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Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Native name本田 ルーカス剛史
Born (2002-09-15) September 15, 2002 (age 22)
Osaka, Japan
HometownUji, Kyoto
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
DisciplinePair skating (since 2023)
Men's singles (2016–24)
PartnerSae Shimizu (since 2023)
CoachBruno Marcotte
Brian Shales
Mie Hamada
Cathy Reed
Skating clubKinoshita Academy
Began skating2011

Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (本田 ルーカス剛史, Honda Lucas Tsuyoshi, born September 15, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater, who currently competes in the pairs discipline with partner, Sae Shimizu. Together, they are the 2024 JGP Turkey bronze medalists and the 2023–24 Japan junior national champions.[1]

As a singles skater, he is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist, the 2020 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and the 2020–21 Japan junior national champion.[2]

Personal life

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Honda was born on September 15, 2002, in Osaka, Japan.[3] He is a fourth generation Japanese Brazilian.[4] In addition, Honda is able to speak English proficiently.[5]

He was a student at Ayaha High School before enrolling at Doshisha University in 2021, where he currently studies in the Faculty of Sports and Health Science.[6]

His figure skating idol is Takahiko Kozuka.[7]

Career

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Early career

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Honda began figure skating in 2011. His first encounter with skating was in kindergarten. It wasn't until the second grade of elementary school, where he entered a class taught by coach Tsuyako Yamashita and began skating in earnest. He was then coached by Kotoe Nagasawa.[4]

On the basic novice level, Honda finished thirteenth and fourth at the 2012–13 and 2013–14 Japan Basic Novice Championships, respectively. Going on to compete as an advanced novice level skater, Honda placed fifth at the 2014–15 Japan Advanced Novice Championships and ninth at the 2015–16 Japan Novice Championships.[2]

As a junior skater, Honda competed at the 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, placing seventeenth, sixteenth, and ninth, respectively.[8]

2019–20 season

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Honda started the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships before going on to compete at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, finishing eleventh.[9]

Following the season, Honda moved from Osaka to Uji, Kyoto to train at the Kinoshita Academy under coaches, Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Hiroaki Sato, and Satsuki Muramoto.[10]

2020–21 season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure. The competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reason.[11] As a result, Honda was selected compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy, where he won the bronze medal.[2]

He then went on to win the gold medal at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships and place thirteenth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[8]

2021–22 season

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Honda started the season by competing at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, where he won the silver medal.[2]

Despite the Japan Skating Federation not allowing Japanese figure skaters to compete on the Junior Grand Prix series due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Honda was nevertheless selected as a "wildcard" entry to compete at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final set to be held in Osaka, Japan. However, the Final ultimately ended up being cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.[12][13]

At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Honda finished twelfth and was selected to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, where he ultimately came in fourteenth.[9]

2022–23 season

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Competing on the Grand Prix series, Honda finished eleventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo. He went on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, finishing twenty-first.[9]

Partnership with Shimizu

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2023–24 season

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In early 2023, Honda decided to give try pair skating at the insistence of his mother.[14] It was later announced in May that Honda had teamed up with fellow Kinoshita Academy singles skater, Sae Shimizu, and that the pair would continue training under their singles skating coach, Mie Hamada, while also making trips to Oakville, Ontario, Canada to work with Bruno Marcotte and Brian Shales, the coaches of World Champions, Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara.[15][6][16]

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.[17]

Honda also competed in the men's singles event at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, where he finished a career-best tenth place. After the event, he announced his retirement from singles skating with the intention to focus on pair skating.[9][18]

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.[19] Competing at the 2024 Bavarian Open, the pair finished eleventh, earning these minimum scores in the process.[20] Going on to compete at the World Junior Championships, the pair placed fourteenth.[17]

2024–25 season

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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.[17] These results allowed the pair to qualify for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.[21]

Programs

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With Shimizu

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Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[3]
2023–2024
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Men's singles

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[22]
2022–2023
[23][24]
2021–2022
[23][25]
2020–2021
[8]
2019–2020
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Competitive highlights

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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Shimizu

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International: Junior [1]
Event 23–24 24–25
Junior Worlds 14th
JGP Final TBD
JGP Czech Republic 4th
JGP Turkey 3rd
Bavarian Open 11th
National [1]
Japan Junior 1st
Japan Eastern Sect. 1st J
Levels: J = Junior
TBD = Assigned

