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Tatsuya Tsuboi
Tsuboi at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Native name壷井 達也
Born (2002-12-17) December 17, 2002 (age 21)
Okazaki, Japan
HometownHyogo
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
CoachSonoko Nakano
Mitsuko Graham
Sei Kawahara
Skating clubSysmex Corporation
Began skating2009
Medal record
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tallinn Singles

Tatsuya Tsuboi (壷井 達也, Tsuboi Tatsuya, born December 17, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2024 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 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.

Personal life

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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

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Early career

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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 thirteenth 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 fourteenth 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

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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

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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

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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 went on to finish seventh at the 2023–24 Japan Championships before closing his season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Challenge Cup.[16][3]

2024–2025 season

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Tsuboi started the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. Selected as a host pick at the 2024 NHK Trophy, Tsuboi placed third in both the short program and free skate, scoring personal bests in all competition segments. He would walk away with the bronze medal overall.[17][18] Pleased with this result, Tsuboi said in an interview afterwards, "I didn't even think that I would end up third. With the short and free program and free skating, I knew I had to do everything I can, put my best out there and give it my all. The day in day out efforts I've been making have paid off. This is my first podium in the senior Grand Prix series, so it's been a great confidence booster."[19]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
2019–2020

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2018–2019
[1][25]
  • Symphony No. 9 From the New World
    by Antonín Dvořák
    choreo. by Yuko Hongo
2017–2018
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  • Rurouni Kenshin
    by Nasoki Sato

Competitive highlights

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

2016–17 season to present

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International[3]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
GP Finland 4th
GP NHK Trophy 9th 3rd
GP Skate America 8th
GP Wilson Trophy 5th
Asian Open Trophy 5th
Challenge Cup 8th 2nd
Printemps 2nd
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds 14th 3rd
JGP Belarus 5th
JGP Italy 5th
Asian Open 2nd
Bavarian Open 1st
Printemps 2nd 1st
National[3][27][28]
Japan 10th 13th 7th WD 9th 9th 7th
Japan Junior 5th 3rd 1st 4th 7th 2nd

Earlier seasons

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Event 15–16
National[27][28]
Japan Junior 14th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 251.52 2024 NHK Trophy
Short program TSS 85.02 2024 NHK Trophy
TES 48.47 2024 NHK Trophy
PCS 37.28 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
Free skating TSS 166.50 2024 NHK Trophy
TES 89.28 2024 NHK Trophy
PCS 78.62 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo

Senior level

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Results in the 2024-25 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 2–6, 2024 Hong Kong 2024 Asian Open Trophy 2 82.37 7 122.61 5 204.98
Nov 8–10, 2024 Japan 2024 NHK Trophy 3 85.02 3 166.50 3 251.52
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 22–25, 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 1
85.80 		2
169.01 		2
254.81
December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 7
85.85 		7
166.49 		7
252.34
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 12
64.63 		5
151.99 		9
216.62
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 9
72.57 		8
144.41 		8
216.98
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 23–26, 2023 2023 Challenge Cup 12
67.16 		5
145.18 		8
212.34
January 12–22, 2023 2023 Winter World University Games 2
84.48 		2
159.34 		2
243.82
December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 11
74.84 		9
146.33 		9
221.17
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 5
78.82 		4
166.08 		4
244.90
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 7
76.75 		5
149.38 		5
226.13
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 12
77.31 		8
157.90 		9
235.21
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 11
69.95 		5
144.92 		7
214.87
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–23, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 14
63.35 		11
135.36 		13
198.71
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 15
59.49 		8
127.54 		10
187.03

Junior level

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2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 5
79.15 		3
154.67 		3
233.82
March 18–20, 2022 2022 Coupe du Printemps 2
77.35 		2
148.29 		2
225.64
January 18–22, 2022 2021 Bavarian Open 1
81.92 		1
156.42 		1
238.34
November 19–21, 2021 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships 1
81.05 		2
146.55 		2
227.60
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 4
73.18 		10
107.38 		7
180.56
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 6
68.83 		3
123.94 		4
192.77
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 20
62.59 		10
133.29 		14
195.88
November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships 2
78.23 		2
144.56 		1
222.79
August 1–5, 2018 2018 Asian Open Trophy 2
50.87 		2
117.14 		2
168.01
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 16–18, 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 1
64.43 		1
131.40 		1
195.83
November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships 5
63.53 		2
125.62 		3
189.15
October 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy 6
65.98 		5
132.46 		5
198.44
September 20–24, 2017 2017 JGP Belarus 5
66.49 		5
118.70 		5
185.19
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 10–12, 2017 2017 Coupe du Printemps 2
51.72 		2
104.63 		2
156.35
November 23–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships 6
56.07 		5
121.55 		5
177.62
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships 14
48.89 		14
96.69 		14
145.58

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2019.
  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. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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  4. ^ "2021 Junior Grand Prix Series". International Figure Skating. July 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 World Junior Championships". International Figure Skating.
  8. ^ Slater, Paula (April 14, 2022). "USA's Ilia Malinin sets record at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ Slater, Paula (April 16, 2022). "USA's Ilia Malinin takes gold in Tallinn". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ "Malinin (USA) seizes gold in Espoo and leaps right into Grand Prix Final". International Skating Union. November 26, 2022.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (November 26, 2022). "Malinin pockets another gold in Espoo". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ Gallagher, Jack (December 27, 2022). "Shoma Uno is Unhappy with Team Selection Process for World Championships". Japan Forward.
  13. ^ Gallagher, Jack (January 18, 2023). "Mihara and Yamamoto Lead Japan Medal Rush at the Winter World University Games". Japan Forward.
  14. ^ Gallagher, Jack (October 24, 2023). "Shun Sato Earns Third-Place Finish at Skate America". Japan Forward. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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  21. ^ "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2024/2025 (2nd SP)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024.
  22. ^ "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023.
  23. ^ "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022.
  24. ^ "Tatsuya TSUBOI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022.
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