Takeshi Honda

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For the animator, see Takeshi Honda (animator).
Takeshi Honda
File:Honda takeshi.jpg
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1981-03-23) March 23, 1981 (age 43)
Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan
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Former coach Doug Leigh
Michelle Leigh
Galina Zmievskaya
Hiroshi Nagakubo
Retired 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 207.78
2003 Skate Canada
Short program 77.54
2003 Skate Canada
Free skate 136.62
2003 Skate America
Medal record
Figure skating: Men's singles
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Washington, D.C. Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Nagano Men's singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Beijing Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2002 Jeonju Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Salt Lake City Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Halifax Men's singles
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Aomori Men's singles

Takeshi Honda (本田 武史 Honda Takeshi?, born March 23, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2002, 2003), two-time Four Continents champion (1999, 2003), and six-time Japan national champion.

Personal life

Takeshi Honda was born on March 23, 1981 in Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan.[1][2] He plays the piano.[3]

Career

Honda began short track speed skating at the age of six with his brother and switched to figure skating at nine.[3] At 12, when he entered junior high school, he moved to Sendai to train with Hiroshi Nagakubo.[4] Although he started the training somewhat late, he caught up very quickly and was, at 14, the youngest senior national champion in Japan ever.

In December 1997, Honda left Japan to train with Galina Zmievskaya at the International Skating Center in Simsbury, Connecticut.[5] He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where he finished 15th. Following the 1998 Skate Canada International, Honda moved to Barrie, Ontario, Canada to work with Doug Leigh.[3] He became the first Four Continents champion in history when he won the inaugural event in 1999.

In 2002, Honda won the bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships and finished in 4th place at the Winter Olympics. He was the first male skater from Japan to medal at the World Championships since Minoru Sano took the bronze in 1977. Honda withdrew from the 2005 World Championships after injuring his ankle in a fall during the qualifying segment.

Honda ended his competitive career and turned to show skating in March 2006. He is also a TV commentator.[6] He resides in Takatsuki city, Osaka to coach Daisuke Takahashi (as a technical coach)[7] and Kansai University Skating club.[6] He also coached Mai Asada.[8]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2005–2006
[1][9]		 Romeo and Juliet
by Nino Rota		 Tosca
by Giacomo Puccini		 The Dirty Boogie
by Brian Setzer
2004–2005
[10]		 Piano Concerto No. 1
by Frédéric Chopin		 Warsaw Concerto
by Richard Addinsell

Red Ribbon[11]
by Kodo (taiko group)

 The Dirty Boogie[12]
by Brian Setzer
2003–2004
[13]		 Romeo and Juliet
by Nino Rota		 Warsaw Concerto
by Richard Addinsell		 Wherever You Will Go
by The Calling
2002–2003
[14][15][3]		 Leyenda
by Vanessa-Mae		 Riverdance[11]
by Bill Whelan

The Mummy
by Jerry Goldsmith

 Moulin Rouge!
by Steve Sharples

Wherever You Will Go
by The Calling
2001–2002
[16][17]		 Don Quixote[18]
by Ludwig Minkus

Sing Sing Sing[18]
by Louis Prima

 Concierto de Aranjuez[11]
by Joaquín Rodrigo

Rhapsodia Cubana
by Ernesto Lecuona

 Bonzo's Montreux
by Led Zeppelin
2000–2001
[19]		 Don Quixote[18]
by Ludwig Minkus		 Concierto de Aranjuez[11]
by Joaquín Rodrigo		 Mambo Mambo
by Lou Bega
1999–2000 Violin Concerto
by Felix Mendelssohn		 Rising Sun[18]
by Kitarō		 I Could Not Ask For More
by Edwin McCain
1998–1999 Two-Minute Warning
by Ernie Albert

Doop-Doop
by Doop

 The Man in the Iron Mask [18]
by Nick Glennie-Smith		 Heaven and Earth (1990 film)
by Kitarō

I Believe I Can Fly
by R. Kelly
1997–1998 Original song[20] El Cid[21]
by Miklós Rózsa		 I Believe I Can Fly
by R. Kelly
1996–1997
[22]		 Tico Tico Swing Kids[11]

Results

Results[23]
International
Event 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
Olympics 15th 4th
Worlds 13th 10th 11th 6th 10th 5th 3rd 3rd WD
Four Continents 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 1st WD
Grand Prix Final 5th
GP Lalique 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 4th 9th 6th 2nd 6th 4th 1st 2nd 7th 9th
GP Skate America 6th 7th 2nd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 9th 5th 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 7th 4th
GP Sparkassen 5th
Nebelhorn 1st
Asian Games 1st
National
Japan Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th
GP = Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew

References

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  9. ↑ "Cutting Edge" pp.90-91
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  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Cutting Edge" p.19
  12. ↑ "Cutting Edge" p.91
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  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 "Cutting Edge" p.91, 19
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  20. ↑ 『氷上の貴公子』p.105
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External links

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