- Source: Sae Shimizu
Sae Shimizu (清水咲衣, Shimizu Sae, born August 10, 2005) is a Japanese figure skater, who currently competes in pairs discipline with partner, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda. Together, they are the 2024 JGP Turkey bronze medalists and two-time Japan Junior national champions (2023, 2024).
Personal life
Shimizu was born on August 10, 2005, in Osaka, Japan. In addition to figure skating, Shimizu enjoys sewing, cooking, and visiting shrines as hobbies.
She graduated from Renaissance Osaka High School in 2024, before enrolling at Doshisha University's Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences.
Her figure skating idol is Alena Kostornaia.
Career
= Early career
=Shimizu began figure skating at the age of four after watching the sport on TV with her mom and wanting to try it for herself. She soon joined the Osaka Skate Club and was coached by Mie Hamada.
As a singles skater, Shimizu competed at the basic novice level at the 2015–16 and 2016–17 Japan Basic Novice Championships, finishing thirty-first and fifteenth, respectively. Going on to compete as an advanced novice level skater, Shimizu placed twenty-fifth at the 2017–18 Japan Advanced Novice Championships and eighth at the 2018–19 Japan Advanced Novice Championships.
Following coach, Mie Hamada's, transfer from the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka to the Kinoshita Academy in Uji, Kyoto, Shimizu made the move as well to continue working with Hamada.
As a junior skater, Shimizu competed at the 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, placing sixteenth, thirteenth, and eleventh, respectively.
= Partnership with Honda
=2023–24 season
In early 2023, Shimizu decided to spectate a pair skating tryout that had been organized by Bruno Marcotte to help fellow Kinoshita Academy skater, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, find a partner. During the session, Marcotte approached Shimizu, asking if she wanted to try skating with Honda. Shimizu ended up agreeing to this and soon after, she and Honda decided to form a partnership. Their partnership was officially announced in May 2023. It was also announced that the pair would continue training under their singles skating coach, Mie Hamada, while also making trips to Oakville, Ontario, Canada to work with Marcotte and Brian Shales as well as train alongside World Champions, Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara. Upon partnering up with Shimizu changed her affiliation from the Osaka Skate Club to the Kinoshita Academy.
The pair made their debut at the 2023 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships, which they won, before going on to also win the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships.
In October, Shimizu finished third in the women's singles discipline at the 2023 Japan Western Sectional Championships. With this result, she qualified for the senior-level Japan Championships for the first time. She would go on to finish eighteenth at the 2023–24 Japan Championships.
Shimizu/Honda were selected to compete at the 2024 World Junior Championships on the condition that they earn the minimum technical element scores to compete. Competing at the 2024 Bavarian Open, the pair finished eleventh, earning these minimum scores in the process. Going on to compete at the World Junior Championships, the pair placed fourteenth.
2024–25 season
Competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, the pair finished fourth at 2024 JGP Czech Republic and won the bronze medal at 2024 JGP Turkey. These results allowed the pair to qualify for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.
In late November, the pair competed at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships, where they won the national title for a second consecutive time. This result ensured their qualification to compete at the senior championships.
Programs
= With Honda
== Singles skating
=Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
= Pair skating with Honda
== Women's singles 2015–16 to 2023–24
=Detailed results
= Pairs with Honda
=Junior level
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
= Singles skating
=Senior level
Junior level
References
External links
Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda at the International Skating Union
SHIMIZU Sae at Japan Skating Federation
Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda at SkatingScores.com
Sae Shimizu on Instagram
Sae Shimizu at SkatingScores.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sae Miyazawa
- Umareru.
- Shitsuren Chocolatier (seri televisi)
- Anna Yamada
- Lantis (perusahaan)
- Kana Kobayashi
- Rina Nakanishi
- AKB48
- Ayana Taketatsu
- HKT48
- Sae Shimizu
- Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
- 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix
- Cathy Reed
- 2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships
- 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
- 2024–25 national figure skating championships
- 2024–25 figure skating season
- Mie Hamada
