is a Japanese competitive figure skater. He currently competes in pair skating with

Narumi Takahashi is a Japanese retired pair skater and six-time Japanese national champion (2009-2012, 2014, 2015). With former partner Mervin Tran, she was the 2012 World bronze medalist, the 2010 Junior World silver medalist, and the 2010–11 Junior Gran ...

Career

Competing in men's singles, Shibata won two gold medals on the

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series and qualified to two

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s. He appeared at the 2003 and 2006 World Junior Championships, finishing 12th both times, and at three senior

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events. He retired in 2010. On May 18, 2016, it was announced that Shibata had formed a pair skating partnership with

and that they would train in Chicago. The Japanese media called Shibata "the Japanese

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". He was able to perform a

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in competition.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

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Pairs with Takahashi

Men's singles

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shibata, Ryo Japanese male single skaters Japanese male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games competitors for Japan 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Hokkaido People from Kushiro, Hokkaido