is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2024–25 Japan national bronze medalist, the 2024 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, the 2023 World University Games silver medalist, and the 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist.

On the junior level, he is the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018–19 Japan junior national champion.

Personal life Tatsuya Tsuboi was born in Okazaki, Aichi. As of 2022, he is a student at Kobe University, studying in the International Human Sciences Department.

Career Early career Tsuboi began learning how to skate in 2009 at the age of seven.

After making his international junior debut at the 2017 edition of the Coupe du Printemps toward the end of the 2016–17 season, Tsuboi made his Junior Grand Prix debut the following autumn, placing fifth at both the 2017 JGP Belarus and 2017 JGP Italy. After winning the bronze medal at the 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships, he finished thirteenth at the senior level. He returned to the Coupe du Printemps, this time winning gold.

Tsuboi did not compete on the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix, but won the junior silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. He won gold at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and finished seventh at the senior level, as a result of which he was assigned to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships. Tsuboi finished fourteenth there. Then, he was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the reigning Japan junior national champion.

2021–2022 season: Junior World bronze After appearing only domestically over the following two seasons, partially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tsuboi became more active in the 2021–22 season, even though Japan opted not to assign skaters to the Junior Grand Prix. He was the silver medalist at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, and placed ninth at the senior edition. These placements earned him an assignment to the 2022 World Junior Championships. Also given precursor assignments to the Bavarian Open and the Coupe du Printemps, he won gold at the former at the junior level and silver at latter at the senior level.

The World Junior Championships were originally scheduled for March in Sofia. However, as a result of both the Omicron variant and the Russo-Ukrainian War, they could not be held in their original location, and were moved to Tallinn in April. As well, the International Skating Union banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing, significantly altering the figure skating field. Tsuboi finished fifth in the short program with a new personal best score. He was third in the free skate, rising to third overall to win the bronze medal.

2022–2023 season: Senior debut Moving to the senior level permanently, Tsuboi was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the MK John Wilson Trophy, where he finished fifth. At his second event, the Grand Prix of Espoo, he was fifth in the short program but rose to fourth after the free skate, where he set new personal bests in that segment and overall. He described nothing but "happiness" with the results.

Tsuboi finished ninth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, and was subsequently assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games. He won the silver medal.

2023–2024 season Given two assignments on the Grand Prix, Tsuboi finished eighth at the 2023 Skate America and ninth at the 2023 NHK Trophy. He went on to finish seventh at the 2023–24 Japan Championships before closing his season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Challenge Cup.

2024–2025 season: Japanese national bronze

Tsuboi started the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy. Selected as a host pick at the 2024 NHK Trophy, Tsuboi placed third in both the short program and free skate, scoring personal bests in all competition segments. He would walk away with the bronze medal overall. Pleased with this result, Tsuboi said in an interview afterwards, "I didn't even think that I would end up third. With the short and free program and free skating, I knew I had to do everything I can, put my best out there and give it my all. The day in day out efforts I've been making have paid off. This is my first podium in the senior Grand Prix series, so it's been a great confidence booster."

In late December, Tsuboi competed at the 2024–25 Japan Championships. During the short program, Tsuboi finished a disappointing fourteenth place after landing his quadruple salchow on the quarter and popping his triple axel attempt into a single. During the free skate the following day, however, Tsuboi delivered a solid free skate, placing third in that segment of the competition. Due to several skaters that placed ahead of him in the short program faltering during the free skate, Tsuboi managed to move up to the bronze medal position overall. Due to this result, Tsuboi was named to the Four Continents and World teams.

In late February, Tsuboi placed fifth at the 2025 FourContinents Championships in Seoul, South Korea. The following month, at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, he finished the event in twenty-first place.

2025–26 season Tsuboi opened his season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenge Series, finishing fifth at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup and eighth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He then went on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix circuit, placing seventh at the 2025 Grand Prix de France and eighth at 2025 Skate America.

In December, Tsuboi competed at the 2025–26 Japan Championships, placing thirteenth overall. Following the event, Tsuboi announced he would retire at the end of the season. However, in March, Tsuboi announced that he had changed his mind about retiring and that he would instead of sit the 2026–27 figure skating season out to focus on his studies with plans to return to competing.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 Anniversary I Pagliacci Vesti la giubba Preludio Vesti la giubba Vesti la giubba No, Pagliaccio non son Suvvia, coserribile 2024–2025 En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor

Adore Anima Stairway to Heaven (2012 Remaster) Stairway to Heaven 2023–2024 En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor Torn (Redux) Johanna 2022–2023 Stairway to Heaven (2012 Remaster) Stairway to Heaven 2021–2022 The Tree of Life Preludes, Op. 23 No. 7: Prelude in C minor No. 5: Prelude in G minor No. 4: Prelude in D major 2020–2021Puttin' On the Ritz 2019–2020 Preludes, Op. 23 No. 5: Prelude in G minor No. 4: Prelude in D major

Symphony No. 9 From the New World 2018–2019 Your Song Symphony No. 9 From the New World 2017–2018 Rurouni Kenshin

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total February 22–25, 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 1 85.80 2 169.01 2 254.81 December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 7 85.85 7 166.49 7 252.34 November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 12 64.63 5 151.99 9 216.62 October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 9 72.57 8 144.41 8 216.98 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total February 23–26, 2023 2023 Challenge Cup 12 67.16 5 145.18 8 212.34 January 12–22, 2023 2023 Winter World University Games 2 84.48 2 159.34 2 243.82 December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 11 74.84 9 146.33 9 221.17 November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 5 78.82 4 166.08 4 244.90 November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 7 76.75 5 149.38 5 226.13 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 12 77.31 8 157.90 9 235.21 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 11 69.95 5 144.92 7 214.87 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–23, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 14 63.35 11 135.36 13 198.71 2016–17 season Date Event SP FS Total December 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 15 59.49 8 127.54 10 187.03

Junior level 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 5 79.15 3 154.67 3 233.82 March 18–20, 2022 2022 Coupe du Printemps 2 77.35 2 148.29 2 225.64 January 18–22, 2022 2021 Bavarian Open 1 81.92 1 156.42 1 238.34 November 19–21, 2021 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships 1 81.05 2 146.55 2 227.60 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 4 73.18 10 107.38 7 180.56 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 6 68.83 3 123.94 4 192.77 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 20 62.59 10 133.29 14 195.88 November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships 2 78.23 2 144.56 1 222.79 August 1–5, 2018 2018 Asian Open Trophy 2 50.87 2 117.14 2 168.01 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total March 16–18, 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 1 64.43 1 131.40 1 195.83 November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships 5 63.53 2 125.62 3 189.15 October 11–14, 2017 2017 JGP Italy 6 65.98 5 132.46 5 198.44 September 20–24, 2017 2017 JGP Belarus 5 66.49 5 118.70 5 185.19 2016–17 season Date Event SP FS Total March 10–12, 2017 2017 Coupe du Printemps 2 51.72 2 104.63 2 156.35 November 23–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships 6 56.07 5 121.55 5 177.62 2015–16 season Date Event SP FS Total November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships 14 48.89 14 96.69 14 145.58

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