Daisuke Takahashi

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Daisuke Takahashi
2012 ISU World Team Trophy - Daisuke Takahashi.jpg
Takahashi at the 2012 World Team Trophy medal ceremony.
Personal information
Full nameDaisuke Takahashi
Country represented Japan
Born (1986-03-16) March 16, 1986 (age 35)
Kurashiki, Okayama
ResidenceOsaka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PartnerKana Muramoto
CoachMarina Zoueva
Former coachUtako Nagamitsu
Takeshi Honda
Nikolai Morozov
ChoreographerSheryl Murakami
Misha Ge
Benoît Richaud
Former choreographerLori Nichol
Kenji Miyamoto
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Nikolai Morozov
Pasquale Camerlengo
Stéphane Lambiel
David Wilson
Skating clubKansai University SC
Training locationsIzumisano
Estero, Florida
Former training locationsTakatsuki, Osaka
Began skating1994
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Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 2 0
Four Continents Championships 2 1 1
Grand Prix Final 1 3 1
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 0 0 0
World Team Trophy 1 0 1
Total 6 6 4
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Turin Singles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Tokyo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Nice Singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Goyang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Taipei Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Colorado Springs Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Gangneung Singles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 Sochi Singles
Silver medal – second place 2006–07 Saint Petersburg Singles
Silver medal – second place 2007–08 Turin Singles
Silver medal – second place 2011–12 Quebec City Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005–06 Tokyo Singles
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Innsbruck Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007 Torino Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Hamar Singles
World Team Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2012 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tokyo Team
Daisuke Takahashi
Singles
2010 Skate America Men - Daisuke TAKAHASHI - Gold Medal - 5645a.jpg
ISU personal best scores
Combined total276.72
2012 World Team Trophy
Short program95.55
2013 NHK Trophy
Free skate182.72
2012 World Team Trophy

Daisuke Takahashi (髙橋 大輔, Takahashi Daisuke, born March 16, 1986) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents champion, and a five-time (2006-2008, 2010, 2012) Japanese national champion.

Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics, and 2014 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for Japan in the men's singles event. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005.

On July 1, 2018, Takahashi announced his return to competitive skating after previously having retired on October 14, 2014.[1] After two seasons competing domestically in Japan, Takahashi announced that he would begin a career in ice dance partnered with Kana Muramoto beginning in the 2020–21 season.[2]

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Kurashiki,[3] Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Takahashi began figure skating when he was 8 years old. When a skating rink was built near his house, he went with his mother to watch the skaters at the rink, and afterwards, enrolled in the figure skating club. His mother intended for him to enroll in the ice hockey club, but he did not like the protective gear of ice hockey and enrolled instead in the figure skating club.

Takahashi had a successful junior career, winning the 2002 World Junior Championships, in his first, and only, appearance at that competition. Takahashi is the first Japanese man to have won the title.

Senior career[]

Senior debut[]

For the 2002–03 season, Takahashi turned senior. He struggled with consistency during the first few years of his senior career. In 2004, he moved to Osaka to attend university – the university built a rink for him and other elite skaters.[4]

Takahashi won a bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents Championships and went on to the 2005 World Championships as the second-ranked of the two Japanese men on the World team, after Takeshi Honda. However, when Honda was forced to withdraw due to injury, it fell on Takahashi to qualify spots for Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Takahashi placed 15th, qualifying only one spot for the Japanese men.

2005–06 season[]

In the 2005–06 season, Nobunari Oda emerged as a challenger for the Olympic spot. Oda and Takahashi both had very good Grand Prix seasons. At the 2005–06 Japanese Championships, Oda was declared the winner, and, thus, seemed to have qualified for the one Olympic slot, but his gold medal was quickly taken back, when an error was found in the way scores were calculated in the computer system at the event; Takahashi was awarded the gold. The Japanese Skating Federation split the international assignments, giving Takahashi the Olympic berth and Oda a place at the World Championship. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Takahashi was in a good position after short program, but had a poor free skating and placed 8th overall.

2006–07 season[]

In the 2006–07 competitive season, Takahashi won a silver medal at 2006 Skate Canada International, then gold at the 2006 NHK Trophy. He qualified for the Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal, although he was ill. He won the Japanese Championships, taking the national title for the second year in a row, and then went on to the Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy which he won as well.

