Hiroshi Nagakubo

Hiroshi Nagakubo
Nagakubo alongside Akiko Suzuki, 2010.
Born	(1946-12-14) December 14, 1946 (age 78) Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Partner	Kotoe Nagasawa
Skating club	Nippon University
Retired	1972

Hiroshi Nagakubo
Japanese name
Kanji	長久保裕
Kana	ながくぼ ひろし
Transcriptions Romanization Nagakubo Hiroshi

Hiroshi Nagakubo (長久 保裕, Nagakubo Hiroshi, born December 14, 1946)^[1] is a Japanese former figure skating coach and pair skater. With his skating partner, Kotoe Nagasawa, he became a five-time (1967–1971) Japanese national champion and competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics, placing 16th.

After retiring from competition, Nagakubo became a coach at the Howa Sports Land Skating Club in the Aichi Prefecture.^[2] He ceased coaching on September 3, 2017, due to family circumstances.^[3] During his career, his students included:

• Shizuka Arakawa
• Ryuju Hino
• Takeshi Honda
• Rika Hongo
• Haruka Imai^[4]
• Yura Matsuda
• Rin Nitaya
• Akiko Suzuki. He coached Suzuki from the early 2000s until her retirement in 2014.^[4]
• Sota Yamamoto
• Yuhana Yokoi

Competitive highlights

with Kotoe Nagasawa

International[1]
Event	67–68	68–69	69–70	70–71	71–72
Winter Olympics					16th
World Championships			16th	15th
National[5]
Japan Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

References

1. "Hiroshi Nagakubo". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017.
2. "Member list" (in Japanese). Japan Figure Skating Instructor Association. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017.
3. "フィギュア名コーチ長久保氏が退任 荒川静香ら育成". asahi.com (in Japanese). October 15, 2017. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017.
4. Gallagher, Jack (May 16, 2012). "Suzuki aiming higher following best season of career". The Japan Times.
5. "フィギュア歴代記録 ペア" [Japanese national pairs medalists]. skatingjapan.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 17, 2008.

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