Koshiro Shimada

Koshiro Shimada (島田 高志郎, Shimada Kōshirō, born September 11, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2022 Japanese national silver medalist, a three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and the 2019 Bavarian Open champion. On the junior level, he is the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, and a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.

Koshiro Shimada
Shimada at the 2019 Skate America
Native name島田 高志郎
Born (2001-09-11) September 11, 2001
Matsuyama, Japan
HometownChampéry, Switzerland
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachStéphane Lambiel
Angelo Dolfini
Skating clubKinoshita Group
Began skating2008
Japan Championships
2022–23 Osaka Singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2018–19 Vancouver Singles

Personal life

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

He is fluent in English, which he learned to speak during his time training in Champéry, Switzerland.[2]

Career

Shimada began learning to skate as a six-year-old. He moved to Okayama with his mother to advance his training.[3]

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.[4]

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.[4]

In 2017, Shimada started training with Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry, Switzerland.[5]

2019–2020 season, Shimada moved to the senior level.

2022–2023 season

Starting the season at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, Shimada won the silver medal. He was given two Grand Prix assignments, coming ninth at the 2022 Skate America and fourth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy.[4]

Shimada unexpectedly finished in second place at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, despite a "shaky" landing on his attempted quad Salchow.[6] He was only sixth in the free skate, struggling with a number of jumps, but he remained second overall, less than two points ahead of bronze medalist Kazuki Tomono.[7] Despite being the national silver medalist, the Japan Skating Federation's selection criteria for the 2023 World Championships led to his not being named to one of Japan's three berths, which drew protest from Shimada's friend and training partner, Japanese national champion Shoma Uno. Shimada was instead assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, where he came eleventh.[8][4]

During the off-season, Shimada was cast to play Sanji for the summer show, One Piece on Ice.[9]

2023–2024 season

Shimada began the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, winning the bronze medal.[4] He was invited to participate in the Japan Open as part of the host team, finishing third in the men's event, while Team Japan won gold.[10]

The week before competing at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, Shimada twisted his ankle in practice. He ultimately placed tenth at the event, and said he hoped his ankle would be healed in time for his second Grand Prix event.[11] He went on to finish sixth at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo.[12]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024-2025
  • Can't Take My Eyes Off You

choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle
2023–2024
[13]
2022–2023
[14]
2021–2022
[15]
    2020–2021
    [16][17]
    2019–2020
    [18]
    2018–2019
    [19]
    2017–2018
    [20]

    Pina (soundtrack)
    2016–2017
    [21]

    Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)

    Competitive highlights
    Competition placements at senior level [22]
    Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
    Four Continents Championships 11th
    Japan Championships 5th 10th 8th 10th 2nd 11th
    GP Finland 6th
    GP France C 10th TBD
    GP NHK Trophy 9th
    GP Skate America 10th 9th TBD
    GP Wilson Trophy 4th
    CS Lombardia Trophy 2nd
    CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd 3rd
    CS Warsaw Cup 5th
    Bavarian Open 1st
    Coupe du Printemps 2nd
    Japan Open 2nd
    (4th)    		 1st
    (3rd)
    Competition placements at junior level [22]
    Season 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
    Winter Youth Olympics 6th
    World Junior Championships 14th 9th
    Junior Grand Prix Final 3rd
    Japan Championships (Senior) 11th 7th
    Japan Championships (Junior) 17th 16th 4th 2nd 3rd
    JGP Austria 2nd
    JGP Croatia 5th 5th
    JGP Estonia 4th
    JGP France 3rd
    JGP Poland 7th
    JGP Slovakia 7th
    JGP Slovenia 3rd
    Asian Open Trophy 1st

    Detailed results
    ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [23]
    Segment Type Score Event
    Total TSS247.432023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
    Short program TSS90.552021 CS Warsaw Cup
    TES49.272022 CS Lombardia Trophy
    PCS41.802021 CS Warsaw Cup
    Free skating TSS167.862023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
    TES88.782023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
    PCS81.422022 CS Lombardia Trophy
    ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [23]
    Segment Type Score Event
    Total TSS203.292016 JGP Estonia
    Short program TSS70.482016 JGP Estonia
    TES37.052016 JGP Estonia
    PCS33.432016 JGP Estonia
    Free skating TSS132.812016 JGP Estonia
    TES66.592016 JGP Estonia
    PCS67.222016 JGP Estonia

    Senior level
    • Medals at team events are awarded for the team results only. Individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
    Results in the 2015–16 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Dec 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships 17 58.41 9 130.35 11 188.76
    Results in the 2016–17 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Dec 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 10 62.66 6 137.52 7 200.18
    Results in the 2018–19 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Dec 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 3 80.46 11 139.32 5 219.78
    Feb 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open 2 69.29 1 141.51 1 210.80
    Results in the 2019–20 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Sep 25–28, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1 74.32 4 140.66 2 212.95
    Oct 5, 2019 2019 Japan Open – – 4 153.37 2 –
    Oct 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 11 72.12 7 143.91 10 216.03
    Nov 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 6 75.98 10 137.67 9 213.65
    Dec 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 5 80.59 13 131.65 10 212.24
    Results in the 2020–21 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Dec 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 9 71.88 7 149.06 8 220.94
    Results in the 2021–22 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Nov 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 2 90.55 9 138.22 5 228.77
    Dec 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 9 86.76 10 146.91 10 233.67
    Results in the 2022–23 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Sep 16–19, 2022 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 1 89.18 4 148.84 2 235.90
    Oct 21–23, 2022 2022 Skate America 12 62.54 5 152.58 9 215.12
    Nov 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 5 80.84 4 166.33 4 247.17
    Dec 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 2 87.69 6 164.87 2 252.56
    Feb 7–12, 2023 2023 Four Continents Championships 10 74.06 8 143.79 11 217.85
    Mar 17–19, 2023 2023 Coupe du Printemps 3 73.99 3 140.99 2 214.98
    Results in the 2023–24 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Sep 21–24, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 79.57 3 167.86 3 247.43
    Oct 7, 2023 2023 Japan Open – – 3 164.26 1 –
    Nov 3–5, 2023 2023 Grand Prix de France 8 79.30 11 137.88 10 217.18
    Nov 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 4 77.81 6 140.63 6 218.44
    Dec 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 11 76.57 12 139.40 11 215.97

    Junior level
    Results in the 2015–16 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Aug 19–23, 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia 12 47.77 4 122.12 7 169.89
    Oct 7–10, 2015 2015 JGP Croatia 8 58.38 4 122.69 5 181.07
    Nov 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships (Junior) 8 55.04 2 122.39 4 177.43
    Feb 12–21, 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 6 63.18 6 119.34 6 182.52
    Results in the 2016–17 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Aug 4–7, 2016 2016 Asian Open Trophy 3 60.22 1 124.87 1 185.09
    Aug 24–28, 2016 2016 JGP France 5 59.32 3 126.86 3 186.18
    Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2016 2016 JGP Estonia 4 70.48 4 132.81 4 203.29
    Nov 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships (Junior) 2 66.19 2 132.01 2 198.20
    Mar 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships 12 68.77 13 125.33 14 194.10
    Results in the 2017–18 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Sep 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 6 64.85 5 131.87 5 196.72
    Oct 4–7, 2017 2017 JGP Poland 12 59.47 4 130.99 7 190.46
    Results in the 2018–19 season [22]
    Date Event SP FS Total
    P Score P Score P Score
    Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018 2018 JGP Austria 3 74.78 2 145.67 2 220.45
    Oct 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 4 73.48 5 139.47 3 212.95
    Nov 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships (Junior) 1 82.35 5 127.68 3 210.03
    Dec 6–9, 2018 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 73.97 4 140.41 3 214.38
    Mar 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 12 74.89 8 137.89 9 212.78

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