name.

  I would like to thank the creator of the Japanese Gymnasts site for the research he put into making his site. All of the information pages below are links to his site.

Yukio Endo - Values of each skill - FX: "A" | FX: "B" | HB: "B"
FX:
From handatand, forward straddle roll to handstand
FX:
Jump backward with pike-stretch or with full turn to front support
HB:
Free straddle circle forward through handstand
Koji Gushiken - Value of skill - "C"
PB:
Giant swing backward with ½ turn to upper arm hang
Fumio Honma - Value of skill - "B"
R:
Backward swing to salto forward piked to support or L-sit
Shingeru Kasamatsu - Start Value = 8.8
V:
Handspring sideward with ¼ twist and salto forward tucked with a ½ twist
Sawao Kato - Value of skill - "B"
PB:
Bent arm swing forward to hop ½ turn to support
Eizo Kenmotsu - Value of skill - "C"
PB:
Giant swing backward to handstand
Shinju Morisue - Value of skill - "D"
PB:
Double salto tucked to upper arm hang
Akinori Nakayama - Values of each skill - R: "A" | R: "D" | HB: "C"
R:
From hang, underswing with shoulders above
R:
From or through back lever, with straight arms pull to cross or L-cross
HB:
From dorsal hang, uprise forward with stoop out to handstand
Takashi Ono - Value of skill - "B"
HB:
From dorsal hang, uprise forward with ½ twist to support
Hikaru Tanaka - Value of skill - "E"
PB: Giant backward with ½ turn and 1½ salto forward to upper arm hang
Mitsuo Tsukahara - Values of each skill - FX: "D" | V: = 8.4 | HB: "C"
FX:
Double salto backward tucked with a full or 1½ twists
V:
Handspring sideward with ¼ twist and salto backward tucked
HB:
Double salto backward tucked or piked with a full twist
Mitsuaki Watanabe - Values of each skill - PB: "B" | HB: "E"
PB: Roll bwd with ½ turn to up. arm hang or Fwd uprise to Kato hop to support
HB:
Double salto backward stretched with 2 full twists
Tomoharu Yamashita - Start Value = 8.0
V:
Forward handspring piked
Kyoji Yamawaki - Values of each skill - R: "B" | PB: "C" | HB: "D"
R:
Double salto forward tucked to hang
PB: Bwd uprise and 1¼ salto fwd, tucked, piked or straddled to up. arm hang
HB:
Backward uprise and stretched hecht with ½ twist to hang

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