Hiroaki Sato (figure skater)

Hiroaki Sato (佐藤 洸彬, Satō Hiroaki; born December 6, 1995) is a Japanese retired figure skater. He was named in Japan's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Sato ranked 17th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 15th overall. He has won three senior international medals.

Hiroaki Sato
Native name	佐藤洸彬
Born	(1995-12-06) December 6, 1995 (age 29) Morioka, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Masanori Sasaki
Skating club	Morioka FSC
Began skating	2005
Retired	December 2019

Coaching career

Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Sato became a coach. He currently coaches at the Kinoshita Academy in Uji, Kyoto.^[1]

His current and former students include:

• Mone Chiba^[2]
• Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda^[3]
• Riria Kono^[4]
• Ikura Kushida^[5]
• Ryoga Morimoto^[6]
• Haruna Murakami^[7]
• Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi^[8]
• Ayumi Shibayama^[9]
• Mao Shimada^[10]
• Sena Takahashi^[11]
• Hana Yoshida^[12]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–2020 [13]	Chaplin Medley choreo. by Misao Sato	Symphony No. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich choreo. by Misao Sato
2018–2019 [13]	Too close choreo. by Massimo Scali
2017–2018 [14]	Totem (Cirque du Soleil) choreo. by Misao Sato	The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Misao Sato
2014–2015 [15]	Ghali Alay by Carole Samaha	Mibugishiden by Joe Hisaishi

Competitive highlights

Hiroaki Sato in 2015

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[16]
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
GP NHK Trophy													11th	10th
CS Lombardia													12th
CS U.S. Classic														6th
Asian Trophy											3rd
Bavarian Open												2nd
Gardena Trophy										3rd
Printemps													4th
Universiade														7th
International: Junior[16]
Junior Worlds										15th
JGP France										8th
National[17][18][19]
Japan										10th	18th	8th	8th	13th	9th
Japan Junior				27th		27th	10th	13th	11th
Japan Novice	13th B	7th B	7th A	2nd A
Eastern Sect.							6th J	2nd J	3rd J
Team Events
Japan Open																1st T 4th P
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.