Ryuju Hino Explained

Ryuju Hino
Country:Japan
Birth Date:12 February 1995
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Coach:Miho Kawaume
Yoriko Naruse
Formercoach:Yoshinori Onishi
Hiroshi Nagakubo
Tokuji Oyama
Choreographer:Kohei Yoshino
Formerchoreographer:Nanami Abe
Kenji Miyamoto
Natalia Bestemianova
Igor Bobrin
Skating Club:Chukyo University
Currenttraininglocations:Nagoya
Beganskating:2001
Retired:December 26, 2020
Combined Total:207.15
Combined Date:2016 NHK Trophy
Sp Score:72.50
Sp Date:2016 NHK Trophy
Fs Score:135.87
Fs Date:2015 CS Finlandia Trophy
Show-Medals:yes

is a Japanese former figure skater. He has won five senior international medals, seven ISU Junior Grand Prix medals – including bronze at the 2012–13 JGP Final, and two (2011, 2012) Japanese national junior titles.

Career

Hino won gold and silver medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final where he finished 5th. He won the Japanese Junior Championships.

During the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix season, Hino won bronze in France and silver in Austria and qualified for the 2012 JGP Final in Sochi, Russia. At the final, Hino edged out American skater Jason Brown for the bronze medal. Hino won his second junior national title at the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships.

In the 2013–14 JGP season, Hino won two silver medals at his events in Mexico and Belarus. Having qualified for his third JGP Final, he finished sixth in Fukuoka, Japan. He won his first senior international medal, bronze, at the 2014 Triglav Trophy.

He announced his retirement after the 2020–2021 season.[1]

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2020–2021
  • Symphonie n° 3 ut mineur op.78, avec orgue
2019–2020
  • Symphonie n° 3 ut mineur op.78, avec orgue
  • Carmen
2018–2019
  • La Bohème
2017–2018
  • Criminal
2016–2017
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Competitive highlights

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

International
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International: Junior
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International: Novice
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National[2]
Japan Champ.18th13th 10th 10th 12th 9th 8th 4th 7th 14th 13th 11th
Japan Junior10th10th4th3rd 1st 1st 3rd
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Team Events
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T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Notes and References

  1. News: 日野龍樹、今季限りで現役引退を表明「久しぶりに楽しい全日本だった」. SponichiAnnex. 2020-12-26. 2020-12-28. ja.
  2. Web site: Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. 2020-09-07. www.jsfresults.com.