Misato Komatsubara

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Misato Komatsubara
File:Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto - 2019 Four Continents Championships - 2.jpg
Komatsubara/Koleto at the 2019 Four Continents
Personal information
Native name 小松原 美里
Country represented  Japan
Former country(ies) represented Italy
Born (1992-07-28) July 28, 1992 (age 31)
Tokyo, Japan
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Partner Tim Koleto
Former partner Andrea Fabbri
Kaoru Tsuji
Kokoro Mizutani
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Rie Arikawa
Cathy Reed
Former coach Barbara Fusar-Poli
Stefano Caruso
Nozomi Watanabe
Choreographer Romain Haguenauer
Former choreographer Corrado Giordani
Natalia Linichuk
Skating club Montreal International School of Skating
Former skating club Agora Skating Team Milan
Okayama High School
Training locations Montreal, Canada
Former training locations Milan, Italy
Yokohama, Japan
Began skating 2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 172.20
2021 NHK Trophy
Short dance 68.13
2021 NHK Trophy
Free dance 104.07
2021 NHK Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Team
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2019 Fukuoka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Osaka Team

Misato Komatsubara (小松原 美里 Komatsubara Misato?, born July 28, 1992) is a Japanese ice dancer. She currently represents her home country, in partnership with her husband Tim Koleto, with whom she is the 2020 NHK Trophy champion and a four-time Japanese national champion. Together, they also earned a bronze medal from the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

She previously represented Italy with Andrea Fabbri, with whom she won five international medals, including silver at the 2015 CS Ice Challenge.

Personal life

Komatsubara was born on July 28, 1992, in Tokyo.[1] She speaks Japanese, English, and Italian.[2] She is vegan.[3]

Komatsubara and Tim Koleto began a relationship after partnering on-ice in 2016, and they married in January 2017 in Okayama, Japan.[4][5] Koleto adopted Komatsubara's surname upon his becoming a Japanese citizen in 2020, feeling that "to be Japanese but ask my wife to change to a foreign surname I thought was quite strange."[6]

Career

Early years

Komatsubara began learning to skate in 2001.[7] She competed for Japan with Kokoro Mizutani in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. In 2010, the two received a pair of Junior Grand Prix assignments. They were coached by Nozomi Watanabe in Yokohama, Japan.[8]

During the next two seasons, Komatsubara skated with Kaoru Tsuji. Their partnership ended in 2013. After a pause, she decided to continue skating and resumed training under Rie Arikawa in Okayama.[9]

Partnership with Fabbri

2014–15 season

Komatsubara teamed up with Italy's Andrea Fabbri. The two were coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli in Milan from December 2013.[10] They represented Italy on the senior level. Their international debut came in October 2014 at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event where they finished 6th. After winning bronze medals at the Santa Claus Cup and Italian Championships, they were sent to the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, where they placed 23rd. The two ended their season with gold at the Bavarian Open.

2015–16 season

In 2015–16, Komatsubara/Fabbri took bronze at the Lombardia Trophy and then appeared at two Challenger Series events, winning silver at the 2015 Ice Challenge. After obtaining another silver medal, at the 2015 Santa Claus Cup, they repeated as national bronze medalists and went on to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, where they finished 21st. They were coached by Fusar-Poli and Stefano Caruso in Milan, Italy.[9][7]

Komatsubara and Fabbri ended their partnership in April 2016.[11]

Partnership with Koleto

2016–17 season

Komatsubara teamed up with Timothy Koleto following a tryout in Milan in April 2016.[4] They decided to train together in Milan under Barbara Fusar-Poli.[10] They received the bronze medal at the 2016–17 Japan Championships in December 2016.

2017–18 season

Making their international debut for Japan, Komatsubara/Koleto placed 8th at the CS Lombardia Trophy in September 2017. They finished 10th at their only Grand Prix assignment, the 2017 NHK Trophy. In December, the two won the silver medal at the 2017–18 Japan Championships. They placed 10th at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in late January. In early February, they placed 4th at the 2018 Toruń Cup.

2018–19 season

In March 2018, Komatsubara/Koleto announced that they had moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to train under Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer.[12] They won bronze at both of their ISU Challenger Series events, the 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy and 2018 CS US International Classic. They then competed at two Grand Prix assignments, placing eighth at the 2018 NHK Trophy and eighth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.

Following the Rostelecom Cup, the team moved to train in Japan (coached by Rie Arikawa) in order for Koleto to meet a residency requirement for a future citizenship application.[2] They won their first ice dance title at the 2018-19 Japan Championships in December 2018. They placed ninth at the 2019 Four Continents Championships after placing ninth in both segments. Komatsubara/Koleto represented Japan at their first World Championships, held in Saitama, where they placed twenty-first in the rhythm dance, missing the free dance by one ordinal.

To conclude the season, they participated in the 2019 World Team Trophy as part of Team Japan, which won the silver medal, though Komatsubara/Koleto placed sixth of sixth competitors in each of their segments. Komatsubara served as the Japanese team captain.[13]

2019–20 season

Initially scheduled to begin the season at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, Komatsubara/Koleto withdrew early in the preseason, as a result of Komatsubara having sustained multiple concussions that necessitated time away from training.[14] They later made their season debut at a different Challenger, the 2019 CS Asian Open, where they finished ninth.[15] On the Grand Prix, they were tenth out of ten teams at the 2019 Cup of China, and then withdrew from the 2019 NHK Trophy.

