Shoma Uno

Shoma Uno

Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1997-12-17) December 17, 1997
Nagoya, Japan
Home town Nagoya, Japan
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Coach Machiko Yamada
Mihoko Higuchi
Choreographer Mihoko Higuchi
Former choreographer Machiko Yamada
Skating club Chukyo U.S.HS
Former skating club Grand Prix Tokai SC
Training locations Nagoya
Began skating 2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 276.79
2015 Grand Prix Final
Short program 92.99
2016 Four Continents
Free skate 190.32
2015 Grand Prix Final
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Men's singles
Winter Youth Olympics
2012 Innsbruck Men's singles
World Junior Championships
2015 Tallinn Men's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 Barcelona Men's singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs

Winter Youth Olympics
2012 Innsbruck Team

Shoma Uno (宇野 昌磨 Uno Shōma, born 17 December 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist. On the junior level, He is the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2015 World Junior Champion, and the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics silver medalist. At the Japanese national championships, he is a two-time senior silver medalist and one-time junior champion.

Uno is the first skater to successfully land quadruple flip in an international competition.[1] He is also the current record-holder for the highest junior short program and combined total scores.

Personal life

Shoma Uno was born December 17, 1997 in Nagoya, Japan.[2] His figure skating idol is Daisuke Takahashi.[3]

Career

Early career

Uno started skating when he was five.[3] He made his Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in the 2011–12 season, winning a bronze medal at the JGP Tallinn Cup in Estonia after placing 4th at the event in Poland. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, he won silver in the individual event and gold in the team event. He finished 10th at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

2012–13 season

In 2012–13, Uno finished 6th at his Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia. At his next JGP event, in Germany, he won the silver medal with personal bests in both programs and a total score of 188.48 points. He finished 7th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

2013–14 season

In 2013–14, Uno competed in his third JGP season, winning the bronze medal in Riga, Latvia, and placing 4th in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed 5th at the 2014 World Junior Championships and won his first international senior competition at the 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy.

2014–15 season

In 2014–15, Uno began his season by winning his second senior international competition at the 2014 Asian Trophy. He was assigned to the JGP events in Japan and Croatia. He placed second in Japan and first in Croatia with new personal best scores and qualified for his first JGP Final. He won his first junior national title at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships. The following month, he won gold at the JGP Final. At the 2014–15 Japan Championships, he placed 3rd in both segments of the competition, winning the silver medal. Uno made his debut at a senior ISU Championships at the 2015 Four Continents Championships, where he placed second in the short program, 5th in the free skate, and 5th overall, setting personal best scores in all segments. He ended his season by winning the 2015 World Junior Championships, becoming the fifth Japanese man to do so.[3]

2015–16 season

Uno at the 2015-16 Grand Prix Final podium

Uno started his season with a 5th-place finish at the 2015 U.S. Classic, placing 9th in the short program but winning the free skate. He then went on to win the individual event of the 2015 Japan Open, defeating World champions Javier Fernandez, Brian Joubert and Patrick Chan.

Uno then made his debut on the senior ISU Grand Prix. He won the silver medal at 2015 Skate America, his first Grand Prix event, after placing 4th in the short program and winning the free skate, finishing only 1.52 points behind gold medalist Max Aaron.

At the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, Uno led the short program with a personal best score of 89.56. The free skate was canceled due to the November 2015 Paris attacks. On 23 November 2015, the International Skating Union announced that the short program would be considered as the final result for the competition. Uno thus became the winner of the event and qualified for the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona.

At the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final, Uno scored 86.47 in the short program after falling on his quadruple toe loop. He scored a personal best of 190.32 in the free program and claimed the bronze medal with a total score of 276.79, behind Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and World champion Javier Fernandez.

Uno earned his second National silver medal at the 2015–16 Japan Figure Skating Championships with a total score of 267.15. He was subsequently assigned to the 2016 Four Continents Championships and 2016 World Championships.

At the 2016 Four Continents Championships Uno finished second in the short program behind Jin Boyang. In the free skate, Uno underrotated his second quadruple toe loop and finished fifth in that segment. Overall, Uno finished fourth behind Patrick Chan, Jin Boyang and Yan Han. Uno competed at the 2016 World Championships. He placed 4th in the short program, 6th in the long, and 7th overall.

