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Julius Irvin Hikaru T. Naranjo
Julius Naranjo
BornJune 14, 1991 (age 29)
Tamuning, Guam, USA
NationalityFilipino/Japanese American
EducationBachelor of Science Exercise Science & Health Promotions with a Minor in Nutrition from the University of Guam
Alma materFather Duenas Memorial School
Occupation(s)Weightlifting Coach, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Filmmaker

Julius Irvin Hikaru T. Naranjo (born 14 June 1991) is an American of Filipino & Japanese Descent from the U.S. Territory of Guam. He is known for being a National Team Weightlifter representing Guam, the significant other, Assistant Weightlifting and Strength & Conditioning Coach[1] for Filipina Weightlifter Rio Olympic 2016 Silver Medalist Hidilyn Diaz, and the Co-founder and Filmmaker for Collective Culture.


Family, education and early athletic and professional career[edit]

Julius Irvin Hikaru T. Naranjo is the eldest son of a Filipino Father and Japanese Mother and has 3 younger siblings.

Julius had earned his Bachelor of Sciences in Exercise Science & Health Promotions with a minor in Nutrition at the University of Guam in 2013. He was a Manager for a functional fitness facility and Physical Therapy clinic, where he had coached classes and did Strength & Conditioning for Clients and athletes.

Julius had represented Guam's National Weightlifting Team and is a record holder in the old 69kg weight category[2]. He had represented Guam at the 5th Asian Indoors & Martial Arts Games [3] in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan competing in the 62kg weight category[4] and helping put Guam on the map for weightlifting along with his teammates[5].

Although Naranjo, showed great promise in his weightlifting career for Guam, he had ultimately retired from the sport due to a career ending back injury, which had opened a door to coaching.

Julius is currently a Weightlifting Coach and a Strength & Conditioning coach, and team manager for Team HD[6], the Olympic Core team for Hidilyn Diaz[7] as she prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics which is now postponed to July 2021.

Aside from being a coach, Julius is also a Filmmaker who Co-founded Collective Culture[8] and captures weightlifting content to spread awareness of weightlifting on his instagram @imjulius. Julius also has a facebook page by the name Coach Julius Naranjo where he posts coaching content and weightlifting content.

Relationship[edit]

Julius is currently dating Hidilyn Diaz and they have both been featured on KMJS where their love story was put on spotlight.[9] They have also been featured by Sports U[10] and Magandang Buhay[11] which are segments on ABS-CBN. They are working together to ultimately try to win the Philippines first Gold medal in the Olympics and to help spread weightlifting in the Philippines.


References

  1. ^ "Hidilyn Diaz: Winning SEAG gold is my personal goal". ESPN.com. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. ^ Tomas, Jojo Santo. "Meet Guam's Team for the Asian Indoor Games: Weightlifting". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. ^ Post, Matt Weiss | The Guam Daily. "Guam posts mixed results in Asian Indoor Games". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  4. ^ "Athletes - International Weightlifting FederationInternational Weightlifting Federation". www.iwf.net. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  5. ^ "Julius Naranjo represents Guam in Asian Indoor Games". www.guampdn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  6. ^ ""I will remain focused and determined" - Hidilyn Diaz' powerful message to the Philippines". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. ^ Solon, Pio (2020-04-18). "Solon: How an elite athlete trains through the ECQ". Sunstar. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  8. ^ "About Us – Collective Culture". collective-culture.co. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  9. ^ "Weighlifting golden girl Hidilyn Diaz also wins at love". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  10. ^ News, ABS-CBN. "Sports U: Kapwa weightlifter nabihag ang puso ni Olympian Hidilyn Diaz". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2020-08-06. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Julius feels giddy about Hidilyn's mention of having a baby | Magandang Buhay - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.


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