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Machiko Yamada (golfer)
is a figure skating coach and former Japanese competitive figure skater. Biography Yamada was born on June 26, 1943 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She began figure skating at the age of seven. Yamada won several domestic competitions during her time as a figure skater. She also competed in pairs with Takatsugu Hashiguchi and the pair won the 1960–61 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Japanese National silver medal. Following her retirement from competitive figure skating, Yamada became a figure skating coach as well as married and had a daughter. Her alma mater is Kinjo Gakuin University. Long-time pupil, Midori Ito, lived with Yamada following her parents' divorce as a child and stayed with her for the duration of her competitive figure skating career. Coaching career Yamada currently coaches at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club in Nagoya. Her current students include: * Rino Matsuike * Kaoruko Wada * Sōta Yamamoto * Mako Yamashita Her former studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most populous city of Aichi Prefecture, and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. It is the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolitan area in Japan with a population of 10.11million in 2020. In 1610, the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu to Nagoya. This period saw the renovation of Nagoya Castle. The arrival of the 20th century brought a convergence of economic factors that fueled rapid growth in Nagoya, during the Meiji Restoration, and became a major industrial hub for Japan. The traditional manufactures of timepieces, bicycles, and sewing machines were followe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihoko Higuchi
is a Japanese figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitive figure skater. Biography Higuchi was born on May 13, 1969, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Throughout her figure skating career, Higuchi was coached by Machiko Yamada and trained alongside Midori Ito, who was also a classmate of hers in junior high school. During her figure skating career, Higuchi won the silver medal at the 1980–81 Japan Junior Championships. Higuchi is also a Chukyo University graduate. Following her retirement from competitive figure skating in 1990, at the age of twenty, Higuchi became long-time coach, Machiko Yamada's, coaching assistant and a choreographer at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club in Nagoya. She would work with Yamada until March 2022, when she left the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club to become the head coach at the LYS Figure Skating Club. At the LYS Figure Skating Club, Higuchi currently coaches: * Mana Kawabe * Rena Uezono With Yamada, she fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figure Skaters From Nagoya
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Japanese Figure Skating Coaches
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Japanese Figure Skating Championships
The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships ( ja, 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been held every year due to a lack of competitors. Skaters compete at the senior level; Junior level skaters compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships. Medalists Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing See also * Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships The Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships ( ja, 全日本フィギュアスケートジュニア選手権) is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions on the Junior level for Japan. The first Japan Junior Figur ... References External links Japan Skating Federation official results & data {{National Figure Skating Championships Figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emi Watanabe
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is the 1979 World bronze medalist and an eight-time Japanese national champion. She was the first skater to medal for Japan in ladies' singles at the World Championships. Personal life Watanabe's mother is Filipino and father is Japanese. She graduated from Golden Valley High School in Minnesota. Skating career In the 1972–73 season, Watanabe won Japanese national titles on both the junior and senior levels. She then made her World Championship debut, finishing 17th. In the 1975–76 season, Watanabe took bronze at the 1975 Skate Canada International and then won her fourth national title. She was assigned to the 1976 Winter Olympics and finished 13th. She was 17th in her final event of the season, the 1976 World Championships. Watanabe broke into the World top ten at the 1978 World Championships, placing 8th. The next season, she won the bronze medal at 1979 Worlds, becoming the first Japanese lady to medal at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoma Uno
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a three-time Olympic medalist ( 2018 silver, 2022 bronze, 2022 team bronze), the 2022 World champion and a two-time World silver medalist ( 2018, 2017), the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2019 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a five-time Japanese national champion (2016–2019, 2022). Earlier in his career, he became the 2015 World Junior champion, 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist. Uno is the first skater to successfully land a quadruple flip in an international competition. He is also the historic record-holder for the highest score by a junior in the short program. Personal life Shoma Uno was born 17 December 1997, in Nagoya, Japan. He was born prematurely, weighing only 900 grams and fitting in the palm of his father's hand. He has a younger brother, Itsuki. Since 2019 he has been sponsored by Mizuno. Career Early years Uno started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshie Onda
is a Japanese figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m .... She is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist and 2001-2002 bronze medalist. Career Onda started taking skating lessons at the age of eight. Onda became the first Japanese female figure skater to win a Grand Prix series title when she won the Bofrost Cup on Ice in Gelsenkirchen, Germany in 2002. She also won the NHK Trophy that same season. Throughout her career, Onda attempted to land a triple axel in her programs, but never did so successfully. Onda hoped to end her career by skating at the 2007 World Championships but failed to qualify for the event at the Japanese Nationals. During her competitive career, her coaches were Josée Chouinard, Audrey Weisiger and Machiko Yamada. Onda retired f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukari Nakano
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005–06 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, and a three-time (2006, 2007, 2009) Japanese national bronze medalist. Nakano is one of twelve female skaters to perform a triple Axel in international competition. Personal life Yukari Nakano was born on August 25, 1985 in Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture. She has two elder siblings, a brother and sister. In 2004, Nakano enrolled at Waseda University in Tokyo. She earned her master's degree from Waseda, having studied at the Graduate School of Human Sciences. In 2010, she began working for Fuji Television's Sports Division, becoming a director and journalist. In April 2015, Nakano married her longtime boyfriend. Career Nakano started skating in 1991 at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club, where Machiko Yamada was coaching. Nakano met Midori Ito there, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanako Murakami
is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 Four Continents champion, 2010 World Junior champion, 2009–10 JGP Final champion, and a four-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2010, 2011; silver in 2012, 2013). Personal life Murakami was born on November 7, 1994 in Naka-ku, Nagoya. Career Early career Making her first international appearance, Murakami won the silver medal in the spring girls category at the Mladost Trophy in the 2004–05 season. In the 2005–06 season, she won silver at the 2005–06 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice B category, which is the lower of the novice levels. This medal earned her a trip to compete in the spring competition, the Gardena Spring Trophy, which she won on the novice level. Murakami competed at the 2006–07 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice A category and placed 7th, and at the 2007–08 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice A category, she placed 5th. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumiko Koiwai
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 1993 World Junior champion, 1992 NHK Trophy silver medalist, 1997 Winter Universiade champion, and a three-time Japan national bronze medalist. Skating career Koiwai finished 8th at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Hull, Quebec, Canada. At the 1993 Junior Worlds in Seoul, she placed first in both segments and was awarded the gold medal ahead of Lisa Ervin and Tanja Szewczenko. Coached by Machiko Yamada, who had trained Midori Ito, Koiwai was routinely landing the triple Axel jump by 1994. However, she faced several chronic injuries of her right foot, which severely impeded her efforts. In 1996, she made her only appearance at the senior World Championships, finishing 16th. In 1997, she won gold at the Winter Universiade and then retired from competition. Later life Koiwai graduated from Tokai Women's College near her hometown, Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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