Sae Shimizu
{{Short description|Japanese figure skater}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Sae Shimizu
|native_name = 清水咲衣
|native_name_lang = ja
| image = Sae Shimizu and Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda performing their short program at the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.jpg
| image_size= 250px
| caption = Sae Shimizu and Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda performing their short program at the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final
|country= {{JPN}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|2005|8|10|mf=yes}}
|height= {{height|m=1.55}}
|partner= Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (2023–25)
|formerpartner=
|coach= Mie Hamada
Cathy Reed
|formercoach=
|skating club= Kinoshita Academy
|currenttraininglocations= Uji, Kyoto
|beganskating=
|retired=
| discipline = Pair skating (since 2023)
Women's singles (2015–24)
| module = {{Figure skating infobox medals|nationals=Japan
|NC={{FS medal|b|NC|nationals=Japan|2024–25|Osaka|p}}
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Sae Shimizu|清水咲衣|Shimizu Sae|born August 10, 2005}} is a Japanese figure skater.
With former pair skating partner, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, she is the 2024–25 Japan national bronze medalist, two-time Japan Junior national champion (2023, 2024), and the 2024 JGP Turkey bronze medalist.
Personal life
Shimizu was born on August 10, 2005, in Osaka, Japan. In addition to figure skating, Shimizu enjoys sewing, cooking, and visiting shrines as hobbies.
She graduated from Renaissance Osaka High School in 2024, before enrolling at Doshisha University's Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences.
Her figure skating idol is Alena Kostornaia.
Career
= Early career =
Shimizu began figure skating at the age of four after watching the sport on TV with her mom and wanting to try it for herself. She soon joined the Osaka Skate Club and was coached by Mie Hamada.{{cite web |title=2020 全日本ジュニア選手権 |url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure/doc/toJPN2020_jr.pdf |website=Fuji TV |access-date=9 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第90回全日本ジュニア選手権大会 - ジュニア女子 - 最終結果 |url=https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2021-2022/fs_j/nationaljunior/data0290.htm |website=Japan Skating Federation |access-date=9 October 2024}}
As a singles skater, Shimizu competed at the basic novice level at the 2015–16 and 2016–17 Japan Basic Novice Championships, finishing thirty-first and fifteenth, respectively. Going on to compete as an advanced novice level skater, Shimizu placed twenty-fifth at the 2017–18 Japan Advanced Novice Championships and eighth at the 2018–19 Japan Advanced Novice Championships.
Following her coach Mie Hamada's transfer from the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka to the Kinoshita Academy in Uji, Kyoto, Shimizu made the move as well to continue working with Hamada.
As a junior skater, Shimizu competed at the 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, placing sixteenth, thirteenth, and eleventh, respectively.
= Pair skating with Honda =
== 2023–24 season ==
In early 2023, Shimizu decided to spectate a pair skating tryout that had been organized by Bruno Marcotte to help fellow Kinoshita Academy skater, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, find a partner. During the session, Marcotte approached Shimizu, asking if she wanted to try skating with Honda. Shimizu ended up agreeing to this and soon after, she and Honda decided to form a partnership.{{cite web |title=清水咲衣選手&本田ルーカス剛史選手「ペアを組んで一気に世界が変わった」 フィギュアスケーターのオアシス♪ KENJIの部屋 |url=https://news.jsports.co.jp/skate/article/20190310227298/ |website=JSports |access-date=9 October 2024}} Their partnership was officially announced in May 2023. It was also announced that the pair would continue training under their singles skating coach, Mie Hamada, while also making trips to Oakville, Ontario, Canada to work with Marcotte and Brian Shales as well as train alongside World Champions Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara. Upon partnering with Honda, Shimizu changed her affiliation from the Osaka Skate Club to the Kinoshita Academy.
The pair made their debut at the 2023 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships, which they won, before going on to also win the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships.
In October, Shimizu finished third in the women's singles discipline at the 2023 Japan Western Sectional Championships. With this result, she qualified for the senior-level Japan Championships for the first time. She would go on to finish eighteenth at the 2023–24 Japan Championships.
Shimizu/Honda were selected to compete at the 2024 World Junior Championships on the condition that they earn the minimum technical element scores to compete.{{cite tweet | number = 1738932068153999573 | user = skatejapanews | date = December 24, 2023 | title = Junior Worlds Assignments✨}} Competing at the 2024 Bavarian Open, the pair finished eleventh, earning these minimum scores in the process.{{cite tweet | number = 1747979939394064451 | user = skatejapanews | title = Pairs entries for Bavarian Open 2023 | date = January 18, 2024}} Going on to compete at the World Junior Championships, the pair placed fourteenth.
