Takeshi Honda

Takeshi Honda
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1981-03-23) March 23, 1981 (age 35) Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Former coach	Doug Leigh Michelle Leigh Galina Zmievskaya Hiroshi Nagakubo
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	207.78 2003 Skate Canada International
Short program	77.54 2003 Skate Canada International
Free skate	136.62 2003 Skate America
Medal record Figure skating: Men's singles Representing  Japan World Championships 2003 Washington, D.C. Men's singles 2002 Nagano Men's singles Four Continents Championships 2003 Beijing Men's singles 2002 Jeonju Men's singles 2001 Salt Lake City Men's singles 1999 Halifax Men's singles Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori Men's singles World Junior Championships 1996 Brisbane Men's singles

Takeshi Honda (本田 武史, Honda Takeshi^?, born March 23, 1981) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2002, 2003), two-time Four Continents champion (1999, 2003), and six-time Japan national champion.

Takeshi Honda was born on March 23, 1981 in Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan. He plays the piano.

Honda began short track speed skating at the age of six with his brother and switched to figure skating at nine. At 12, when he entered junior high school, he moved to Sendai to train with Hiroshi Nagakubo. Although he started the training somewhat late, he caught up very quickly and was, at 14, the youngest senior national champion in Japan ever.

In December 1997, Honda left Japan to train with Galina Zmievskaya at the International Skating Center in Simsbury, Connecticut. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where he finished 15th. Following the 1998 Skate Canada International, Honda moved to Barrie, Ontario, Canada to work with Doug Leigh. He became the first Four Continents champion in history when he won the inaugural event in 1999.

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