Ahead of him in the final were the top two qualifiers: Japanese siblings, the Tanaka brothers. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Uchimura's qualification score also made him first reserve (R1) alternate in the individual parallel bars final, but he ended up not competing. Uchimura married in autumn of 2012 and has two daughters, born in 2013 and 2015. Asked if he would teach them gymnastics, he replied, "If they were boys I think I probably would... but I don't understand women's gymnastics, and I think it's much more severe." He eats just one meal a day and rather dislikes vegetables.