Tomoki Hiwatashi
Tomoki Hiwatashi at the2019 World Junior Championships
Native name	樋渡知樹
Born	(2000-01-20)January 20, 2000 (age 25) Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Hometown	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Mie Hamada Hiroaki Sato Satsuki Muramoto Noriyuki Kanzaki
Skating club	DuPage Figure Skating Club, Buffalo Grove
Began skating	2005
Medal record
U.S. Championships 2020 Greensboro Singles World Junior Championships 2019 Zagreb Singles 2016 Debrecen Singles

Tomoki Richard Hiwatashi (born January 20, 2000) is an Americanfigure skater. He is the2018 Alpen Trophy bronze medalist and a two-timeU.S. national medalist.

He is also the2019 World Junior champion, the2016 World Junior bronze medalist, a five-time medalist on theISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the2016 U.S. junior national champion.

Hiwatashi was born on January 20, 2000, inEnglewood, New Jersey.^[1] His mother, Satomi, and father, Satoshi Hiwatashi,^[2] are both fromKobe, Japan.^[3] He was raised with two sisters.^[2] For much of his early life, he lived in theChicago suburbHoffman Estates. From 2018 to 2023, he trained and resided inColorado Springs, Colorado before moving toOsaka,Japan to train.^[1][4]

Hiwatashi began skating at age five after a rink opened near his house.^[2] He competed on the juvenile level during the2008–2009 season, placing fourth at the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships.Continuing as a juvenile in 2009–2010, he won the bronze medal at the Upper Great Lakes Regionals before finishing sixth at the2010 U.S. Championships. During the2010–2011 season, he won the juvenile gold medal at both the Upper Great Lakes Regionals and the2011 U.S. Championships.

In2011–2012, Hiwatashi moved up to the intermediate level, winning the gold medal at the Upper Great Lakes Regionals and the2012 U.S. Championships. He advanced to the novice level in2012–13, winning the gold medal at the Upper Great Lakes Regionals, theMidwestern Sectionals, and the2013 U.S. Championships.

Coached byAlexandre Fadeev inWilmette, Illinois,^[5] Hiwatashi was scheduled to make hisISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in Mexico in early September 2013 but sustained a medial malleolus fracture in his left foot during an official practice at the competition.^{[citation needed]} As a result, he missed the rest of the2013–2014 season.

Hiwatashi competed on the junior level during the2014–2015 season. He won the bronze medal at theMidwestern Sectionals and placed fifth at the2015 U.S. Championships. He ended his season with the junior gold medal at theInternational Challenge Cup.

In2015–2016, Hiwatashi debuted on theJGP series, placing fifth inColorado Springs, Colorado before winning the bronze medal inZagreb, Croatia. He won the junior silver medal at theMidwestern Sectionals, finishing second toAlexei Krasnozhon, and went on to become the junior national champion, outscoring Kevin Shum by 14.78 points for gold at the2016 U.S. Championships. Later that month, he was selected to replace the injuredNathan Chen at the2016 World Junior Championships inDebrecen, Hungary.^[6]

In March at theWorld Junior Championships, he placed sixth in the short program and third in the free skate to win the bronze medal behindDaniel Samohin of Israel andNicolas Nadeau of Canada. He was coached by Alexander Ouriashev inGlen Ellyn, Illinois.^[7]

Hiwatashi started his season at2016 JGP Saint-Gervais, where he placed sixth. He competed at the2016 CS Warsaw Cup, placing ninth, and finished fifteenth at the2017 U.S. Championships on the senior level. During the season, he was coached by Kori Ade inMonument, Colorado.^[8]

Hiwatashi won two bronze medals on the2017 JGP circuit at2017 JGP Riga and2017 JGP Egna. At the2018 U.S. Championships, he placed fifteenth in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and twelfth overall. He finished seventh at the2018 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria. By the end of the season, he was training underChristine Krall andDamon Allen in Colorado.^[9]

In September 2018, Hiwatashi won the silver medal at the2018 JGP Canada, behindPetr Gumennik. He won another silver medal at his second event, the2018 JGP Slovenia. These results qualified Hiwatashi to the2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final inVancouver,Canada. He next competed on the senior level at the2018 CS Alpen Trophy, where he won the bronze medal. Concluding the fall season at the Junior Grand Prix Final, he placed sixth overall after struggling in both programs.

