Natsumi Sasada

is a Japanese former artistic gymnast. She was part of the silver medalist team at the 2015 Summer Universiade, where she also won a bronze medal in the individual all-around competition; she won an individual silver at the 2017 Summer Universiade on the balance beam. Sasada also competed for Japan in the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in 2010.

Early and personal life Sasada's mother was Sasada Yayoi, a three-times national champion, who also coached her. They were the first mother-daughter pair to both win Japanese artistic gymnastics national titles. She enrolled in Nippon Sport Science University in 2014. After graduating, she enrolled in a coaching-related graduate program at the same university.

In 2021, Sasada was a member of the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2020 Summer Olympics in honor of her mother, who died in 2019. At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, she placed 4th in the all-around and in the vault final.

She did not compete much in 2011, as she was injured. However, at the All-Japan Team and Apparatus Championships, she won the uneven bars and balance beam titles.

Sasada won the senior All-Japan Artistic Gymnastics Championships two consecutive times in 2013 and 2014. and the 2014 World Championships, where she was 20th.

At the 2015 Summer Universiade in July, she was part of the silver medalist team and won bronze in the individual all-around. Afterward, she competed at the 2015 Asian Championships and won gold with the Japanese team. Later that year, she was 39th at the 2015 World Championships.

After struggling in both team qualification events, Sasada was named an alternate for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sasada competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade and finished 5th in the all-around. She won silver on the balance beam and also qualified for the floor exercise final, where she finished 8th.