Akio Sasaki

Sasaki in 2009.

Personal information

Country represented

Japan

Born

19 March 1991
Yokohama, Japan

Height

1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Coach

Akiko Sato

Choreographer

Misao Sato

Skating club

Meiji University

Began skating

1997

Medal record

Figure skating: Men's singles
Competitor for Japan
Winter Universiade
	2013 Trentino	Men's singles
Asian Figure Skating Trophy
	2010 Bangkok	Men's singles

Akio Sasaki (born March 19, 1991) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 2010 Asian Trophy champion, and 2013 Winter Universiade bronze medalist.

He began skating at the Kanagawa Ice Rink with his brother.^[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–13	Voodoo People by The Prodigy	Gypsy Dance
2011–12 ^[2]	Japanese Dance No. 5 (based on Hungarian Dance No. 5) Typewriter	Spokey Dokey Akio's Boogie and Pakapaka Mokuba
2009–10	Black Bottom by Spike Jones	Rodrigo Solo by Rogrigo Y Gabriela Stairway To Heaven by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant Tamacun by Rodrigo Y Gabriela
2007–08 ^[3]	La Zarzamora by Manuel Quiroga Moliendo Café by Jose Manso	Robots by John Powell Robots Overture Bigweld TV Train Station Bigweld Workshop

Competitive highlights

International^[4]
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Asian Trophy				1st
Finlandia					11th
Merano Cup					7th
Nebelhorn			7th
Nepela Memorial				1st			5th
Triglav Trophy						4th
Universiade							3rd
International: Junior^[4]
Junior Worlds	17th
JGP Croatia	4th
JGP Czech Rep.		3rd
JGP U.K.		7th
JGP USA	13th
National^[4]
Japan Champ.	2nd J.	5th J.	9th	16th	14th	8th	13th
JGP: Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior-level

References

↑ Kuryu, Atsuko (May 2011). "Akio Sasaki: "I want to be a unique skater"". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
↑ "Akio SASAKI: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
↑ "Akio SASAKI: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Akio SASAKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

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