At the2019 U.S. Championships, Hiwatashi won the Pewter medal.^[10]

Due to US national champion Nathan Chen's schedule conflicting with the2019 Four Continents Championships, Hiwatashi made his senior ISU Championship debut after being named to the Four Continents team withVincent Zhou andJason Brown. He set a new personal best score and placed eighth.^[11]

In his final event of the season, Hiwatashi competed at the2019 World Junior Championships alongside countrymenAlexei Krasnozhon andCamden Pulkinen. He placed second in the short program, briefly holding the junior world record until it was reclaimed minutes later by Pulkinen.^[12] In the free skate, he placed second behind Russian competitorRoman Savosin after cleanly landing a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination but popping a second planned quadruple toe loop to a double toe loop. However, his strong placement in the short program combined with his performance in the free skate allowed him to claim victory overall, and he became the World Junior Champion, ahead of Savosin and bronze medalistDaniel Grassl of Italy.^[13]

Hiwatashi began his first full senior season with a fifth-place finish at the2019 CS U.S. Classic. Making this debut on thesenior Grand Prix at the2019 Internationaux de France, Hiwatashi placed tenth in the short program after multiple jump errors but rose to fifth place overall in the free skate.^[14]

Competing at the2020 U.S. Championships, Hiwatashi placed fifth in the short program with a clean skate.^[15] Third in the free skate, he won the bronze medal, standing on the senior national podium for the second time.^[16] Despite placing third, he was not chosen for one of America's three berths at the2020 World Championships, the third spot going to reigning World bronze medalistVincent Zhou, who finished slightly under three points behind Hiwatashi in fourth. Hiwatashi was instead assigned to compete at the2020 Four Continents Championships inSeoul.^[17] He placed ninth at Four Continents.^[18]

With thecoronavirus pandemic raging, Hiwatashi was assigned to compete at the2020 Skate America, the ISU having madeGrand Prix assignments based primarily on geography.^[19] Hiwatashi placed fourth at the event, despite a fall and a singled jump in the free skate.^[20][21]

Competing at the2021 U.S. Championships, also held in Las Vegas, Hiwatashi placed seventh.^[22]

Hiwatashi began his season at the2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he placed fifth.^[23] He was eleventh to start theGrand Prix at2021 Skate Canada International.^[24] At his second event, the2021 NHK Trophy, he placed ninth. After the free skate, Hiwatashi said he "wanted to focus on doing my three quads, and I was able to do that."^[25]

Scheduled to compete at the2022 U.S. Championships in hopes of qualifying for theAmerican Olympic team, Hiwatashi was forced to withdraw due to a positive COVID test.^[26] Despite this, he was named to the American team for the2022 Four Continents Championships inTallinn, where he was eighth.^[27]

After winning the silver medal at theSkating Club of Boston'sCranberry Cup, Hiwatashi competed twice on theGrand Prix, finishing ninth at the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy and then twelfth at the2022 NHK Trophy.^[28]

Struggling with a back injury at the2023 U.S. Championships, Hiwatashi finished a disappointing tenth-place.^[28] Following the season, he moved toKyoto,Japan to train underMie Hamada,Hiroaki Sato, andSatsuki Muramoto at the Kinoshita Academy.^[4][29]

At the2023 CS Budapest Trophy, Hiwatashi placed third, winning his secondISU Challenger Series Medal.^[28] At the2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Hiwatashi placed eight in the short program after falling on his opening quad toe loop.^[30] In the free skate, Hiwatashi placed eight again, finishing eighth overall.^[28]

In advance of the2024 U.S. Championships, Hiwatashi was preemptively named to the American team for the2024 Four Continents Championships, which were to occur inShanghai the week after the national championships.^[31] He finished eighth at the national championships, and then went on to place eleventh at the Four Continents Championships.^[32][28]

Hiwatashi started the season with an eleventh-place finish at the2024 Cranberry Cup International. Assigned to compete at the2024 NHK Trophy, Hiwatashi finished in eighth place.^[28]

Unlike most skaters, Hiwatashi jumps and spins clockwise. He also can perform theBiellmann spin, an element rarely performed by men due to the flexibility it requires.^[33]

