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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, the 2024 Grand Prix de France 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 performing his free skate at the 2024 Grand Prix de France
Native name島田 高志郎
Born (2001-09-11) September 11, 2001 (age 23)
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
Medal record
Japan Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022–23 Osaka Singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2018–19 Vancouver Singles

Personal life

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Koshiro Shimada was born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.[1] In 2020, he enrolled at Waseda University where he currently studies Human Sciences.[2][3]

Shimada is bilingual. In addition to Japanese, he learned to speak English while living in Champéry, Switzerland for his training.[4]

Career

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Early years

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Shimada began learning to skate at the age of six years old. He originally trained in his hometown of Matsuyama before moving with his mother to Okayama, the same city where Daisuke Takahashi and Tatsuki Machida would train, when Shimada was around ten years old. There, he trained at the Shujitsu Gakuen Okayama and was coached by Kotoe Nagasawa.[5][6]

At the 2013–14 Japan Championships, Shimada won the gold medal on the advanced novice level and finished seventeenth on the junior level. The following year, he finished second on the advanced novice level and sixteenth on the junior level at the 2014–15 Japan Championships.[7]

2015–2016 season: Junior international debut and Youth Olympics

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Shimada made his junior international debut on the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing seventh at 2015 JGP Slovakia and fifth at 2015 JGP Croatia. Ranked fourth at the 2015–16 Japan Championships on the junior level and eleventh on the senior level, he was assigned to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, where he finished sixth.[8]

2016–2017 season

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Shimada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Shimada began the season by winning gold on the junior level of the 2016 Asian Open Trophy. He then went on to compete on the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix series, he won the bronze medal at 2016 JGP France and finishing fourth at 2016 JGP Estonia. Following a second-place finish in the junior level and a seventh-place finish of the 2016–17 Japan Championships, Shimada was assigned to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, where he placed fourteenth.[8]

In the spring of 2017, Shimada relocated to Champéry, Switzerland to train under Stéphane Lambiel.[9]

2017–2018 season

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During the off-season, Shimada tore his left hip abductor muscle. In July, he underwent rehabilitation with a physiotherapist in Toronto, Canada.[10]

He did end up competing on the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fifth at 2017 JGP Croatia and seventh at 2017 JGP Poland. Shimada would not compete for the remainder of the season.[7]

2018–2019 season: Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medal

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Shimada at the 2019 World Junior Championships

After almost a full year of not competing, Shimada started the season by competing on the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix series. He won the silver medal at 2018 JGP Austria and the bronze medal at 2018 JGP Slovenia. With these results, Shimada qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[8]

Following a bronze medal win at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, Shimada won also win bronze at the Junior Grand Prix Final. A couple weeks following the latter event, he would place fifth at the 2018–19 Japan Championships on the senior level.[8]

He subsequently won gold on the senior level of the 2019 Bavarian Open before closing his season with a ninth-place finish at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.[7]

2019–2020 season: Senior Grand Prix debut

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Shimada at 2019 Skate America

Shimada began the season by winning the silver medal at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy before finishing fourth at the 2019 Japan Open. Going on to make his senior debut on the 2019–20 Grand Prix series, finishing tenth at 2019 Skate America and ninth at the 2019 NHK Trophy. Shimada then finished the season by placing tenth at the 2019–20 Japan Championships.[7]

2020–2021 season

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Although Shimada was assigned to compete at the 2020 Internationaux de France, the event was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] His only other competition was the 2020–21 Japan Championships, where he finished eighth.[7]

2021–2022 season

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Shimada's first competition of the season was at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where he finished fifth. He would then finish the season by placing tenth at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[7]

2022–2023 season: Japan national silver medal and Four Continents

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Shimada performing his free skate at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

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.[8]

Shimada unexpectedly finished in second place at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, despite a "shaky" landing on his attempted quad Salchow.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15][8]

 
Shimada during practice at the 2023 Grand Prix de France

During the off-season, Shimada was cast to play Sanji for the summer show, One Piece on Ice.[16]

2023–2024 season

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Shimada began the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, winning the bronze medal.[8] 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.[17]

 
Shimada during his short program at the 2024 Grand Prix de France

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.[18]He went on to finish sixth at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo.[19]

He would close the season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023–24 Japan Championships.[8]

2024–2025 season: Grand Prix medal

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Beginning his season by competing on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, Shimada finished sixth at 2024 Skate America. He would then go on to win his first ISU senior Grand Prix medal, a silver at the 2024 Grand Prix de France.[8] Shimada expressed elation at this result, saying, "I still can’t believe that I am here in the medals. I've worked with Stéphane for such a long time, I appreciate his support so much. I want to thank him dearly for all of put hard work together. Last night he told me “you’re the best”, and put me in a really positive mindset. I was really calm ahead of my skate today and in a really positive mindset."[20]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[21][22]
2023–2024
[23]
2022–2023
[24]
2021–2022
[25]
2020–2021
[26][27]
2019–2020
[28]
2018–2019
[29]
2017–2018
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Pina (soundtrack)

2016–2017
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Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [7]
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 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 9th
GP Skate America 10th 9th 6th
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 [7]
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

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [7]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 247.43 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program TSS 90.55 2021 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 49.27 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy
PCS 41.80 2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS 167.86 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 88.78 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 81.42 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy

Senior level

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Results in the 2015–16 season [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 18–20, 2024   2024 Skate America 6 81.88 10 137.80 6 219.68
Nov 1–3, 2024   2024 Grand Prix de France 5 80.42 3 153.42 2 233.84

Junior level

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Results in the 2015–16 season [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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 [7]
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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