Tatsuya Tsuboi Explained

Tatsuya Tsuboi
Native Name:壷井 達也
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:December 17, 2002
Birth Place:Okazaki, Japan
Hometown:Hyogo
Coach:Sonoko Nakano
Mitsuko Graham
Sei Kawahara
Skating Club:Sysmex Corporation
Beganskating:2009

is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2024 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, 2023 World University Games silver medalist and 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist. He is also the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018–19 Japan junior national champion.

Personal life

Tatsuya Tsuboi was born in Okazaki, Aichi. As of 2022, he is a student at Kobe University, studying in the International Human Sciences Department.

Career

Early career

Tsuboi began to skate at the age of 7.

After making his international junior debut at the 2017 edition of the Coupe du Printemps toward the end of the 2016–17 season, Tsuboi made his Junior Grand Prix debut the following autumn, placing fifth at both the 2017 JGP Belarus and 2017 JGP Italy. After winning the bronze medal at the 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships, he finished thirteenth at the senior level. He returned to the Coupe du Printemps, this time winning gold.

Tsuboi did not compete on the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix, but won the junior silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. He won gold at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and finished seventh at the senior level, as a result of which he was assigned to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships. Tsuboi finished fourteenth there. Then, he was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the reigning Japan junior national champion.

2021–2022 season: Junior World bronze

After appearing only domestically over the following two seasons, partially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tsuboi became more active in the 2021–22 season, even though Japan opted not to assign skaters to the Junior Grand Prix. He was the silver medalist at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, and placed ninth at the senior edition. These placements earned him an assignment to the 2022 World Junior Championships. Also given precursor assignments to the Bavarian Open and the Coupe du Printemps, he won gold at the former at the junior level and silver at latter at the senior level.

The World Junior Championships were originally scheduled for March in Sofia. However, as a result of both the Omicron variant and the Russo-Ukrainian War, they could not be held in their original location, and were moved to Tallinn in April. As well, the International Skating Union banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing, significantly altering the figure skating field. Tsuboi finished fifth in the short program with a new personal best score. He was third in the free skate, rising to third overall to win the bronze medal.

2022–2023 season: Senior debut

Moving to the senior level permanently, Tsuboi was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the MK John Wilson Trophy, where he finished fifth. At his second event, the Grand Prix of Espoo, he was fifth in the short program but rose to fourth after the free skate, where he set new personal bests in that segment and overall. He described nothing but "happiness" with the results.

Tsuboi finished ninth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, and was subsequently assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games. He won the silver medal.

2023–2024 season

Given two assignments on the Grand Prix, Tsuboi finished eighth at the 2023 Skate America and ninth at the 2023 NHK Trophy. He went on to finish seventh at the 2023–24 Japan Championships before closing his season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Challenge Cup.

2024–2025 season

Tsuboi started the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. Selected as a host pick at the 2024 NHK Trophy, Tsuboi placed third in both the short program and free skate, scoring personal bests in all competition segments. He would walk away with the bronze medal overall.[1] Pleased with this result, Tsuboi said in an interview afterwards, "I didn't even think that I would end up third. With the short and free program and free skating, I knew I had to do everything I can, put my best out there and give it my all. The day in day out efforts I've been making have paid off. This is my first podium in the senior Grand Prix series, so it's been a great confidence booster."[2]

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2024–2025

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  • Adore
  • Anima
2023–2024
  • Torn (Redux)
  • Johanna
2022–2023
2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020[3]

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2018–2019
  • Symphony No. 9 From the New World
2017–2018
  • Rurouni Kenshin

Competitive highlights

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

2016–17 season to present

International
Event16–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–25
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align=left 8th bgcolor=silver 2nd
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International: Junior
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align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
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National
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Earlier seasons

Detailed results

Senior level

2023–24 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 22–25, 20242024 Challenge Cupalign=center 1
85.80		align=center 2
169.01		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
254.81
December 20–24, 20232023–24 Japan Championshipsalign=center 7
85.85 		align=center 7
166.49 		align=center 7
252.34
November 24–26, 20232023 NHK Trophyalign=center 12
64.63		align=center 5
151.99		align=center 9
216.62
October 20–22, 20232023 Skate Americaalign=center 9
72.57		align=center 8
144.41		align=center 8
216.98
2022–23 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 23–26, 20232023 Challenge Cupalign=center 12
67.16		align=center 5
145.18 		align=center 8
212.34
January 12–22, 20232023 Winter World University Gamesalign=center 2
84.48		align=center 2
159.34		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
243.82
December 21–25, 20222022–23 Japan Championshipsalign=center 11
74.84		align=center 9
146.33		align=center 9
221.17
November 25–27, 20222022 Grand Prix of Espooalign=center 5
78.82		align=center 4
166.08		align=center 4
244.90
November 11–13, 20222022 MK John Wilson Trophyalign=center 7
76.75		align=center 5
149.38		align=center 5
226.13
2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 22–26, 20212021–22 Japan Championshipsalign=center 12
77.31		align=center 8
157.90		align=center 9
235.21
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 20–24, 20182018–19 Japan Championshipsalign=center 11
69.95		align=center 5
144.92		align=center 7
214.87
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 21–23, 20172017–18 Japan Championshipsalign=center 14
63.35		align=center 11
135.36		align=center 13
198.71
2016–17 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 22–25, 20162016–17 Japan Championshipsalign=center 15
59.49		align=center 8
127.54		align=center 10
187.03

Junior level

2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
April 13–17, 20222022 World Junior Championshipsalign=center 5
79.15		align=center 3
154.67		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
233.82
March 18–20, 20222022 Coupe du Printempsalign=center 2
77.35		align=center 2
148.29		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
225.64
January 18–22, 20222021 Bavarian Openalign=center 1
81.92		align=center 1
156.42		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
238.34
November 19–21, 20212021–22 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 1
81.05		align=center 2
146.55		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
227.60
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 21–23, 20202020–21 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 4
73.18		align=center 10
107.38		align=center 7
180.56
2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 15–17, 20192019–20 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 6
68.83		align=center 3
123.94		align=center 4
192.77
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 4–10, 20192019 World Junior Championshipsalign=center 20
62.59		align=center 10
133.29		align=center 14
195.88
November 23–25, 20182018–19 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 2
78.23		align=center 2
144.56		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
222.79
August 1–5, 20182018 Asian Open Trophyalign=center 2
50.87		align=center 2
117.14		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
168.01
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 16–18, 20182018 Coupe du Printempsalign=center 1
64.43		align=center 1
131.40		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
195.83
November 24–26, 20172017–18 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 5
63.53		align=center 2
125.62		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
189.15
October 11–14, 20172017 JGP Italyalign=center 6
65.98 		align=center 5
132.46		align=center 5
198.44
September 20–24, 20172017 JGP Belarusalign=center 5
66.49		align=center 5
118.70		align=center 5
185.19
2016–17 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 10–12, 20172017 Coupe du Printempsalign=center 2
51.72		align=center 2
104.63		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
156.35
November 23–25, 20162016–17 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 6
56.07		align=center 5
121.55		align=center 5
177.62
2015–16 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 21–23, 20152015–16 Japan Junior Championshipsalign=center 14
48.89		align=center 14
96.69		align=center 14
145.58

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuna Aoki and Tatsuya Tsuboi were added to the #GPFigure #NHKTrophy lineup . Instagram . Golden Skate . 10 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Tatsuya Tsuboi JPN 166.50 PB/251.52 . Instagram . Golden Skate . 10 November 2024.
  3. Web site: 壷井 達也 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～. 2020-06-10. フジテレビ. ja.

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