Sōta Yamamoto

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Sota Yamamoto
Lillehammer 2016 - Figure Skating Men Short Program - Sota Yamamoto 2.jpg
Yamamoto at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Native name山本 草太
Country representedJapan Japan
Born (2000-01-10) January 10, 2000 (age 21)
Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan
Home townNagoya, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
CoachYoshinori Onishi
Former coachHiroshi Nagakubo
Yoriko Naruse
Miho Kawaume
Yusuke Hayashi
ChoreographerKenji Miyamoto
Former choreographerPasquale Camerlengo
Yuko Hongo
Akiko Suzuki
Skating clubChukyo University
Former skating clubAichi Mizuho High School
Training locationsNagoya
Began skating2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total240.11
2019 U.S. Classic
Short program92.81
2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate157.26
2015 JGP Poland
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Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tallinn Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2014–15 Barcelona Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015–16 Barcelona Men's singles

Sōta Yamamoto (山本 草太, Yamamoto Sōta, born 10 January 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy champion, the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2015 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2015), and the 2015–16 Japan junior national champion.

Career[]

Yamamoto started skating when he was five. He is a 3-time Japanese national novice medalist. He was invited to skate in the gala at the 2013 World Team Trophy as the Japanese national novice champion in the same season.

2013–14 season[]

Yamamoto debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2013–14 season, placing 11th in Riga, Latvia, his sole assignment. At the Japan Championships, he was 5th in the junior competition and 14th at the senior event.

2014–15 season[]

Yamamoto (right) with teammate Shoma Uno at the 2015 World Junior Championships

During the 2014–15 JGP series, Yamamoto won silver medals in Courchevel, France and Tallinn, Estonia, which qualified him to the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, Spain. Ranked first in the short program and third in the free skate, he finished second overall, behind Shoma Uno and ahead of Alexander Petrov. Nationally, he was the junior silver medalist, behind Shoma Uno, and finished 6th at the senior event. At the 2015 World Junior Championships, Yamamoto placed 7th in the short program and 3rd in the free skate to win the bronze medal in his first appearance at that competition.

2015–16 season[]

Competing in the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Yamamoto won the bronze medal in Colorado Springs, Colorado and gold in Toruń, Poland. These results qualified him for the 2015–16 JGP Final, where he was awarded the bronze medal. He won his first junior national title at the 2015 Japanese Junior Championships.

In February 2016, Yamamoto won the gold medal in the men's singles discipline at the Winter Youth Olympics ahead of Latvia's Deniss Vasiljevs and Russia's Dmitri Aliev. He fractured his right ankle in practice on March 12, causing him to withdraw from the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen.[1]

2017–18 season[]

After missing the entirety of the 2016–2017 season, Yamamoto returned to competition domestically at the 2017–18 Japan Championships, placing ninth. Venturing out internationally, he placed fifth at the Coupe du Printemps.

2018–19 season[]

Debuting on the Challenger series, Yamamoto won gold at the 2018 CS Asian Open. He fared less well at his second Challenger, placing ninth at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. Making his Grand Prix debut, Yamamoto was sixth at Japan's 2018 NHK Trophy. Ninth at the Japan Championships, he finished the season with a gold medal at the Challenge Cup.

2019–20 season[]

Again beginning the season with two Challenger assignments, Yamamoto won the silver medal at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate. the season at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, and lead the field after the short program, in which he set a new personal best and landed two quad jumps. He fell four times in the free skate, placing sixth in the segment, but narrowly took the silver medal overall.[2]

2020–21 season[]

Yamamoto won the gold medal at the domestic Western Sectionals championship, qualifying a berth to the national championships.[3] Assigned to the 2020 NHK Trophy, he placed eighth.[4] He was ninth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[5]
2019–2020
[6]
2018–2019
[7]
2017–2018
2015–2016
[8][9][10][11]
2014–2015
[12]
  • Piano Concerto
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2013–2014
[13]
2012–2013

Competitive highlights[]

Yamamoto (right) at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium
Yamamoto (right) at the 2015 World Junior Championships podium
Yamamoto (left) at the 2014–15 JGP Final podium

