Kensuke Nakaniwa | |||||||||||||
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Nakaniwa in 2003.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Native name | 中庭 健介 | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||
Born |
Fukuoka, Japan |
October 15, 1981 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Miwa Ishihara, Hiroshi Nagakubo, Tai Tsuru | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | David Wilson, Higuchi Yukata, Alexander Zhulin, Nanami Abe, Robert Daw, Mitsuru Matsumura | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Papio Fukuoka; Fukuoka University; Kashii Fukuoka | ||||||||||||
Former training locations |
Nagoya Fukuoka |
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Began skating | 1990 | ||||||||||||
Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 182.74 2006 Cup of China |
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Short program | 63.70 2007 NHK Trophy |
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Free skate | 122.01 2006 Cup of China |
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Medal record
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Kensuke Nakaniwa (中庭 健介 Nakaniwa Kensuke?, born October 15, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, and a three-time Japan national medalist. He finished in the top ten at three Four Continents Championships.
Kensuke Nakaniwa was born on October 15, 1981 in Fukuoka, Japan.
In the 1999–2000 season, Nakaniwa won a bronze medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 13th at the 2000 World Junior Championships.
In the 2002–03 season, Nakaniwa made his Grand Prix debut and competed at his first senior ISU Championship, the 2003 Four Continents, where he finished 11th.
Nakaniwa ended his competitive career in 2011. He has coached Sei Kawahara.
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix