Takahiko Kozuka
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Takahiko Kozuka (小塚崇彦, born February 27, 1989 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. Kozuka is his family name. According to Japanese tradition the family name is first, so in Japan he is called Kozuka Takahiko.
Kozuka began skating at age five. He is coached by his father, Tsuguhiko Kozuka, and Nobuo Sato. Kozuka represents Chukyo SHSC. In 2005, he won the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, and in 2006, he won the World Junior Championships.
[edit] Competitive highlights
Event | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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Asian Winter Games | 4th | ||||
Japanese Nationals | 7th J. | 6th J. | 4th J. | 1st J. | 6th |
Trophee Eric Bompard | 6th | ||||
NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||
World Junior Championships | 1st | ||||
Junior Grand Prix Final | 1st | ||||
Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 1st | ||||
Junior Grand Prix, Canada | 4th | 2nd | |||
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary | 7th | ||||
Junior Grand Prix, Poland | 9th | ||||
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 2nd |
[edit] Navigation
1976: Mark Cockerell | 1977: Daniel Beland | 1978: Dennis Coi | 1979: Vitali Egorov | 1980: Alexander Fadeev | 1981: Paul Wylie | 1982: Scott Williams | 1983: Christopher Bowman | 1984: Viktor Petrenko | 1985: Erik Larson | 1986: Vladimir Petrenko | 1987: Rudy Galindo | 1988: Todd Eldredge | 1989: Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | 1990: Igor Pashkevich | 1991: Vasili Eremenko | 1992: Dmitri Dmitrenko | 1993: Evgeni Pliuta | 1994: Michael Weiss | 1995: Ilia Kulik | 1996: Alexei Yagudin | 1997: Evgeni Plushenko | 1998: Derrick Delmore | 1999: Ilia Klimkin | 2000: Stefan Lindemann | 2001: Johnny Weir | 2002: Daisuke Takahashi | 2003: Alexander Shubin | 2004: Andrei Griazev | 2005: Nobunari Oda | 2006: Takahiko Kozuka | 2007: Stephen Carriere |
1997: Timothy Goebel | 1998: Vincent Restencourt | 1999: Gao Song | 2000: Ma Xiaodong | 2001: Stanislav Timchenko | 2002: Alexander Shubin | 2003: Evan Lysacek | 2004: Dennis Phan | 2005: Takahiko Kozuka | 2006: Stephen Carriere |