Kaito Maruyama (, born 4 December 1997) is a Japanese soft tennis player. A front player, he represents Japan in international competitions and plays for one team. He won the men's team gold medal and mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2026 Asian Games, and was a member of Japan's gold-medal-winning men's team at the 2024 World Soft Tennis Championships and the 2025 Asian Soft Tennis Championships.
Early life and career Maruyama was born on 4 December 1997 in Osaka Prefecture. He began playing soft tennis at the age of eight with a local club in Kishiwada. He attended Uemiya Junior High School and Uemiya High School before studying at Meiji University. He later became a professional player and has represented Japan at international competitions.
Maruyama first represented Japan at the 2016 Asian Soft Tennis Championships in Chiba, where he won the silver medal in the men's doubles with Takafumi Uchimoto.
In domestic competition, Maruyama won the men's team title at the 2018 All Japan Intercollegiate Championships and the men's doubles title in 2017. He won the Japan GP in 2020 and finished third at the All Japan Singles Championships in 2022 and 2023.
At the 2024 World Soft Tennis Championships in Anseong, South Korea, Maruyama won the men's team gold medal with Japan and the bronze medal in the men's doubles.
In 2025, Maruyama represented Japan at the 2025 Asian Soft Tennis Championships in Mungyeong, South Korea. He won gold in the men's team event, while taking silver medals in both the men's doubles with Shunsuke Ueoka and mixed doubles with Rena Temma. He also won the All Japan Mixed Doubles Championships with Temma.
At the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Maruyama won the gold medal in the men's team event and the bronze medal in mixed doubles with Rio Maeda.
References
External links Kaito Maruyama at the Japanese Olympic Committee Kaito Maruyama at Yonex