At the 2016 Team Challenge Cup, Uno became the first skater to ever land a quadruple flip at an international competition.[1] He landed two quads in his short program, 4F and 4T-3T combination, and scored a personal best of 105.74 points.[4]

Records and achievements

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[5][6][7]
2014–2015
[2]
  • Violin Sonata No.9
    by Ludwig van Beethoven
    choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
  • Don Juan DeMarco
    by Michael Kamen
    choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
2013–2014
[8]
  • The Blessed Spirits
    by Vanessa-Mae
    choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi, Machiko Yamada
2012–2013
[9]
  • Bad Boy Good Man
    by Tape Five
2011–2012
[10]
2010–2011

Competitive highlights

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

International[11]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Worlds 7th
Four Continents 5th 4th
GP Final 3rd
GP Bompard 1st
GP Skate America 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 5th
Asian Trophy 1st
Gardena 1st
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds 10th 7th 5th 1st
Youth Olympics 2nd
JGP Final 1st
JGP Croatia 1st
JGP Estonia 3rd 4th
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Japan 2nd
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Poland 4th
JGP Slovenia 6th
National[12]
Japan Champ. 9th 11th 7th 2nd 2nd
Japan Junior 3rd 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 1st
Team events
Team Challenge
Cup 		3rd T
(1st P)
Japan Open 1st T
(1st P)
Youth Olympics 1st T
(2nd P)
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew
T: Team result; P: Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

(Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships – Worlds, Four Continents, and Junior Worlds. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.)

Senior results

Uno at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 22–24, 2016 2016 Team Challenge Cup 1
105.74		 1
192.92		 -
March 28 – April 3, 2016 2016 World Championships 4
90.74		 6
173.51		 7
264.25
February 16–21, 2016 2016 Four Continents Championships 2
92.99		 5
176.82		 4
269.81
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships 2
97.94		 3
169.21		 2
267.15
December 10–13, 2015 2015–16 Grand Prix Final 4
86.47 		4
190.32		 3
276.79
November 13, 2015 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard[nb 1] 1
89.56 		cancelled
October 23–25, 2015 2015 Skate America 4
80.78		 1
176.65		 2
257.43
October 3, 2015 2015 Japan Open - 1
185.48		 1T/1P
September 16–20, 2015 2015 U.S. Classic 9
52.45		 1
154.96		 5
207.41

Junior results

Uno at the 2012 World Junior Championships
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 1
84.87		 2
147.67		 1
232.54
February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships Senior 2
88.90		 5
167.55		 5
256.45
December 26–28, 2014 2014–15 Japan Championships Senior 3
85.53		 3
165.75		 2
251.28
December 11–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 3
75.21		 1
163.06		 1
238.27
November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
82.72		 2
128.00		 1
210.72
October 8–11, 2014 2014 JGP Croatia Junior 1
74.82		 1
152.69		 1
227.51
September 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 2
69.78		 2
150.21		 2
219.99
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 10–16, 2014 2014 World Junior Championships Junior 3
70.67		 5
135.83		 5
206.50
December 20–23, 2013 2013–14 Japan Championships Senior 6
72.15		 7
144.34		 7
216.49
November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
71.61		 3
134.49		 2
206.10
October 22–24, 2013 2013 JGP Estonia Junior 3
67.09		 3
130.73		 4
197.82
September 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 6
58.22		 3
117.59		 175.81
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 25 – March 3, 2013 2013 World Junior Championships Junior 7
61.66		 6
125.42		 7
187.08
December 20–24, 2012 2012–13 Japan Championships Senior 10
67.56		 11
131.07		 11
199.03
November 17–18, 2012 2012–13 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
66.21		 2
124.37		 2
190.58
October 10–13, 2012 2012 JGP Germany Junior 2
63.48		 1
125.00		 2
188.48
September 26–29, 2012 2012 JGP Slovenia Junior 4
61.42		 6
112.92		 6
174.34
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 27 – March 4, 2012 2012 World Junior Championships Junior 10
57.71		 10
118.21		 10
175.92
January 14–16, 2012 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 6
51.52		 2
115.63		 2
167.15
December 22–25, 2011 2011–12 Japan Championships Senior 7
63.49		 10
126.93		 9
190.42
November 25–27, 2011 2011–12 Japan Junior Championships Junior 3
61.56		 5
111.90		 5
173.46
October 12–15, 2011 2011 JGP Estonia Junior 4
56.29		 3
118.86		 3
175.15
September 14–17, 2011 2011 JGP Poland Junior 8
48.69		 3
114.55		 4
163.24
2009–10 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
December 25–27, 2009 2009–10 Japan Junior Championships Junior 4
52.95		 4
95.09		 3
148.04

Notes

  1. ↑ Event cancelled due to attacks in Paris.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoang, Mai (April 23, 2016). "Uno lands historic quad flip at Team Challenge". Golden Skate. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Shoma UNO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Flade, Tatjana (April 6, 2015). "Next in line: Shoma Uno". Golden Skate.
  4. ↑ "2016 Team Challenge Cup - Men's Head to Head / Men's Group 2 - Judges' Details". U.S. Figure Skating. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Fantasy on Ice 2015 in Makuhari (Television production). Japan: BS Asahi. May 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ Xiong, Wei (June 12, 2015). "Japanese stars debut programs at 'Dreams on Ice'". IceNetwork.
  7. ↑ "Shoma UNO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Shoma UNO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Shoma UNO: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Shoma UNO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  11. 1 2 "Competition Results: Shoma UNO". International Skating Union.
  12. ↑ "宇野 昌磨/UNO Shoma" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.

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