Results in the2016–17 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 17–20, 2016	2016 CS Warsaw Cup	8	63.54	8	118.58	9	182.12
Jan 14–22, 2017	2017 U.S. Championships	13	71.79	18	124.30	15	196.09

Results in the2017–18 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 29, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018	2018 U.S. Championships	15	63.48	7	154.05	12	217.53

Results in the2018–19 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 11–18, 2018	2018 CS Alpen Trophy	3	77.22	7	121.99	3	199.21
Jan 19–27, 2019	2019 U.S. Championships	4	84.05	4	169.23	4	253.28
Feb 7–10, 2019	2019 Four Continents Championships	9	76.95	7	159.84	8	236.79

Results in the2019–20 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 17–22, 2019	2019 CS U.S. International Classic	4	76.96	5	137.96	5	214.82
Nov 1–3, 2019	2019 Internationaux de France	10	68.70	4	158.73	5	227.43
Nov 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	11	64.54	9	142.76	10	207.30
Jan 20–26, 2020	2020 U.S. Championships	5	94.21	3	183.87	3	278.08
Feb 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	8	88.09	9	152.69	9	240.78

Results in the2020–21 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 23–24, 2020	2020 Skate America	4	87.17	4	158.13	4	245.30
Jan 11–21, 2021	2021 U.S. Championships	9	75.51	6	154.63	7	230.14

Results in the2021–22 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 11–15, 2021	2021 Cranberry Cup International	7	71.44	6	133.73	7	205.17
Sep 10–12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	9	66.69	4	146.42	5	213.11
Oct 29–31, 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	11	72.92	7	148.85	11	221.77
Nov 12–14, 2021	2021 NHK Trophy	9	72.36	9	144.72	9	217.08
Jan 18–23, 2022	2022 Four Continents Championships	7	77.51	10	144.86	8	222.37

Results in the2022–23 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 9–14, 2022	2022 Cranberry Cup International	4	69.10	2	137.20	2	206.30
Nov 11–13, 2022	2022 MK John Wilson Trophy	8	66.68	9	122.05	9	188.73
Nov 18–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	12	57.18	12	127.87	12	185.05
Jan 23–29, 2023	2023 U.S. Championships	3	85.43	14	132.19	10	217.62

Results in the2023–24 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 13–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	7	69.16	3	154.63	3	223.79
Dec 6–9, 2023	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	8	63.22	8	128.50	9	191.72
Jan 22–28, 2024	2024 U.S. Championships	6	81.31	9	149.49	8	230.80
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024	2024 Four Continents Championships	10	75.39	11	142.35	11	217.74

Results in the2024–25 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 8–11, 2024	2024 CS Cranberry Cup	2	84.40	11	106.16	11	190.56
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	11	74.59	7	151.79	8	226.38
Dec 4–7, 2024	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	8	71.66	11	121.20	11	192.86
Jan 20–26, 2025	2025 U.S. Championships	10	75.21	5	158.44	6	233.65
Feb 19–23, 2025	2025 Four Continents Championships	15	65.88	9	148.91	9	214.79

Results in the2014–15 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 18–25, 2015	2024 U.S. Championships (Junior)	5	61.20	5	125.67	5	186.87
Feb 19–22, 2015	2015 International Challenge Cup	1	62.89	1	110.46	1	173.35

Results in the2015–16 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 2–5, 2015	2015 JGP United States	6	59.84	5	125.82	5	185.66
Oct 7–11, 2015	2015 JGP Croatia	4	66.02	3	131.60	3	197.62
Jan 15–24, 2016	2016 U.S. Championships (Junior)	1	65.90	1	136.83	1	202.73
Mar 14–20, 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	6	74.97	3	147.55	3	222.52

Results in the2016–17 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 24–28, 2016	2016 JGP France	6	57.90	4	123.04	6	180.94

Results in the2017–18 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 6–9, 2017	2017 JGP Latvia	5	61.35	3	128.54	3	189.89
Oct 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	3	73.28	4	133.00	3	206.28
Mar 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	11	67.85	7	138.83	7	206.68

Results in the2018–19 season ^[40]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 12–15, 2018	2018 JGP Canada	1	76.81	2	136.43	2	213.24
Oct 3–6, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	3	74.17	3	140.99	2	215.16
Dec 6–9, 2018	2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final	6	62.48	5	128.32	6	190.80
Mar 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	2	81.50	2	148.82	1	230.32

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