Misato Komatsubara
| Misato Komatsubara | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Native name | 小松原美里 |
| Country represented | Japan |
| Former country(ies) represented | Italy |
| Born |
July 28, 1992 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Partner | Timothy Koleto |
| Former partner | Andrea Fabbri, Kaoru Tsuji, Kokoro Mizutani |
| Former coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, Stefano Caruso, Nozomi Watanabe |
| Former choreographer | Corrado Giordani, Natalia Linichuk |
| Former skating club | Agora Skating Team Milan Okayama High School |
| Former training locations |
Milan, Italy Yokohama, Japan |
| Began skating | 2001 |
Misato Komatsubara (Japanese: 小松原美里; born 28 July 1992) is a Japanese ice dancer. Competing with Andrea Fabbri for Italy, she won five international medals, including silver at the 2015 CS Ice Challenge.
Komatsubara began learning to skate in 2001. She competed for Japan with Kokoro Mizutani in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. In 2010, the two received a pair of Junior Grand Prix assignments. They were coached by Nozomi Watanabe in Yokohama, Japan.
During the next two seasons, Komatsubara skated with Kaoru Tsuji. Their partnership ended in 2013. A year later, she decided to continue her competitive career.
Komatsubara and Andrea Fabbri represented Italy on the senior level. Their international debut came in October 2014 at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event where they finished 6th. After winning bronze medals at the Santa Claus Cup and Italian Championships, they were sent to the 2015 European Championships in , where they placed 23rd. The two ended their season with gold at the Bavarian Open.
In 2015–16, Komatsubara/Fabbri took bronze at the Lombardia Trophy and then appeared at two Challenger Series events, winning silver at the Ice Challenge. After obtaining another silver medal, at the Santa Claus Cup, they repeated as national bronze medalists and went on to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, where they finished 21st. They were coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli and Stefano Caruso in Milan, Italy.
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