Kensuke Nakaniwa

Kensuke Nakaniwa (中庭 健介, Nakaniwa Kensuke, born October 15, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, and a three-time Japan national medalist. He finished in the top ten at three Four Continents Championships.

Kensuke Nakaniwa
Nakaniwa in 2003.
Personal information
Native name	中庭 健介
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1981-10-15) October 15, 1981 (age 41) Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Former coach	Miwa Ishihara, Hiroshi Nagakubo, Tai Tsuru
Former choreographer	David Wilson, Higuchi Yukata, Alexander Zhulin, Nanami Abe, Robert Daw, Mitsuru Matsumura
Skating club	Papio Fukuoka; Fukuoka University; Kashii Fukuoka
Former training locations	Nagoya Fukuoka
Began skating	1990
Retired	2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	182.74 2006 Cup of China
Short program	63.70 2007 NHK Trophy
Free skate	122.01 2006 Cup of China
Medal record Men's figure skating Representing  Japan Asian Winter Games 2007 Changchun Men's singles

Personal life

Kensuke Nakaniwa was born on October 15, 1981 in Fukuoka, Japan.^[1]

Career

In the 1999–2000 season, Nakaniwa won a bronze medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 13th at the 2000 World Junior Championships.

In the 2002–03 season, Nakaniwa made his Grand Prix debut and competed at his first senior ISU Championship, the 2003 Four Continents, where he finished 11th.

Nakaniwa ended his competitive career in 2011. He has coached Sei Kawahara.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2008–09 ^[1]	Nuovo Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone, Andrea Morricone	Braveheart by James Horner	You Are So Beautiful
2007–08 ^[2]	Sarabande (modern arrangement) by George Frideric Handel	Braveheart by James Horner
2006–07 ^[3]	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo	Slow Dancing in the Big City by Bill Conti
2005–06 ^[4]	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore The Return of the King by Howard Shore
2004–05 ^[5]	Summer (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore The Return of the King by Howard Shore
2003–04 ^[6]	Romeo and Juliet	The Lord of the Rings by Howard Shore
2002–03 ^[7]	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi	Cornish Rhapsody by Hubert Bath
2001–02 ^[8]	Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Gettysburg by Randy Edelman

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[9]
Event	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Four Continents							11th		8th	6th	8th	12th
GP Bompard												7th
GP Cup of China											5th		10th
GP Cup of Russia							8th	10th
GP NHK Trophy								11th	8th			8th
GP Skate America						12th	10th
Universiade					9th		3rd		4th
Asian Games											3rd
Golden Spin										7th
Merano Cup														7th
Nepela Memorial													1st	1st
NRW Trophy													5th		6th
International: Junior^[9]
Junior Worlds				13th
JGP Bulgaria			10th
JGP Canada				3rd
JGP China			10th
JGP Germany		13th
JGP Japan				8th
JGP Mexico					10th
JGP Norway					13th
National^[10]^[11]
Japan				9th	5th	4th	3rd	6th	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	6th	12th	9th
Japan Junior	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd
J. = Junior level

References

1. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 6, 2009.
2. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008.
3. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2007.
4. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006.
5. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005.
6. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 24, 2004.
7. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003.
8. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 13, 2002.
9. "Competition Results: Kensuke NAKANIWA". International Skating Union. from the original on April 21, 2014.
10. [NAKANIWA Kensuke] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011.
11. "|Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site|". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

External links

  Media related to Kensuke Nakaniwa at Wikimedia Commons

• at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Kensuke Nakaniwa at the International Skating Union