Shu Nakamura

Shu Nakamura (中村 優, Nakamura Shū, born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. He won the bronze medal at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships and finished 12th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In February 2017, he won his first senior international medal, bronze at the Bavarian Open.

Shu Nakamura
Personal information
Native name	中村 優
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach	Utako Nagamitsu, Takeshi Honda, Mari Araya, Mamiko Yamai, Aki Sawada
Former coach	Yumi Yoshida
Choreographer	Robert Dow, Eiji Iwamoto
Skating club	Kansai University, Osaka
Training locations	Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating	2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	186.22 2016 Junior Worlds
Short program	66.05 2016 Junior Worlds
Free skate	120.17 2016 Junior Worlds

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–20 [1]	My Way by Jacques Revaux choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Moulin Rouge! choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2018–19 [1]	Eleanor Rigby by Lennon-McCartney choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Romeo & Juliet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2017–18	Eleanor Rigby by Lennon-McCartney choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Moulin Rouge! choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2016–17	Feeling Good by Michael Bublé choreo. by Cathy Reed	Moulin Rouge! choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
2015–16 [2]	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov choreo. by Robert Dow
2014–15 [3]	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Robert Dow
2013–14 [4]	Come on in this House by Junior Wells choreo. by Robert Dow	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch choreo. by Robert Dow
2012–13 [5]	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch

Competitive highlights

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

International[6]
Event	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
Bavarian Open										3rd
Universiade												8th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds									12th
Youth Olympics					6th
JGP Austria									10th
JGP Estonia							9th
JGP Germany						8th
JGP Italy					18th
JGP Poland							5th
JGP Slovenia								10th
JGP Turkey						6th
Gardena						2nd J
National[7][8]
Japan								12th	9th	6th	14th	11th	16th
Japan Junior			23rd	16th	12th	8th	8th	3rd	5th
Japan Novice	2nd B		2nd A
J = Junior level

References

1. "中村 優 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
2. "Shu NAKAMURA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
3. "Shu NAKAMURA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
4. "Shu NAKAMURA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
5. "Shu NAKAMURA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.
6. "Competition Results: Shu NAKAMURA". International Skating Union.
7. "中村 優/NAKAMURA Shu" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016.
8. "|Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site|". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

External links

• Shu Nakamura at the International Skating Union