Shoma Uno

UNO Shōma (Kana: うの しょうま; Kanji: 宇野 昌磨) is a Men’s Singles skater who represents Japan. He was born on 17th December 1997 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

He is the 2022 and 2023 World Champion, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the Team Event, a two-time World silver medalist (2018, 2017), the 2019 Four Continents Champion, a five-time Grand Prix Final medalist (2015–2018, 2023), the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion (2016, 2017, 2018). He is also the 2015, 2020 and 2022 Japanese national silver medalist. Earlier in his career, he became the 2015 World Junior champion, and the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion.

Shōma says his name in an ISU Wait...What video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQEb0na0_FY
Biographical Info

ISU Bio:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012455.htm

Ice Network Bio (archive)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180630082416/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/shoma_uno

Rink Results Bio:
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=720

Tracings.net Bio:
http://tracings.net/uno-shom.html

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoma_Uno

Japanese Federation bio:

Golden Skate media profile
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/media/categories/shoma-uno-jpn.72/


Social Media

Website:
http://www.shoma-uno.com/



2023-2024
SP: I Love You Kung Fu by Son Lux, Ryan Lott, Ian Chang
Clair de Lune (Pied: au Piano) by Son Lux, Ryan Lott, Ian Chang
FS: Timelapse by Mari Samuelsen, Trondheim Soloists, Uno Helmersson
Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Violin and Piano) by Vladimir Spivakov, Sergej Bezrodny, Arvo Pärt

2022-2023
SP: "Gravity" by John Mayer
FS: "Air on the G String" by Johann Sebastian Bach;
"Mea tormenta, properate" by Johann Adolf Hasse; choreo by Kenji Miyamoto

2021-2022 Season
SP: "Oboe Concerto" by A. Marcello, "Oboe Concerto (Concerto In C Minor For Cello)" by A. Vivaldi
FS: "Bolero (Boléro IV New Breath)" by Maurice Ravel, performed by Tomotaka Okamoto

2020-2021 Season
SP: Great Spirit by Armin ban Buuren vs Vini Vici feat. Hilight Tribe; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
FS: Dancing On My Own performed by Calum Scott, Your Last Kiss by Karl Hugo; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson

2019-2020 Season
SP: “Great Spirit” by Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici feat. Hilight Tribe; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
FS: "Our Life (Finale)" performed by Brock Hewitt; "Dancing on My Own" by Calum Scott; choreo by David Wilson; "Your Last Kiss " by Karl Hugo; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
EX: "This Town" by Niall Horan; choreo. by David Wilson

2018–2019 Season
SP: Flamenco version of Stairway to Heaven by Rodrigo y Gabriella
FS: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
EX1: “Great Spirit” by Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici feat. Hilight Tribe; choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne, David Wilson
EX2: "Time After Time" by Harry Connick Jr.; choreo. by David Wilson
EX3: "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi

2017–18 Season
SP:"Winter" (from Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi; choreo by Mihoko Higuchi
FS:"Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini, "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Jose Carreras; choreo by Mihoko Higuchi
EX1:See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
EX2:This Town by Niall Horan, Jamie Scott; choreo. by David Wilson

2016–17 Season
SP: “Fantasy For Violin And Orchestra” (from “Ladies in Lavender” soundtrack) by Nigel Hess
FS: “Buenos Aires Hora Cero” by Astor Piazzolla, “Barada Para Un Loco” by Astor Piazzolla
EX1:"See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
EX2:"La vie en rose" performed by Andrea Bocelli, Édith Piaf; choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
EX3:This Town by Niall Horan, Jamie Scott; choreo. by David Wilson

2015–16 Season
SP: “Legends” by Sacred Spirits
FS: “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa Mae; “Nessun Dorma” by Giacomo Puccini performed Paul Potts
EX1:Violin Sonata No.9 by Ludwig van Beethoven; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
EX2:"Don Juan DeMarco" by Michael Kamen; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi

2014–15 Season
SP: “Violin Sonata No. 9” by Ludwig van Beethoven
FS: “Don Juan DeMarco” soundtrack by Michael Kamen
EX1:"The Blessed Spirits" by Vanessa-Mae; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi, Machiko Yamada

2013–14 Season
SP: “The Blessed Spirits” by Vanessa-Mae
FS: “Steps” by Secret Garden
EX2:"Tanguera" by Mariano Mores; choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi, Machiko Yamada

2012–13 Season
SP: “Tanguera” by Mariano Mores
FS: “Steps” by Secret Garden
EX:"Bad Boy Good Man" by Tape Five

2011–12 Season
SP: “Tucker” by Joe Jackson
FS: “Tzigane” by Maurice Ravel

2010–11 Season
SP:
FS: “Tzigane” by Maurice Ravel
EX:"Fly Me to the Moon"






Little Shōma Uno (pre quad flip)
https://twitter.com/JohnWilsonBlade/status/727885899497877504

2010 Highlights of Shōma at Junior Nationals, interview, playing with his little brother at home, practicing jumps, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pkOaD0ScME

2010 Young Shōma cuts up with Plushenko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTP9wUCl6_0&sns=em

Nov 2008 Novice Championships - Espana Cani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_ULhhnIPjw

Feb 12, 2007 Central Japan Figure Skating Championships FS - Opus Number 1 by Ralph Burns (cover of Tommy Dorsey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFWQW0u3Gkw
November 2021 - "Shoma Uno defends NHK Trophy title"

February 2019 - "Revived, Uno rallies to capture first Four Continents title"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2019/02/revived-uno-rallies-to-capture-first-four-continent-title/

December 2018 - "Uno wins third consecutive national title in Osaka"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/12/uno-wins-third-consecutive-national-title-in-osaka/

November 2018 - "Uno pockets fifth Grand Prix gold at 2018 NHK Trophy"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/11/uno-pockets-fifth-grand-prix-gold-at-2018-nhk-trophy/

October 2018 - "Uno defends Skate Canada title"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/10/uno-defends-skate-canada-title/

December 2017- "Shoma Uno defends title at Japanese Nationals"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2017/12/2017-japanese-nationals-men/

October 2017 - "Uno slays competition in Regina despite ‘lack of stamina"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2017/10/uno-slays-competition-regina-despite-lack-stamina/

December 2016 - "Uno wins national title; hopes to improve consistency"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2016/12/2016-17-japanese-nationals-men/

June 2016 - Shōma Uno raises bar for 2016-2017
http://www.goldenskate.com/2016/06/shoma-uno-2/
Associated Thread
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?59772-Shoma-Uno-raises-bar-for-2016-17

April 2016 - Uno lands historic quad flip at Team Challenge
http://www.goldenskate.com/2016/04/2016-team-challenge-men/
Associated Thread
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?59377-Uno-makes-history-Brown-returns

April 2015 Article "Next in line: Shōma Uno" by Tatjana Flade
http://www.goldenskate.com/2015/04/shoma-uno/
Associated Thread
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?54876-Next-in-line-Shoma-Uno

Oct 2014 Thread - Shōma's message to Daisuke's retirement , next "Daisuke" is coming
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...s-retirement-next-quot-Daisuke-quot-is-coming

Oct 2014 Thread - Bóyáng Jīn and Shōma Uno JGPF show down
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?52267-Boyang-Jin-and-Shoma-Uno-JGPF-show-down!