At the 2007 World Championships, Takahashi placed third in short program. In free skating, he skated the performance of his life in his home country, placing first in that segment and ending up winning the silver medal, trailing Brian Joubert narrowly. This was the first silver medal for Japan in the men's event at Worlds.

Following that season, Takahashi was ranked as first in the World by the ISU. However, over the summer, the ISU tweaked their scoring criteria. Takahashi had been placed on top, just ahead of Brian Joubert, in part due to Takahashi's victory at the Winter Universiade, a competition for which Brian Joubert was not eligible, as Joubert was not a university student. The ISU determined that the results of the Winter Universiade could not be used to calculate world ranking, and Takahashi's ranking fell from first to second place.

2007–08 season[]

In the 2007–08 season, he won gold at both his Grand Prix events and then silver at the Grand Prix Final behind Stéphane Lambiel. A few weeks later, he won his third Japanese national title and was named to the Four Continents and Worlds teams.

Takahashi won the 2008 Four Continents Championships, scoring a new record in free skating (175.84) and in the total score (264.41) under the ISU Judging System.

He was considered a favorite heading into the 2008 World Championships but finished off the podium after a disappointing free skating in which he fell on his second quad toe attempt, then stumbled on a triple Axel and triple loop, and, finally, performed an extra combination, an invalid element, which did not count towards his points total.[5]

In May 2008, Takahashi announced that he had parted ways with Nikolai Morozov, who had been his co-coach for several years in Hackensack, New Jersey.[6] Morozov explained the split by stating that he could no longer coach Takahashi due to problems with Takahashi's new agent.[7] Takahashi continued training under coach Utako Nagamitsu and jump coach Takeshi Honda in Osaka, Japan.

2008–09 season[]

Takahashi was originally assigned to the 2008 Cup of China and the 2008 NHK Trophy for the 2008–09 Grand Prix season. He had to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee on October 31, 2008, only a few days before his first event.[8][9] It was later reported that Takahashi would undergo surgery to repair ligament damage and his right meniscus and would miss the entire 2008–09 season.[10] A bolt was inserted into his right knee.[11] He was able to return to the ice in April and began practicing jumps in June.[8]

2009–10 season[]

Takahashi at the 2010 World Championships.

After recovering from the surgery and getting back to training normally, Takahashi began the Olympic season at the 2009 Finlandia Trophy, which he won. For the Grand Prix season, he was assigned to compete at the 2009 Skate Canada International and 2009 NHK Trophy for the 2009–10 season. He placed second at Skate Canada and fourth at the NHK Trophy. Those placements qualified him to compete in the Grand Prix Final. At the final, he led after short program with a new personal best of 89.95, but was fifth in free skating and fifth overall.

He won his fourth national title at the 2009–10 Japanese Championships. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Takahashi won the bronze medal with a score of 247.43. It is the first Olympic medal to be won by Japan in men's figure skating. He then won the gold medal at 2010 World Championships, becoming the first Asian to win a world championship in men's singles. At this competition, Takahashi attempted a quadruple flip, but underrotated the jump and two-footed the landing.[12]

2010–11 season[]

Takahashi's 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix events were the NHK Trophy and Skate America. At the 2010 NHK Trophy, he placed first with 234.79 points, 16.60 ahead of silver medalist Jeremy Abbott. Takahashi won 2010 Skate America as well, despite having flawed short program and free skating. During a practice session at the Grand Prix Final, Takahiko Kozuka inadvertently collided with him while Takahashi was doing his run-through; Takahashi said, "it wasn't such a serious injury, just a bit of bruising. [...] It was the first time for me (to be involved in such an accident). I was surprised but there was no malice involved."[13][14] Takahashi placed third in short program. In free skating, he attempted a quad flip but landed it two-footed. Multiple problems, including low levels on two spins, resulted in a sixth-place finish in that segment, dropping him to fourth overall.[14]

Takahashi won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 Japanese Championships. Takahashi won the 2011 Four Continents Championships.[15] At the 2011 World Championships, he was third in short program but finished in fifth overall. In free skating, a screw in his boot came loose on his first element, a quad toe.[16] The Japanese team was able to get it fixed within the three minutes allowed and he resumed his program.[17] He said it may occur at any time regardless of inspections, which his coach does every day, and he does not blame her.[18] On May 19, Takahashi underwent surgery to remove a bolt in his right knee stemming from surgery in late 2008.[19] Following the surgery, he said, "It is thinner around my knee, but I feel better now that there is nothing inside my body. I might be imagining it, but it feels lighter."[11]

2011–12 season[]

Takahashi at the 2011 Skate Canada International.

