Shu Nakamura

Shu Nakamura
Personal information
Native name 中村 優
Country represented Japan
Born (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Utako Nagamitsu, Takeshi Honda, Mari Araya, Mamiko Yamai, Aki Sawada
Former coach Yumi Yoshida
Choreographer Robert Dow, Eiji Iwamoto
Skating club Kansai University, Osaka
Training locations Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 186.22
2016 Junior Worlds
Short program 66.05
2016 Junior Worlds
Free skate 120.17
2016 Junior Worlds

Shu Nakamura (中村 優 Nakamura Shū, born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. He won the bronze medal at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships and finished 12th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–16
[1]
2014–15
[2]
  • Libertango
    by Astor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto
2013–14
[3]
  • Come on in this House
    by Junior Wells
    choreo. by Robert Dow
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
    in G Minor, Op. 26
    by Max Bruch
    choreo. by Robert Dow
2012–13
[4]
  • Violin Concerto No. 1
    in G Minor, Op. 26
    by Max Bruch

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[5]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Junior Worlds 12th
Youth Olympics 6th
JGP Austria 10th
JGP Estonia 9th
JGP Germany 8th
JGP Italy 18th
JGP Poland 5th
JGP Slovenia 10th
JGP Turkey 6th
Gardena 2nd J.
National[6]
Japan 12th 9th
Japan Junior 23rd 16th 12th 8th 8th 3rd 5th
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ "Shu NAKAMURA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Shu NAKAMURA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Shu NAKAMURA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shu NAKAMURA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Competition Results: Shu NAKAMURA". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "中村 優/NAKAMURA Shu" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016.

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