Ryo Shibata
{{short description|Japanese figure skater}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Ryo Shibata
|image= Ryo Shibata 2005 Croatia Cup.jpg
|caption= Ryo Shibata in 2005
|country= Japan
|fullname= Ryo Shibata
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|2|24}}
|birth_place= Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
|hometown=
|residence=
|height= {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}}
|partner =
|formerpartner= Narumi Takahashi
|formercoach= Stefania Berton, Rockne Brubaker, Masahiro Kawagoe, Mariko Sugai
|formerchoreographer = Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali, Nikolai Morozov, Jamie Whyte, Masahiro Kawagoe
|skating club= Meiji University Club
|currenttraininglocations =
|formertraininglocations = Geneva, Illinois
Tokyo
|beganskating= 1998
|retired= July 12, 2018
|combined total= 172.81
|combined date= 2004 JGP Romania
|SP score= 58.00
|SP date= 2005 JGP Croatia
|FS score= 116.64
|FS date= 2005 JGP Andorra
}}
{{Infobox transliteration
| kanji = 柴田嶺
| kana = しばた りょう
| ibox-order = ja}}
{{nihongo|Ryo Shibata|柴田 嶺|Shibata Ryō|extra=born February 24, 1987}} is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. He currently competes in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi.
Personal life
Shibata was born on February 24, 1987, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
The Japanese media called Shibata "the Japanese Johnny Weir". He was able to perform a Biellmann spin in competition.
Career
Competing in men's singles, Shibata won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified to two ISU Junior Grand Prix Finals. He appeared at the 2003 and 2006 World Junior Championships, finishing 12th both times, and at three senior Grand Prix events. He retired in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/figureskatingmag/posts/10154819798042538/ |title=International Figure Skating |date=18 May 2016 |work=International Figure Skating Facebook |accessdate=19 May 2016}}
On May 18, 2016, it was announced that Shibata had teamed up with pair skater, Narumi Takahashi, and that they would train in Geneva, Illinois, under Stefania Berton and Rockne Brubaker.
As a team, Takahashi/Shibata won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Open Trophy and the silver medal at the 2017–18 Japan Championships.
In March 2018, Takahashi announced her retirement from competitive figure skating and Shibata ultimately announced his retirement in July that same year.
Programs
= Pairs skating with Takahashi =
= Singles skating =
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
= Pairs with Takahashi =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International | ||
---|---|---|
Event
! 2016–17 ! 2017–18 | ||
align=left | Asian Games | 6th | |
align=left | Asian Trophy | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National | ||
align=left | Japan Championships | 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
= Men's singles =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
colspan="12" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Event
!99–00 !00–01 !01–02 ! 02–03 ! 03–04 ! 04–05 ! 05–06 ! 06–07 ! 07–08 ! 08–09 ! 09–10 | ||||||||
align=left | {{small|GP}} Cup of China
| | | | 10th | 12th | ||||||
align=left | {{small|GP}} Cup of Russia
| | | | 12th | |||||||
align=left | Challenge Cup
| | | | 5th | |||||||
colspan="12" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior | ||||||||
align=left | Junior Worlds
| | | | 12th | 12th | ||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Final
| | | | 4th | 7th | ||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Andorra
| | | | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia
| | | | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Czech Rep.
| | | | 14th | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} France
| | | | 4th | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Italy
| | | | 12th | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Romania
| | | | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Serbia
| | | | 4th | |||||||
colspan="12" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National{{Cite web|title={{!}}Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site{{!}}|url=https://www.jsfresults.com/|website=www.jsfresults.com|access-date=2020-05-18}} | ||||||||
align=left | Japan Champ.
| | | | 5th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 16th | 15th | ||
align=left | Japan Junior
| | |6th | bgcolor="gold" | 1st | 6th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||
align=left |Japan Novice
|bgcolor=cc9966 |3rd A | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||
colspan="12" align="center" | J = Junior level |
References
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External links
{{commons category inline|Ryo Shibata}}
- {{isu name | id=00102333 | name=Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata}}
- {{isu name | id=00006263 | name=Ryo Shibata}}
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Category:Japanese male single skaters
Category:Japanese male pair skaters
Category:Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games