Hiroshi Nagakubo
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| Hiroshi Nagakubo | |
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| File:Akiko Suzuki and Hiroshi Nagakubo Cup of China 2010.jpg Nagakubo alongside Akiko Suzuki, 2010. | |
| Born | December 14, 1946 Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Partner | Kotoe Nagasawa |
| Skating club | Nippon University |
| Retired | 1972 |
| Hiroshi Nagakubo | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 長久保裕 | ||||
| Kana | ながくぼ ひろし | ||||
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Hiroshi Nagakubo (長久 保裕, Nagakubo Hiroshi, born December 14, 1946)[1] is a Japanese former figure skating coach and pair skater. With his skating partner, Kotoe Nagasawa, he became a five-time (1967–1971) Japanese national champion and competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics, placing 16th. After retiring from competition, Nagakubo became a coach at the Howa Sports Land Skating Club in the Aichi Prefecture.[2] He ceased coaching on September 3, 2017, due to family circumstances.[3] During his career, his students included:
- Shizuka Arakawa
- Ryuju Hino
- Takeshi Honda
- Rika Hongo
- Haruka Imai[4]
- Yura Matsuda
- Rin Nitaya
- Akiko Suzuki. He coached Suzuki from the early 2000s until her retirement in 2014.[4]
- Sota Yamamoto
- Yuhana Yokoi
Competitive highlights
with Kotoe Nagasawa
| International[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 67–68 | 68–69 | 69–70 | 70–71 | 71–72 |
| Winter Olympics | 16th | ||||
| World Championships | 16th | 15th | |||
| National[5] | |||||
| Japan Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hiroshi Nagakubo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Member list" (in Japanese). Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "フィギュア名コーチ長久保氏が退任 荒川静香ら育成". asahi.com (in Japanese). October 15, 2017. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gallagher, Jack (May 16, 2012). "Suzuki aiming higher following best season of career". The Japan Times.
- ↑ "フィギュア歴代記録 ペア" [Japanese national pairs medalists]. skatingjapan.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 17, 2008.
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