Tyler Mizoguchi

Tyler Mizoguchi (born November 14, 1989) is an American gymnast from the University of Illinois specializing in men's all around. He was an NCAA All-American for the 2010 and 2011 seasons and has a career high seven individual titles. In his freshman year, he placed first overall on the parallel bars at the Big Ten Championships. He has also placed second on the pommel horse (score was 14.650) and second in the all-around (score was 84.800) against Penn State.

Biography
Born Tyler Hideo Mizoguchi, son of Hideo and Kellie Mizoguchi, he has one stepbrother, Kyle Kavanagh, and one stepsister, Krista Kavanagh. In his youth and high school, he participated in both gymnastics and track and field, but grew to love gymnastics and decided to pursue it.

In junior high school, his favorite events were floor and rings and he aspired to one day be a part of the USA Olympic team. He gained the ability to throw a full at the age of 12 and was soon able to complete many advanced skills on the floor exercise of tumbling. During junior high and high school he competed well in the rings and won a number of competitions. Mizoguchi was a member of the Houston Gymnastics Academy, coached by Kevin Mazeika, who was the 2004 and 2008 USA Olympic coach. In 2006, Mizoguchi was the Texas state runner-up in floor and the Texas State Champion in still rings. The next season, in 2007, he won Texas State Champion in pommel horse and all around.

In his first year of college competition, he helped the University of Illinois gain their second straight Big Ten Championship title. Mizoguchi competed in the parallel bars, pommel horse, floor exercise, and in the all around. He scored 15.15 in parallel bars and placed first that year at the Big Ten Championships. He finished in sixth place on the floor exercise at the Big Ten individual event finals with a score of 14.725. In the pommel horse event he scored a 14.650 and in the all around 84.800 against Penn State.

In his sophomore year, he earned his first All-American honors with a sixth-place finish in the all around. Mizoguchi placed well enough in the 2010 winter cup to make the United States Senior National team. Throughout the 2010–2011 season he gained a career high seven individual titles while helping the University of Illinois gymnastics team along with other athletes such as Daniel Ribeiro, Justin Spring and Yoshi Mori.

In his junior season he helped the University of Illinois win the Big Ten Championships for a third straight time.

Mizoguchi has appeared in a number of gymnastics competition videos and has been mentioned in IlliniHQ.

Mizoguchi lists gymnasts Sean Golden and Jordan Jotchev as influences.