Kento Nakamura

For footballer, see Kento Nakamura (footballer).

Kento Nakamura (中村健人, Nakamura Kento; born October 16, 1991) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 NRW Trophy bronze medalist, the 2013 Bavarian Open silver medalist, a two-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the 2011 Japan junior national champion.

Kento Nakamura
Nakamura at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid
Born	(1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 (age 33) Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Yutaka Higuchi
Skating club	Rikkyo University (St. Paul's University)
Began skating	1998

Career

Nakamura began skating at age 7. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2007. In 2009, he won medals at both of his JGP assignments — silver in the United States and bronze in Turkey.^[1] His results qualified him for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where he finished eighth. After ranking seventh on the senior level at the Japan Championships, he was assigned to the 2010 Four Continents Championships and placed 15th.

In the 2010–11 season, Nakamura finished off the podium at his JGP events but won the Japan Junior Championships.^[2] He was sent to the 2011 World Junior Championships and finished 14th.

Nakamura won bronze at the 2011 NRW Trophy and silver at the 2013 Bavarian Open.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–14	Vizir (from "Gypsy Fashion")	Piano Concerto No.5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
2012–13 [3]		Symphony No. 3 in C minor op. 78 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns
2011–12	Tango Fugata by Ástor Piazzolla
2010–11 [4]	Bugle Call Rag	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
2009–10	The Mission by Ennio Morricone	Poeta by Vicente Amigo Intermezzo from Carmen by Georges Bizet
2007–08 [5]	Symphony No. 3 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saëns	Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event	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
Four Continents									15th
Finlandia												7th	8th
NRW Trophy											3rd
Ondrej Nepela											6th
Bavarian Open												2nd
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds										14th
JGP Final									8th
JGP Czech Rep.										8th
JGP Japan										9th
JGP Romania							10th
JGP Turkey									3rd
JGP USA									2nd
Mladost Trophy			1st N.
National[7]
Japan Champ.								11th	7th	8th	8th	6th	11th
Japan Junior				27th	19th	8th	14th	4th	2nd	1st
Japan Novice	3rd B	1st B	2nd A	2nd A
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior