figure skater
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who competed in
pairs
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Yamato Tamura
is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th.
Career
As a competitor
Competing in single skating ...
before teaming up with Shin Amano. Arai and Amano placed 20th at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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in Nagano. They are the 1998 Japanese national champions.
Arai's best national result as a single skater, tenth, came at the 2001–02 Japan Championships. After retiring from competition, she became a skating coach.