{"id":3573,"date":"2026-10-31T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T07:03:44","slug":"japanese-bodybuilder-90-flexes-ageless-ambition-on-spanish-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3573","title":{"rendered":"Japanese bodybuilder, 90, flexes ageless ambition on Spanish stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Nonagenarian Japanese bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa took to the stage on Spain\u2019s Costa del Maresme on Friday, aiming to prove that \u200bage is no barrier to peak physical fitness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 90-year-old travelled to the coastal \u200ctown of Santa Susanna to compete against rivals decades his junior in the masters category for athletes aged 50 and older in a competition held by the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Kanazawa mirrored the \u200bpreparations of younger competitors, warming up with his team and applying spray tan \u200bbefore flexing under the stage lights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to try doing things that \u2060nobody else has done, and more than anything I want to pursue bodybuilding for the \u200brest of my life,\u201d Kanazawa said.<\/p>\n<p>Kanazawa credits his longevity and conditioning to strict dietary habits, \u200bsaying that a routine established decades ago has kept him robust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something I\u2019ve been researching and want to learn more about. But ever since I turned 50, I\u2019ve been building muscle by eating a purely \u200bJapanese diet: brown rice, natto (a fermented soya bean dish), and miso soup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u200breally the classic Japanese way of eating. And thanks to that, I\u2019ve gone 90 years without ever getting \u200csick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though \u2060he did not finish on the podium, Kanazawa remains focused on pushing the sport\u2019s boundaries, outlining plans for one final appearance before stepping away from competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking I might give it one more go at 93. After that, I\u2019ll probably have to retire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you \u200bget older, you start \u200bdeveloping wrinkles, quite \u2060a lot of them. In Japan, there\u2019s this idea that once you get those wrinkles, it just doesn\u2019t look very good anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Kanazawa \u200bhopes his perseverance inspires older generations to remain active and challenge \u200bconventional limits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you \u2060set your mind to something, you need to develop the mental strength and determination to see it through no matter what,\u201d Kanazawa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want people to work hard just as I \u2060have. I \u200bbelieve that if they do, we\u2019ll see more people \u200blike me even as they get older. That\u2019s what I hope for, and I want to be a good \u200brole model.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonagenarian Japanese bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa took to the stage on Spain\u2019s Costa del Maresme on Friday, aiming to prove that \u200bage is no barrier to peak physical fitness. The 90-year-old travelled to the coastal \u200ctown of Santa Susanna to compete against rivals decades his junior in the masters category for athletes aged 50 and older in a competition held by the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation. Backstage, Kanazawa mirrored the \u200bpreparations of younger competitors, warming up with his team and applying spray tan \u200bbefore flexing under the stage lights. \u201cI&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}