Yuto Kishina

Yuto Kishina
Native name	木科 雄登
Born	(2001-10-15) October 15, 2001 (age 23) Asakuchi, Japan
Hometown	Asakuchi, Okayama
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Mie Hamada Yamoto Tamura Takashi Mura
Skating club	Kansai University
Began skating	2007

Yuto Kishina (born October 15, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medalist. ^[1] At the Junior level, he is the 2018 JGP Lithuania bronze medalist, 2018 Challenge Cup silver medalist, and 2017 Coupe du Printemps champion.

Early life

Yuto Kishina was born on October 15, 2001, in Asakuchi, Okayama, Japan. He began skating in 2007. ^[1]

Career

2018–19 season: First JGP medal

Kishina opened his season in September 2018 at the Junior Grand Prix event in Lithuania, where he earned a bronze medal. ^[2] He then placed ninth at his second event in Armenia.

2020–21 season

Kishina was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2023−2024	Diablo Rojo choreo. by Cathy Reed	Primavera choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
2022−2023	Bad by Michael Jackson choreo. by Cathy Reed
2021−2022		Violn Sonata No.9 「Kreuter」 by Ludwig van Beethoven choreo. by Cathy Reed
2020−2021	Michelangelo 70 by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Cathy Reed	Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin choreo. by Ernest Martinez
2019−2020	Ameksa by Taalbi Brothers choreo. by Cathy Reed	Interview with the Vampire choreo. by Tom Dickson
2018–2019 [1]		The Untouchables (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Cathy Reed

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix ; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2015-16 to Present

International [3] [4]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24
GP NHK Trophy							7th
Bavarian Open					4th	3rd
International: Junior [3] [4]
JGP Armenia					9th
JGP Australia				5th
JGP Japan			9th
JGP Latvia				7th
JGP Lithuania					3rd
JGP Spain		12th
Asian Open			6th	4th
Challenge Cup				2nd
Printemps			1st
National [5] [6]
Japan			16th	19th	8th	14th	21st	29th	25th	23rd
Japan Junior	24th	11th	4th	5th	4th	6th	4th

Detailed results

• ISU personal bests highlighted inbold.

2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 20–24, 2023	2023–24 Japan Championships	22 64.52	21 123.60	23 188.12
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 21–25, 2022	2022–23 Japan Championships	25 58.73	-	25 58.73
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 22–26, 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	29 45.92	-	29 45.92

2020–21 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
December 23–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	Senior	22 61.38	19 112.92	21 174.30
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	Senior	5 74.44	8 124.90	7 199.34
November 21–23, 2020	2020–21 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	3 73.85	5 127.88	4 201.73
2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 3–9, 2020	2020 Bavarian Open	Senior	3 72.08	5 129.72	3 201.80
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	Senior	8 77.15	18 121.62	14 198.77
November 15–17, 2019	2019–20 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	2 74.29	12 109.28	6 183.57
2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	Senior	7 59.92	3 125.96	4 185.88
December 20–24, 2018	2018–19 Japan Championships	Senior	8 72.96	7 141.39	8 214.35
November 23–25, 2018	2018–19 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	3 74.26	6 124.58	4 198.84
October 10–13, 2018	2018 JGP Armenia	Junior	5 67.04	9 108.76	9 175.80
September 5–9, 2018	2018 JGP Lithuania	Junior	3 68.98	4 122.82	3 191.80
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 22–25, 2018	2018 Challenge Cup	Junior	2 54.88	2 114.47	2 169.35
December 20–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	Senior	23 56.16	18 117.97	19 174.13
November 24–26, 2017	2017–18 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	6 61.35	4 123.59	5 184.94
September 6–9, 2017	2017 JGP Latvia	Junior	12 54.93	7 111.11	7 166.04
August 23–26, 2017	2017 JGP Australia	Junior	6 59.99	4 122.49	5 182.48
August 2–5, 2017	2017 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	4 47.93	4 98.25	4 146.18
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 10–12, 2017	2017 Coupe du Printemps	Junior	1 61.74	1 111.06	1 172.80
December 22–25, 2016	2016–17 Japan Championships	Senior	17 58.43	15 117.51	16 175.94
November 18–20, 2016	2016–17 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	5 58.76	4 112.49	4 181.25
September 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	Junior	7 61.67	10 112.99	9 174.66
August 4–7, 2016	2016 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	4 59.55	6 92.05	6 151.60
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 21–23, 2015	2015–16 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	16 47.98	10 103.57	11 151.55
Sept. 20 – Oct. 3, 2015	2015 JGP Spain	Junior	11 51.25	12 98.56	12 149.81
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 22–24, 2014	2014–15 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	22 46.38	23 77.15	24 123.53

References

1. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
2. Gallagher, Jack (2018-09-11). "Yuto Kishina battles hard to earn first JGP medal of career". The Japan Times Online. ISSN   0447-5763 . Retrieved 2019-12-21.
3. "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
4. "Stats on Ice – Yuto Kishina". www.statsonice.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
5. "Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
6. "Yuto KISHINA". SkatingScores.