Kaito Tanioka

Kaito Tanioka (born October 22, 2001)https://www.juggle.org/2015-stage-championships-preview/ is a Japanese club juggler.https://www.instagram.com/kaito_5club/ 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20190622194444/http://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/2015-quebec-city-quebec/ At the WJF 18 event in Japan in 2023, Kaito won the 5 Club Freestyle competition.https://www.thewjf.com/results/ In 2023, he placed first in the Club category of the Numbers Juggling League online competition.https://juggling-records.com/league_hall_of_fame?l=numbers Kaito was voted the most popular juggler in the Top 40 Jugglers of 2024 poll.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmWLQ9ohVc
== 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), tied with Moritz Rosner in 2024 (video)
* Most 6 club 6 up 360s in 1 minute: 2 in 2024 (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), Masahiro Takahashi in 2021 (video), and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse in 2024 (video)
* Most 7 club 7 up 360s in 1 minute: 2 in 2024 (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)
==Websites==
*YouTube: kaito kento
*Instagram: kaito_5club
*Juggling-Records: Kaito Tanioka
==References==
Category:Jugglers
Category:Numbers jugglers
Category:World record holders
Category:IJA champions
Category:WJF champions