Haruka Nakamura
Haruka Nakamura is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World Artistic [Gymnastics Championships|2023 Junior World] all-around and team champion. She is also the 2023 Junior Asian team, all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise champion. She represented 2024 Summer Olympics">2024 in artistic gymnastics">2024 Summer Olympics.
Junior gymnastics career
Nakamura helped the Namba Gymnastics Club place ninth in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Team Championships, and she had the tenth-highest all-around score. She competed at the 2022 All-Japan Championships where she finished 50th all-around in the qualification round. Then at the 2022 All-Japan Event Championships, she placed seventh on the uneven bars and fifth on the balance beam. In December 2022, Japan hosted its Japanese Junior Worlds Trials, and Nakamura finished third in the all-around. She helped her club place eighth at the 2022 All-Japan Team Championships.Nakamura made her international debut at the 2023 WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas. She won the silver medal in the all-around by only 0.150 behind American gymnast Zoey Molomo. She was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Antalya, Turkey. The Japanese team of Nakamura, Mika Mizuno, and Sara Yamaguchi won the gold medal by over two points ahead of the United States. The team competition also served as the qualification round, and she qualified in third place for the all-around final and also qualified for the uneven bars and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final, Nakamura hit all four of her routines to capture the gold medal ahead of her teammate Yamaguchi with a total score of 51.765. She fell in the uneven bars final but still managed to finish in fourth place. She then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Giulia Perotti and Hezly Rivera.
Nakamura competed at the senior level at the 2023 All-Japan Championships and finished eighth in the all-around. She also finished eighth in the all-around at the NHK Trophy. Then at the 2023 Junior Asian Championships in Singapore. She led the Japanese team to the gold medal, and she won the all-around title by over a full point. In the event finals, she won gold medals on both the uneven bars and the floor exercise. She then helped her club finish in fifth place at the All-Japan Team Championships.
Senior gymnastics career
2024
Nakamura became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2024. She made her senior debut at the 2024 Cottbus World Cup and won the bronze medal on the balance beam. She then won the bronze medal in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships. She once again finished third in the all-around at the NHK Trophy and was selected for the Japanese Olympic team alongside Shoko Miyata, Rina Kishi, Mana Okamura, and Kohane Ushioku.2025
In March, Nakamura competed at the Baku World Cup, performing on uneven bars and balance beam. She qualified for both event finals, finishing seventh on uneven bars and winning the gold medal on beam. The following month, she competed at the All-Japan Championships, placing fifth in the all-around and third on balance beam. At the NHK Trophy in May, Nakamura finished in fourth place in the all-around and won the gold medal on uneven bars.Nakamura represented Japan at the 2025 Asian Gymnastics Championships, alongside teammates Saki Kawakami, Rina Kishi, and Aiko Sugihara. They won the silver medal as a team. Individually, Nakamura won the silver medal in the all-around, the silver medal on uneven bars, and the bronze medal on floor exercise. She also qualified for the balance beam final and secured a fourth place finish.
In October, Nakamura competed at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships. During qualifications, she competed only on uneven bars, finishing fifteenth overall.
Eponymous skill
Nakamura performs a piked Deltchev on the uneven bars and has the skill named after her in the Code of Points.| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
| Uneven bars | Moreno-Nakamura | Swing forward with half turn and salto forward piked | D | 2023 Junior World Championships |
Competitive history
| Year | Event | ||||||
| 2024 | Cottbus World Cup | ||||||
| 2024 | All-Japan Championships | ||||||
| 2024 | NHK Trophy | ||||||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 2025 | Baku World Cup | 7 | |||||
| 2025 | NHK Trophy | 4 | |||||
| 2025 | Asian Championships | 4 | |||||
| 2025 | World Championships |