Koshiro Shimada

Koshiro Shimada
Native name	島田 高志郎
Born	(2001-09-11) September 11, 2001 Matsuyama, Japan
Hometown	Champéry, Switzerland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Stéphane Lambiel, Robert Dierking, Anna Bernauer
Skating club	Kinoshita Group Tokyo
Began skating	2008
Medal record Representing Japan Figure skating: Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2018–19 Vancouver Men's singles

Koshiro Shimada (島田 高志郎, Shimada Kōshirō, born September 11, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2019 Bavarian Open senior champion and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. He has won three other medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series (silver at the 2018 JGP Austria, bronze at the 2016 JGP France and 2018 JGP Slovenia). He placed 14th at the 2017 World Junior Championships and is a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.

Personal life

Koshiro Shimada was born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Career

Shimada began learning to skate as a six-year-old. He moved to Okayama with his mother to advance his training.

Shimada's junior international debut came in the 2015–16 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, he placed 7th in Bratislava, Slovakia, and 5th in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked fourth at the Japan Junior Championships, he was assigned to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, where he finished 6th.

During the 2016–17 JGP series, Shimada won the bronze medal in Saint Gervais-les-Bains, France, and placed fourth in Tallinn, Estonia. He took the silver medal at the Japan Junior Championships in November 2016 and placed 7th as a senior at the Japan Championships. At the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, he placed 12th in the short program, 13th in the free skate, and 14th overall.

In 2017, Shimada started training with Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry, Switzerland.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–20	Stay by Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett choreo. by Sarah Dolan	The Artist (soundtrack) The Artist Ouverture by Ludovic Bource George Valentin by Ludovic Bource Comme Une Rosee de Larmes by Ludovic Bource Peppy and George by Ludovic Bource choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	I Want to Break Free by Queen
2018–19	Adios by Benjamin Clementine choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Winter in Buenos Aires by Ástor Piazzolla choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	She performed by Elvis Costello
2017–18	Pina (soundtrack) Rooftop by Thomas Hanreich Lillies of the Valley by Jun Miyake All Names by Jun Miyake choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Charms (from W.E.) by Abel Korzeniowski Forbidden Love (from Romeo & Juliet (2013 film)) by Abel Korzeniowski Found by Kerry Muzzey choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
2016–2017	Art on Ice by Edvin Marton choreo. by Misao Sato	Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack) O Verona by Craig Armstrong Kissing You by Des'ree O Verona by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix; GP: Grand Prix

International
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
GP NHK Trophy									9th
GP Skate America									10th
CS Nebelhorn									2nd
Bavarian Open								1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds						14th		9th
Youth Olympics					6th
JGP Final								3rd
JGP Austria								2nd
JGP Croatia					5th		5th
JGP Estonia						4th
JGP France						3rd
JGP Poland							7th
JGP Slovakia					7th
JGP Slovenia								3rd
Asian Trophy						1st J
National
Japan					11th	7th		5th	10th
Japan Junior			17th	16th	4th	2nd	WD	3rd
Japan Novice	12th B	2nd B	1st A	2nd A
Team event
Japan Open									2nd T 4th P
Levels: A = Novice-A; B = Novice-B; J = Junior WD = Withdrew; TBD = Assigned T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only

Detailed results

Senior level

2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 18–22, 2019	2019-20 Japan Championships	5 80.59	13 131.65	10 212.24
November 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	6 75.98	10 137.67	9 213.65
October 18–20, 2019	2019 Skate America	11 72.12	7 143.91	10 216.03
September 25–28, 2019	2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1 74.32	4 140.66	2 212.95

Junior level

Shimada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	12 74.89	8 137.89	9 212.78
February 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	Senior	2 69.29	1 141.51	1 210.80
December 20–24, 2018	2018-19 Japan Championships	Senior	3 80.46	11 139.32	5 219.78
December 6–9, 2018	2018–19 JGP Final	Junior	4 73.97	4 140.41	3 214.38
November 23–25, 2018	2018–19 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	1 82.35	5 127.68	3 210.03
October 3–6, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	Junior	4 73.48	5 139.47	3 212.95
August 29 – September 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	Junior	3 74.78	2 145.67	2 220.45
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
October 4–7, 2017	2017 JGP Poland	Junior	12 59.47	4 130.99	7 190.46
September 27–30, 2017	2017 JGP Croatia	Junior	6 64.85	5 131.87	5 196.72
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	12 68.77	13 125.33	14 194.10
December 22–25, 2016	2016–17 Japan Championships	Senior	10 62.66	6 137.52	7 200.18
November 18–20, 2016	2016–17 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	2 66.19	2 132.01	2 198.20
September 28 – October 2, 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	Junior	4 70.48	4 132.81	4 203.29
August 24–28, 2016	2016 JGP France	Junior	5 59.32	3 126.86	3 186.18
August 4–7, 2016	2016 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	3 60.22	1 124.87	1 185.09
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 12–21, 2016	2016 Youth Olympics	Junior	6 63.18	6 119.34	6 182.52