Tatsuya_Tsuboi

Tatsuya Tsuboi

Tatsuya Tsuboi

Japanese figure skater

Tatsuya Tsuboi (壷井 達也, Tsuboi Tatsuya, born December 17, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2023 World University Games silver medalist and 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist. He is also the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018–19 Japan junior national champion.

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Personal life

Tatsuya Tsuboi was born in Okazaki, Aichi.[1] As of 2022, he is a student at Kobe University, studying in the International Human Sciences Department.[2]

Career

Early career

Tsuboi began to skate at the age of 7.

After making his international junior debut at the 2017 edition of the Coupe du Printemps toward the end of the 2016–17 season, Tsuboi made his Junior Grand Prix debut the following autumn, placing fifth at both the 2017 JGP Belarus and 2017 JGP Italy. After winning the bronze medal at the 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships, he finished thirteen at the senior level. He returned to the Coupe du Printemps, this time winning gold.[3]

Tsuboi did not compete on the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix, but won the junior silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. He won gold at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and finished seventh at the senior level, as a result of which he was assigned to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships. Tsuboi finished fourteen there.[3] Then, he was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the reigning Japan junior national champion.

2021–2022 season: Junior World bronze

After appearing only domestically over the following two seasons, partially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tsuboi became more active in the 2021–22 season, even though Japan opted not to assign skaters to the Junior Grand Prix.[4] He was the silver medalist at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, and placed ninth at the senior edition. These placements earned him an assignment to the 2022 World Junior Championships. Also given precursor assignments to the Bavarian Open and the Coupe du Printemps, he won gold at the former at the junior level and silver at latter at the senior level.[3]

The World Junior Championships were originally scheduled for March in Sofia. However, as a result of both the Omicron variant and the Russo-Ukrainian War, they could not be held in their original location, and were moved to Tallinn in April. As well, the International Skating Union banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing, significantly altering the figure skating field.[5][6][7] Tsuboi finished fifth in the short program with a new personal best score.[8] He was third in the free skate, rising to third overall to win the bronze medal.[9]

2022–2023 season: Senior debut

Moving to the senior level permanently, Tsuboi was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the MK John Wilson Trophy, where he finished fifth.[3] At his second event, the Grand Prix of Espoo, he was fifth in the short program but rose to fourth after the free skate, where he set new personal bests in that segment and overall. He described nothing but "happiness" with the results.[10][11]

Tsuboi finished ninth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, and was subsequently assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games.[12] He won the silver medal.[13]

2023–2024 season

Given two assignments on the Grand Prix, Tsuboi finished eighth at the 2023 Skate America and ninth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.[14][15] He came seventh at the 2023–24 Japan Championships.[16]

Programs

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Competitive highlights

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

2016–17 season to present

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Earlier seasons

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Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

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Senior level

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Junior level

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References

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    "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "壷井達也さんが全日本フィギュアスケート選手権に出場します". Kobe University. Kobe University. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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    "Competition Results: Tatsuya TSUBOI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020.
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    "2021 Junior Grand Prix Series". International Figure Skating. July 5, 2021.
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    "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
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    "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
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    Slater, Paula (April 14, 2022). "USA's Ilia Malinin sets record at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
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    Slater, Paula (April 16, 2022). "USA's Ilia Malinin takes gold in Tallinn". Golden Skate.
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    "Malinin (USA) seizes gold in Espoo and leaps right into Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union. November 26, 2022.
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    Gallagher, Jack (December 27, 2022). "Shoma Uno is Unhappy with Team Selection Process for World Championships". Japan Forward.
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    Gallagher, Jack (January 18, 2023). "Mihara and Yamamoto Lead Japan Medal Rush at the Winter World University Games". Japan Forward.
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    Gallagher, Jack (October 24, 2023). "Shun Sato Earns Third-Place Finish at Skate America". Japan Forward. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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    Slater, Paula (November 26, 2023). "Yuma Kagiyama reclaims NHK Trophy title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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    "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
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    "Tatsuya TSUBOI". rinkresults.com.
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    "壷井 達也" [TSUBOI Tatsuya] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on November 30, 2019.
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