Koshiro Shimada (島田 高志郎 Shimada Kōshirō, born September 11, 2001, in Matsuyama, Japan ) is a Japanese figure skater.
He is the 2024 GP de France silver medalist, the 2022 Lombardia Trophy and the 2019 Nebelhorn silver medalist, the 2019 Bavarian Open senior champion, the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and has won three other medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series (silver at the 2018 JGP Austria, two bronze at the 2016 JGP France & 2018 JGP Slovenia). He Is also a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.
Shimada has relocated to Switzerland for training. His coach, Stephane Lambiel, is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and the 2005 & 2006 World Champion, competing for Switzerland.
Fun facts about Koshiro:
He's from Okayama prefecture like Daisuke Takahashi and Keiji Tanaka.
He was originally coached by Hiroshi Nagakubo's old partner.
He won novice nationals the same year as Wakaba Higuchi, and he won in his first year novice A!
ISU bio
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014685.htm
Wikipedia entry
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshiro_Shimada
Rinkresults Entry
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=3619
Japanese Skating federation profile
https://skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=Q/+9GHYa6K4=
Tracings.net Profile
http://www.tracings.net/shim-kosh.html
SP: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
FS: Danse Macabre
2023-24
SP: "Sing Sing Sing" by Louis Prima, Valarie Pettiford, and Fosse Orchestra (kept from last season)
FS: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns; choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2022-23
SP: "Sing Sing Sing" by Benny Goodman; choreo by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: City Memories (Charlie Chaplin), choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2021-22
SP: "Giving Up" by Donny Hathaway, Van McCoy
FS: "City Memories" (Charlie Chaplin); choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2021
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjzJcQiNLg
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRo4Anf1Ec
2021 Warsaw Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8h8Zeldy5I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSpiVHAfMM
2020-21
SP: "Fire Dance" (from Illumination) by Jennifer Thomas; choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
FS: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Sergei Rachmaninoff; choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2020 Japanese Nationals
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9VRG5aEpo
2020 Dreitannen Cup (Switzerland)
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0niHvsQB8
2019-20
SP: "Stay" by Oliver Tompsett; choreo by Sarah Dolan
FS: The Artist soundtrack; choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2019 Japanese Nationals SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kf4aaz8vdU
2019 Japanese Nationals VS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKZcwCVHtE
2019 Nebelhorn SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_mqrMYa6Q
2019 Nebelhorn FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpzhg3c3Zjc
2019 Japan Open FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgzkJFLPkjs
2018-19
SP: "Adios" by Benjamin Clementine
FS: "Winter in Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla
2019 Junior World Championships SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0-rjF1XH00
2019 Junior World Championships FS + Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81uSJYasUM
2019 Junior World Championships FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFYbLfnJ25A
2018-19 Japanese Nationals SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJBcKV9ReI
2018-19 Japanese Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqa9ZOr9ILg
2018 Junior Japanese Nationals SP+Interview
No video found
2018 Junior Japanese Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsVv2a0MFo
2018 JGPF SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KnYqaU2g8Y
2018 JGPF FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91hxpnXWAOU
2018 JGP Linz SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOWSIeg0ec
2018 JGP Linz FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oixD9jk_5W4
2018 JGP Ljubljana SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4VEpMmpKk4
2018 JGP Ljubljana FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVg2WH5a5lg
2017-18
SP: Pina soundtrack by Jun Miyake
FS: W.E. soundtrack by Abel Korzeniowski
2017 JGP Zagreb SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2C_59EgAYY
2017 JGP Zagreb FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObECk6E5AII
2017 JGP Gdansk SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfgZEtc8QUA
2017 JGP Gdansk FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNOQChFg0w
2016-17
SP: Art on Ice by Edvin Marton
FS: Romeo & Juliet sound by Craig Armstrong
2016-17 Japanese Nationals FS + Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=memihH-wG2A
2016-17 Japanese Junior Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKbBwTTBFQY
