is a Japanese

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coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the

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, placing 17th.

Career

As a competitor

Competing in

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport conteste ...

, Tamura won two Japanese national titles. He was selected to represent Japan at the

and placed 17th. Minoru Sano coached him during his career. Tamura landed a quadruple

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in competition in 1999 and a quadruple toe-triple toe combination in 2000. He retired from competition in 2004 and turned to coaching. Tamura also competed briefly in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

, winning the 1997 national title with Marie Arai.

As a coach

Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Tamura coached at the Kansai University Skating Club in

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alongside Mie Hamada until 2020. In 2025, he began coaching at the LYS Skate Academy in Niigata alongside Mihoko Higuchi. His students have included: * Mariko Kihara *

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, 2015 World silver medalist and 4-time Japanese National champion (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) * Yuna Shiraiwa, two time Japanese Junior silver medallist (2016, 2017) * Rika Kihira, 2017-18 Japanese Junior national champion as well as Senior national bronze and silver medallist. She was the first lady to land a 3A+3T combination in international competition (at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final). *

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, 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, 4-time South Korean National champion (2015, 18–20) and 2019 Skate Canada Bronze medalist * Taichi Honda *

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, 2016 Junior World Champion, 2017 Junior World silver medallist * Kana Muramoto (as a singles skater) * Satsuki Muramoto

Programs

Results

''GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamura, Yamato Japanese male single skaters Japanese male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Japan Japanese figure skating coaches Living people 1979 births Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Hachinohe Competitors at the 1999 Winter Universiade