:Shingo Nishiyama
{{short description|Japanese figure skater}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Shingo Nishiyama
|native_name= 西山 真瑚
|image= File:2020-01-15 Medals Ceremonies (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–143.jpg
|caption= Nishiyama at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
|altname=
|country= {{JPN}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|2002|01|24|mf=yes}}
|birth_place= Tokyo, Japan
|hometown= Tokyo
|height= {{height|m=1.73}}
|partner= Azusa Tanaka (since 2023)
Ayumi Takanami (2021–22)
Utana Yoshida (2019–21)
|formerpartner= Ayumi Takanami, Utana Yoshida
|coach= Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
|skating club= OrientalBio
|beganskating= 2008
|retired=
|module = {{Figure skating infobox medals|nationals=Japan
|NC={{FS medal|s|NC|nationals=Japan|2023–24|Nagano|d}}{{FS medal|s|NC|nationals=Japan|2024–25|Osaka|d}}{{FS medal|b|NC|nationals=Japan|2021–22|Saitama|d}}
|YOG={{FS medal|g|YOG|2020|Lausanne|t}}
}}
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{{nihongo|Shingo Nishiyama|西山 真瑚|Nishiyama Shingo|born January 24, 2002}} is a Japanese ice dancer. He and current partner Azusa Tanaka are the 2025 Asian Winter Games bronze mealists and two-time Japanese national silver medalists (2023–24, 2024–25).
With his former skating partner, Utana Yoshida, he was a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion (2020, 2021) and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympics champion in the team event. He later competed for one season with Ayumi Takanami, winning the bronze medal at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.
Personal life
Shingo Nishiyama was born on January 24, 2002, in Tokyo, Japan. He has an older sister. Nishiyama's favorite subjects in school are Japanese history and world history. He attended Hinode Gakuen, a correspondence school recommended by fellow Japanese ice dancer Aru Tateno. Nishiyama was accepted into Waseda University's School of Human Sciences to study sports education and psychology, as he wants to become a skating coach. He is related to Japanese ballerina Akane Takada through his mother's side and has worked with her on improving body movement.
Nishiyama looks up to two-time Olympic champion, Yuzuru Hanyu.
Career
= Early career =
Nishiyama began skating in 2008 at the age of six, at the suggestion of his first coach Masahiro Kawagoe, who saw him attending a lesson at Citizens' Plaza in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He previously trained with Yutaka Higuchi in Tokyo, and qualified to compete at the Japan Championships each year. He was invited to skate in the gala at the 2013 World Team Trophy as the Japanese national novice champion in the same season.
Nishiyama moved to Canada alone at age fourteen to train with Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, and Ghislain Briand at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, despite not knowing the language. After he suffered a hip injury in the fall of 2018 and was unable to practice jumps, another coach at the club, Andrew Hallam, suggested that he consider switching to ice dance. Despite Nishiyama's initial reluctance to switch disciplines, he drew inspiration from Japanese sprinter Dai Tamesue's book to adjust his mindset.
Nishiyama teamed up with Utana Yoshida in early 2019 after a tryout arranged by the Japan Skating Federation in the fall of 2018, and she moved to train with him and his coaches at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Canada in February 2019.
= Partnership with Yoshida =
== 2019–2020 season ==
In their first season as a partnership, Yoshida/Nishiyama placed sixth at both 2019 JGP United States and 2019 JGP Italy. They then won gold at the Western Sectional and advanced to the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, where they again won gold, ahead of Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda. As a result, Yoshida/Nishiyama were assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. They were invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 NHK Trophy as junior national champion.
At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Yoshida / Nishiyama placed sixth in the ice dance event with a new personal best, following a sixth-place rhythm dance and a fourth-place free dance. They were chosen by draw to be part of Team Courage for the mixed-NOC team event, alongside singles' skaters Arlet Levandi of Estonia and Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia and pairs team Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia. Yoshida/Nishiyama won the free dance portion of the team event, ahead of both the silver and bronze medalists from the individual ice dance event, to help Team Courage win the gold medal.
Yoshida/Nishiyama set a goal of being in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships. They placed twelfth in Tallinn.
== 2020–2021 season ==
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Yoshida/Nishiyama would have competed, was cancelled. In November, they won their second consecutive junior national title at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships.
Yoshida/Nishiyama announced their split in January 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKK6Omfpq_X/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/shinnnnn_gooo/2489057834179145687 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=Thank you for supporting Utana and me. Today, there is an important announcement. Utana and I decided to separate into our own pathways.|first=Shingo|last=Nishiyama|author-link=Shingo Nishiyama|type=Instagram|date=January 18, 2021}}{{cbignore}} Nishiyama indicated that he would continue in ice dance, rather than returning to singles. In March 2021, he announced his new partnership with fellow Waseda University skater Ayumi Takanami.{{cite tweet|number=1371024088475394048|user=shinnnnn_gooo|title=この度、高浪歩未と西山真瑚はアイスダンスカップルを結成することになりました。|trans-title=This time, Ayumi Takanami and Shingo Nishiyama will form an ice dance couple.|lang=ja|first=Shingo|last=Nishiyama|author-link=Shingo Nishiyama|date=March 14, 2021}}
= Partnership with Takanami =
== 2021–2022 season ==
Takanami/Nishiyama made their competitive debut at the 2021–22 Japan Championships, winning the bronze medal. Their partnership would soon dissolve afterwards.
