Kaori Sakamoto

Kaori Sakamoto

Personal information
Native name 坂本花織
Country represented Japan
Born (2000-04-09) April 9, 2000
Kobe, Japan
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
Coach Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham
Choreographer Masahiro Kawagoe, Massimo Scali
Former choreographer Sonoko Nakano, Yukina Ota
Skating club Kobe FSC
Training locations Hyōgo Prefecture
Began skating 2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 187.81
2016 JGP Japan
Short program 65.66
2016 JGP Japan
Free skate 122.15
2016 JGP Japan

Kaori Sakamoto (born April 9, 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 JGP Yokohama champion and the 2017 Japan junior national champion.

Career

Sakamoto won the gold medal at the 2012–13 Japan Novice Championships and placed 9th at the Japan Junior Championships that same year.

2013–14 season

During the 2013–14 season, Sakamoto debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, placing 6th in Ostrava, Czech Republic. She finished 8th at the Japan Junior Championships.

2014–15 season

Sakamoto started her season by finishing 7th at her JGP event in Aichi, Japan. She went on to win the Japanese national silver medal on the junior level before placing 6th on the senior level at the 2014–15 Japan Championships. Those results gave her a spot to compete at the 2015 World Junior Championships, where she placed 6th.

2015–16 season

Sakamoto began her season by winning the silver medal at her JGP event in Riga, Latvia, and finishing 4th at her JGP event in Toruń, Poland. Due to a stress fracture in her right shinbone, she stayed off the ice in October and resumed skating without jumps in November.[1] She placed 5th at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
[2]
2015–16
[3]
  • The Color Purple
    by Quincy Jones
    choreo. by Massimo Scali
2014–15
[4]
2013–14
[5]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Asian Open 3rd
International: Junior or novice[6][7]
Junior Worlds 6th
Youth Olympics 6th
JGP Final TBD
JGP Czech Rep. 6th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Japan 7th 1st
JGP Latvia 2nd
JGP Poland 4th
Asian Open 1st J
Challenge Cup 1st J
Triglav Trophy 2nd N
National[8][7]
Japan 6th 13th
Japan Junior 9th 6th 2nd 5th 1st
Japan Novice 1st A
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
September 7–11, 2016 2016 JGP Japan Junior 1
65.66		 2
122.15		 1
187.81
August 24–27, 2016 2016 JGP France Junior 2
64.12		 2
114.74		 2
178.86
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympic Games Junior 5
56.25		 6
98.98		 6
155.23
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 17
53.90		 12
111.60		 13
165.50
November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 5
58.96		 6
111.76		 5
170.72
September 23–27, 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 3
56.89		 4
101.55		 4
158.44
August 26–30, 2015 2015 JGP Latvia Junior 3
58.75		 2
112.20		 2
170.95
August 2–5, 2015 2015 Asian Open Trophy Senior 3
39.64		 3
99.36		 3
139.00
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 4
58.72		 6
107.53		 6
166.25
December 26–28, 2014 2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships Senior 7
57.81		 6
109.65		 6
167.46
November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 4
57.35		 2
111.47		 2
168.82
September 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 6
52.70		 7
93.46		 7
146.16
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 14–16, 2014 2014 International Challenge Cup Junior 1
54.98		 2
98.89		 1
153.87
November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 8
47.14		 4
101.64		 6
148.78
October 2–5, 2013 2013 JGP Czech Republic Junior 7
52.80		 6
93.69		 6
146.49
August 8–11, 2013 2013 Asian Open Trophy Junior 1
53.20		 1
102.28		 1
155.48
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 27–31, 2013 2013 Triglav Trophy Novice 2
37.64		 2
77.51		 2
115.15
November 17–28, 2012 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 13
46.56		 7
92.96		 9
139.52

References

  1. ↑ Xiong, Wei (October 18, 2016). "Kaori Sakamoto: "I need to work harder"". Golden Skate.
  2. ↑ "Kaori SAKAMOTO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ "Kaori SAKAMOTO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kaori SAKAMOTO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kaori SAKAMOTO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Competition Results: Kaori SAKAMOTO". International Skating Union.
  7. 1 2 "Kaori Sakamoto". Tracings.net.
  8. ↑ "坂本 花織 / SAKAMOTO Kaori" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.

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