Kento Nakamura

Kento Nakamura
Nakamura at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Coach	Yutaka Higuchi
Former coach	Naoki Shigematsu
Choreographer	David Wilson Kenji Miyamoto
Former choreographer	Nanami Abe
Skating club	Rikkyo University (St. Paul's University)
Training locations	Tokyo
Began skating	1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	176.18 2009 JGP Bosphorus Cup
Short program	62.48 2009 JGP Bosphorus Cup
Free skate	116.53 2009 JGP Bosphorus Cup

Kento Nakamura (中村健人, Nakamura Kento, born October 16, 1991) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 NRW Trophy bronze medalist, the 2013 Bavarian Open silver medalist, a two-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the 2011 Japan junior national champion.

Career

Nakamura began skating at age 7. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2007. In 2009, he won medals at both of his JGP assignments — silver in the United States and bronze in Turkey.^[1] His results qualified him for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where he finished eighth. After ranking seventh on the senior level at the Japan Championships, he was assigned to the 2010 Four Continents Championships and placed 15th.

In the 2010–11 season, Nakamura finished off the podium at his JGP events but won the Japan Junior Championships.^[2] He was sent to the 2011 World Junior Championships and finished 14th.

Nakamura won bronze at the 2011 NRW Trophy and silver at the 2013 Bavarian Open.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–14	Vizir (from "Gypsy Fashion")	Piano Concerto No.5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
2012–13 ^[3]	Vizir (from "Gypsy Fashion")	Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns
2011–12	Tango Fugata by Ástor Piazzolla	Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns
2010–11 ^[4]	Bugle Call Rag	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
2009–10	The Mission by Ennio Morricone	Poeta by Vicente Amigo Intermezzo from Carmen by George Bizet
2007–08 ^[5]	Symphony No. 3 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns	Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[6]
Event	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Four Continents							15th
Finlandia										7th	8th
NRW Trophy									3rd
Ondrej Nepela									6th
Bavarian Open										2nd
International: Junior^[6]
Junior Worlds								14th
JGP Final							8th
JGP Czech Rep.								8th
JGP Japan								9th
JGP Romania					10th
JGP Turkey							3rd
JGP USA							2nd
Mladost Trophy	1st N.
National^[7]
Japan Champ.						11th	7th	8th	8th	6th	11th
Japan Junior		27th	19th	8th	14th	4th	2nd	1st
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

↑ Kuryu, Atsuko (2009). "Kento Nakamura". Absolute Skating. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009.
↑ "Dai 79-kai Zen Nihon Figyua Sukēto Junia Senshuken Taikai". Japan Skating Federation. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
↑ "Kento NAKAMURA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 19, 2012.
↑ "Kento NAKAMURA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
↑ "Kento NAKAMURA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008.
1 2 "Competition Results: Kento NAKAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.
↑ "中村健人 NAKAMURA Kento" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014.

External links

Media related to Kento Nakamura at Wikimedia Commons

Kento Nakamura at the International Skating Union

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