Kazuki Tomono

Kazuki Tomono
Tomono at the 2018 World Championships
Personal information
Native name	友野一希
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1998-05-15) May 15, 1998 (age 23) Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach	Taijin Hiraike Yukako Sugita
Former coach	Akio Sasaki
Choreographer	Misao Sato Misha Ge
Skating club	Doshisha University
Former skating club	Naniwa High School SC
Training locations	Takaishi, Osaka
Began skating	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	251.05 2020 Four Continents Championships
Short program	88.22 2020 Four Continents Championships
Free skate	162.83 2020 Four Continents Championships

Kazuki Tomono (友野一希, Tomono Kazuki, born May 15, 1998) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist and has represented Japan at the Four Continents and World Championships, achieving his best placement, fifth, at the 2018 World Championships.

Personal life[]

Tomono was born May 15, 1998 in Osaka. His figure skating idols are Tatsuki Machida and Daisuke Takahashi.

Career[]

Early years[]

Tomono began learning to skate in 2006.^[1]

In August 2011, he placed 7th at the 2011 CS Asian Trophy in the junior men's competition. In November 2011, he placed 9th at the 2012 Japan Junior Championships.

In November 2012, he placed 10th at the 2013 Japan Junior Championships.

During the 2013–14 season, Tomono competed at the 2014 Japan Championships at both the junior and senior men's competition. He placed 6th in the junior men's competition and placed 20th in the senior men's competition. In March 2014, he won the silver medal at 2014 International Challenge Cup in the junior men's competition.

In the 2014–15 season, Tomono competed at both the junior and senior men's competition at the 2015 Japan Championships. He placed 4th in the junior men's competition and placed 18th in the senior men's competition. In March 2015, he won the silver medal at the 2015 Coupe Du Printemps in the junior men's competition.

2015–2016 season: Junior Grand Prix debut[]

Tomono debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in August 2015, placing 13th in Riga, Latvia. He won the silver medal at the 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships and placed 16th at the senior men's competition. He was brought in to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary as a late alternate, after Sota Yamamoto withdrew. He qualified for the free skate in Hungary by placing 20th in the short program. His 12th place in the free skate lifted him to 15th overall.

2016–2017 season: National junior title[]

Competing in the 2016–17 JGP series, Tomono placed fourth in Yokohama, Japan, and won the bronze medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He won the national junior title in November 2016 and placed fifth on the senior level at the Japan Championships in December 2016. He qualified for the free skate at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan and placed 9th overall, 14th in the short program and 7th in the free skate.

2017–2018 season: Worlds debut[]

Tomono began his season with a fifth-place finish at the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Classic. In November, he replaced Daisuke Murakami at the 2017 NHK Trophy and finished 7th. He placed fourth overall at the 2018 Japan Championships after placing fifth in both segments. At the 2018 Coupe du Printemps, he won the silver medal at the senior men's competition.

He was selected to compete at the 2018 Worlds in Milan, Italy after the withdrawal of Yuzuru Hanyu. He finished eleventh in the short program, third in the free skate, and fifth overall, setting new personal bests in all segments of the competition. His breakout performances and result helped Team Japan secure three berths for the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships.

2018–2019 season[]

Tomono began his season with a fifth-place finish at 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. In October, he placed 9th overall with a score of 220.83 at his first GP event, 2018 Skate Canada International. In November, at 2018 Rostelecom Cup, he placed third overall with a personal best score of 238.73.

At the 2019 Japan Championships, he placed fourth overall after placing seventh in the short program and third in the free skate. With Yuzuru Hanyu unready to compete and silver medalist Daisuke Takahashi declining international assignments, Tomono was sent to the 2019 Four Continents Championships, where he finished twelfth.

2019–2020 season[]

Tomono placed seventh at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy to begin the season, before placing fifth at the 2019 Skate America^[2] and eighth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.^[3]

At the 2020 Japan Championships, he placed sixth overall after placing eleventh in the short program and fourth in the free skate. With gold medalist Shoma Uno declining the invitation, Tomono was sent to the 2020 Four Continents Championships, where he finished seventh, setting new personal bests in all segments of the competition.^[4]

2020–2021 season[]

Competing domestically, Tomono won the silver medal at the Western Sectionals championship, qualifying a berth at the national championships.^[5] With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting international travel, the Grand Prix was assigned primarily based on geographic location, and Tomono competed at the 2020 NHK Trophy in an all-Japanese men's field. He placed second in the short program, 3.99 points behind Yuma Kagiyama.^[6] In the free skate he doubled a quad attempt and turned out of another, among other jump errors, remaining in second place overall to take the silver medal, albeit nearly 50 points behind gold medalist Kagiyama's score. He assessed his errors as resulting from being "too careful."^[7]

Tomono placed sixth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.^[8]

