Akio Sasaki

Akio Sasaki (佐々木 彰生, Sasaki Akio; born March 19, 1991) is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 2010 Asian Trophy champion, and 2013 Winter Universiade bronze medalist.

Akio Sasaki
Sasaki in 2009.
Born	(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 34) Yokohama, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Akiko Sato
Skating club	Meiji University
Began skating	1997
Medal record Representing  Japan Figure skating: Men's singles Winter Universiade 2013 Trentino Men's singles Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2010 Bangkok Men's singles

He began skating at the Kanagawa Ice Rink with his brother.^[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013	Voodoo People by The Prodigy	Gypsy Dance
2011–2012 [2]	Japanese Dance No. 5 (based on Hungarian Dance No. 5) Typewriter	Spokey Dokey Akio's Boogie and Pakapaka Mokuba
2009–2010	Black Bottom by Spike Jones	Rodrigo Solo by Rogrigo Y Gabriela Stairway To Heaven by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant Tamacun by Rodrigo Y Gabriela
2007–2008 [3]	La Zarzamora by Manuel Quiroga Moliendo Café by Jose Manso	Robots by John Powell Robots Overture Bigweld TV Train Station Bigweld Workshop

Competitive highlights

International[4]
Event	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Asian Trophy											1st
Finlandia												11th
Merano Cup												7th
Nebelhorn										7th
Nepela Memorial											1st			5th
Triglav Trophy													4th
Universiade														3rd
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds								17th
JGP Croatia								4th
JGP Czech Rep.									3rd
JGP U.K.									7th
JGP USA								13th
National[4][5]
Japan Champ.										9th	16th	14th	8th	13th
Japan Junior					22nd		6th	2nd	5th
Japan Novice	6th B	2nd B	10th A	4th A
JGP: Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior-level