As part of his preparation for the 2011–12 season, Takahashi spent two weeks in August 2011 working with ice dancing specialists Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, and Olivier Schoenfelder in Lyon, France to hone his skating skills.[20][21] He said, "I wanted to improve my skating technique, not because I was bad in this sector but I think Olivier is the best. I love the way he skates."[22]

At 2011 Skate Canada International, Takahashi earned a score of 84.66 in short program and 153.21 in free skating to win the bronze medal with a combined score of 237.87. At the 2011 NHK Trophy, he earned a new personal best score of 90.43 to take the lead in short program, with a 10.66 point lead over teammate Takahiko Kozuka. He won the gold medal with a combined total of 259.75 points and qualified for the Grand Prix Final. He finished second at the Final. At the Japanese Championships, Takahashi was first after short program with a score of 96.05 and placed third in free skating, scoring 158.38 points. With a total score of 254.60, he won his fifth national title, finishing ahead of Takahiko Kozuka and Yuzuru Hanyu, and was selected to compete at the 2012 World Championships,[23] where he won the silver medal. The French crowd believed he had deserved the gold medal over Patrick Chan who had mistakes, including a fall on a double Axel, and booed the final result. Takahashi though stated that he was pleased with the result, which he had not expected after his off-season surgery.[24] Takahashi finished the season at the 2012 World Team Trophy. He set new personal best scores in the short program, free skating, and overall, and finished first in the men's event. His short program score, 94.00, set a new record as the highest ever under the ISU Judging System.[25][26] It was Takahashi's first win over Patrick Chan since the 2010 World Championships.[27]

On June 15, 2012, Takahashi confirmed that he would resume working with Morozov – Nagamitsu remained his primary coach and Morozov became his advisory coach.[28][29]

2012–13 season[]

Takahashi presented his new free skating for the season at the 2012 Japan Open. It was the first time since his injury that he performed two quad jumps in his free skating. He placed first in the men's event and Japan took the team gold medal. He switched to new skating boots just after returning from training in the U.S. in October. This affected his practice schedule leading up to his Grand Prix events. Takahashi said: "The shoes happened to be uncomfortable beyond my expectations, which attributed to difficulty in blade adjustments. As a result, I was not able to practice as I had scheduled."[30] At the 2012 Cup of China, his first Grand Prix event of the season, he won the silver medal behind Tatsuki Machida. Takahashi won the silver medal at his next Grand Prix event, the 2012 NHK Trophy, and qualified for his seventh Grand Prix Final. The 2012 Grand Prix Final took place in Sochi, Russia at the planned 2014 Winter Olympics rink. Takahashi placed first in short program and third in free skating and won his first GPF gold medal. He is also the first Japanese man ever to win a gold medal at the Grand Prix Final.[31]

At the Japanese Championships, six strong competitors fought for three available spots on the Japanese men's world team. Takahashi came in second in short program, nine points behind Yuzuru Hanyu. Takahashi was first in free skating but finished second overall. He was named in the Japanese team for the 2013 Four Continents Championships, held in Takahashi's current hometown, and the 2013 World Championships.

Takahashi announced he would change his short program to Moonlight Sonata. With roughly a month to prepare the new program, Takahashi said he was still trying to "feel" the music with his body.[32] He was 4th in short program, 8th in free skating, and finished 7th overall at the Four Continents Championships. Takahashi was also 4th in short program and 8th in free skating at the World Championships, finishing sixth.[33]

2013–14 season[]

In the 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix season, Takahashi was 4th at the 2013 Skate America before winning the 2013 NHK Trophy.

At the Japanese Championships, he placed 4th in short program and 5th in free skating to place 5th overall.[34] He was named to the Sochi Olympic team.