Programs[]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2020–2021 [9]	The Hardest Button to Button (from Chroma) by The White Stripes choreo. by Phillip Mills	Ascension/Nature Boy by eden ahbez performed by Ewan McGregor El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) performed by Ewan McGregor choreo. by Misha Ge	Freaks by Timmy Trumpet choreo. by Misao Sato
2019–2020 [10]
2018–2019 [1]	Tema d'Amore (from Cinema Paradiso) by Ennio Morricone performed by Ikuko Kawai choreo. by Misha Ge	Reel Around the Sun by Bill Whelan Caoineadh Cu Chulainn by Bill Whelan Riverdance by Bill Whelan choreo. by Misao Sato	Daft Punk medley choreo. by Misao Sato
2017–2018 [11][12]	Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs) by Pablo de Sarasate choreo. by Misao Sato, Akio Sasaki	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein choreo. by Misao Sato, Akio Sasaki Prologue Symphonic Dances IV Mambo Maria Cool
2016–2017 [13][12]	Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven The Fifth by David Garrett choreo. by Misao Sato	An American in Paris by George Gershwin choreo. by Misao Sato
2015–2016 [14]	Japanese Doll by Mizuo Osawa Genkon by Kaoru Wada	Devdas by Shawkat Muthu by A.R. Rahman

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[15]
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
Worlds										5th
Four Continents											12th	7th
GP Cup of China														TBD
GP NHK Trophy										7th			2nd
GP Rostelecom											3rd	8th		TBD
GP Skate America												5th
GP Skate Canada											9th
CS Lombardia											5th	7th
CS U.S. Classic										5th
Printemps										2nd
Universiade											6th
International: Junior[15]
Junior Worlds								15th	9th
JGP Japan									4th
JGP Latvia								13th
JGP Slovenia									3rd
Asian Trophy				7th
Challenge Cup						2nd
Printemps							2nd
National[16]
Japan						20th	18th	16th	5th	4th	4th	6th	6th
Japan Junior			15th	9th	10th	6th	4th	2nd	1st
Japan Novice	6th B	13th A	3rd A
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B

Detailed results[]

Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold. Historical personal best scores highlighted in bold.

2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	7 81.72	8 141.44	6 223.16
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	2 83.27	3 143.35	2 226.62
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	7 88.22	7 162.83	7 251.05
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	11 73.06	4 171.63	6 244.69
November 15–17, 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	7 80.98	7 156.56	8 237.54
October 18–20, 2019	2019 Skate America	8 75.01	4 154.71	5 229.72
September 13–15, 2019	2019 CS Lombardia Trophy	11 61.69	6 141.39	7 203.08
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 7–9, 2019	2019 Winter Universiade	7 81.16	6 151.75	6 232.91
February 7–10, 2019	2019 Four Continents Championships	12 74.16	12 132.25	12 206.41
December 20–24, 2018	2018–19 Japan Championships	7 73.09	3 154.37	4 227.46
November 16–18, 2018	2018 Rostelecom Cup	4 82.26	3 156.47	3 238.73
October 26–28, 2018	2018 Skate Canada International	8 81.63	10 139.20	9 220.83
September 12–16, 2018	2018 CS Lombardia Trophy	5 75.47	5 141.27	5 216.74
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 19–25, 2018	2018 World Championships	11 82.61	3 173.50	5 256.11
March 16–18, 2018	2018 Coupe du Printemps	3 74.11	1 153.73	2 227.84
December 20–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	5 78.16	5 153.05	4 231.21
November 10–12, 2017	2017 NHK Trophy	6 79.88	7 152.05	7 231.93
September 13–17, 2017	2017 U.S. Classic	8 69.88	5 155.42	5 225.30

2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	14 68.12	7 143.16	9 211.28
December 22–25, 2016	2017 Japan Championships	Senior	6 67.63	5 148.92	5 216.55
November 18–20, 2016	2017 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	1 71.77	1 136.08	1 207.85
September 21–24, 2016	2016 JGP Ljubljana Cup	Junior	5 68.96	3 133.61	3 202.57
September 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Yokohama	Junior	6 66.47	3 145.57	4 212.04
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 14–20, 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	20 58.33	12 121.28	15 179.61
December 24–27, 2015	2016 Japan Championships	Senior	12 62.51	17 111.21	16 173.72
November 21–23, 2015	2016 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	3 63.53	3 119.66	2 183.19
August 27–29, 2015	2015 JGP Riga Cup	Junior	11 51.78	13 96.15	13 147.93
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 13–15, 2015	2015 Coupe du Printemps	Junior	2 48.46	1 108.69	2 157.15
December 22–26, 2014	2015 Japan Championships	Senior	20 51.38	18 99.97	18 151.35
November 22–24, 2014	2015 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	4 58.38	4 118.85	4 177.23
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 6–9, 2014	2014 International Challenge Cup	Junior	5 51.72	2 107.28	2 159.00
December 20–23, 2013	2014 Japan Championships	Senior	20 47.98	17 107.32	20 155.30
November 22–24, 2013	2014 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	7 53.88	5 111.87	6 165.75
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 17–18, 2012	2013 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	20 40.91	7 103.99	10 144.90
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 2011	2012 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	11 43.47	9 97.63	9 136.51
August 22–26, 2011	2011 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	6 36.49	7 79.03	7 115.52

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