- Hikaru Komiyama is based in Los Angeles and is 29 years old
- She is famously known as the famous beast
- She can lift four times her body weight yet she is 5ft tall and weighs only 56kgs
At 11 years, Hikaru Komiyama, a famed powerlifter would consume 400 calories a day and later in life, she earned the moniker ‘The Little Beast’.
She possesses extraordinary weightlifting power which, coupled with her gorgeous looks, earned her a massive following on Instagram with 413, 000 followers. The world calls her the most beautiful female powerlifter in the world.
SportsLeo takes a peak into her life and tells who she is.
WHO IS THE LITTLE BEAST?
Hikaru Komiyama powerlifter is fondly known as ‘The Little Beast’. She is an online sensation in the world of powerlifting and commands a huge following on Instagram and TikTok.
With 413K followers on Instagram, and over 2.7 million TikTok followers, she is quite the beast. Weighing 56kgs, Komiyama can deadlift four times her weight. In some of her videos, Little Beast stretches while showcasing her amazing flexibility, which always astounds fans.
The 29-year-old started with figure skating as a youngster before switching to powerlifting as a result of an eating disorder. She spoke candidly about her terrifying encounter with her former skating instructor on the Know Your Power podcast.
She recalls her instructor always being on her case asking her to tone up ‘by next week’. Then, she had an eating disorder which she grappled with for a very long time.
“She was initially the one who would come up to me and say ‘get rid of this’ and she would just pinch my body and be like, ‘Get rid of this by next week’.
“And I was like, I don’t know how to. I’m literally in seventh grade. I’m like 11 maybe, and so I would ask her and she would tell my mom to put me on a 400 calorie diet,” she said on the podcast.
HOW TALL IS THE LITTLEBEAST?
Hikaru Komiyama powerlifter 5ft tall and weighs 56kgs. Incidentally, she can deadlift four time her body weight which suits her moniker ‘The Little Beast’. Based in Los Angeles, the TikTok star says she got into lifting weights from her disorder.
She focused on what her body could do with all its energy which changed her perception of food to something that she needed to power up her body for a proper workout.
“I just got on a high of just being able to focus on what my body can do was a huge factor of me being able to transition from seeing food as something as something I need to punish myself for through working out to seeing it as fuel,” she says.
Today, she can comfortably deadlift at least 200kgs. Komiyama is a mix of beauty and muscles. With an hourglass figure, she suits her workout apparel and the bulky muscles always steal the show.
Many people describe her as a woman with a dream physique, mostly due to her dolled-up face.
Hikaru Komiyama. Photo/Fits&well
WHAT IS THE WORLD RECORD FOR POWERLIFTING?
With a total weight of 3,103 pounds, Dave Hoff presently holds the male-equipped total world record. He performed an 815.7-pound deadlift, a 1,273.1-pound squat, and a 1,014.1-pound bench press. He outclassed Hikaru Komiyama powerlifter in the men’s category.
HOW LONG HAS POWERLIFTING BEEN AROUND?
Hikaru komiyama. Photo/The Sun
Powerlifting as a sport developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a medium of ranking the strongest weightlifters. Robert Hoffman is the brains behind the birth of this sport. He organised the first official powerlifting contest in the United States in 1964.
Over the years, powerlifting developed into a popular sport with tournaments staged at local, national, and worldwide levels. As a result, the Worldwide Powerlifting Federation (IPF) came about in 1972.
It oversees and regulates the activities of the sport globally. Powerlifting has developed throughout time and currently offers a variety of divisions, including raw, equipped, classic, and single-lift competitions. The activity has grown in popularity as a means for athletes to demonstrate their prowess and engage in intense competition.
Thanks to the existence of this sport, people like Komiyama dared themselves and they eventually made a name. The Little Beast eats, breathes and dreams of powerlifting and she is content with this life that helped her curb an eating disorder.
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