2016 JGP St. Gervais SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUply_VdsV0
2016 JGP St. Gervais FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4wR6KeE34
2016 JGP Tallinn SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIVFFaZ74AQ
2016 JGP Tallinn FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WovU3T1u3rc
2015-2016
SP: Tosca
FS: Charlie Chaplin soundtracks
2016 Youth Olympics SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCoVGlNsJSg
2015-16 Japanese Senior Nationals SP
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jee97_koshiro-shimada-2015-japanese-nationals-sp_sport
2015 Bratislava JGP:
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNkb3QkG9zI
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sq1foryt-Q&list=PLuB703eaMDlLACMCSBa6QBXzLSYKIJHNi&index=8&t=0s
2015 Zagreb JGP:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNFkwRwh1o
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxoosqp08g
2014-15
2014-15 Novice Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnR37iQEUXk
This year he lost novice nats to Sena Miyake
2013-14
2013-14 Novice Nationals FS
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3k7fvg_koshiro-shimada-2013-japanese-novice-nationals-fs_sport
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2019 SOI I Want to Break Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbpuUvt51ZI
2019 Junior Worlds EX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQwya3IgQ9g
2016 MOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKC4L-HQuU
2015 DOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9469a5fzXDQ
Ice Legends 2014 - Happy Feet Medley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66StewVvJPg
July 2020 - "Japan’s Shimada feels stronger after tough senior debut season"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2020/07/japans-shimada-feels-stronger-after-tough-senior-debut-season/
Dec. 2018 - Junior Grand Prix Final - "‘Dark horse’ Gogolev wins men’s Junior Grand Prix title"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/12/jgpf-men-fs/
Dec. 2018 - Junior Grand Prix Final - "USA’s Pulkinen leads men in Junior Grand Prix Final"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/12/jgpf-men-sp/
He is the 2024 GP de France silver medalist, the 2022 Lombardia Trophy and the 2019 Nebelhorn silver medalist, the 2019 Bavarian Open senior champion, the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and has won three other medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series (silver at the 2018 JGP Austria, two bronze at the 2016 JGP France & 2018 JGP Slovenia). He Is also a two-time Japan Junior national medalist.
Shimada has relocated to Switzerland for training. His coach, Stephane Lambiel, is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and the 2005 & 2006 World Champion, competing for Switzerland.
Fun facts about Koshiro:
He's from Okayama prefecture like Daisuke Takahashi and Keiji Tanaka.
He was originally coached by Hiroshi Nagakubo's old partner.
He won novice nationals the same year as Wakaba Higuchi, and he won in his first year novice A!
Biographical Information
ISU bio
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014685.htm
Wikipedia entry
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshiro_Shimada
Rinkresults Entry
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=3619
Japanese Skating federation profile
https://skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=Q/+9GHYa6K4=
Tracings.net Profile
http://www.tracings.net/shim-kosh.html
Personal Best Total Score | 247.43 | 22.09.2023 | ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 90.55 | 18.11.2021 | ISU CS Warsaw Cup 2021 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 167.86 | 22.09.2023 | ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2023 |
Historical Personal Bests
Type | Score | Event | Event category |
Total | 203.29 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
SP | 70.48 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
SP Technical | 37.05 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
SP Component | 33.43 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
FS | 132.81 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
FS Technical | 66.59 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
FS Component | 67.22 | ISU JGP Tallinn Cup 2016 | Junior Men |
Programs and Videos
2024-25SP: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
FS: Danse Macabre
2023-24
SP: "Sing Sing Sing" by Louis Prima, Valarie Pettiford, and Fosse Orchestra (kept from last season)
FS: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns; choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2022-23
SP: "Sing Sing Sing" by Benny Goodman; choreo by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: City Memories (Charlie Chaplin), choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2021-22
SP: "Giving Up" by Donny Hathaway, Van McCoy
FS: "City Memories" (Charlie Chaplin); choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2021
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjzJcQiNLg
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRo4Anf1Ec
