Sōta Yamamoto

Sota Yamamoto
2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Sota Yamamoto Hiroshi Nagakubo IMG 1967.JPG
Yamamoto in 2014
Personal information
Native name 山本 草太
Country represented Japan Japan
Born (2000-01-10) January 10, 2000
Kishiwada, Osaka, Japan
Home town Nagoya, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Coach Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Miho Kawaume
Former coach Yoshinori Onishi, Yusuke Hayashi
Choreographer Kenji Miyamoto
Former choreographer Yuko Hongo
Skating club Aichi Mizuho High School
Training locations Nagoya
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 232.42
2015 JGP Poland
Short program 76.14
2014 JGP Final
Free skate 157.26
2015 JGP Poland
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Winter Youth Olympics
2016 LillehammerMen's singles
World Junior Championships
2015 TallinnMen's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 BarcelonaMen's singles
2015–16 BarcelonaMen's singles

Sōta Yamamoto (山本 草太, Yamamoto Sōta, born 10 January 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy champion, the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2015 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2015), and the 2015–16 Japan junior national champion.

Career

2013–14 season

Yamamoto debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2013–14 season, placing 11th in Riga, Latvia, his sole assignment. At the Japan Championships, he was 5th in the junior competition and 14th at the senior event.

2014–15 season

During the 2014–15 JGP series, Yamamoto won silver medals in Courchevel, France and Tallinn, Estonia, which qualified him to the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, Spain. Ranked first in the short program and third in the free skate, he finished second overall, behind Shoma Uno and ahead of Alexander Petrov. Nationally, he was the junior silver medalist, behind Shoma Uno, and finished 6th at the senior event. At the 2015 World Junior Championships, Yamamoto placed 7th in the short program and 3rd in the free skate to win the bronze medal in his first appearance at that competition.

2015–16 season

Competing in the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Yamamoto won the bronze medal in Colorado Springs, Colorado and gold in Toruń, Poland. These results qualified him for the 2015–16 JGP Final, where he was awarded the bronze medal. He won his first junior national title at the 2015 Japanese Junior Championships.

In February 2016, Yamamoto won the gold medal in the men's singles discipline at the Winter Youth Olympics ahead of Latvia's Deniss Vasiljevs and Russia's Dmitri Aliev. He fractured his right ankle in practice on March 12, causing him to withdraw from the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–2019
    2017–2018
      2015–2016
      [2][3][4][5]
      2014–2015
      [6]
      2013–2014
      [7]

      Competitive highlights

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

      International[8]
      Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
      GP NHK TrophyWDTBD
      GP FranceWD
      CS Asian Open1st
      CS FinlandiaWD9th
      Printemps5th
      International: Junior or novice[8]
      Junior Worlds3rdWD
      Youth Olympics1st
      JGP Final2nd3rd
      JGP Estonia2nd
      JGP France2nd
      JGP Poland1st
      JGP Latvia11th
      JGP United States3rd
      Printemps1st J
      Asian Trophy2nd N2nd N
      Triglav Trophy1st N1st N
      National[9]
      Japan14th6th6th9th
      Japan Junior11th4th5th2nd1st
      Japan Novice2nd A1st A
      Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior
      TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

      Detailed results

      Senior level

      2018–19 season
      Date Event SP FS Total
      November 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy


      October 5–7, 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 8
      72.16      		 10
      133.63      		 9
      205.79
      August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 6
      57.92      		 1
      141.00      		 1
      198.92
      2017–18 season
      Date Event SP FS Total
      March 16–18, 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 6
      69.04      		 5
      128.77      		 5
      197.81
      December 20–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 8
      72.88      		 10
      135.39      		 9
      208.27

      Junior level

      Yamamoto(right) at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium
      Yamamoto at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final

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

      2015–16 season
      Date Event Level SP FS Total
      Mach 14–20, 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior WD WD WD
      February 12–21, 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1
      73.07      		 3
      142.45      		 1
      215.52
      December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 11
      62.92      		 5
      152.23      		 6
      215.15
      December 9–13, 2015 2015–16 JGP Final Junior 3
      72.85      		 4
      132.46      		 3
      205.31
      November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
      70.42      		 1
      142.98      		 1
      213.40
      September 23–26, 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 1
      75.16      		 1
      157.26      		 1
      232.42
      September 2–5, 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 2
      65.11      		 3
      138.57      		 3
      203.68
      2014–15 season
      Date Event Level SP FS Total
      March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 7
      69.99      		 3
      145.46      		 3
      215.45
      December 26–18, 2014 2014–15 Japan Championships Senior 7
      67.19      		 6
      139.61      		 6
      206.80
      December 10–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 1
      76.14      		 3
      136.98      		 2
      213.12
      November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
      67.81      		 1
      134.69      		 2
      202.50
      September 24–27, 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 2
      66.42      		 2
      136.28      		 2
      202.70
      August 20–23, 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 3
      65.66      		 2
      130.14      		 2
      195.80
      2013–14 season
      Date Event Level SP FS Total
      March 14–16, 2014 2014 Coupe du Printemps Junior 1
      65.24      		 –
      –      		 1
      –
      December 20–23, 2013 2013–14 Japan Championships Senior 11
      65.90      		 19
      104.72      		 14
      170.62
      November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 3
      62.28      		 10
      103.82      		 5
      166.10
      August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 11
      56.15      		 12
      100.08      		 11
      156.23

      References

      1. ↑ "山本が世界ジュニア欠場　練習中に右足首骨折／フィギュア" [Yamamoto fractures right ankle in practice, will miss Junior Worlds] (in Japanese). Sanspo. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
      2. ↑ Dreams on Ice 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji TV. 22 June 2015.
      3. ↑ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. 12 July 2015. BS Fuji.
      4. ↑ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015.
      5. ↑ Xiong, Wei (August 29, 2015). "Sota Yamamoto sets sights on Junior World title". Golden Skate.
      6. ↑ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015.
      7. ↑ "Sota YAMAMOTO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
      8. 1 2 "Competition Results: Sota YAMAMOTO". International Skating Union.
      9. ↑ "山本 草太 / YAMAMOTO Sota" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014.

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