Returning to competition at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, they won their second consecutive national title.[16][17] Komatsubara/Koleto finished eleventh at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. They were also assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[18]

2020–21 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to base the Grand Prix primarily on geographic location, and Komatsubara/Koleto were assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy in a field consisting of only three Japanese dance teams, including the newly debuted pairing of former national champion Kana Muramoto and former Olympic medalist singles skater Daisuke Takahashi. The event occurred a week after Koleto successfully obtained Japanese citizenship, making the team eligible to represent Japan at the Winter Olympics, and he said it was "great to share this moment with the Japanese audience." They placed first in the rhythm dance by over six points.[19] Winning the free dance as well, they took the title, the first Japanese dance team to win the NHK Trophy in its history.[20]

Competing at the 2020–21 Japan Championships, Komatsubara/Koleto placed first in the rhythm dance, four points ahead of Muramoto/Takahashi.[21] They won the free dance by almost twenty points, with both the silver and bronze medalists making serious errors, and took their third consecutive national title. They were named as Japan's representatives to the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.[22] They placed nineteenth, making the free dance for the first time.[23] Komatsubara/Koleto's result qualified a berth for a Japanese dance team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[24]

Komatsubara/Koleto finished the season at the 2021 World Team Trophy, where they placed fifth in both of their segments of the competition and Team Japan won the bronze medal.[25][26][27]

2021–22 season

In preparing their programs for the Olympic season, Komatsubara and Koleto briefly contemplated a Japanese theme for their rhythm dance, but opted against it because Koleto felt "it could be difficult for me as a Caucasian man to skate to a Japanese style. How can I respectfully portray my country that I care so much about in a way that doesn’t feel like a Halloween costume, in a way that doesn’t feel like a joke." Instead they chose a free dance to John Williams' score for Memoirs of a Geisha, as Komatsubara felt "there were pieces of our story, pieces of our road, all inside of this music in this movie."[6]

Komatsubara/Koleto made their season debut at the 2021 Skate America, where they placed fifth.[28] At their second event on the Grand Prix, the 2021 NHK Trophy, they finished in seventh place, 7.30 points behind domestic rivals Muramoto/Takahashi. Koleto said afterward "there were a lot of things that didn’t go as we wanted them," but expressed satisfaction at having achieved new personal bests. He said that their goal was to score over 180 points at the national championships.[29]

The 2021–22 Japan Championships, the final national qualification event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, pitted Komatsubara/Koleto against Muramoto/Takahashi for the second time that season. They won the rhythm dance despite Komatsubara having a twizzle error due to their rivals both falling. Second in the free dance, they won the title overall, and were subsequently named to the Japanese Olympic team.[30]

Komatsubara/Koleto began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Japanese entries in the rhythm dance segment of the Olympic team event. They placed seventh in the segment, securing four points for Team Japan.[31] They went on to finish fifth of the five dance teams in the free segment, taking six points for Japan. The Japanese team ultimately won the bronze medal, making the podium in the team event for the first time.[32] In the dance event, Komatsubara/Koleto were twenty-second in the rhythm dance, missing the cut for the free dance.[33]

Programs

With Koleto

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2021–2022
[34]
2020–2021
[35][36]
2019–2020
[37]
2018–2019
[38]
  • Tango: El Sol Sueno
    by Gidon Kremer
  • Tango: Sueno de Barrilete
    by Susana Rinaldi
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer
Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2017–2018
[1][4][39]
  • Salsa: Ahora Quien
    by Marc Anthony
  • Rhumba: Ahora Quien
    by Marc Anthony
  • Samba: Samba do Brasil (Radio Remix)
    by Bellini
    choreo. by Barbara Fusar-Poli
2016–2017

[39]

With Fabbri

Season Short dance Free dance
2015–2016
[7]
2014–2015
[40]
  • Dancers of the Night
    by Guido Luciani
  • Paso Nr. 6
    performed by André Rieu

With Mizutani

Season Short dance Free dance
2010–2011
[8]
  • Waltz: Song of the Spirits

Competitive highlights

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

With Koleto for Japan

International[28]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Olympics 22nd
Worlds 21st C 19th
Four Continents 10th 9th 11th
GP Cup of China 10th
GP NHK Trophy 10th 8th WD 1st 7th
GP Rostelecom 8th
GP Skate America 6th
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Asian Open 3rd 9th WD
CS Autumn Classic WD
CS Lombardia 8th
CS U.S. Classic 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup WD
Toruń Cup 4th
National[41]
Japan Champ. 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 3rd T
World Team Trophy 2nd T
6th P		 3rd T
5th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Fabbri for Italy

International[42]
Event 14–15 15–16
European Champ. 23rd 21st
CS Denkova-Staviski Cup 4th
CS Ice Challenge 5th 2nd
CS Nepela Trophy 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
Lombardia Trophy 3rd
Santa Claus Cup 3rd 2nd
National[42]
Italian Champ. 3rd 3rd

