Koshiro Shimada

Koshiro Shimada
Personal information
Native name	島田高志郎
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2001-09-11) September 11, 2001 Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Home town	Okayama, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 ¹⁄₂ in)
Coach	Kotoe Nagasawa
Choreographer	Misao Sato, Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club	Shujitsu Gakuen Okayama
Training locations	Okayama, Japan
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	203.29 2016 JGP Tallinn Cup
Short program	70.48 2016 JGP Tallinn Cup
Free skate	132.81 2016 JGP Tallinn Cup

Koshiro Shimada (島田高志郎, Shimada Kōshirō, born September 11, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. He has won one medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 14th at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Koshiro Shimada was born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

Shimada began skating at age 6. He moved to Okayama with his mother to advance his training.^[2]

Shimada's junior international debut came in the 2015–16 season. Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, he placed 7th in Bratislava, Slovakia, and 5th in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked fourth at the Japan Junior Championships, he was assigned to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, where he finished 6th.

During the 2016–17 JGP series, Shimada won the bronze medal in Saint Gervais-les-Bains, France, and placed fourth in Tallinn, Estonia. He took the silver medal at the Japan Junior Championships in November 2016 and placed 7th as a senior at the Japan Championships. At the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, he placed 12th in the short program, 13th in the free skate, and 14th overall.

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–2017 ^[3]	Art on Ice by Edvin Marton choreo. by Misao Sato	Romeo + Juliet O Verona by Craig Armstrong Kissing You by Des'ree O Verona by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

International: Junior^[4]
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Junior Worlds						14th
Youth Olympics					6th
JGP Croatia					5th
JGP Estonia						4th
JGP France						3rd
JGP Slovakia					7th
Asian Trophy						1st J
National^[5]
Japan					11th	7th
Japan Junior				16th	4th	2nd
Japan Novice	12th B	2nd B	1st A	2nd A
Levels: A = Novice-A; B = Novice-B; J = Junior

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