2021 Warsaw Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8h8Zeldy5I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSpiVHAfMM
2020-21
SP: "Fire Dance" (from Illumination) by Jennifer Thomas; choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
FS: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Sergei Rachmaninoff; choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel
2020 Japanese Nationals
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs9VRG5aEpo
2020 Dreitannen Cup (Switzerland)
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0niHvsQB8
2019-20
SP: "Stay" by Oliver Tompsett; choreo by Sarah Dolan
FS: The Artist soundtrack; choreo by Stephane Lambiel
2019 Japanese Nationals SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kf4aaz8vdU
2019 Japanese Nationals VS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKZcwCVHtE
2019 Nebelhorn SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_mqrMYa6Q
2019 Nebelhorn FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpzhg3c3Zjc
2019 Japan Open FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgzkJFLPkjs
2018-19
SP: "Adios" by Benjamin Clementine
FS: "Winter in Buenos Aires" by Astor Piazzolla
2019 Junior World Championships SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0-rjF1XH00
2019 Junior World Championships FS + Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z81uSJYasUM
2019 Junior World Championships FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFYbLfnJ25A
2018-19 Japanese Nationals SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJBcKV9ReI
2018-19 Japanese Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqa9ZOr9ILg
2018 Junior Japanese Nationals SP+Interview
No video found
2018 Junior Japanese Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsVv2a0MFo
2018 JGPF SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KnYqaU2g8Y
2018 JGPF FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91hxpnXWAOU
2018 JGP Linz SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOWSIeg0ec
2018 JGP Linz FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oixD9jk_5W4
2018 JGP Ljubljana SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4VEpMmpKk4
2018 JGP Ljubljana FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVg2WH5a5lg
2017-18
SP: Pina soundtrack by Jun Miyake
FS: W.E. soundtrack by Abel Korzeniowski
2017 JGP Zagreb SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2C_59EgAYY
2017 JGP Zagreb FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObECk6E5AII
2017 JGP Gdansk SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfgZEtc8QUA
2017 JGP Gdansk FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNOQChFg0w
2016-17
SP: Art on Ice by Edvin Marton
FS: Romeo & Juliet sound by Craig Armstrong
2016-17 Japanese Nationals FS + Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=memihH-wG2A
2016-17 Japanese Junior Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKbBwTTBFQY
2016 JGP St. Gervais SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUply_VdsV0
2016 JGP St. Gervais FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4wR6KeE34
2016 JGP Tallinn SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIVFFaZ74AQ
2016 JGP Tallinn FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WovU3T1u3rc
2015-2016
SP: Tosca
FS: Charlie Chaplin soundtracks
2016 Youth Olympics SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCoVGlNsJSg
2015-16 Japanese Senior Nationals SP
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jee97_koshiro-shimada-2015-japanese-nationals-sp_sport
2015 Bratislava JGP:
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNkb3QkG9zI
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sq1foryt-Q&list=PLuB703eaMDlLACMCSBa6QBXzLSYKIJHNi&index=8&t=0s
2015 Zagreb JGP:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNFkwRwh1o
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxoosqp08g
2014-15
2014-15 Novice Nationals FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnR37iQEUXk
This year he lost novice nats to Sena Miyake
2013-14
2013-14 Novice Nationals FS
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3k7fvg_koshiro-shimada-2013-japanese-novice-nationals-fs_sport
.
Exhibitions and Galas
2019 SOI I Want to Break Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbpuUvt51ZI
2019 Junior Worlds EX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQwya3IgQ9g
2016 MOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKC4L-HQuU
2015 DOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9469a5fzXDQ
Ice Legends 2014 - Happy Feet Medley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66StewVvJPg
Competitive History
Interviews and Articles
July 2020 - "Japan’s Shimada feels stronger after tough senior debut season"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2020/07/japans-shimada-feels-stronger-after-tough-senior-debut-season/
Dec. 2018 - Junior Grand Prix Final - "‘Dark horse’ Gogolev wins men’s Junior Grand Prix title"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/12/jgpf-men-fs/
Dec. 2018 - Junior Grand Prix Final - "USA’s Pulkinen leads men in Junior Grand Prix Final"
https://www.goldenskate.com/2018/12/jgpf-men-sp/
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