== 2024–25 season ==
Competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, the pair finished fourth at 2024 JGP Czech Republic and won the bronze medal at 2024 JGP Turkey. These results allowed the pair to qualify for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France.{{cite web |title=ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/2025 - Junior Pairs |url=https://results.isu.org/events/jgp2024/jgpspairs.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=8 October 2024}}
In late November, the pair competed at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships, where they won the national title for a second consecutive time. This result ensured their qualification to compete at the senior championships.{{cite web |title=The follow junior skaters have qualified for Senior Nationals: |url=https://x.com/skatejapanews/status/1858256898115473778 |website=X |publisher=Skate Japan News |access-date=18 November 2024}} Going on to compete at the Junior Grand Prix Final, Shimizu/Honda scored personal bests in all three competition segments and finished fifth overall. Two weeks later, they competed at the 2024–25 Japan Championships. During their free skate, the pair stopped the performance after Shimizu dislocated her left shoulder following a fall during their attempted side-by-side jump combination. She then had her shoulder popped back into place so the pair could finish their performance.{{cite web |title=ペアでアクシデント 清水、本田組が演技中断 転倒で「肩が外れたような感じ」覚悟の再開で3位表彰台 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20241222-OHT1T51088.html?page=1 |website=Hochi News |publisher=Hochi News |access-date=22 December 2024}} They would win the bronze medal overall and were subsequently named the World Junior team.{{cite web |title=🇯🇵 Japan’s assignments for #WorldJFigure |url=https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1870821433531629983 |website=X |publisher=Anything GOEs |access-date=22 December 2024}} Shimizu/Honda were also named to the World team on the condition that they could achieve the minimum technical element scores to compete at the event, which they were unable to do.{{cite web |title=🇯🇵 Japan’s assignments for #WorldFigure |url=https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1870817771808075919 |website=X |publisher=Anything GOEs |access-date=22 December 2024}}
They concluded the season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
In April, the pair announced they had parted ways with Shimizu intending to focus on singles skating.{{cite web |url= https://www.instagram.com/p/DIvxPiRpo5O/?igsh=MXRwMXEzNHhpdjM5dQ==|access-date=April 22, 2025 |publisher= Instagram |title= Lucas and I have decided to end our partnership }}
Programs
= With Honda =
= Singles skating =
Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
=Pair skating with Honda=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International | ||
---|---|---|
Event
! 23–24 ! 24–25 | ||
align=left | Asian Winter Games | 6th | |
colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior | ||
align=left | Junior Worlds | 14th | 11th |
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Final | 5th | |
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Czech Republic | 4th | |
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Turkey | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |
align=left | Bavarian Open | 11th | |
colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National | ||
align="left" | Japan | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |
align=left | Japan Junior | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
= Women's singles =
Detailed results
{{Figure skating personal bests
|ref={{r|SS-SSLTH}}
|145.66|2024–25 JGP Final
|50.20|2024–25 JGP Final
|26.58|2024–25 JGP Final
|24.22|2025 World Junior Championships
|95.46|2024–25 JGP Final
|48.57|2024 JGP Turkey
|48.73|2024–25 JGP Final
}}
= Pairs with Honda =
== Senior level ==
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
class="wikitable" |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2024–25 season |
---|
Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
February 11–13, 2025
| align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 6 |
December 19–22, 2024
| align=center | 3 | align=center | 3 | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 |
== Junior level ==
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
class="wikitable" |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2024–25 season |
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Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
February 26–March 3, 2025
| 2025 World Junior Championships | align=center | 11 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 11 |
December 5–8, 2024
| align=center | 5 | align=center | 4 | align=center | 5 |
November 15–17, 2024
| 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
September 18–21, 2024
| align=center | 4 | align=center | 3 | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 |
September 4–7, 2024
| align=center | 7 | align=center | 3 | align=center | 4 |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2023–24 season |
Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
February 26–March 3, 2024
| 2024 World Junior Championships | align=center | 14 | align=center | 14 | align=center | 14 |
January 1–February 4, 2024
| align=center | 12 | align=center | 7 | align=center | 11 |
November 17–19, 2023
| 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 |
= Singles skating =
== Senior level ==
class="wikitable" |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2023–24 season |
---|
Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
December 20–24, 2023
| align=center | 18 | align=center | 17 | align=center | 18 |
== Junior level ==
class="wikitable" |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2022–23 season |
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Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
November 25–27, 2022
| 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 15 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 11 |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2021–22 season |
Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
November 19–21, 2021
| 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 19 | align=center | 12 | align=center | 13 |
colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2020–21 season |
Date
! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |
November 21–23, 2020
| 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 23 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 16 |
References
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{{cite web|url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119532.htm|title= Sae SHIMIZU / Lucas Tsyoshi HONDA: 2024/2025|website=International Skating Union|publisher=International Skating Union|archive-date=September 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907163444/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119532.htm |url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119532.htm|title= Sae SHIMIZU / Lucas Tsyoshi HONDA: 2023/2024|website=International Skating Union|publisher=International Skating Union|archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301160245/isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119532.htm |url-status=dead}}
}}
External links
- {{isu name | id= 00119532 | name= Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda }}
- [https://skatingscores.com/jpn/pairs/sae_shimizu_lucas_tsuyoshi_honda/ Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda] at SkatingScores.com
- [https://www.skatingscores.com/jpn/women/sae_shimizu/ Sae Shimizu] at SkatingScores.com
- [https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=xhd%2BsySyOwM%3D#name01 Sae Shimizu] at Japan Skating Federation
- [https://wrs.harbin2025.com/athlete/NzEwMjMzMg==?Discipline=FSK Sae Shimizu] at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games
- {{Team Japan|asia/2025/sports/figure/team/shimizusae}}
- {{instagram|s_a_e_shimizu}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Sae}}
Category:Japanese female single skaters
Category:Japanese female pair skaters
Category:Asian Games competitors for Japan
Category:Figure skaters at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
Category:Doshisha University alumni