Oct 2007 Thread - New video of Shōma Uno
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?17631-new-video-of-Shoma-Uno

May 2007 - Shōma's first fan thread
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?16741-Uno-Shoma

June 2019 "Discussion about Shoma Uno and Tutberidze by sports journalist Anatoly Samokhvalov and coach Inna Goncharenkov.
By Abatoly Samokhvalova. R-Sport. 06-10-19
https://rsport.ria.ru/20190610/1555428138.htm"l
Translation
https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...arentko-and-a-samokhvalov.105694/post-5596322

December 2016 -"Uno Captures Gold at Japanese Championships "
https://web.archive.org/web/2017073...4/uno-captures-gold-at-japanese-championships

November 2016 - "Uno outshines Fernández at Rostelecom Cup"
https://web.archive.org/web/2017073...106/uno-outshines-fernandez-at-rostelecom-cup

October 2016 - First quadruple flip jump in a figure skating competition (male)
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.jp/news/2016/10/uno-shoma-445706

September 2016 - Uno on the cover of Figure Skate Life vol.7
http://www.fusosha.co.jp/img/item/isbn/9784594611132.jpg

September 2016 - Training footage from Chicago and start of the season fluff
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4saqvo_160907-昌磨_sport

July 2016 - Uno on the cover of Figure Skate Nihon Daihyou Memorial 2016
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51L10P9G-dL._SX351_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

April 2016 - First quadruple Flip performed in competition
http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pa...first-quadruple-flip-performed-in-competition

March 21, 2016 - Uno on the cover of AERA
http://publications.asahi.com/ecs/image/cover_image/17875.jpg

July 2015 - Uno signed with a management agency, Universal Sports Marketing.
Source

June 2015 - Interview by Kenji Miyamoto
Video links and translations

June 2015 - Interview by Shizuka Arakawa
Video unavailable, preview only

May 2015 - "Rising stars of Asia: Uno ready to put on a show" by Wei Xiong
https://web.archive.org/web/2015101...sing-stars-of-asia-uno-ready-to-put-on-a-show

December 2015 - "Uno: 'I'm still in the process of making it complete"
https://web.archive.org/web/2016041...im-still-in-the-process-of-making-it-complete

April 2015 - Uno and Yamamoto on the cover of World Figure Skating Magazine NEXT (Special Edition)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71ISohQt5XL.jpg

March 2015 - "Uno withstands late charge from Jin to win title" by Klaus-Reinhold Kany
https://web.archive.org/web/2015101...-withstands-late-charge-from-jin-to-win-title

March 2015 - "Red-hot Uno in full control after excellent short" by Klaus-Reinhold Kany
https://web.archive.org/web/2016041...hot-uno-in-full-control-after-excellent-short

Dec 2014 - "Shōma Uno: the story of a triumph" by Florentina Tone
http://www.insideskating.net/2014/12/15/features/shoma-uno-the-story-of-a-triumph

December 2014 - "Uno in full control, runs away with men's title" by Jean-Christophe Berlot
https://web.archive.org/web/2015101...uno-in-full-control-runs-away-with-mens-title

Oct. 2014 - "Uno Wins Men's Gold at JGP Croatia" by Michael Terry
https://web.archive.org/web/2015101...wins-mens-gold-at-jgp-croatia-silver-for-chen

Shoma is still small but has a bright future once gets a consistent 3A
an explosive and mini Daisuke in the making. he will be up there with Yuzuru in the coming years
and he is very popular in Japan like Yuzuru

Thanks for starting this thread. I became a fan of his after watching this perfromance of his at MOI in 2013.
He needs to up his tech but my goodness he has everything else. He received Level 4 in spins and footwork
in both SP and FP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idzi8ns1Ta0

demarinis5 said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idzi8ns1Ta0

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His choice in outfit there reminds me of Captain Kirk
Teasing aside, Shoma is one of the younger skaters I'm looking forward to the most, he's so fast and smooth on the ice!
And he has said he idolizes Yuzuru- or maybe that he wants to follow in his footsteps? My japanese isn't that great : Definitely something along those lines, though.

