Nobunari Oda

is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2009 and 2010; bronze in 2006 and 2013), the 2005 World Junior champion and the 2008 Japanese national champion.

At the 2005–06 Japanese Championships, Oda was initially declared the winner, but his gold medal was revoked when a glitch in the calculation of scores in the event's computer system was discovered. The reason for the error lay in Oda's first jump combination, a combination of triple Axel, triple toe loop and triple loop. The last jump of the combination, the triple loop, was initially incorrectly identified as a double jump, but was later corrected to an under-rotated triple jump attempt.

This is where the Zayak rule came into play, which says that in a free skate "of all triple and quadruple jumps only two can be executed twice." Oda had executed two triple toe loops and two triple Lutzes, and since he had also executed a triple loop and the loop at the end of his first combination jump was corrected to an under-rotated attempt at another triple, he had executed three triple jumps twice. As a result, the score for the second triple lutz was invalidated. The rankings were reversed and Takahashi was awarded the gold. under the influence of alcohol. Oda apologized for this infraction.

2008–2010: Vancouver Olympics After sitting out the 2007–2008 Grand Prix season, Oda announced his withdrawal from the Japan Championships on December 24, 2007, citing mental stress. including ISU World Standings and ISU Season's Best Score, over Oda. Shortly afterward, Oda announced his retirement from competitive skating. Oda made his official return in January 2023 at the 2023 Japan Winter Sports Festival, where finished ninth. The following season, Oda would continue competing in domestic events. Receiving standing ovations for both his short and free program performances, Oda would ultimately come in fourth place, the same placement he achieved at the previous national championships he competed at eleven years prior. He subsequently confirmed his official retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs Oda performs an Ina bauer during his exhibition at the 2008 NHK Trophy.

2022–2025 Season Short Program Free skating Exhibition 2024–2025 Samba Popular Matsuken Samba II Angels (Beethoven AI) [XXI] Momotaro 2023–2024 Nuvole Bianche I'm Still Standing 2022–2023 Stardust L-O-V-E Princess Mononoke

2014–19 Season Free skating Pro-am events Exhibition 2018–2019