Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, Honda Lucas Tsuyoshi, born September 15, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist, the 2020 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and the 2020–21 Japan junior national champion.
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| Native name | 本田 ルーカス剛史 | |||||||
| Country represented | ||||||||
| Born | (2002-09-15) September 15, 2002 (age 20) Osaka, Japan | |||||||
| Home town | Uji, Kyoto | |||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | |||||||
| Coach | Mie Hamada Yamato Tamura Hiroaki Sato Satsuki Muramoto | |||||||
| Former coach | Kotoe Nagasawa Tsuyako Yamashita | |||||||
| Choreographer | Cathy Reed | |||||||
| Skating club | Kinoshita Academy | |||||||
| Training locations | Kyoto, Japan | |||||||
| Began skating | 2011 | |||||||
| ISU personal best scores | ||||||||
| Combined total | 225.89 2021 CS Cup of Austria | |||||||
| Short program | 83.95 2021 CS Cup of Austria | |||||||
| Free skate | 141.94 2021 CS Cup of Austria | |||||||
Medal record
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Honda was born on September 15, 2002 in Osaka, Japan. As of 2018, he is a high School student in Uji, Kyoto. In 2021, he entered Doshisha University.
His first encounter with skating was in kindergarten. In the second grade of elementary school, entered a class taught by coach Tsuyako Yamashita and began skating in earnest. He studied under coach Kotoe Nagasawa since childhood.
Moved to senior class from 2022-23 season.
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| 2022–2023 |
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| 2021–2022 |
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| 2020–2021[1] |
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| 2019–2020[2] |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[3] | ||||
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| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| GP Finland | TBD | |||
| GP NHK Trophy | 3rd | |||
| CS Cup of Austria | 2nd | |||
| International: Junior[3] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | C | 14th | ||
| JGP Final | C[4] | |||
| Bavarian Open | 3rd | |||
| National[3][5] | ||||
| Japan | 11th | 13th | 12th | |
| Japan Junior | 3rd | 1st | ||
| Team events | ||||
| Japan Open | 2nd T 1st P | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||
| National[3][5] | |||||||
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| Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Japan Junior | 17th | 16th | 9th | ||||
| Japan Novice | 13th B | 4th B | 5th A | 9th A | |||
| 2022–23 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 25-27, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | TBD | ||