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Alex Shibutani

Alex Shibutani
2011 Four Continents Maia SHIBUTANI Alex SHIBUTANI P.jpg
The Shibutanis in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Alex Hideo Shibutani
Country represented  United States
Born (1991-04-25) April 25, 1991 (age 25)
Boston, Massachusetts
Residence Ann Arbor, Michigan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner Maia Shibutani
Coach Marina Zueva, Oleg Eipstein, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns
Former coach Igor Shpilband, Patti Gottwein, Rich Griffin, Damon Allen, Erik Schulz
Choreographer Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Aye Hasegawa, Serge Onik, Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali, Peter Tchernyshev
Former choreographer Alex Wong, Igor Shpilband
Skating club Arctic Edge FSC
Training locations Canton, Michigan
Former training locations Colorado Springs, Colorado
Began skating 1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 191.85
2017 Four Continents
Short dance 77.97
2016–17 Grand Prix Final
Free dance 115.26
2017 Four Continents

Alex Hideo Shibutani (born April 25, 1991) is an American ice dancer. With his sister Maia Shibutani, he is a three-time World medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2016 Four Continents champion, a two-time NHK Trophy champion (2011, 2015), the 2016 Skate America champion, the 2016 Cup of China champion, the 2009 World Junior silver medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2016, 2017). He was a member of the US Olympic team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Alex Shibutani was born on April 25, 1991, in Boston. He is the son of Chris and Naomi Shibutani, who met as Harvard musicians. He attended the prestigious Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut, during the late 1990s before relocating to Colorado Springs from 2005 through 2007 then Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2007.

While in Colorado Springs, Alex Shibutani attended Cheyenne Mountain High School and finished his sophomore year there. He completed his junior and senior years of high school at Huron High School and entered the University of Michigan in the fall semester of 2009.


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