# Tomoe Kawabata

Tomoe Kawabata (川畑 和愛, Kawabata Tomoe, born January 12, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019–20 Japanese national bronze medalist. She has represented Japan at two World Junior Championships.

## Career
### Early years

Kawabata began learning to skate in 2008. Making her junior debut, she placed 15th at the 2015 Japan Championships. She competed as a senior at the 2018 Japan Championships and finished in 21st place. In January 2018, she won gold in the junior ladies' category at the Bavarian Open.

### 2018–2019 season

Kawabata received two 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments. She placed fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall at JGP Slovakia, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, and had the same final result at JGP Slovenia held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
She finished twelfth at the 2019 World Junior Championships. She was coached by former ice dancer Nakako Tsuzuki in Yokohama and Kanawaga.

### 2019–2020 season

Kawabata made a coaching change in July 2019, joining Yukina Ota and Yutaka Higuchi at the Meiji Jingu rink in Tokyo. She again placed fifth at both of her JGP assignments. At the Japan Championships, she won silver in the junior event and then bronze in the senior event.
Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Kawabata placed fourteenth.

### 2020–2021 season

Kawabata was invited to compete at the Japan Open as part of Team Red. She subsequently placed fifth at the domestic Eastern Sectionals Championship to qualify to the national championships. Kawabata made her senior debut on the Grand Prix at the 2020 NHK Trophy, where she was tenth. She placed eleventh at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2021–2022 | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand performed by Nana Mouskouri | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Erich Korngold | |
| 2020–2021 | Tasogare no Waltz by Takashi Kako performed by Taro Hakase choreo. by David Wilson | Yumeji's Theme (from Yumeji) by Shigeru Umebayashi Sikuriadas by Inti-Illimani choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel |
| 2019–2020 | The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | Yumeji's Theme (from Yumeji) by Shigeru Umebayashi Sikuriadas by Inti-Illimani choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | La La Land by Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018–2019 | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki | Concerto in F by George Gershwin performed by André Previn choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Nakako Tsuzuki |
| 2017–2018 | The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns | La La Land by Justin Hurwitz | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | | | | 10th | |
| CS Cup of Austria | | | | | | | | 9th |
| International: Junior |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | | | | | 12th | 14th | | |
| JGP France | | | | | | 5th | | |
| JGP Poland | | | | | | 5th | | |
| JGP Slovakia | | | | | 5th | | | |
| JGP Slovenia | | | | | 5th | | | |
| Bavarian Open | | | | 1st | | | | |
| Printemps | | | | | | WD | | |
| National |||||||||
| Japan Champ. | | | | 21st | 10th | 3rd | 11th | WD |
| Japan Junior | 15th | 27th | 27th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | | |
| Team Events |||||||||
| Japan Open | | | | | | | 2nd T 3rd P | |

## Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

### Senior results

2021–2022 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 11–14, 2021 | 2021 CS Cup of Austria | 6 54.34 | 15 95.62 | 9 149.96 |
| 2020–2021 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 24–27, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 9 64.56 | 12 121.62 | 11 186.18 |
| November 27–29, 2020 | 2020 NHK Trophy | 8 59.83 | 12 102.41 | 10 162.24 |
| 2019–2020 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 18–22, 2019 | 2020 Japan Championships | 7 65.53 | 3 128.43 | 3 193.96 |
| 2018–2019 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 20–24, 2018 | 2019 Japan Championships | 7 64.66 | 10 118.45 | 10 183.11 |
| 2017–2018 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 20–24, 2017 | 2018 Japan Championships | 22 52.13 | 19 106.03 | 21 158.16 |

### Junior results

2019–2020 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 10 62.85 | 16 96.62 | 14 159.47 |
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2020 Japan Junior Championships | 2 63.55 | 2 115.40 | 2 178.95 |
| September 18–21, 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | 2 67.70 | 7 110.16 | 5 177.86 |
| August 21–24, 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 6 57.75 | 4 113.92 | 5 171.67 |
| 2018–2019 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | 9 57.65 | 13 99.82 | 12 157.47 |
| November 23–25, 2018 | 2019 Japan Junior Championships | 12 52.05 | 3 106.11 | 3 158.16 |
| October 3–10, 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovenia | 1 66.85 | 9 100.64 | 5 167.49 |
| August 22–25, 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | 5 58.89 | 6 114.95 | 5 173.84 |
| 2017–2018 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 26–31, 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 1 61.39 | 1 107.66 | 1 169.05 |
| November 24–26, 2017 | 2018 Japan Junior Championships | 3 61.49 | 6 106.03 | 6 167.52 |