Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda

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.

Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Native name本田 ルーカス剛史
Born (2002-09-15) September 15, 2002
Osaka, Japan
HometownUji, Kyoto
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
PartnerSae Shimizu
CoachMie Hamada
Hiroaki Sato
Skating clubKinoshita Academy
Began skating2011
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles

Personal life

Honda was born on September 15, 2002, in Osaka, Japan. He is a fourth generation Japanese Brazilian.

He was a student at Ayaha High School before enrolling at Doshisha University in 2021, where he currently studies in the Faculty of Sports and Health Science.[1]

Career

Early career

Honda began figure skating in 2011. His first encounter with skating was in kindergarten. It wasn't until the second grade of elementary school, where he entered a class taught by coach Tsuyako Yamashita and began skating in earnest. He was coached by Kotoe Nagasawa.[2]

Honda competed at the 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, placing seventeenth, sixteenth, and ninth, respectively.[3]

2019–20 season

Honda was the bronze medal at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships and went on to compete at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, finishing eleventh.[3]

Following the season, Honda switched from longtime coach, Kotoe Nagasawa, to Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Hiroaki Sato, and Satsuki Muramoto.[4]

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reason.[5] As a result, Honda was selected compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy, where he won the bronze medal.

He then went on to win the gold medal at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships and place thirteenth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[3]

2021–22 season

Honda competed at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, where he won the silver medal.

Despite the Japan Skating Federation not allowing Japanese figure skaters to compete on the Junior Grand Prix series due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Honda was nevertheless selected as a "wildcard" entry to compete at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final set to be held in Osaka, Japan. However, the Final ultimately ended up being cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.[6][7]

At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Honda finished twelfth and was selected to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, where he ultimately came in fourteenth.[8]

2022–23 season

Competing on the Grand Prix series, Honda finished eleventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.

He went on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, finishing twenty-first.[9]

Partnership with Shimizu

In May 2023, Honda announced that he had teamed up with singles skater, Sae Shimizu, and that they would try pairs skating together the following season. Honda also added that he intended to continue to pursue singles skating.[10][1]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[11]
    2022–2023
    [12][9]
      2021–2022
      [12][8]
        2020–2021
        [3]
        2019–2020
        [13]

        Competitive highlights

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

        2019–20 season to present
        International[14]
        Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
        GP Finland11th
        GP NHK Trophy3rd
        CS Cup of Austria2nd
        International: Junior[14]
        Junior WorldsC14th
        JGP FinalC[6]
        Bavarian Open3rd
        National[14][15][16]
        Japan11th13th12th21st
        Japan Junior3rd1st
        Western Sect.2nd JWD5th
        Kinki Reg.4th J2nd4th6th
        Team events
        Japan Open2nd T
        1st P
        TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
        T = Team result; P = Personal result.
        Medals awarded for team result only.
        Levels: J = Junior

        Pre-international debut
        National[14][15][16]
        Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
        Japan Junior17th16th9th
        Japan Novice13th B4th B5th A9th A
        Western Sect.8th J7th J3rd J
        Kinki Reg.3rd B1st B1st A3rd A3rd J3rd J2nd J
        Levels: A Novice A; B = Novice B; J = Junior

        Detailed results

        Senior level
        2022–23 season
        Date Event SP FS Total
        December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 20
        62.48        		 20
        118.39        		 21
        180.87
        November 25-27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 10
        67.92        		 11
        129.98        		 11
        197.90

        Junior level
        2021–22 season
        Date Event Level SP FS Total
        April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships Junior 9
        73.01        		 16
        123.82        		 14
        196.83
        December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships Senior 11
        78.53        		 11
        146.69        		 12
        225.22
        November 11-14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria Senior 1
        83.95        		 5
        141.94        		 2
        225.89
        2020–21 season
        December 23–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships Senior 14
        67.52        		 13
        126.51        		 13
        194.03
        November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
        80.35        		 3
        129.13        		 1
        209.48
        November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy Senior 3
        79.22        		 6
        138.34        		 3
        217.56
        October 3, 2020 2020 Japan Open Senior – 1
        137.99        		 1P/2T
        137.99
        2019–20 season
        February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open Junior 2
        69.45        		 3
        126.25        		 3
        195.70
        December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships Senior 9
        75.72        		 12
        134.24        		 11
        209.96
        November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships Junior 4
        74.14        		 6
        120.61        		 3
        194.75
        2018–19 season
        November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships Junior 7
        63.34        		 9
        111.29        		 9
        174.63
        2017–18 season
        November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships Junior 15
        53.51        		 17
        92.72        		 16
        146.23

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