Nozomu Yoshioka

Yoshioka was born on 15 December 2003 in Osaka, Japan.^[1]

As a child, Yoshioka also practiced soccer and martial arts before ultimately deciding to focus on figure skating.

He is currently a student at Hosei University, where he also trains.

Yoshioka's figure skating idol is the late Denis Ten.^[2]

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Yoshioka began figure skating in 2010 after being encouraged by his mother to give it a try.^[2]

Throughout his childhood, Yoshioka trained at the Aquapia Skating Rink in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture until it closed down. As a result, he relocated to Takatsuki to train at the Kansai University Takatsuki Ice Arena.^[2]

He made his junior-level debut at the 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships, where he finished twentieth and then went on to finish twenty-first at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships the following year.^[1]

Feeling that he needed a training environment that had more "discipline," Yoshioka decided to move to Hyōgo to train at the Hyogo Nishinomiya FSC under Utako Nagamitsu.^[2]

After finishing fifth at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, Yoshioka was selected to compete at the 2019–20 Japan Senior Championships where he finished in nineteenth place.^[1]

He then went on to compete at the 2020 Challenge Cup as a junior and won the event.^[3]

Yoshioka competed at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships, finishing eleventh.^[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of modifications were made to the Grand Prix structure, where competitors consisted only of skaters from the home country, skaters already training in the host nation, and skaters assigned to that event for geographic reasons. As a result, Yoshioka was invited to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy where he finished tenth.^[4][3]

Yoshioka competed at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, where he won the bronze medal and was thus invited to compete at the 2021–22 Japan Senior Championships, where he finished twentieth.^[1]

Making his debut on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix series, Yoshioka won the gold medal at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and placed fifth at the 2022 JGP Poland I. These results secured a spot for Yoshioka at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy.

Yoshioka then went on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, where he won the gold medal.^[3]

At the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final, Yoshioka placed fifth in the short program after losing points on a spin and having two jump errors in the program. However, Yoshioka managed to skate a more solid free skate, placing second in that segment of the competition and winning the bronze medal overall. Following the event, Yoshioka said, "I'm happy that I was able to stand on the stage (of the final). I was able to complete the free skate with the minimum number of mistakes."^[5]

At the 2022–23 Japan Championships, Yoshioka finished tenth.

Yoshioka was selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta. He placed seventh in the short program, scoring a new personal best score and managed to place second in the free skate, winning the bronze medal overall.^[3]

Additionally, he was invited to skate in the gala at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama.^[6]

Yoshioka closed his season with a gold medal at the 2023 Triglav Trophy.^[3]

Yoshioka began the season by finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.^[3] Appearing on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, he set a new personal best in the short program (87.44) to come fourth in the segment. He dropped to sixth after the free skate. He said he was "disappointed" with the second half of the free skate, but said it was a "huge bonus" to be invited to the event.^[7][8]

He went on to finish eighth at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, before ending his season with a silver medal at the 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup.^[3]

Yoshioka started the season by winning bronze at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. He then went on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, finishing eighth at 2024 Skate America.^[3]

In December, he finished twenty-second at the 2024–25 Japan Championships.^[3]

Yoshioka competed at the 2025–26 Japan Championships, where he finished in eighth place.^[9]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–2026 [10]	The Loneliest by Måneskin choreo. by Lori Nichol	Felix Tango by Luca Lucini, Mario Stefano, & M. Falloni Il Postino by Luis Bacalov Mi Mancherai performed by Josh Groban & Joshua Bell choreo. by Lori Nichol
2024–2025 [11]	Lullaby for Sadness by Eternal Eclipse Fate of the Clockmaker by Eternal Eclipse and Flynn Hase Spence choreo. by Lori Nichol
2023–2024 [12]		Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, and Geoff Zanelli choreo. by Kohei Yoshino Final Fantasy by Nobuo Uematsu choreo. by Kohei Yoshino
2022–2023 [13]	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona performed by Stanley Black and His Orchestra choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt, and Geoff Zanelli choreo. by Kohei Yoshino	Mountain Top (from Legend of the Demon Cat) by Yojiro Noda performed by RADWIMPS choreo. by Kohei Yoshino
2021–2022 [10]	Mountain Top (from Legend of the Demon Cat) by Yojiro Noda performed by RADWIMPS choreo. by Kohei Yoshino	Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin choreo. by Misao Sato
2020–2021 [14]		Lorelei by Naoki Sato choreo. by Mari Araya
2019–2020 [10]	Art on Ice by Edvin Marton choreo. by Kohei Yoshino

Competition placements at senior level ^[9]

Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Japan Championships	19th		20th	10th	8th	22nd	8th
GP NHK Trophy		10th
GP Skate America					6th	8th
CS Lombardia Trophy					5th
Asian Open Trophy						3rd
Coupe du Printemps							3rd
Tallink Hotels Cup					2nd
Triglav Trophy				1st

Competition placements at junior level ^[9]

Season	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
World Junior Championships						3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final						3rd
Japan Championships	20th	21st	5th	11th	3rd	1st
JGP Czech Republic						1st
JGP Poland						5th
Challenge Cup			1st
Egna Spring Trophy					3rd