Koshiro Shimada

Koshiro Shimada (島田 高志郎, Shimada Kōshirō, born September 11, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2019 Bavarian Open senior champion and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. He has won three other medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series (silver at the 2018 JGP Austria, bronze at the 2016 JGP France and 2018 JGP Slovenia). He placed 14th at the 2017 World Junior Championships and is a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.

Koshiro Shimada
Personal information
Native name島田 高志郎
Country represented Japan
Born (2001-09-11) September 11, 2001
Matsuyama, Japan
Home townChampéry, Switzerland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
CoachStéphane Lambiel
Robert Dierking
Anna Bernauer
Former coachKotoe Nagasawa
ChoreographerKenji Miyamoto
Stéphane Lambiel
Former choreographerNikolai Morozov
Misao Sato
Sarah Dolan
Skating clubKinoshita Group Tokyo
Former skating clubShujitsu Gakuen Okayama
Training locationsChampéry, Switzerland
Okayama, Japan
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total220.45
2018 JGP Austria
Short program75.98
2019 NHK Trophy
Free skate145.67
2018 JGP Austria

Personal life

Koshiro Shimada was born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.[1]

Career

Shimada began learning to skate as a six-year-old. He moved to Okayama with his mother to advance his training.[2]

Shimada's junior international debut came in the 2015–16 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, he placed 7th in Bratislava, Slovakia, and 5th in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked fourth at the Japan Junior Championships, he was assigned to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, where he finished 6th.

During the 2016–17 JGP series, Shimada won the bronze medal in Saint Gervais-les-Bains, France, and placed fourth in Tallinn, Estonia. He took the silver medal at the Japan Junior Championships in November 2016 and placed 7th as a senior at the Japan Championships. At the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, he placed 12th in the short program, 13th in the free skate, and 14th overall.

In 2017, Shimada started training with Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry, Switzerland.[3]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[4]
2019–2020
[5]

The Artist (soundtrack)
2018–2019
[6]
2017–2018
[7]

Pina (soundtrack)
2016–2017
[8]

Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix; GP: Grand Prix

International
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP FranceC
GP NHK Trophy9th
GP Skate America10th
CS Nebelhorn2nd
Bavarian Open1st
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds14th9th
Youth Olympics6th
JGP Final3rd
JGP Austria2nd
JGP Croatia5th5th
JGP Estonia4th
JGP France3rd
JGP Poland7th
JGP Slovakia7th
JGP Slovenia3rd
Asian Trophy1st J
National[10]
Japan11th7th5th10th8th
Japan Junior17th16th4th2ndWD3rd
Japan Novice12th B2nd B1st A2nd A
Team event
Japan Open2nd T
4th P
Levels: A = Novice-A; B = Novice-B; J = Junior
WD = Withdrew; TBD = Assigned; C = Event Cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only

Detailed results

Senior level
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 9
71.88		 7
149.06		 8
220.94
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 5
80.59		 13
131.65		 10
212.24
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 6
75.98		 10
137.67		 9
213.65
October 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 11
72.12		 7
143.91		 10
216.03
September 25–28, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1
74.32		 4
140.66		 2
212.95

Junior level
Shimada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 12
74.89		 8
137.89		 9
212.78
February 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open Senior 2
69.29		 1
141.51		 1
210.80
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships Senior 3
80.46		 11
139.32		 5
219.78
December 6–9, 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 4
73.97		 4
140.41		 3
214.38
November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
82.35		 5
127.68		 3
210.03
October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 4
73.48		 5
139.47		 3
212.95
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 3
74.78		 2
145.67		 2
220.45
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
October 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior 12
59.47		 4
130.99		 7
190.46
September 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia Junior 6
64.85		 5
131.87		 5
196.72
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 12
68.77		 13
125.33		 14
194.10
December 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships Senior 10
62.66		 6
137.52		 7
200.18
November 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
66.19		 2
132.01		 2
198.20
Sept. 28 – Oct. 2, 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 4
70.48		 4
132.81		 4
203.29
August 24–28, 2016 2016 JGP France Junior 5
59.32		 3
126.86		 3
186.18
August 4–7, 2016 2016 Asian Open Trophy Junior 3
60.22		 1
124.87		 1
185.09
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympics Junior 6
63.18		 6
119.34		 6
182.52
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 17
58.41		 9
130.35		 11
188.76
November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 8
55.04		 2
122.39		 4
177.43
October 7–10, 2015 2015 JGP Croatia Junior 8
58.38		 4
122.69		 5
181.07
August 19–23, 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia Junior 12
47.77		 4
122.12		 7
169.89

References
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