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Funa Nakayama

Funa Nakayama

Country flag Japan

Age: 20

Born: Toyama

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Lives in: Japan

Gender: Female

Nationality: Japanese

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Background: Gained inaugural Street Skate spot at Tokyo 2020/21 Olympics, and went on to win Bronze. Qualified for Paris 2024 Olympic Games Street Contest.

 

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A Closer Look | WST World Cup Skateboarding – Kitakyushu, Japan In this episode of A Closer Look, we go inside World Cup skateboarding in Japan at the WST World Cup Kitakyushu — the first World Skateboarding Tour event ever held on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. From Japanese skateboarders competing on home turf to international contenders reconnecting on the road, this episode looks beyond tricks and scores to capture the people and moments that define life on the World Skateboarding Tour. Skateboarders featured at the event include Rocco Müller, Yumeka Oda, Mei Ozeki, Nyjah Huston, Yuto Horigome, Chloe Covell, Liz Akama, Joe Hinson, Daniel Whoolley, Sora Shirai, Jiyul Shin, Tenghe Wang, Gabriel Ribeiro, Taiga Nagai, Momiji Nishiya, Wallace Gabriel, Chenxi Cui, João Lucas, Yuanling Zhu, Juni Kang, Yukito Aoki, Kairi Netsuke, Ibuki Matsumoto, and more — representing the depth, diversity, and global reach of World Cup skateboarding. With Kitakyushu hosting a major international skateboarding competition for the first time, the event marked a new chapter for both the World Skateboarding Tour and the local Japanese skateboarding scene. For athletes and fans alike, it was an all-new experience and a new destination on the global competition calendar. Experience World Cup skateboarding in Japan from the inside out with A Closer Look at WST World Cup Kitakyushu. Filmed by Jason Hernandez and Nick Hanson Edited by Alan Hannon Still photography by Kenji Haruta ______________________________________ Follow World Skate SB! Instagram - / @worldskatesb Facebook - / @worldskatesb Twitter - / @worldskatesb Blog - https://www.skateboarding.worldskate.org/news.html #Skateboarding #WorldSkateSB

19/12/2025   |   video icon

UPDATE: WORLD SKATEBOARDING RANKING - WOMEN'S STREET Follow @worldskatesb for the latest highlights, info, and updates on skateboarding. Also, keep up with the World Skateboarding Ranking here: https://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/ranking-wsr.html ______________________________________ Follow World Skate SB! Instagram - / @worldskatesb Facebook - / @worldskatesb Twitter - / @worldskatesb Blog - https://www.skateboarding.worldskate.org/news.html #Skateboarding #WorldSkateSB

11/12/2025   |   video icon

Catching Up With | Funa Nakayama As a bronze medallist in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Funa Nakayama became a standard-bearer of Japan’s staggering ascent in competitive skateboarding. Having won WST Rome outright in 2022- which remains her sole WST victory to date- Funa scored the cover of Thrasher magazine in January 2023 with her trademark frontside crooked grind down the proving-ground Hollywood High handrail. Olympic medallist, World Skateboarding Tour Stop Winner, Thrasher cover star all by the age of 17. With a confidence-restoring, come-from-behind second place at WST Rome last June sending her up the World Skateboarding Ranking to a comfortable 3rd place, we caught up with her ahead of the World Skateboarding Tour’s return to her country for WST Kitakyushu Street World Cup this November. Video by Alan Hannon and Alex Kissinger. ______________________________________ Follow World Skate SB! Instagram - / @worldskatesb Facebook - / @worldskatesb Twitter - / @worldskatesb Blog - https://www.skateboarding.worldskate.org/news.html #Skateboarding #WorldSkateSB

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