Tomoe Kawabata

Tomoe Kawabata (川畑 和愛, Kawabata Tomoe, born January 12, 2002)[1] is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019–20 Japanese national bronze medalist. She has represented Japan at two World Junior Championships.

Tomoe Kawabata
Personal information
Native name川畑 和愛
Country representedJapan
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002
Nisshin, Aichi, Japan
Home townTokyo, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
CoachYutaka Higuchi, Yukina Ohta
Former coachNakako Tsuzuki
ChoreographerStéphane Lambiel
Former choreographerNakako Tsuzuki
Skating clubN High School FSC
Training locationsYokohama, Japan
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total177.86
2019 JGP Poland
Short program67.70
2019 JGP Poland
Free skate114.95
2018 JGP Slovakia

Career

Early years

Kawabata began learning to skate in 2008.[1] Making her junior debut, she placed 15th at the 2015 Japan Championships. She competed as a senior at the 2018 Japan Championships and finished in 21st place. In January 2018, she won gold in the junior ladies' category at the Bavarian Open.[2]

2018–2019 season

Kawabata received two 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments.[3] She placed fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall at JGP Slovakia, held in Bratislava, Slovakia,[4] and had the same final result at JGP Slovenia held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

She finished 12th at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She was coached by former ice dancer Nakako Tsuzuki in Yokohama and Kanawaga.[5]

2019–2020 season

Kawabata made a coaching change in July 2019, joining Yukina Ota and Yutaka Higuchi at the Meiji Jingu rink in Tokyo.[6] She again placed fifth at both of her JGP assignments. At the Japan Championships, she won silver in the junior event and then bronze in the senior event.[7][8]

Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Kawabata placed fourteenth.[9]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
[1]
2018–2019
[5]
  • Scheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki
2017–2018

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Junior Worlds 12th14th
JGP France 5th
JGP Poland 5th
JGP Slovakia 5th
JGP Slovenia 5th
Bavarian Open 1st J
Printemps WD
National[10]
Japan 21st10th3rd
Japan Junior 15th27th27th6th3rd2nd
Japan Novice 9th B 4th B 36th A6th A

References
  1. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2019/2020". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.
  2. "Competition Results: Tomoe KAWABATA". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019.
  3. "2018-2019 JGP Ladies Assignments". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  4. "2018 JGP Slovakia Ladies' Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  5. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2018/2019". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.
  6. Gallagher, Jack (August 8, 2019). "Top junior Tomoe Kawabata poised for a breakout season". The Japan Times.
  7. Gallagher, Jack (November 17, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
  8. Slater, Paula (December 21, 2019). "Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title". Golden Skate.
  9. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results – Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
  10. "川畑 和愛 KAWABATA Tomoe" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.

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