= Partnership with Nishiyama =
== 2022–2023 season ==
Nishiyama competed in the men's singles during the 2022-23 season, coming sixteenth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships.
On 6 May 2023, Nishiyama announced that he and former Japanese single skater Azusa Tanaka had formed an ice dance partnership and would be training at the Ice Academy of Montreal in Montreal, Canada.
== 2023–2024 season ==
Tanaka/Nishiyama made their international competitive debut on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, coming ninth. They next competed at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, which proved to be a tight contest between them and two other senior teams. Tanaka/Nishiyama won the rhythm dance, finishing ahead of four-time national champions Komatsubara/Koleto and the new team Yoshida/Morita. However, they were third in the free dance, and finished second overall. The team said they were satisfied to have made it onto the podium, noting their rapid progress in the short time since partnering.
With the close result at the national championships, the Japan Skating Federation opted to postpone assigning Japan's lone berth at the 2024 World Championships pending the results of all three teams at the 2024 Four Continents Championships. Traveling to Shanghai to compete, Tanaka/Nishiyama finished eleventh overall, third among the Japanese teams.
= 2024–25 season =
Although initially assigned to compete at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in September, Tanaka/Nishiyama would withdraw from the event.{{cite web |title=🇩🇪 Arthur Wolfgang Mai, 🇮🇱 Julia Fennell, 🇳🇱 Julia van Dijk, 🇳🇴 Linnea Kilsand, 🇮🇱 Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov, and 🇯🇵 Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama have withdrawn from Nebelhorn Trophy |url=https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1830974087331750230 |website=X |publisher=Anything GOEs |access-date=4 November 2024}} Their first event of the season was the 2024 NHK Trophy, where they finished tenth.
In late December, Tanaka/Nishiyama won the silver medal at the 2024–25 Japan Championships behind Yoshida/Morita.{{cite web |title=2025 Japanese Nationals - Ice Dance Final Results |url=https://skatingscores.com/2425/natjpn/sr/dance/results/ |website=Skating Scores |publisher=Skating Scores |access-date=22 December 2024}} They were subsequently named to the Four Continents team.{{cite web |title=🇯🇵 Japan’s assignments for #4ContsFigure |url=https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1870819353266205130 |website=X |publisher=Anything GOEs |access-date=22 December 2024}}
Programs
= With Tanaka =
= With Yoshida =
File:2020-01-11 Ice Dance Rhythm Dance (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–1035.jpg]]
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= Men's singles =
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
= Ice dance with Tanaka =
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead;" align="center" | International | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event
! 23–24 ! 24–25 | ||
| align=left | Four Continents | 11th | 11th |
| align=left | {{small|GP}} NHK Trophy | 10th | |
| align="left" | {{small|CS}} Golden Spin | 9th | |
| align=left | {{small|CS}} Nebelhorn Trophy | WD | |
| align=left | Asian Winter Games | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead;" align="center" | National | ||
| align="left" |Japan | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
| align="left" | Japan Eastern/Western Sect. | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
| colspan="3" align="center" |TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
= Ice dance with Takanami=
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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | National | |
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| Event
! 21–22 | |
| align=left | Japan Champ. | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |
| colspan=2 align=center | TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
= Ice dance with Yoshida =
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| colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead;" align="center" | International: Junior | ||
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| Event
! 19–20 ! 20–21 | ||
| align="left" | Junior Worlds | 12th | |
| align="left" | Youth Olympics | 6th | |
| align="left" | {{small|JGP}} Italy | 6th | |
| align="left" | {{small|JGP}} United States | 6th | |
| align="left" | Bavarian Open | 6th | |
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead;" align="center" | National | ||
| align="left" | Japan Junior Champ. | bgcolor=gold |1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
| align="left" | Western Sect | bgcolor=gold | 1st J | bgcolor=gold | 1st J |
| colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | Team events | ||
| align=left | Youth Olympics | bgcolor=gold | 1st T 1st P | |
| colspan="3" align="center" | T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. Levels: J = Junior |
= Men's singles =
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| colspan="13" style="background-color: #ffdead;" align="center" | National | ||||||||||||
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| Event
! 11–12 ! 12–13 ! 13–14 ! 14–15 ! 15–16 ! 16–17 ! 17–18 ! 18–19 ! 19–20 ! 20–21 ! 21–22 ! 22–23 | ||||||||||||
| align="left" | Japan Champ. | 16th | |||||||||||
| align="left" | Japan Junior | 25th | 17th | 16th | 9th | 9th | |||||||
| align="left" | Japan Novice | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd B | bgcolor="gold" | 1st B | bgcolor="cc966" | 3rd A | 4th A | ||||||||
| align="left" | Eastern Sect. | 5th J | bgcolor=gold | 1st J | 5th J | 5th J | 4th | |||||||
| align="left" | Tokyo Reg. | bgcolor="gold" | 1st B | bgcolor="gold" | 1st B | bgcolor="gold" | 1st A | bgcolor="gold" | 1st A | bgcolor="cc966" | 3rd J | bgcolor="cc966" | 3rd J | bgcolor=gold | 1st J | bgcolor=silver | 2nd J | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||
