The team behind your training.
Small team, deep credentials. Every coach trains in HYROX and brings their own specialty.
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Founder · Head Coach
Eiji is a certified HYROX Performance Coach with a strong background in hybrid training, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and weightlifting. He holds advanced academic qualifications in sports science and sports nutrition from institutions in Peru, Spain, and Japan, including Waseda University, and has extensive experience coaching individuals ranging from general fitness clients to world-class powerlifting athletes.
Credentials
- •HYROX Performance Coach (2026)
- •Master's in Sports Nutrition & Supplementation, ICEN Spain (2025)
- •Master's in Sport Sciences, Waseda University Japan (2024)
- •Postgraduate in Nutrition, Supplementation & Pharmacology in Sports, UB Spain (2023)
- •Bachelor's in Nutrition & Dietetics, UPC Peru (2022)
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Co-founder
Karin Ito
Karin is a co-founder of VAMOS and a full-time office worker in Tokyo. She grew up in California and moved to Japan to attend Waseda University. In Japan, her social community consisted mainly of people she met through work. Building relationships outside of the office, especially with people she truly connected with, was much more difficult than she expected. That started to change when she discovered HYROX. She came in with little fitness background but quickly realized it was a sport that welcomed everyone, regardless of age or experience. She introduced it to her family, and her mother, now in her 60s, trains and races alongside her. Along the way, she found a shared passion with her partner (Founder, Eiji Pereira), built lasting friendships, and found a diverse community where she felt she truly belonged. She wants everyone who walks into VAMOS to experience what she felt — that you belong here and that you're more capable than you know.
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Coach
Nicole is a Certified Athletic Trainer from California with a background in sports medicine, rehabilitation, strength training, and wellness. After earning her Master's degree in Athletic Training, she began helping athletes and active individuals recover from injury, improve movement, and build performance. Since moving to Japan in 2019, she has worked across hospitals, fitness facilities, and corporate wellness programs, integrating strength training, recovery, mobility, yoga, and mindfulness to support long-term physical and mental well-being. Today, Nicole leads personal training, group classes, corporate wellness programs, retreats, and community events throughout Japan.
Credentials
- •HYROX Performance Coach
- •2023 — Meditation Teacher Certification
- •2022 — Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist I (CEAS I)
- •2022 — Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200)
- •2019 — Master of Arts in Athletic Training, San José State University (USA)
- •2017 — Board of Certification Athletic Trainer (BOC, USA)