At the Olympics, he finished 4th in short program and 6th in free skating to finish 6th overall, with a total score of 250.67.[35] He was originally slated to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, but pulled out due to knee injury.[36]

Takahashi announced his retirement from competitive skating in October 2014.[37]

2018–19 season[]

Takahashi announced his intent to return to competitive skating at the start of the 2018–19 season. He placed second behind Shoma Uno at the Japanese championships, but declined offers of international assignments.[1]

2019–20 season[]

In September 2019, Takahashi announced that he would finish his competitive singles career that season, and switch to competing in ice dance with partner Kana Muramoto.[2] He finished twelfth at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, his final appearance in singles competition.[38]

2020–21 season[]

Following the conclusion of his singles career, Takahashi began training with Muramoto in Florida under Marina Zoueva, the coach of Olympic champions Virtue/Moir and Davis/White. Takahashi's star status in Japan made his decision to switch to ice dance a point of considerable interest in the country's media and figure skating audience.[39]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Prix was assigned based primarily on geographic location. Muramoto/Takahashi nevertheless traveled from Florida to Japan to make their debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy, in a field consisting of only three Japanese dance teams. They were second in the rhythm dance, narrowly ahead of reigning national silver medalists Fukase/Cho but some six points behind the reigning national champions, Komatsubara/Koleto.[40] In the free dance, Takahashi fell out of his second set of twizzles, which combined with missed levels of some lift elements to drop them to third place. Winning the bronze medal, he called his mistakes unusual even in practice sessions, but a part of actually competing. Muramoto said she felt they could do better at their next competition.[41]

Making their Japan Championships debut, Muramoto/Takahashi placed second in the rhythm dance, less than four points behind Komatsubara/Koleto.[42] They were third in the free dance after Takahashi fell out of a lift and made a number of other errors, but won the silver medal overall due to Fukase/Cho also making errors.[43] They were named as first alternates to the World team.[44] In February, they were forced to withdraw as alternates due to an knee injury from Muramoto, and were replaced by bronze medalists Fukase / Zhang.[45]

Personal life[]

Takahashi was a student at Kansai University, along with Nobunari Oda. He has three elder brothers.[4]

After initially retiring from figure skating, Takahashi moved to Long Island, New York where he enrolled in English classes at a local university.[46] During his stay he also studied several dance styles at the Broadway Dance Center.

Public life and endorsements[]

With the silver medal at 2007 Worlds, Takahashi made many media appearances and performed in many ice shows in Japan. He was also invited to the French team's show Stars sur glace (Stars On Ice) in Paris, France. In 2008, he performed at Festa On Ice in South Korea.

In July 2007, the Japanese Olympic Committee selected Takahashi as one of the "JOC symbol athletes" (JOC paid about 20 million yen per year to the symbol athletes for the image rights. JOC partner companies can use images of JOC Symbol Athletes for free).[47] The program provided him with funding from JOC partner companies.

After his win at 2010 Worlds, Takahashi appeared as a guest on many TV shows and as an advertising spokesperson for "Use pesticides safely campaign"[48] and Japan Post.[49]

Programs[]

With Muramoto[]

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2021–2022
  • Soran Bushi
    by

    by
    choreo. by Marina Zoueva,
    Ilia Tkachenko, Koyo Yanai
  • La Bayadère
    by Ludwig Minkus
    choreo. by Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2020–2021
[50]
  • The Mask
    by Randy Edelman
    choreo. by Marina Zoueva,
    Ilia Tkachenko, Maxim Kozhevnikov
  • La Bayadère
    by Ludwig Minkus
    choreo. by Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
  • You Are the Reason
    by Calum Scott, Leona Lewis

Men's singles[]

Takahashi during his short program to Violin Concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky at the 2006 Skate Canada International.
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
  • The Phoenix
    by Fall Out Boy
    choreo. by Sheryl Murakami, Yuko Kai, Misha Ge
  • Pale Green Ghosts
    by John Grant
    arranged by Fiona Brice
    with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2018–2019
[51]
  • The Sheltering Sky
    by Ryuichi Sakamoto
    choreo. by David Wilson
  • Prelude in C-sharp minor[52]
    by Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Pale Green Ghosts
    by John Grant
    arranged by Fiona Brice
    with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2013–2014
[3][53]
  • Sonatina for Violin in C-sharp minor
    originally associated with Mamoru Samuragochi;
    credited as "Unknown"[54]
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

Beatles medley:

