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
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 21) 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

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 twelfth 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]

2020–2021 season

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.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2021–2022 ^[citation needed]	Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand performed by Nana Mouskouri	Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Erich Korngold
2020–2021 ^[12]^[13]	Tasogare no Waltz by Takashi Kako performed by Taro Hakase choreo. by David Wilson	Yumeji's Theme (from Yumeji) by Shigeru Umebayashi Sikuriadas by Inti-Illimani choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2019–2020 ^[1]	The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	Yumeji's Theme (from Yumeji) by Shigeru Umebayashi Sikuriadas by Inti-Illimani choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel	La La Land by Justin Hurwitz
2018–2019 ^[5]	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki	Concerto in F by George Gershwin performed by André Previn choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki
2017–2018 ^[citation needed]	The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	La La Land by Justin Hurwitz

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; 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	20–21	21–22	22–23
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]^[15]
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
Eastern Sect.					4th J	3rd J	5th J	1st J	3rd J	5th	4th	8th
Kanto Reg.						8th
Tokyo Reg.	7th B	4th B		5th A	5th J		2nd J				4th	12th
Team Events^[citation needed]
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; J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
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
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	9 64.56	12 121.62	11 186.18
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	8 59.83	12 102.41	10 162.24
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 18–22, 2019	2020 Japan Championships	7 65.53	3 128.43	3 193.96
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 20–24, 2018	2019 Japan Championships	7 64.66	10 118.45	10 183.11
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 20–24, 2017	2018 Japan Championships	22 52.13	19 106.03	21 158.16

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	10 62.85	16 96.62	14 159.47
November 15–17, 2019	2020 Japan Junior Championships	2 63.55	2 115.40	2 178.95
September 18–21, 2019	2019 JGP Poland	2 67.70	7 110.16	5 177.86
August 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	6 57.75	4 113.92	5 171.67
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	9 57.65	13 99.82	12 157.47
November 23–25, 2018	2019 Japan Junior Championships	12 52.05	3 106.11	3 158.16
October 3–10, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	1 66.85	9 100.64	5 167.49
August 22–25, 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	5 58.89	6 114.95	5 173.84
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 26–31, 2018	2018 Bavarian Open	1 61.39	1 107.66	1 169.05
November 24–26, 2017	2018 Japan Junior Championships	3 61.49	6 106.03	6 167.52

See also

•   Biography portal
•   Sports portal
•   Japan portal

References

1. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2019/2020". International Figure Skating. from the original on November 16, 2019.
2. "Competition Results: Tomoe KAWABATA". International Figure Skating. from the original on November 20, 2019.
3. "2018-2019 JGP Ladies Assignments". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
4. "2018 JGP Slovakia Ladies' Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
5. . 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. "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.
11. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2020". International Skating Union.
12. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2020/2021". International Figure Skating. from the original on November 27, 2020.
13. "2020 Dreams on Ice" (in Japanese). TBS. September 13, 2020.
14. "川畑 和愛 KAWABATA Tomoe" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. from the original on November 30, 2019.
15. "Tomoe KAWABATA". SkatingScores.

External links

•   Media related to Tomoe Kawabata at Wikimedia Commons
• Tomoe Kawabata at the International Skating Union