Shun Sato (figure skater)

Shun Sato
Shun Sato
	Sato at 2019 JGP United States
Personal information
Native name	佐藤駿
Country represented	Japan
Born	February 6, 2004 (age 17); Sendai, Japan
Home town	Saitama, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Coach	Keiko Asano; Tadao Kusaka
Choreographer	Benoît Richaud
Former choreographer	Masahiro Kawagoe; Misao Sato
Skating club	Saitama Sakae High School
Training locations	Saitama, Japan
Former training locations	Sendai, Japan
Began skating	2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	255.11 (JWR); 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final
Short program	79.19; 2019 JGP United States
Free skate	177.86 (JWR); 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final
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Representing Japan
Junior Grand Prix Final

Shun Sato (佐藤駿, Satō Shun, born February 6, 2004) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2020 Bavarian Open champion, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time Japan Junior national silver medalist. He is the junior world record holder for the men's free skating and combined total score.

Personal life[]

Sato was born on February 6, 2004 in Sendai, Japan.^[1]

His favorite animals are pandas.^[2] Sato's figure skating idol is fellow Sendai native Yuzuru Hanyu, who gave him an amulet when Sato was five years old.^[2]

Career[]

Early career[]

Sato began skating in 2009.^[1] He is a four-time Japanese national novice champion and the 2018–19 Japanese national junior silver medalist. On the junior level, Sato is also the 2018 Bavarian Open silver medalist and the 2019 International Challenge Cup champion.

As the four-time Japanese national novice champion, Sato was invited to skate in the gala at the 2015 NHK Trophy, 2016 NHK Trophy and 2017 World Team Trophy. He was also invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Championships as the silver medalist in 2018 Japanese junior nationals.

2019–2020 season[]

Sato won the gold medal in his Junior Grand Prix debut at 2019 JGP United States, ahead of reigning JGP Final champion Stephen Gogolev of Canada.^[3] He then won bronze at 2019 JGP Croatia. Sato's results qualified him to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the JGP Final, he set new junior world records for the free skating and the combined score en route to winning the gold medal, ahead of Russians Andrei Mozalev and Daniil Samsonov.^[2] He remarked "I was surprised that I could win here."^[4]

Sato won the silver medal at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, behind Yuma Kagiyama and ahead of Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda.^[5] As a result, he was invited to compete in the senior division at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, alongside the rest of the top six finishers in the junior division. Sato placed fifth in the senior event and was named to the team for the 2020 World Junior Championships with Kagiyama, and placed sixth there.^[6]

2020–2021 season[]

Competing domestically, Sato won the silver medal at the Kanto Regional championship and then the gold medal at Eastern Sectional championship, thus qualifying a berth at the national championship.^[7] Making his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy, Sato placed fifth.^[8] He was fifth as well at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.^[9]

Programs[]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2020–2021 ^[10]	Pirates of the Caribbean: Davy Jones & Imperial March performed by Samuel Kim Pirates of the Caribbean performed by Peter Bence To the Pirate's Cave/Skull and Crossbones performed by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Battle of the Kings House of Cards Danuvius Guardians at the Gate by audiomachine choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Headlight by MONKEY MAJIK choreo. by Keiko Asano
2019–2020 ^[1]	Arrivée des Camionneurs (from The Young Girls of Rochefort) by Michel Legrand choreo. by Misao Sato	Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota choreo. by Masahiro Kawagoe	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto choreo. by Masahiro Kawagoe
2018–2019 ^[11]	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto choreo. by Masahiro Kawagoe	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Misao Sato	Flower Dance by DJ Okawari
2017–2018 ^[12]	New York, New York by John Kander	Piano Concerto by Edvard Grieg

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[13]
Event	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
GP France									TBD
GP NHK Trophy								5th
GP Skate America									TBD
Bavarian Open							1st
International: Junior^[13]
Junior Worlds							6th
JGP Final							1st
JGP Croatia							3rd
JGP USA							1st
Challenge Cup						1st
Bavarian Open					2nd
International: Advanced novice^[14]
Asian Trophy				1st
Bavarian Open				3rd
Gardena Trophy		2nd
National^[13]
Japan Champ.					16th	12th	5th	5th
Japan Junior			15th	15th	6th	2nd	2nd
Japan Novice	1st B	1st B	1st A	1st A
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results[]

Senior level[]

2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	5 83.31	6 153.21	5 236.52
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	7 72.04	4 142.71	5 214.75

Junior level[]

