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
Native name川畑 和愛
Born (2002-01-12) January 12, 2002
Nisshin, Aichi, Japan
HometownTokyo, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachYutaka Higuchi
Yukina Ota
Skating clubWaseda University
Began skating2008

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
    2020–2021
    [12][13]
    2019–2020
    [1]
    2018–2019
    [5]
    • Scheherazade
      by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
      choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki
    2017–2018

    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 Trophy10th
    CS Cup of Austria9th
    International: Junior[2]
    Junior Worlds12th14th
    JGP France5th
    JGP Poland5th
    JGP Slovakia5th
    JGP Slovenia5th
    Bavarian Open1st
    PrintempsWD
    National[14][15]
    Japan Champ.21st10th3rd11thWD
    Japan Junior15th27th27th6th3rd2nd
    Japan Novice9th B4th B36th A6th A
    Eastern Sect.4th J3rd J5th J1st J3rd J5th4th8th
    Kanto Reg.8th
    Tokyo Reg.7th B4th B5th A5th J2nd J4th12th
    Team Events
    Japan Open2nd 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

    References
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    2. "Competition Results: Tomoe KAWABATA". International Figure Skating. Archived 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. "Tomoe KAWABATA: 2018/2019". 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.
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    13. "2020 Dreams on Ice" (in Japanese). TBS. September 13, 2020.
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