Hiroshi Nagakubo
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BornDecember 14, 1946
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
CountryJapan
PartnerKotoe Nagasawa
| Hiroshi Nagakubo | |
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 Nagakubo alongside Akiko Suzuki, 2010. | |
| Born | December 14, 1946 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 | ||||
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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