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

International[14]
Event 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
GP France WD
GP NHK Trophy WD 6th 6th 8th
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Asian Open 1st
CS Finlandia WD 9th 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd
Challenge Cup 1st
Printemps 5th
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 3rd WD
Youth Olympics 1st
JGP Final 2nd 3rd
JGP Estonia 2nd
JGP France 2nd
JGP Poland 1st
JGP Latvia 11th
JGP United States 3rd
Printemps 1st
International: Novice[14]
Asian Trophy 2nd 2nd
Triglav Trophy 1st 1st
National[15]
Japan 14th 6th 6th 9th 9th 7th 9th
Japan Junior 11th 4th 5th 2nd 1st
Japan Novice 5th B 1st B 2nd A 1st A
Team events
Japan Open 1st T
2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: A = Novice A, B = Novice B
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results[]

Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU Personal bests highlighted in bold.

Senior level[]

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 9
82.60 		6
134.74 		9
217.34
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 9
62.38 		7
127.81 		8
190.19
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 13
68.16 		7
152.33 		7
220.49
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 7
74.88 		5
151.39 		6
226.27
October 11-14, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 1
92.81 		6
130.43 		2
223.24
September 17–22, 2019 2019 U.S. Classic 3
82.88 		2
157.23 		2
240.11
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 21–24, 2019 2019 Challenge Cup 1
82.24 		1
171.63 		1
253.87
December 20ー24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 10
71.95 		8
140.74 		9
212.69
November 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy 6
74.98 		5
138.42 		6
213.40
October 5–7, 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 8
72.16 		10
133.63 		9
205.79
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 6
57.92 		1
141.00 		1
198.92
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 16–18, 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 6
69.04 		5
128.77 		5
197.81
December 20–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 8
72.88 		10
135.39 		9
208.27

Junior level[]

Yamamoto at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 14–20, 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior WD WD WD
February 12–21, 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1
73.07 		3
142.45 		1
215.52
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 11
62.92 		5
152.23 		6
215.15
December 9–13, 2015 2015–16 JGP Final Junior 3
72.85 		4
132.46 		3
205.31
November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
70.42 		1
142.98 		1
213.40
September 23–26, 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 1
75.16 		1
157.26 		1
232.42
September 2–5, 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 2
65.11 		3
138.57 		3
203.68
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 7
69.99 		3
145.46 		3
215.45
December 26–18, 2014 2014–15 Japan Championships Senior 7
67.19 		6
139.61 		6
206.80
December 10–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 1
76.14 		3
136.98 		2
213.12
November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
67.81 		1
134.69 		2
202.50
September 24–27, 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 2
66.42 		2
136.28 		2
202.70
August 20–23, 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 3
65.66 		2
130.14 		2
195.80
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 14–16, 2014 2014 Coupe du Printemps Junior 1
65.24 		–
– 		1
–
December 20–23, 2013 2013–14 Japan Championships Senior 11
65.90 		19
104.72 		14
170.62
November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 3
62.28 		10
103.82 		5
166.10
August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 11
56.15 		12
100.08 		11
156.23

References[]

  1. ^ "山本が世界ジュニア欠場　練習中に右足首骨折／フィギュア" [Yamamoto fractures right ankle in practice, will miss Junior Worlds] (in Japanese). Sanspo. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ Browne, Ken (October 13, 2019). "SHOMA UNO LEADS JAPAN 1-2 IN FINLANDIA TROPHY". Olympic Channel.
  3. ^ "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.
  4. ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Yuma Kagiyama commands men's event; snatches NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate.
  5. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019.
  7. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Dreams on Ice 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji TV. 22 June 2015.
  9. ^ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. 12 July 2015. BS Fuji.
  10. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015.
  11. ^ Xiong, Wei (August 29, 2015). "Sota Yamamoto sets sights on Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015.
  13. ^ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Competition Results: Sota YAMAMOTO". International Skating Union.
  15. ^ "山本 草太 / YAMAMOTO Sota" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014.

External links[]

Media related to Sota Yamamoto at Wikimedia Commons

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