Kōhei Uchimura
Advancing longstanding D-scores of certain floor skills/combinations was seen to be "impossible" before Shirai did them. Before Shirai had successfully executed the 3½ twists needed for the Shirai 2 on vault at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he was known for his ability to consistently perform three twists fully in the Shirai on vault, or Yurchenko triple twist, a feat accomplished only by a handful of athletes such as Shirai's teammate and role model Kōhei Uchimura.