Shingo Nishiyama
Shingo Nishiyama | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Yoshida / Nishiyama at 2019 JGP United States | ||||||||||||||||||
Native name | 西山 真瑚 | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | January 24, 2002|||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
Partner | Utana Yoshida | |||||||||||||||||
Coach | Andrew Hallam, Tracy Wilson, Joey Russell, Rie Arikawa | |||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club | |||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shingo Nishiyama (西山 真瑚, Nishiyama Shingo, born January 24, 2002) is a Japanese ice dancer. With partner Utana Yoshida, he is the 2019–20 Japanese national junior ice dance champion and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympics champion in the team event.
Personal life
Shingo Nishiyama was born on January 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan. He has an older sister. Nishiyama's favorite subjects in school are Japanese history and world history.[1] He attended Hinode Gakuen, a correspondence school recommended by fellow Japanese ice dancer Aru Tateno.[1] Nishiyama was accepted into Waseda University's School of Human Sciences to study sports education and psychology, as he wants to become a skating coach.[2][3] He is related to Japanese ballerina Akane Takada through his mother's side and has worked with her on improving body movement.[4][2]
Nishiyama has admired Yuzuru Hanyu since he was in elementary school.[3]
Career
Early career
Nishiyama began skating in 2008 at the age of six, at the suggestion of his first coach Masahiro Kawagoe, who saw him attending a lesson at Citizens' Plaza in Shinjuku, Tokyo.[1][3] He previously trained with Yutaka Higuchi in Tokyo, and qualified to compete at the Japan Championships each year. He was invited to skate in the gala at the 2013 World Team Trophy as the Japanese national novice champion in the same season.
Nishiyama moved to Canada alone at age 14 to train with Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, and Ghislain Briand at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, despite not knowing the language.[5] After he suffered a hip injury in the fall of 2018 and was unable to practice jumps, another coach at the club, Andrew Hallam, suggested that he consider switching to ice dance.[4] Despite Nishiyama's initial reluctance to switch disciplines, he drew inspiration from Japanese sprinter Dai Tamesue's book to adjust his mindset.[3]
Nishiyama teamed up with Utana Yoshida in early 2019 after a tryout arranged by the Japan Skating Federation in fall 2018, and she moved to train with him and his coaches at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Canada in February 2019.[4] He continues to train singles simultaneously with ice dance.
2019–2020 season
In their first season as a partnership, Yoshida/Nishiyama placed sixth at both 2019 JGP United States and 2019 JGP Italy. They then won gold at the Western Sectional and advanced to the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, where they again won gold, ahead of Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda. As a result, Yoshida/Nishiyama were assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[6][7] They were invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 NHK Trophy as junior national champion.
At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Yoshida / Nishiyama placed sixth in the ice dance event with a new personal best, following a sixth-place rhythm dance and a fourth-place free dance.[8] They were chosen by draw to be part of Team Courage for the mixed-NOC team event, alongside singles' skaters Arlet Levandi of Estonia and Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia and pairs team Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia.[9] Yoshida/Nishiyama won the free dance portion of the team event, ahead of both the silver and bronze medalists from the individual ice dance event, to help Team Courage win the gold medal.[9]
Yoshida/Nishiyama set a goal of being in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[4] They placed twelfth in Tallinn.[10]
Programs
With Yoshida
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2019–2020 [11] |
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Men's singles
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2019–2020 | ||
2018–2019 | ||
2017–2018 [1] |
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2016–2017 [1] |
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2015–2016 [1] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Yoshida
International: Junior[12] | |
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Event | 2019–20 |
Junior Worlds | 12th |
Youth Olympics | 6th |
JGP Italy | 6th |
JGP United States | 6th |
Bavarian Open | 6th |
National[12] | |
Japan Junior Champ. | 1st |
Team events | |
Youth Olympics | 1st T 1st P |
T = Team result; P = Personal result. TBD = Assigned |
Men's singles
National[13] | |||||||||
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Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
Japan Junior | 25th | 17th | 16th | 9th | 9th | ||||
Japan Novice | 2nd B | 1st B | 3rd A | 4th A |
Detailed results
With Yoshida
Junior results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/2020-01-11_Ice_Dance_Rhythm_Dance_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%930910.jpg/250px-2020-01-11_Ice_Dance_Rhythm_Dance_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%930910.jpg)
2019–20 season | |||||
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Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |
March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 13 56.05 |
8 93.56 |
12 149.61 | |
February 3–9, 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open | 6 56.36 |
6 86.32 |
6 142.68 | |
January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team | – | 1 99.31 |
1T/1P | |
January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | 6 56.38 |
4 92.32 |
6 148.70 | |
November 15–17, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships | 1 57.49 |
1 90.06 |
1 147.55 | |
November 1–4, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Western Sectional | 1 59.06 |
1 91.30 |
1 150.36 | |
October 2–5, 2019 | 2019 JGP Italy | 7 54.92 |
6 85.48 |
6 140.40 | |
August 28–31, 2019 | 2019 JGP United States | 6 56.43 |
5 83.32 |
6 139.75 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f Kuryu, Atsuko (April 14, 2018). "Shingo Nishiyama thrives at the Cricket Club". Absolute Skating.
- ^ a b Yokoi, Hiromi (January 16, 2020). "ユース五輪で金…アイスダンス西山真瑚は17歳でカナダ一人暮らし" [Gold at the Youth Olympics ... ice dancer Shingo Nishiyama lives alone in Canada at the age of 17] (in Japanese). Kobunsha.
- ^ a b c d Asano, Yumi (May 13, 2020). "フィギュアのアイスダンス界に新星、羽生結弦に憧れる早稲田大・西山真瑚" [Waseda University's rising ice dance star who admires Yuzuru Hanyu: Shingo Nishiyama] (in Japanese). 4years.
- ^ a b c d Tamura, Akiko (September 6, 2019). "日本のアイスダンス界に新星! 15歳吉田唄菜&17歳西山真瑚。" [A rising star in the Japanese ice dance world! 15-year-old Utana Yoshida & 17-year-old Shingo Nishiyama.] (in Japanese). Number.
- ^ "Japan's ice dancers Nishiyama and Yoshida inspired by club-mate Hanyu". International Olympic Committee. January 14, 2020.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
- ^ "2019/20 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手" [2019/20 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Athletes] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 18, 2019.
- ^ "Russian ice dancers live up to golden expectations". International Olympic Committee. January 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Barker, Philip (January 15, 2020). "Team Courage wrap up Lausanne 2020 figure skating in style". Inside the Games.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results – Junior Ice dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Shingo Nishiyama". Stats on Ice.