With Tsuji for Japan

National
Event 11–12 12–13
Japan Championships 4th
Japan Junior Champ. 1st

With Mizutani for Japan

International[43]
Event 09–10 10–11
World Junior Champ. 14th PR
JGP Germany 15th
JGP Japan 11th
Bavarian Open 5th J
National[44]
Japan Junior Champ. 1st 1st
J = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

Women's singles

National[44]
Event 07–08
Japan Junior Champ. 23rd

Detailed results

Senior results

With Koleto for Japan

2021–22 season
Date Event RD FD Total
February 12–14, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 22
65.41		 — 22
65.41
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics — Team event 7
66.54		 5
98.66		 3T
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 1
68.16		 2
110.01		 1
178.17
November 12–14, 2021 2021 NHK Trophy 7
68.13		 7
104.07		 7
172.20
October 22–24, 2021 2021 Skate America 7
63.56		 6
100.76		 6
164.32
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
April 15–18, 2021 2021 World Team Trophy 5
66.42		 5
100.82		 3T/5P
167.24
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 18
68.02		 20
99.79		 19
167.81
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 1
71.74		 1
103.49		 1
175.23
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 1
70.76		 1
108.29		 1
179.05
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 11
61.45		 10
95.75		 11
157.20
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 1
63.79		 1
99.52		 1
163.31
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 10
56.60		 10
88.75		 10
145.35
October 30 - November 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 9
55.39		 9
86.70		 9
142.09
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
April 11–14, 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 6
60.93		 6
99.31		 2T/6P
160.24
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 21
60.98		 - 21
60.98
February 7-10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 9
54.94		 9
94.20		 9
149.14
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 1
52.21		 1
100.39		 1
152.60
November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 8
52.99		 8
90.29		 8
143.28
November 9–11, 2018 2018 NHK Trophy 9
59.40		 8
94.87		 8
154.27
September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS US International Classic 4
53.42		 3
89.51		 3
142.93
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 3
61.28		 2
93.47		 3
154.75
2017–18 season
Date Event SD FD Total
Jan. 30–Feb. 4, 2018 2018 Toruń Cup 4
58.90		 4
88.96		 4
147.86
January 22–28, 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 10
52.45		 9
85.73		 10
138.18
December 20–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 2
56.65		 2
92.82		 2
149.47
November 10–12, 2017 2017 NHK Trophy 10
53.83		 10
78.58		 10
132.41
September 14–17, 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 9
49.80		 6
78.48		 8
128.28
2016–17 season
Date Event SD FD Total
December 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 3
51.47		 3
73.85		 3
125.12

With Fabbri for Italy

2015–16 season
Date Event SD FD Total
January 25–31, 2016 2016 European Championships 21
49.56		 DNQ 21
49.56
December 16–19, 2015 2016 Italian Championships 3
56.50		 3
87.84		 3
144.34
Nov. 28–Dec. 4, 2015 2015 Santa Claus Cup 3
54.32		 2
88.23		 2
142.55
October 20–25, 2015 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup 5
48.14		 4
82.74		 4
245.95
October 27–31, 2015 2015 CS Ice Challenge 2
51.76		 3
74.90		 2
126.66
September 17–20, 2015 2015 Lombardia Trophy 3
47.05		 3
76.83		 3
123.88
2014–15 season
Date Event SD FD Total
February 11–15, 2015 2015 Bavarian Open 1 1 1
142.38
Jan. 26–February 1, 2015 2015 European Championships 23
42.83		 DNQ 23
42.83
December 20–21, 2014 2015 Italian Championships 3
59.75		 4
80.68		 3
140.43
December 1–7, 2014 2014 Santa Claus Cup 3
51.60		 3
77.77		 3
129.37
November 11–16, 2014 2014 CS Ice Challenge 4
50.16		 6
76.98		 5
127.14
October 1–5, 2014 2014 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 6
42.98		 5
65.50		 6
108.48

With Tsuji for Japan

2012–13 season
Date Event SD FD Total
December 20–24, 2012 2012 Japanese Championships 4
34.27		 3
57.90		 4
92.17

Junior results

With Tsuji for Japan

2011–12 season
Date Event SD FD Total
November 25–27, 2011 2011 Japanese Junior Championships 1
33.04		 1
40.86		 1
73.92

With Mizutani for Japan

2010–11 season
Date Event PR SD FD Total
Feb. 28–March. 6, 2011 2011 World Junior Championships 14
48.87		 DNQ DNQ 28
February 9–13, 2011 2011 Bavarian Open – 8
36.16		 5
59.31		 5
95.47
November 26–28, 2010 2010 Japanese Junior Championships – 1
42.02		 1
61.85		 1
103.87
November 10–12, 2017 2010 SBC Cup – 11
35.86		 11
53.18		 11
89.04
September 14–17, 2017 2010 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter – 11
38.16		 16
51.56		 15
89.72
2009–10 season
Date Event CD OD FD Total
November 21–23, 2009 2009 Japanese Junior Championships 1
23.49		 1
37.50		 1
61.61		 1
122.60

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