Men's singles 2019–20 season to 2023–24

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International[9]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP Finland 11th
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
CS Cup of Austria 2nd
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds C 14th
JGP Final C[12]
Bavarian Open 3rd
National[9][27][28]
Japan 11th 13th 12th 21st 10th
Japan Junior 3rd 1st
Japan Western Sect. 2nd J WD 5th 7th
Kinki Reg. 4th J 2nd 4th 6th
Team events
Japan Open 2nd T
1st P
Levels: J = Junior
WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

Men's singles pre-international debut

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National[9][27][28]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Japan Junior 17th 16th 9th
Japan Novice 13th B 4th B 5th A 9th A
Japan Western Sect. 8th J 7th J 3rd J
Kinki Reg. 3rd B 1st B 1st A 3rd A 3rd J 3rd J 2nd J
Levels: J= Junior; A = Advanced Novice; B = Basic Novice

Detailed results

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Pairs with Shimizu

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [1]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 140.19 2024 JGP Turkey
Short program TSS 48.04 2024 JGP Turkey
TES 24.76 2024 JGP Turkey
PCS 23.28 2024 JGP Turkey
Free skating TSS 92.15 2024 JGP Turkey
TES 48.57 2024 JGP Turkey
PCS 46.46 2024 JGP Turkey

Junior level

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Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 18–21, 2024 2024 JGP Turkey 4
48.04 		3
92.15 		3
140.19
September 4–7, 2024 2024 JGP Czech Republic 7
44.96 		3
91.33 		4
136.29
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 26–March 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 14
43.69 		14
72.08 		14
115.77
January 1–February 4, 2024 2024 Bavarian Open 12
39.82 		7
77.22 		11
117.04
November 17–19, 2023 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships 1
40.00 		1
69.69 		1
109.69
November 2–5, 2023 2023 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships 1
39.39 		1
77.00 		1
116.39

Men's singles

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [28]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 225.89 2021 CS Cup of Austria
Short program TSS 83.95 2021 CS Cup of Austria
TES 46.15 2021 CS Cup of Austria
PCS 37.80 2021 CS Cup of Austria
Free skating TSS 141.94 2021 CS Cup of Austria
TES 67.24 2021 CS Cup of Austria
PCS 74.70 2021 CS Cup of Austria

Senior level

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Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 14
73.58 		10
144.04 		10
217.62
October 25–29, 2023 2023 Japan Western Sectional Championships 5
67.41 		6
127.80 		7
195.21
September 28–October 1, 2023 2023 Kinki Regional Championships 6
65.85 		5
128.40 		6
194.25
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 20
62.48 		20
118.39 		21
180.87
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 10
67.92 		11
129.98 		11
197.90
October 27–30, 2022 2022 Japan Western Sectional Championships 7
56.96 		3
125.48 		5
182.44
October 7–10, 2022 2022 Kinki Regional Championships 3
69.53 		5
126.89 		4
196.42
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 11
78.53 		11
146.69 		12
225.22
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 1
83.95 		5
141.94 		2
225.89
October 7–10, 2021 2021 Kinki Regional Championships 4
63.12 		2
113.16 		2
176.28
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 23–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 14
67.52 		13
126.51 		13
194.03
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 3
79.22 		6
138.34 		3
217.56
October 3, 2020 2020 Japan Open – 1
137.99 		1P/2T
137.99
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 9
75.72 		12
134.24 		11
209.96

Junior level

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2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 9
73.01 		16
123.82 		14
196.83
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 1
80.35 		3
129.13 		1
209.48
October 30–November 1, 2020 2020 Japan Western Sectional Championships 5
72.27 		WD WD
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 2
69.45 		3
126.25 		3
195.70
November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 4
74.14 		6
120.61 		3
194.75
November 1–4, 2019 2019 Japan Western Sectional Championships 3
67.23 		2
123.96 		2
191.19
October 3–6, 2019 2019 Kinki Regional Championships 2
61.38 		4
110.15 		4
171.53
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships 7
63.34 		9
111.29 		9
174.63
November 1–4, 2018 2018 Japan Western Sectional Championships 3
69.41 		3
120.07 		3
189.48
October 5–8, 2018 2018 Kinki Regional Championships 2
63.19 		2
105.93 		2
169.12
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships 15
53.51 		17
92.72 		16
146.23
November 2–5, 2017 2017 Japan Western Sectional Championships 6
55.19 		8
96.75 		7
151.94
October 6–9, 2017 2017 Kinki Regional Championships 4
51.95 		2
113.68 		3
165.63
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 23–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships 16
51.32 		17
99.51 		17
150.83
October 28–30, 2016 2016 Japan Western Sectional Championships 7
53.49 		9
100.80 		8
154.29
October 8–10, 2016 2016 Kinki Regional Championships 5
41.15 		3
101.51 		3
142.66

References

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