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 | |
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![]() Kawabata at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
Personal information | |
Native name | 川畑 和愛 |
Country represented | Japan |
Born | (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002 (age 20) Nisshin, Aichi, Japan |
Home town | Tokyo, Japan |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Coach | Yutaka Higuchi Yukina Ota |
Former coach | Nakako Tsuzuki |
Choreographer | Stéphane Lambiel |
Former choreographer | Nakako Tsuzuki |
Skating club | Waseda University |
Former skating club | N High School FSC |
Training locations | Yokohama, Japan |
Began skating | 2008 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 177.86 2019 JGP Poland |
Short program | 67.70 2019 JGP Poland |
Free skate | 114.95 2018 JGP Slovakia |
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]
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 twelfth at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She was coached by former ice dancer Nakako Tsuzuki in Yokohama and Kanawaga.[5]
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]
Kawabata was invited to compete at the Japan Open as part of Team Red. She subsequently placed fifth at the domestic Eastern Sectionals Championship to qualify to the national championships.[10] Kawabata made her senior debut on the Grand Prix at the 2020 NHK Trophy, where she was tenth.[11] She placed eleventh at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2021–2022 |
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2020–2021 [12][13] |
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2019–2020 [1] |
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2018–2019 [5] |
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2017–2018 |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[2] | |||||||||||
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Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
GP NHK Trophy | 10th | ||||||||||
CS Cup of Austria | 9th | ||||||||||
International: Junior[2] | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 12th | 14th | |||||||||
JGP France | 5th | ||||||||||
JGP Poland | 5th | ||||||||||
JGP Slovakia | 5th | ||||||||||
JGP Slovenia | 5th | ||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 1st | ||||||||||
Printemps | WD | ||||||||||
National[14] | |||||||||||
Japan Champ. | 21st | 10th | 3rd | 11th | WD | ||||||
Japan Junior | 15th | 27th | 27th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | |||||
Japan Novice | 9th B | 4th B | 36th A | 6th A | |||||||
Team Events | |||||||||||
Japan Open | 2nd T 3rd P | ||||||||||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B |
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
2021–2022 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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November 11–14, 2021 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | 6 54.34 |
15 95.62 |
9 149.96 |
2020–2021 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
24–27 December 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 9 64.56 |
12 121.62 |
11 186.18 |
27–29 November 2020 | 2020 NHK Trophy | 8 59.83 |
12 102.41 |
10 162.24 |
2019–2020 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
18–22 December 2019 | 2020 Japan Championships | 7 65.53 |
3 128.43 |
3 193.96 |
2018–2019 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
20–24 December 2018 | 2019 Japan Championships | 7 64.66 |
10 118.45 |
10 183.11 |
2017–2018 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
20–24 December 2017 | 2018 Japan Championships | 22 52.13 |
19 106.03 |
21 158.16 |
2019–2020 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 10 62.85 |
16 96.62 |
14 159.47 |
15–17 November 2019 | 2020 Japan Junior Championships | 2 63.55 |
2 115.40 |
2 178.95 |
18–21 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | 2 67.70 |
7 110.16 |
5 177.86 |
21–24 August 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 6 57.75 |
4 113.92 |
5 171.67 |
2018–2019 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
4–10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | 9 57.65 |
13 99.82 |
12 157.47 |
23–25 November 2018 | 2019 Japan Junior Championships | 12 52.05 |
3 106.11 |
3 158.16 |
3–10 October 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovenia | 1 66.85 |
9 100.64 |
5 167.49 |
22–25 August 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | 5 58.89 |
6 114.95 |
5 173.84 |
2017–2018 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
26–31 January 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 1 61.39 |
1 107.66 |
1 169.05 |
24–26 November 2017 | 2018 Japan Junior Championships | 3 61.49 |
6 106.03 |
6 167.52 |
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