Kazuki Tomono

Kazuki Tomono
Kazuki Tomono
	World Championships 2018
Native name	友野一希
Born	May 15, 1998 (age 26); Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Taijin Hiraike
Skating club	Naniwa High School SC
Began skating	2006

Kazuki Tomono (友野一希, Tomono Kazuki, born May 15, 1998) is a Japanese figure skater. He placed fifth at the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Tomono began learning to skate in 2006.^[1] His figure skating idols are Tatsuki Machida and Daisuke Takahashi.

Career

2015-2016 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

He 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 was brought in to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary as a late alternate, after Sota Yamamoto withdrew. He qualified to 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. He qualified to 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 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 place 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.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2018–2019	Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Misha Ge	Riverdance by Bill Whelan choreo. by Misao Sato	Daft Punk medley choreo. by Misao Sato
2017–2018 ^[2]	Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs) by Pablo de Sarasate	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein Prologue Symphonic Dances IV Mambo Maria Cool
2016–2017 ^[1]	Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven The Fifth by David Garrett	An American in Paris by George Gershwin
2015–2016 ^[3]	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^[4]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
Worlds							5th
GP Rostel. Cup								TBD
GP NHK Trophy							7th
GP Skate Canada								TBD
CS Lombardia Trophy								TBD
CS U.S. Classic							5th
Printemps							2nd
International: Junior^[4]
Junior Worlds					15th	9th
JGP Japan						4th
JGP Latvia					13th
JGP Slovenia						3rd
Asian Trophy	7th J
Challenge Cup			2nd J
Printemps				2nd J
National^[5]
Japan			20th	18th	16th	5th	4th
Japan Junior	9th	10th	6th	4th	2nd	1st
J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

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

2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 19-25, 2018	2018 World Championships	Senior	11 82.61	3 173.50	5 256.11
March 16-18, 2018	2018 Coupe du Printemps	Senior	3 74.11	1 153.73	2 227.84
December 20–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	Senior	5 78.16	5 153.05	4 231.21
November 10-12, 2017	2017 NHK Trophy	Senior	6 79.88	7 152.05	7 231.93
September 13-17, 2017	2017 U.S. Classic	Senior	8 69.88	5 155.42	5 225.30

References

^ ^a ^b "Kazuki TOMONO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Kazuki TOMONO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Kazuki TOMONO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "Competition Results: Kazuki TOMONO". International Skating Union.
^ "友野一希/TOMONO Kazuki" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Kazuki Tomono at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1617-1] "Kazuki TOMONO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ISU-1718-2] "Kazuki TOMONO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ISU-1516-3] "Kazuki TOMONO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ISU-KT-4] "Competition Results: Kazuki TOMONO". International Skating Union.

[JSF-KT-5] "友野一希/TOMONO Kazuki" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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