YES SHOMA THE FUTURE OF TEAM JAPAN MENS FIGURE SKATING
i love that he already has his own style at such a young age; now he just needs to get all his jumps. hes going to be a big name in japan one day!! :--)

Shoma is one of the few junior that really stands out! He has always had a great personality from the very beginning and really reminds a little Takahashi in terms of musicality! The only thing that worries me is his little figure. I don't know how much the judges can appreciate his performances since he's so tiny and everything he does is so tiny too... As long as he skates among junior it's relative but with the seniors the difference'll be bigger hwell: I see the same problem with the other japanese raising star Miyahara

Bringing back this thread because Shoma debuted his new LP at Dreams On Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_hD-bEQ4k

ioanap said:

Bringing back this thread because Shoma debuted his new LP at Dreams On Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_hD-bEQ4k

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He can glide out of his jumps so nicely And the positions at 2:38 are creative.
Giving that rose away to the woman in the audience was especially cute

Does anyone know if he's moving up this season? I'm hoping he'll stay junior for now and work on his 3A, I don't want him to get lost in the senior mix

shiroKJ said:

Does anyone know if he's moving up this season? I'm hoping he'll stay junior for now and work on his 3A, I don't want him to get lost in the senior mix

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well he hasn't been assigned any senior GPs, unless JSF uses their last NHK host pick on him. But it's very likely that the host pick could go to Keiji, so I think we can expect him to stay in juniors this season.

He's assigned to JGPs so far. But even if he goes to NHK it's only gonna be a one-time thing since he won't get a spot for 4CC and least of all Worlds.

I have to say I love his spins and the smooth gliding on the ice. He's channeling Dai a lot in this program and that's very cute to see but at the same time he has his own personal style.

Also, I looove his cantilever.

Shoma landed a 4T! Slightly underrotated but still, it's a progress.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22eit5_ドデスカ-全日本強化合宿_sport#from=embediframe

ioanap said:

Shoma landed a 4T! Slightly underrotated but still, it's a progress.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22eit5_ドデスカ-全日本強化合宿_sport#from=embediframe

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I don't know if it is my feeling only but he is looking on this video like young Yuzuru

Nice attempt on quad, very light. I am actually quite surprised on flexibility of this jump. Last time when I saw his performance at junior worlds he was looking quite heavy on jumps. Nice progress

HanDomi said:

I don't know if it is my feeling only but he is looking on this video like young Yuzuru

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I actually thought he looked a lot like Daisuke, especially just before doing the quad.

But that may be just me, because I see Shoma channeling Daisuke many times.

I have to admit I didn't expect to see such a good quad attempt from Shoma, especially knowing that the 3A is still giving him a lot of trouble. He probably won't put it in his programs yet but I do hope he manages to get a fully rotated and consistent one in the future. After seeing this, I've gotten high hopes for his 3A success as well.

Meanwhile, what he really needs to do is fix his flutz. It's the most important thing for him right now.

I'd say that Shoma's 4T looks more rotated than Nam's 4S right now. I cried tears of joy when I read that Shoma landed a quad in practice. Maybe landing quads will have a good effect on his 3As? Maybe he'll actually rotate and land his 3As??? I can only hope.
But yes, he needs to fix his flutz. Especially because I think the lutz is the required jump for the junior men's SP this season.

ioanap said:

Shoma landed a 4T! Slightly underrotated but still, it's a progress.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22eit5_ドデスカ-全日本強化合宿_sport#from=embediframe

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Ooooooh maaaai gaaado... Is Shoma practicing quads already? Looking at the vid, he's landing it almost. Wow! Ilia has done wonders to Shoma! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ilia! And Shoma's grown up quite a bit, isn't he? Now he is probably the only skater who grabs my heart with its skate among the current J-boys after Daisuke. Good luck to him in the new season! :yay:

Meoima said:

I don't know and dare not say for sure since Axel and Lutz are entire different matters to toe loop. :think: Let's hope for him.

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I am only thinking wishfully. He may be one of those skaters that never really get their triple axels down sighs. He's my hope for the future of Japanese mens and I want him to do well this season.

Wow I'm pleasantly surprised at his 4T. I was expecting it to be pretty rough, but that was pretty nice