He’s got six World Cup titles behind him and has been to two Olympics; Ryo’s not exactly a lightweight dude.
It’s hard to believe how young he still is, given how he smashed his heat in Vancouver 2010 and picked up a bronze at the 2012 X Games. He may have been overshadowed by a couple of his countrymen in recent years (especially in Sochi, where two Japanese riders made the podium while he failed to make the final), but never rule this guy out.