Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya and his wife, Akiko Endo, toast Carlos Yulo’s success in Paris. With them are Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richard Bachmann, Cavite 8th District Rep. Aniela Tolentino, 1-Pacman Party List Rep. Mikee Romero and his daughter Milka, gymnastics head Cynthia Carrion-Norton and some members of the House of Representatives and Japanese Embassy officials. Handout/POC

Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya and his wife, Akiko Endo, toast Carlos Yulo’s success in Paris. With them are Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richard Bachmann, Cavite 8th District Rep. Aniela Tolentino, 1-Pacman Party List Rep. Mikee Romero and his daughter Milka, gymnastics head Cynthia Carrion-Norton and some members of the House of Representatives and Japanese Embassy officials

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<p>MANILA -- The Japanese Embassy on Tuesday hosted a celebration dinner for double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo.</p><p>Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya and his wife, Akiko Endo, hosted Yulo and International Gymnastics Federation president Morinari Watanabe of Japan.</p><p>It was in Japan where he honed his skills as a gymnast—he was only 17 when he started to train in Tokyo in 2016 under renowned Japanese coaches and while training, he took up Literature as a scholar at the Teiko University.</p><p>After breaking up with Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya, Yulo went back to the Philippines and went under the tutelage of Aldrin Castañeda en route to the Paris Games 2024.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/27/abs-visit-carlos-yulo-2016"><strong>IN PHOTOS: Golden Boy Carlos Yulo gets hero&#x27;s welcome in ABS-CBN</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/1/carlos-yulo-now-a-member-of-ph-navy-reserve-force-2145"><strong>READ: Carlos Yulo now a member of PH Navy Reserve Force</strong></a></div><p>For Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, it was a &quot;fitting&quot; tribute for the Golden Boy because Japan was key in Yulo&#x27;s eventual success.</p><p>“It was fitting the the Japanese Embassy to celebrate Caloy’s [Yulo] double victory in Paris,” Tolentino said on Wednesday. “It was in Japan where Caloy honed to become a two-time world and double Olympic champion.”</p><p>“For most of his late teens, Caloy has done so well in his sport and those two gold medals in Paris are testament to what he learned while in Japan,” Tolentino said.</p><p>Also invited to the dinner were Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richard Bachmann, Cavite 8th District Rep. Aniela Tolentino, 1-Pacman Party List Rep. Mikee Romero and his daughter Milka, gymnastics head Cynthia Carrion-Norton and some members of the House of Representatives and Japanese Embassy officials.</p><div><strong></strong><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFrWSrBBcfw??si=Qi2xHuf1gUylvm5S&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Japanese Embassy on Tuesday hosted a celebration dinner for double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo.</p>

The Japanese Embassy on Tuesday hosted a celebration dinner for double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo.

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Japanese Embassy honors double-Olympic champion Carlos Yulo

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