  • Yesterday
  • Come Together
  • In My Life
  • The Long and Winding Road
    by The Beatles
  • Friends and Lovers
    by George Martin
    choreo. by Lori Nichol
  • Primavera Porteña
    by Quint Elle
    composed by Ástor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
  • Historia de un Amor
    played by Perez Prado
  • Qué rico el mambo
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • The Crisis
    (from The Legend of 1900)
    by Ennio Morricone
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
  • Kissing You
    by Desree
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto[55]
2012–2013
[56]
  • Moonlight Sonata
    by Ludwig van Beethoven
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • Pagliacci
    by Ruggero Leoncavallo
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Primavera Porteña
    by Quint Elle
    composed by Ástor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
  • Sweat
    by Snoop Dogg (David Guetta remix)
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2011–2012
[4]
  • In the Garden of Souls
    by Vas
    choreo. by David Wilson[21]
  • Blues for Klook
    by Eddy Louiss
    choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo[21]
  • The Crisis
    (from The Legend of 1900)
    by Ennio Morricone
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2010–2011
[57]
  • Historia de un Amor
    played by Perez Prado
  • Qué rico el mambo
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Invierno Porteño
    by Tango Siempre
    composed by Ástor Piazzolla
  • Primavera Porteña
    by Tango Siempre
    composed by Ástor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
2009–2010
[58]
  • Eye
    by COBA
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
  • La Strada
    by Nino Rota
    choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
  • Luv Letter
    by DJ Okawari
    composed, piano performed by
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2008–2009 Did not compete
this season
2007–2008
[59]
  • Hip Hawk, original composition by Alexander Goldstein based on Swan Lake
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • Romeo and Juliet
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • Bachelorette
    by Björk
    choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2006–2007
[60]
  • Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
    by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • El Tango de Roxanne
    (from Moulin Rouge!)
    by Mariano Mores
    performed by Ewan McGregor
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
2005–2006
[61]
  • El Tango de Roxanne
    (from Moulin Rouge!)
    by Mariano Mores
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
    by Sergei Rachmaninoff
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
  • Nocturne
    by Secret Garden
    choreo. by Daisuke Takahashi
2004–2005
[62][63]
  • Nyah
    (from Mission: Impossible 2)
    by Hans Zimmer
    choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova
  • Sabre Dance
    (from Gayane)
    by Aram Khachaturian
  • Nocturne
    by Secret Garden
    choreo. by Daisuke Takahashi
2003–2004
[64]
  • Nyah
    from Mission: Impossible II
    by Hans Zimmer
    choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    variation on a theme of Niccolò Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninoff
    choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova
  • Desert Rose
    by Sting
    choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova
2002–2003
[65]
  • Symphony No. 4
    by Philip Glass
2001–2002
[66]
  • West Side Story
    by Leonard Bernstein
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra No.1
    in G minor, Op.26
    by Max Bruch
  • Maria
    (from West Side Story)

Records and achievements[]

  • Takahashi is the first Asian male skater to win the World Junior Championships (2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Hamar).
  • He is the first Asian male skater to win a GPF medal (bronze at the 2005–06 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo).
  • He is the first Asian male skater to win a World silver medal (at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo).
  • He is the first Asian male skater to win an Olympic medal (bronze at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver).
  • He is the first Asian male skater to win the World Championships (2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Turin).
  • He is the first Asian male skater to win the GPF (2012–13 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Sochi).
  • He is the first and currently only singles skater, male or female, to have represented Japan at three Olympic Winter Games.
  • Takahashi is the most successful male skater at the NHK Trophy with 5 titles to his name (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013) in addition to earning one silver in 2012 and one bronze in 2005.
  • He is the first skater to have attempted a 4F in an ISU sanctioned event (at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Turin)

Historical world record scores[]

Note: Because of the introduction of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system which replaced the previous +3 / -3 GOE system, ISU has decided that all statistics start from zero from the 2018–19 season onwards. All previous records are now historical.[67]

Historical combined total records[68]
Date Score Event Note
15 February 2008 264.41 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Takahashi broke Evgeni Plushenko's record from February 2006 and became the first skater to score over 260 points.
Historical short program records[69]
Date Score Event Note
19 April 2012 94.00 2012 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating Takahashi broke Patrick Chan's record from April 2011.
Historical free skating records[70]
Date Score Event Note
15 February 2008 175.84 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Takahashi broke Evgeni Plushenko's record from February 2006 and became the first skater to score over 170 points.

