 Ryo Shibata in 2005 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ryo Shibata |
| Born | (1987-02-24)February 24, 1987 (age 38) Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Skating club | Meiji University Club |
| Began skating | 1998 |
| Retired | July 12, 2018 |
| Ryo Shibata | |
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| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 柴田嶺 |
| Kana | しばた りょう |
Ryo Shibata (柴田 嶺,Shibata Ryō; born February 24, 1987) is a former Japanese competitivefigure skater. He currently competes inpair skating withNarumi Takahashi.
Shibata was born on February 24, 1987, inKushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.[1]
The Japanese media called Shibata "the JapaneseJohnny Weir".[2] He was able to perform aBiellmann spin in competition.
Competing inmen's singles, Shibata won two gold medals on theISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified to twoISU Junior Grand Prix Finals. He appeared at the2003 and2006 World Junior Championships, finishing 12th both times, and at three seniorGrand Prix events.[3] He retired in 2010.[4]
On May 18, 2016, it was announced that Shibata had teamed up withpair skater,Narumi Takahashi, and that they would train inGeneva, Illinois, underStefania Berton andRockne Brubaker.[5]
As a team, Takahashi/Shibata won the bronze medal at the2017 Asian Open Trophy and the silver medal at the2017–18 Japan Championships.[1]
In March 2018, Takahashi announced her retirement from competitive figure skating and Shibata ultimately announced his retirement in July that same year.[6][7]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2017–2018 [1] |
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| 2013–2014 [8] |
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| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2007–08 [9] |
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| 2006–07 [10] |
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| 2005–06 [11] |
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| 2004–05 [12] |
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| 2002–03 [13] |
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GP:Grand Prix; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International | ||
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| Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Asian Games | 6th | |
| Asian Trophy | 3rd | |
| National | ||
| Japan Championships | 4th | 2nd |
| International[3] | |||||||||||
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| Event | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
| GPCup of China | 10th | 12th | |||||||||
| GPCup of Russia | 12th | ||||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 5th | ||||||||||
| International: Junior[3] | |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 12th | 12th | |||||||||
| JGPFinal | 4th | 7th | |||||||||
| JGPAndorra | 1st | ||||||||||
| JGPCroatia | 3rd | ||||||||||
| JGPCzech Rep. | 14th | ||||||||||
| JGPFrance | 4th | ||||||||||
| JGPItaly | 12th | ||||||||||
| JGPRomania | 1st | ||||||||||
| JGPSerbia | 4th | ||||||||||
| National[3][14] | |||||||||||
| Japan Champ. | 5th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 16th | 15th | |||||
| Japan Junior | 6th | 1st | 6th | 3rd | |||||||
| Japan Novice | 3rd A | ||||||||||
| J = Junior level | |||||||||||
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