Tomoe Kawabata

Tomoe Kawabata (川畑 和愛, Kawabata Tomoe, born January 12, 2002)[1] is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019–20 Japanese national bronze medalist. She has represented Japan at two World Junior Championships.

Tomoe Kawabata
Personal information
Native name川畑 和愛
Country representedJapan
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002
Nisshin, Aichi, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
CoachYutaka Higuchi
Yukina Ota
Former coachNakako Tsuzuki
ChoreographerStéphane Lambiel
Former choreographerNakako Tsuzuki
Skating clubWaseda University
Former skating clubN High School FSC
Training locationsYokohama, Japan
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total177.86
2019 JGP Poland
Short program67.70
2019 JGP Poland
Free skate114.95
2018 JGP Slovakia

Career

Early years

Kawabata began learning to skate in 2008.[1] Making her junior debut, she placed 15th at the 2015 Japan Championships. She competed as a senior at the 2018 Japan Championships and finished in 21st place. In January 2018, she won gold in the junior ladies' category at the Bavarian Open.[2]

2018–2019 season

Kawabata received two 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments.[3] She placed fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall at JGP Slovakia, held in Bratislava, Slovakia,[4] and had the same final result at JGP Slovenia held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

She finished twelfth at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She was coached by former ice dancer Nakako Tsuzuki in Yokohama and Kanawaga.[5]

2019–2020 season

Kawabata made a coaching change in July 2019, joining Yukina Ota and Yutaka Higuchi at the Meiji Jingu rink in Tokyo.[6] She again placed fifth at both of her JGP assignments. At the Japan Championships, she won silver in the junior event and then bronze in the senior event.[7][8]

Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Kawabata placed fourteenth.[9]

2020–2021 season

Kawabata was invited to compete at the Japan Open as part of Team Red. She subsequently placed fifth at the domestic Eastern Sectionals Championship to qualify to the national championships.[10] Kawabata made her senior debut on the Grand Prix at the 2020 NHK Trophy, where she was tenth.[11] She placed eleventh at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[12][13]
2019–2020
[1]
2018–2019
[5]
  • Scheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki
2017–2018

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP NHK Trophy10th
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds12th14th
JGP France5th
JGP Poland5th
JGP Slovakia5th
JGP Slovenia5th
Bavarian Open1st
PrintempsWD
National[14]
Japan Champ.21st10th3rd11th
Japan Junior15th27th27th6th3rd2nd
Japan Novice9th B4th B36th A6th A
Team Events
Japan Open2nd T
3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.
Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–27 December 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 9
64.56		 12
121.62		 11
186.18
27–29 November 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 8
59.83		 12
102.41		 10
162.24
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
18–22 December 2019 2020 Japan Championships 7
65.53		 3
128.43		 3
193.96
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–24 December 2018 2019 Japan Championships 7
64.66		 10
118.45		 10
183.11
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–24 December 2017 2018 Japan Championships 22
52.13		 19
106.03		 21
158.16

Junior results
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 10
62.85		 16
96.62		 14
159.47
15–17 November 2019 2020 Japan Junior Championships 2
63.55		 2
115.40		 2
178.95
18–21 September 2019 2019 JGP Poland 2
67.70		 7
110.16		 5
177.86
21–24 August 2019 2019 JGP France 6
57.75		 4
113.92		 5
171.67
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 9
57.65		 13
99.82		 12
157.47
23–25 November 2018 2019 Japan Junior Championships 12
52.05		 3
106.11		 3
158.16
3–10 October 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 1
66.85		 9
100.64		 5
167.49
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia 5
58.89		 6
114.95		 5
173.84
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
26–31 January 2018 2018 Bavarian Open 1
61.39		 1
107.66		 1
169.05
24–26 November 2017 2018 Japan Junior Championships 3
61.49		 6
106.03		 6
167.52

References
  1. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2019/2020". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.
  2. "Competition Results: Tomoe KAWABATA". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019.
  3. "2018-2019 JGP Ladies Assignments". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  4. "2018 JGP Slovakia Ladies' Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  5. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2018/2019". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.
  6. Gallagher, Jack (August 8, 2019). "Top junior Tomoe Kawabata poised for a breakout season". The Japan Times.
  7. Gallagher, Jack (November 17, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
  8. Slater, Paula (December 21, 2019). "Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title". Golden Skate.
  9. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results – Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
  10. "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.
  11. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2020". International Skating Union.
  12. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2020/2021". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020.
  13. "2020 Dreams on Ice" (in Japanese). TBS. September 13, 2020.
  14. "川畑 和愛 KAWABATA Tomoe" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.

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