Kaito Tanioka is a Japanese club juggler.[1] He was the 6th person to flash 9 clubs,(video) and the 5th to qualify 8 clubs.(video) Kaito and his brother Kento are both among the few people who have juggled 7 clubs for over 200 catches.(video)
At the 2015 IJA festival in Canada, Kaito and Kento won the Teams stage competition, and they placed second in the club passing Numbers competition.[2] At the WJF 18 event in Japan in 2023, Kaito won the 5 Club Freestyle competition.[3] Kaito has been featured on the Top 40 Jugglers list three years in a row, from 2021 to 2023.[4][5][6]
World records[]
Kaito holds the following world records:
- 15 club passing: 15 passes caught with Kento Tanioka in 2021 (video)
- 8 club 978: 9 catches in 2023 (video)
- Most connected 6 club 6 up 360s: 2 in 2024 (video)
- 360 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 7 up in 2023 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2005 (video), Vova Galchenko in 2008 (video), Spencer Androli in 2020 (video), and Masahiro Takahashi in 2021 (video)
- 720 qualified with the most clubs: 7 clubs, 5 up in 2024 (video)
- 1440 qualified with the most clubs: 5 clubs, 5 up 3-stage (5 up 360, 4 up 360, 3 up 720) in 2023 (video)
- 1800 qualified with the most clubs: 3 clubs, 3 up 3-stage (720, 360, 720) in 2016 (video)
- 2160 qualified with the most clubs: 3 clubs, 3 up 3-stage (720, 720, 720) in 2022 (video)
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/kaito_5club/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190622194444/http://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/2015-quebec-city-quebec/
- ↑ https://www.thewjf.com/results/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP52Mpl4HKQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl80Aplb4bs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4si4QsK8gkE