page_title: Shoma Uno
section_title: 2018–2019 season: Four Continents champion
hierarchical_section_title: Shoma Uno / Career / 2018–2019 season: Four Continents champion
caption_attribution_description: English: Shoma Uno on the podium, 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
context_page_description: Shoma Uno is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist, the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion.
  Earlier in his career, he became the 2015 World Junior champion, 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist.
  Uno is the first skater to successfully land a quadruple flip in an international competition. He is also the historic record-holder for the highest score by a junior in the short program.
context_section_description: Uno started the season at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he won the event. At 2018 Japan Open, he won the men's free program and won the gold medal as a member of Team Japan. He won his first GP event of the season, 2018 Skate Canada International, in October. He won his second GP event of the season, the 2018 NHK Trophy, in November. He qualified to the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final and placed second, 5.99 points behind Nathan Chen.
  At the 2018 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Uno successfully defended his national title, winning by a margin of almost 50 points. This was his third successive national title, despite spraining his right ankle during the competition. He was named to the team to represent Japan at the 2019 Four Continents Championships and the 2019 World Championships.
  At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Uno came fourth in the short program, first in the free skate, and first overall. This marked the first time he won a major international competition, after having placed silver at all of them at least once. He set a world record for the free skate with a score of 197.36.
  At the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Uno was sixth in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fourth overall. After the competition, he expressed disappointment with his performances. He concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, placing third in the short program, third in the free skate, and third overall. In the free skate, he attempted a triple Axel-quadruple toe loop combination, becoming the first skater to attempt this combination in competition, although he was unable to land it successfully. Team Japan won the silver medal.
  On June 6, 2019, Uno announced on his website that he would no longer be coached by Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi, who had coached him since he was five years old, and that he did not yet know who his new coaches would be. On June 7, Russian coach Eteri Tutberidze announced that Uno would be attending her summer camp. Following Tutberidze's camp, which he described as "tough" but a "good experience", Uno announced that he would not have a main coach in the near term, but Takeshi Honda would serve as a jump coach. He also announced plans to visit Stéphane Lambiel's Swiss training facility in September 2019.
caption: Uno at the 2019 Four Continents Championships podium.
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