Daisuke Takahashi

Daisuke Takahashi
高橋 大輔
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Takahashi at the 2010 Skate America
Born (1986-03-16) March 16, 1986 (age 38)
Alma materKansai University (2015)
Occupations
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
Discipline
PartnerKana Muramoto
Coach
Skating clubKansai Univ. Kaisers FSC
Began skating1994
Competitive1997–2014, 2018–2023
Professional2014–2018, 2023–present
Retired2023
Highest WS
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 2 0
Four Continents Championships 2 2 1
Grand Prix Final 1 3 1
Japan Championships 6 4 2
World Team Trophy 1 0 2
World Junior Championships 1 0 0
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Turin Singles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Tokyo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Nice Singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Goyang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Taipei Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Colorado Springs Singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tallinn Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Gangneung Singles
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2012–13 Sochi Singles
Silver medal – second place 2006–07 Saint Petersburg Singles
Silver medal – second place 2007–08 Turin Singles
Silver medal – second place 2011–12 Quebec Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005–06 Tokyo Singles
Japan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005–06 Tokyo Singles
Gold medal – first place 2006–07 Nagoya Singles
Gold medal – first place 2007–08 Osaka Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009–10 Osaka Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011–12 Osaka Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022–23 Osaka Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2012–13 Sapporo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018–19 Osaka Singles
Silver medal – second place 2020–21 Nagano Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2021–22 Saitama Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2003–04 Nagano Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010–11 Nagano Singles
World Team Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2012 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Hamar Singles

Daisuke Takahashi (高橋 大輔, Takahashi Daisuke, born March 16, 1986) is a retired Japanese figure skater (men's singles and ice dance) and ice show producer. As a singles skater, he is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents champion, and a five-time (2006–2008, 2010, 2012) Japanese national champion.

Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics, and 2014 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for an Asian country in the men's singles event. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Asian man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005.

Takahashi retired on October 14, 2014, but returned to competitive skating on July 1, 2018.[1] After two seasons competing domestically in Japan, Takahashi began a career in ice dance partnered with Kana Muramoto beginning in the 2020–21 season.[2] With Muramoto he is the 2022 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2022-23 Japanese national champion and the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion. Takahashi is the first and at present only competitor to have earned medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in two different disciplines.

Although he has struggled with the lingering effects of an anterior cruciate ligament rupture since 2008, his senior career spanned 16 seasons in singles skating and ice dance combined, which is well above the average senior career length in any discipline in the era of the ISU Judging System.

Takahashi, who is not only a pioneer of men's singles skating in Japan and Asia, but also known and admired for his outstanding musicality, expressiveness and versatility as well as his unique style, has been and frequently continues to be cited as an inspiration and idol by his peers such as Patrick Chan,[3][4] Tatsuki Machida,[5][6] Adam Rippon[7][8] or Tomáš Verner[9] as well as by skaters of younger generations such as Shoma Uno,[10] Denis Ten,[11] Cha Jun-hwan,[12] Jason Brown,[13] Misha Ge[14] or Kazuki Tomono.[15]

Outside of the competitive field Takahashi has been a key individual in innovating the Japanese ice show market by headlining Hyoen, a new cross-genre show format (combining several genres, such as kabuki and the Takarazuka Revue with figure skating). In January 2023, he made his debut as a producer/director with Ice Explosion 2023. In addition to performing in ice shows, he has also appeared as a dancer in Cheryl Burke's stage production Love on the Floor.[16]

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  3. ^ "《独占》「ダイスケはお気に入りのライバルでした」パトリック・チャンが今明かす、現役引退・高橋大輔への思い「いつも温かく優しかった」(田村明子)". Number Web - ナンバー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  4. ^ https://x.com/CBCOlympics/status/1772032539500204132
  5. ^ 斎藤貴子編『フィギュアスケート07』毎日新聞社、2007年4月、p.
  6. ^ 青嶋ひろの「もっと知りたい New Face 第2回 町田樹」『フィギュアスケートDays vol.2』DAI-X出版、2007年3月、pp.60-61
  7. ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  8. ^ Tone, Florentina (2014-10-14). "The end of an era: Daisuke Takahashi retired from competitive skating". Inside Skating. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  9. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  10. ^ "Next in line: Shoma Uno".
  11. ^ Tone, Florentina (2014-10-14). "The end of an era: Daisuke Takahashi retired from competitive skating". Inside Skating. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  12. ^ "차준환 "다카하시 다이스케 닮고 싶다"". 스포츠동아 (in Korean). 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  13. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  14. ^ Tone, Florentina (2014-10-14). "The end of an era: Daisuke Takahashi retired from competitive skating". Inside Skating. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  15. ^ "My Purpose ~挑戦する人~". 同志社大学 オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  16. ^ "About". Cheryl Burke. Retrieved 2024-12-06.

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