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dance with Muramoto[]

International[71]
Event 20–21 21–22
GP NHK Trophy 3rd TBD
National[71]
Japan Champ. 2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Men's singles[]

International[72]
Event 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 18–19 19–20
Olympics 8th 3rd 6th
Worlds 11th 15th 2nd 4th 1st 5th 2nd 6th
Four Continents 13th 6th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 7th
GP Final 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 4th 2nd 1st WD
GP Bofrost 11th
GP Cup of China 2nd
GP France 5th 11th
GP NHK Trophy 8th 3rd 1st 1st 4th 1st 1st 2nd 1st
GP Skate America 1st 1st 1st 4th
GP Skate Canada 7th 2nd 2nd 3rd
Finlandia 1st
Universiade 1st 1st
Asian Games 6th
Japan Challenge 2nd
International: Junior[72]
Junior Worlds 1st
JGP Final 4th
JGP Bulgaria 2nd
JGP China 9th
JGP Japan 1st
JGP Ukraine 8th
International: Novice[72]
Triglav Trophy 1st
National[72]
Japan 5th 4th 3rd 6th 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 12th
Japan Junior 3rd 4th 1st
Japan Novice 4th A 2nd A
Team events
World Team
Trophy 		1st T
1st P		 3rd T
1st P
Japan Open 1st T
2nd P		 1st T
4th P 		1st T
2nd P		 3rd T
6th P		 1st T
1st P		 1st T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.
Takahashi did not compete in the 2008–09 season.

Detailed results[]

Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

Ice dance with Muramoto[]

2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 2
67.83 		3
84.03 		2
151.86
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 2
64.15 		3
93.10 		3
157.25

Senior men's singles[]

