Yamato Tamura

Japanese name
Kanji	田村 岳斗
Kana	たむら やまと

Yamato Tamura
Tamura in 2003.
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	May 28, 1979 Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Former partner	Marie Arai
Former coach	Minoru Sano, Hiroshi Nagakubo, Masako Ogasawara
Skating club	Nihon University, Tokyo
Began skating	1984
Retired	2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	149.74 2003 NHK Trophy
Short program	53.95 2003 NHK Trophy
Free skate	95.79 2003 NHK Trophy

Yamato Tamura (田村 岳斗 Tamura Yamato, born May 28, 1979) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th.

Career

As a competitor

Competing in single skating, Tamura won two Japanese national titles. He was selected to represent Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics and placed 17th. Minoru Sano coached him during his career. Tamura landed a quadruple toe loop in competition in 1999 and a quadruple toe-triple toe combination in 2000. He retired from competition in 2004 and turned to coaching.

Tamura also competed briefly in pair skating, winning the 1997 national title with Marie Arai.

As a coach

Tamura is a coach at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka alongside Mie Hamada. His students include:

• Marin Honda,^[1] 2015–16 Junior JGP Final bronze medalist
• Taichi Honda^[2]
• Mariko Kihara^[3]
• Satoko Miyahara,^[4] 2015 World silver medalist and 2-time Japanese National champion (2015, 2016)
• Yuna Shiraiwa,^[5] 2015–16 Japanese Junior silver medalist

His former students include:

• Kana Muramoto^[6] (as a singles skater)
• Satsuki Muramoto

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2003–04 [7]	Piano Concerto by Edvard Grieg	Space Battleship Yamato
2002–03 [8]	Canta Loop	Interview with the Vampire by Elliot Goldenthal
2001–02 [9]	Carmen by Georges Bizet	The Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith
2000–01 [10]	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven Waldstein Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven	The Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith

Results

GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix

International[11]
Event	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04
Olympics		17th
Worlds		26th		27th	17th			22nd
Four Continents				8th	6th	9th		5th
GP NHK Trophy		10th	9th	7th	9th	4th	7th	10th
GP Skate America			8th		9th
GP Skate Canada		4th
GP Sparkassen				4th	10th
GP Trophée Lalique						8th	10th
Nebelhorn Trophy	2nd
Asian Games							4th
National[11]
Japan Champ.	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st
WD: Withdrew

References

1. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
2. "Men". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
3. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
4. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
5. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
6. "Ladies". ISU. ISU. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
7. "Yamato TAMURA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004.
8. "Yamato TAMURA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.
9. "Yamato TAMURA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002.
10. "Yamato TAMURA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2001.
11. "Yamato TAMURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.

External links

• Yamato Tamura at the International Skating Union