Yuto Horigome

Yuto Horigome is a Japanese professional street skateboarder who was born in Tokyo on 7 January 1999 and is a two-time Olympic champion. He won the first Olympic gold medal in the men's street event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and defended the title at the 2024 Summer Olympics. His father, a taxi driver and former street skateboarder, put him on a board before he could walk, and by seven he was a regular at a Tokyo skate park. He moved to Los Angeles at sixteen, rode for Blind Skateboards and later April Skateboards, and made his Street League Skateboarding debut in 2017 with a bronze medal. In 2018 he won three Street League championships, the first Japanese athlete to win one, and in 2019 he collected X Games medals in Shanghai and Minneapolis. He is known for tricks on rails and large gaps.