Takahashi with the other medalists at the 2011 Four Continents Championships.
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 14
65.95 		10
138.36 		12
204.31
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 2
88.52 		4
151.10 		2
239.62
2013–14 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 13–14, 2014 2014 Winter Olympic Games 4
86.40 		6
164.27 		6
250.67
December 21–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Championships 4
82.57 		5
170.24 		5
252.81
November 8–10, 2013 2013 NHK Trophy 1
95.55 		1
172.76 		1
268.31
October 18–20, 2013 2013 Skate America 5
77.09 		4
159.12 		4
236.21
October 5, 2013 2013 Japan Open – 4
149.12 		1T
2012–13 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 11–14, 2013 2013 World Team Trophy 2
80.87 		1
168.65 		3T (1P)
249.52
March 10–17, 2013 2013 World Championships 4
84.67 		8
154.36 		6
239.03
February 6–11, 2013 2013 Four Continents Championships 4
82.62 		8
140.15 		7
222.77
December 20–24, 2012 2012–13 Japan Championships 2
88.04 		1
192.36 		2
280.40
December 6–9, 2012 2012–13 Grand Prix Final 1
92.29 		3
177.11 		1
269.40
November 23–25, 2012 2012 NHK Trophy 2
87.47 		2
164.04 		2
251.51
November 2–4, 2012 2012 Cup of China 1
84.79 		2
146.96 		2
231.75
October 6, 2012 2012 Japan Open – 1
172.06 		1T
2011–12 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 18–22, 2012 2012 World Team Trophy 1
94.00 		1
182.72 		1T (1P)
276.72
March 26 – April 1, 2012 2012 World Championships 3
85.72 		3
173.94 		2
259.66
February 7–12, 2012 2012 Four Continents Championships 3
82.59 		2
161.74 		2
244.33
December 22–26, 2011 2011–12 Japan Championships 1
96.05 		3
158.55 		1
254.60
December 8–11, 2011 2011–12 Grand Prix Final 5
76.49 		2
172.63 		2
249.12
November 11–13, 2011 2011 NHK Trophy 1
90.43 		1
169.32 		1
259.75
October 27–30, 2011 2011 Skate Canada International 2
84.66 		3
153.21 		3
237.87
October 1, 2011 2011 Japan Open – 6
130.79 		3T
2010–11 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 24 – May 1, 2011 2011 World Championships 3
80.25 		6
152.72 		5
232.97
February 15–20, 2011 2011 Four Continents Championships 1
83.49 		1
160.51 		1
244.00
December 24–27, 2010 2010–11 Japan Championships 4
74.78 		2
162.01 		3
236.79
December 9–12, 2010 2010–11 Grand Prix Final 3
82.57 		6
137.20 		4
219.77
November 11–14, 2010 2010 Skate America 2
78.12 		1
148.95 		1
227.07
October 21–24, 2010 2010 NHK Trophy 1
78.04 		1
156.75 		1
234.79
October 2, 2010 2010 Japan Open – 2
159.19 		1T
2009–10 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2010 2010 World Championships 1
89.30 		1
168.40 		1
257.70
February 14–27, 2010 2010 Winter Olympic Games 3
90.25 		5
156.98 		3
247.23
December 25–27, 2009 2009–10 Japan Championships 1
92.85 		1
168.28 		1
261.13
December 3–6, 2009 2009–10 Grand Prix Final 1
89.95 		5
134.65 		5
224.60
November 19–22, 2009 2009 Skate Canada International 2
76.30 		1
155.01 		2
231.31
November 5–8, 2009 2009 NHK Trophy 4
78.18 		4
136.11 		4
214.29
October 8–11, 2009 2009 Finlandia Trophy 1
83.23 		2
141.02 		1
224.25
2007–08 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 20, 2008 2008 Japan Open – 4
127.23 		1T
March 17–23, 2008 2008 World Championships 3
80.40 		6
139.71 		4
220.11
February 13–17, 2008 2008 Four Continents Championships 1
88.57 		1
175.84 		1
264.41
December 26–28, 2007 2007–08 Japan Championships 1
85.43 		1
169.15 		1
254.58
December 13–16, 2007 2007–08 Grand Prix Final 1
84.20 		2
154.74 		2
238.94
November 29 – December 2, 2007 2007 NHK Trophy 2
77.89 		1
156.33 		1
234.22
October 25–28, 2007 2007 Skate America 1
80.04 		2
148.93 		1
228.97
2006–07 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 19–25, 2007 2007 World Championships 3
74.51 		1
163.44 		2
237.95
January 17–27, 2007 2007 Winter Universiade 1
79.03 		1
161.58 		1
240.61
December 27–29, 2006 2006–07 Japan Championships 1
85.55 		1
170.53 		1
256.08
December 14–17, 2006 2006–07 Grand Prix Final 2
79.99 		3
144.84 		2
224.83
November 30 – December 3, 2006 2006 NHK Trophy 1
84.44 		1
163.49 		1
247.93
November 2–5, 2006 2006 Skate Canada International 1
78.80 		2
129.41 		2
208.21
2005–06 season
Date Event SP FS Total
May 14, 2006 2006 Japan Open – 2
141.10 		1T
February 11–24, 2006 2006 Winter Olympic Games 5
73.77 		9
131.12 		8
204.89
December 23–25, 2005 2005–06 Japan Championships 2
74.52 		1
148.60 		1
223.12
December 16–18, 2005 2005–06 Grand Prix Final 3
74.60 		3
137.92 		3
212.52
December 1–4, 2005 2005 NHK Trophy 1
77.70 		3
127.60 		3
205.30
October 20–23, 2005 2005 Skate America 1
69.10 		1
149.44 		1
218.54
October 1, 2005 Japan International Challenge – 2
133.57 		–
2004–05 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 14–20, 2005 2005 World Championships 7
72.18 		18
108.04 		15
180.22
February 14–20, 2005 2005 Four Continents Championships 3
68.46 		2
123.83 		3
192.29
January 12–22, 2005 2005 Winter Universiade 2 1 1
December 24–26, 2004 2004–05 Japan Championships 5
59.83 		5
113.84 		6
173.67
November 19–21, 2004 2004 Trophée Eric Bompard 3
64.16 		11
71.54 		11
135.70
2003–04 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2004 2004 World Championships 11 11 11
January 19–25, 2004 2004 Four Continents Championships 9 4 6
December 25–26, 2003 2003–04 Japan Championships 4 3 3
November 13–16, 2003 2003 Trophée Lalique 2
71.31 		5
123.31 		5
194.62
October 30 – November 2, 2003 2003 Skate Canada International 5
61.81 		7
116.99 		7
178.80
2002–03 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 10–16, 2003 2003 Four Continents Championships 10 13 13
February 2–4, 2003 2003 Asian Winter Games 6 6 6
December 19–22, 2002 2002–03 Japan Championships 2 4 4
November 28 – December 1, 2002 2002 NHK Trophy 10 7 8
November 8–10, 2002 2002 Bofrost Cup on Ice 10 11 11

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World Records Holder
Preceded by
Canada Patrick Chan 		Men's short program
19 April 2012 – 19 October 2012 		Succeeded by
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Preceded by
Russia Evgeni Plushenko 		Men's free skating
15 February 2008 – 28 April 2011 		Succeeded by
Japan Takahiko Kozuka
Preceded by
Russia Evgeni Plushenko 		Men's total score
15 February 2008 - 28 April 2011 		Succeeded by
Canada Patrick Chan
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