| colspan="13" align="center" | Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B; J = Junior |
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
= With Tanaka =
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2024-25
|Nov 8–10, 2024|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2024 NHK Trophy|10|59.15|10|92.12|10|151.27
|Dec 19–22, 2024|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2024–25 Japan Championships|2|66.03|2|102.89|2|168.92
|Feb 11–13, 2025|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2025 Asian Winter Games|3|63.21|3|100.50|3|163.71
|Feb 19–23, 2025|{{flagicon|KOR}} 2025 Four Continents Championships|12|59.84|10|96.55|11|156.39
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2023-24
|Dec 6–9, 2023|{{flagicon|CRO}} 2023 CS Golden Spin|10|61.86|9|96.83|9|158.69
|Dec 20–24, 2023|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2023–24 Japan Championships|1|71.08|3|105.35|2|176.43
|Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2024 Four Continents Championships|11|62.09 |12|95.54|11|157.63
}}
= With Yoshida =
== Junior results ==
File:2020-01-11 Ice Dance Rhythm Dance (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–0910.jpg]]
File:Utana Yoshida and Shingo Nishiyama - 2019 JGP United States.jpg]]
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! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center |2020–21 season |
| Date
! Event ! RD ! FD ! Total |
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| November 21–23, 2020
| 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
| Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2020
| 2020–21 Japan Western Sectional | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
| style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center | 2019–20 season |
| Date
! Event ! RD ! FD ! Total |
| March 2–8, 2020
| 2020 World Junior Championships | align=center | 13 | align=center | 8 | align=center | 12 |
| February 3–9, 2020
| 2020 Bavarian Open | align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 |
| January 10–15, 2020
| 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team | align=center | – | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1T/1P |
| January 10–15, 2020
| align=center | 6 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 6 |
| November 15–17, 2019
| 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
| November 1–4, 2019
| 2019–20 Japan Western Sectional | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
| October 2–5, 2019
| align=center | 7 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 |
| August 28–31, 2019
| align=center | 6 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 6 |
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA: Competition Results|publisher=International Skating Union}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA|publisher=International Skating Union}}
{{cite web|url=https://number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/840617|title=日本のアイスダンス界に新星！ 15歳吉田唄菜＆17歳西山真瑚。|trans-title=A rising star in the Japanese ice dance world! 15-year-old Utana Yoshida & 17-year-old Shingo Nishiyama.|language=Japanese|first=Akiko|last=Tamura|publisher=Number|date=September 6, 2019}}
{{cite web|url=https://this.kiji.is/590496785360028769?c=508269129292334177|title=ユース五輪で金…アイスダンス西山真瑚は17歳でカナダ一人暮らし|trans-title=Gold at the Youth Olympics ... ice dancer Shingo Nishiyama lives alone in Canada at the age of 17|language=Japanese|first=Hiromi|last=Yokoi|publisher=Kobunsha|date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302050150/https://this.kiji.is/590496785360028769?c=508269129292334177|archive-date=March 2, 2020|url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url=https://4years.asahi.com/article/13361288|title=フィギュアのアイスダンス界に新星、羽生結弦に憧れる早稲田大・西山真瑚|trans-title=Waseda University's rising ice dance star who admires Yuzuru Hanyu: Shingo Nishiyama|language=Japanese|first=Yumi|last=Asano|publisher=4years|date=May 13, 2020}}
{{cite web|url=https://skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/WJrFSC2020.pdf|title=ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2020|language=Japanese|publisher=Japan Skating Federation|date=December 22, 2019}}
{{cite web|url=https://skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/news/detail.php?id=35|title=2019/20 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手|trans-title=2019/20 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Athletes|language=Japanese|publisher=Japan Skating Federation|date=November 18, 2019}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089166/team-courage-win-mixed-noc-team-lausanne|title=Team Courage wrap up Lausanne 2020 figure skating in style|first=Philip|last=Barker|publisher=Inside the Games|date=January 15, 2020}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/russian-ice-dancers-live-up-to-golden-expectations|title=Russian ice dancers live up to golden expectations|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=January 13, 2020}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/japan-s-ice-dancers-nishiyama-and-yoshida-inspired-by-club-mate-hanyu|title=Japan's ice dancers Nishiyama and Yoshida inspired by club-mate Hanyu|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=January 14, 2020}}
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External links
- {{isu name|id=00119102|name=Azusa TANAKA / Shingo NISHIYAMA}}
- {{isu name|id=00107893|name=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA}}
- {{isu name|id=00054885|name=Shingo Nishiyama}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [https://wrs.harbin2025.com/athlete/NzEwMjI2MA==?Discipline=FSK Shingo Nishiyama] at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games
- {{Team Japan|asia/2025/sports/figure/team/nishiyamashingo}}
{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Figure Skating Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishiyama, Shingo}}
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Category:Figure skaters at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
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