2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	5 79.30	6 142.32	6 221.62
February 3–9, 2020	2020 Bavarian Open	Senior	1 82.18	1 160.13	1 242.31
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	Senior	3 82.68	6 163.82	5 246.50
December 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	3 77.25	1 177.86	1 255.11
November 15–17, 2019	2019–20 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	3 74.19	2 139.01	2 213.20
September 25–28, 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	Junior	4 78.41	4 141.28	3 219.69
August 28–31, 2019	2019 JGP United States	Junior	1 79.19	1 137.93	1 217.12
2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 21–24, 2019	International Challenge Cup	Junior	1 71.17	1 128.67	1 199.84
December 20–24, 2018	2018–19 Japan Championships	Senior	16 64.89	9 140.06	12 204.95
November 23–25, 2018	2018–19 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	6 66.01	1 156.29	2 222.30
2017–18 season
January 26–31, 2018	2018 Bavarian Open	Junior	1 63.71	3 119.63	2 183.34
December 20–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	Senior	20 57.77	16 127.75	6 185.52
November 24–26, 2017	2017–18 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	11 59.64	6 120.56	6 180.20

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shun SATO". International Skating Union.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Griffiths, Rachel; Jiwani, Rory (December 7, 2019). "Nathan Chen wins epic free skate battle over Yuzuru Hanyu at Grand Prix Final". Olympic Channel.
^ Gallagher, Jack (September 3, 2019). "Shun Sato stellar in Lake Placid JGP victory". The Japan Times.
^ Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Japan's Sato stuns at Junior Grand Prix Final; snatches gold". Golden Skate.
^ Gallagher, Jack (November 17, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
^ Slater, Paula (March 6, 2020). "Andrei Mozalev nabs Junior World title". Golden Skate.
^ "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.
^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Yuma Kagiyama commands men's event; snatches NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (December 26, 2020). "Yuzuru Hanyu reclaims title at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.
^ "2020 Dreams on Ice" (in Japanese). TBS. September 13, 2020.
^ "Shun SATO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019.
^ "Shun SATO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shun SATO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
^ "Shun SATO". rinkresults.com.

External links[]

Shun Sato at the International Skating Union

World Junior Record Holders
Preceded by Daniil Samsonov	Men's Junior Free Skating December 7, 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Daniil Samsonov	Men's Junior Total Score December 7, 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

[ISU-1920-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shun SATO". International Skating Union.

[OC-120719-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Griffiths, Rachel; Jiwani, Rory (December 7, 2019). "Nathan Chen wins epic free skate battle over Yuzuru Hanyu at Grand Prix Final". Olympic Channel.

[JT-090319-3] Gallagher, Jack (September 3, 2019). "Shun Sato stellar in Lake Placid JGP victory". The Japan Times.

[GS191207-4] Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Japan's Sato stuns at Junior Grand Prix Final; snatches gold". Golden Skate.

[JT-111719-5] Gallagher, Jack (November 17, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.

[GS200306-6] Slater, Paula (March 6, 2020). "Andrei Mozalev nabs Junior World title". Golden Skate.

[IFS-JO2020-7] "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.

[GS201128-8] Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Yuma Kagiyama commands men's event; snatches NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate.

[GS201226-9] Slater, Paula (December 26, 2020). "Yuzuru Hanyu reclaims title at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.

[DOI-2021-10] "2020 Dreams on Ice" (in Japanese). TBS. September 13, 2020.

[ISU-1819-11] "Shun SATO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019.

[ISU-1718-12] "Shun SATO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018.

[ISU-SS-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Shun SATO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.

[RR-SS-14] "Shun SATO". rinkresults.com.

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show v t Record scores in figure skating
Note: These records start from the 2018–19 season because of the introduction of the new –5/+5 GOE system. Combined total (Total) Short program (SP) Free skating (FS) Rhythm dance (RD) Free dance (FD) Juniors (J)
Men	Total: Nathan Chen 335.30 SP: Yuzuru Hanyu 111.82 FS: Nathan Chen 224.92 Total (J): Shun Sato 255.11 SP (J): Daniil Samsonov 87.33 FS (J): Shun Sato 177.86
Ladies	Total: Alena Kostornaia 247.59 SP: Alena Kostornaia 85.45 FS: Alexandra Trusova 166.62 Total (J): Sofia Akateva 233.08 SP (J): Alena Kostornaia 76.32 FS (J): Sofia Akateva 157.19
Pairs	Total: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 234.84 SP: Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 82.34 FS: Sui / Han 155.60 Total (J): Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov 199.21 SP (J): Panfilova / Rylov 73.71 FS (J): Panfilova / Rylov 127.47
Ice dance	Total: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 226.61 RD: Papadakis / Cizeron 90.03 FD: Papadakis / Cizeron 136.58 Total (J): Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik 177.18 RD (J): Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 70.14 FD (J): Nguyen / Kolesnik 108.91
See also Progression of record scores Record technical and component scores Highest technical element scores Highest program component scores See also (J) Record junior scores Progression of record scores (J) Record technical and component scores (J) Highest technical element scores (J) Highest program component scores (J)