Shoma Uno

is a Japanese figure skater. As a singles skater, he is a three-time Olympic medalist (2018 silver, 2022 bronze, 2022 team silver), a two-time World champion (2022, 2023), and a two-time World silver medalist (2018, 2017). He was also the 2019 Four Continents champion, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a fourteen-time Grand Prix medalist (8 gold, 6 silver), the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a six-time Japanese national champion (2016–2019, 2022–2023). At the junior level, Uno is the 2015 World Junior champion, the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist.

Uno is the first skater to successfully land a quadruple flip, and the second skater behind Yuzuru Hanyu to land a quadruple loop in an international competition. In 2023, Uno became the first man from Japan to win back-to-back world titles. He is also the historic record-holder for the highest score by a junior in the short program.

After first retiring in 2024, Uno announced in May 2026 that he and his partner, Marin Honda, were returning to professional competition as an ice dance team.

Early life and family Shoma Uno was born on 17 December 1997, in Nagoya, Japan, to Junko and Hiroko Uno. He has a younger brother, Itsuki, Uno was born prematurely, weighing only and fitting in the palm of his father's hand. The blanket used to cover him was a handkerchief. He suffered from asthma as a child and was in and out of hospitals.

2012–2013 season Uno finished 6th at his Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia. At his next JGP event in Germany, he won the silver medal with personal bests in both programs and a total score of 188.48 points. He finished 7th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Senior career 2015–2016 season: First quad flip in international competition

Uno started his season with a 5th-place finish at the 2015 U.S. Classic, placing 9th in the short program but winning the free skate. He then went on to win the individual event of the 2015 Japan Open, defeating World champions Javier Fernandez, Brian Joubert and Patrick Chan.

Making his senior Grand Prix debut, Uno won the silver medal at 2015 Skate America after placing fourth in the short program and first in the free program, finishing only 1.52 points behind gold medalist Max Aaron. Uno then made some training changes, saying, "During Skate America, I felt that I lacked a bit of stamina, so I increased the number of run-throughs in training every day and started to do off-ice stamina training." Uno scored 94.26 in the short program, and 179.51 in the free skate, with a total score of 273.77, earning him the silver medal. His result, together with that of Kazuki Tomono, secured three spots for Japanese men at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships to be held in Saitama, Japan.

2018–2019 season: Four Continents champion Uno started the season at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he won the event. At 2018 Japan Open, he won the men's free program and won the gold medal as a member of Team Japan. In October, he won his first GP event of the season 2018 Skate Canada International. In November, he won his second GP event of the season, the 2018 NHK Trophy. He qualified to the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final and placed second, 5.99 points behind Nathan Chen. At the 2018 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Uno successfully defended his national title, winning by a margin of almost 50 points. This was his third successive national title, despite spraining his right ankle during the competition. He was named to the team to represent Japan at the 2019 Four Continents Championships and the 2019 World Championships.

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Uno came fourth in the short program, first in the free skate, and first overall. This marked the first time he won a major international competition after having placed silver at all of them at least once. He set a world record for the free skate with a score of 197.36. Uno was initially assigned to the Japanese team for the 2023 World Team Trophy, but withdrew due to his ongoing ankle problems, and was replaced by Shun Sato.

Hiatus: 2024–2026 In 2023, during the off-season, Uno was cast to play the lead role of Monkey D. Luffy for the summer ice show One Piece on Ice and reprised his role as Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece shows that took place in September 2024.

During the 2024 Paris Olympics, a medal ceremony was organized for Uno and his teammates from the 2022 Olympic Figure Skating Team Event to receive their Olympic silver medals. Although Uno was unable to attend the ceremony due to scheduling conflicts, he expressed happiness that his teammates would have a ceremony to attend. Uno's Team Event Olympic silver medal was eventually delivered to him. During the gala exhibition at the 2024 NHK Trophy, all members of the 2022 Olympic Team Event, including Uno, were invited to center stage, wearing their Olympic costumes and Olympic medals, in celebration of their achievement.

From June 2025 to February 2026, Uno produced and completed his first self-produced ice show, titled Ice Brave. The first edition of Ice Brave premiered at Aichi, Uno's home prefecture, before continuing to Fukuoka and Niigata. The cast of Ice Brave includes fellow Japanese professional skaters Marin Honda and Rika Hongo as well as the members of Prince Ice World, with Uno's coach Stéphane Lambiel participating as the show's only guest skater. The second edition continued without Lambiel to Kyoto, Tokyo, Yamanashi, Shimane and Miyagi, before ending in a special edition in Shin-Yokohama. The show runs for 90 minutes non-stop without any ice cut intermission or pre-shot video footage, utilizing music used for Uno's programs during his competitive career except for a new street dance-inspired group program and Uno and Honda's new programs. For this show, Uno and Honda changed their figure skating blades to a specific model designed by Japanese steel and skating blade company YS Blades for ice dance , and performed to Roberto Cacciapaglia's Wild Side choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto, and Max Richter's re-composition of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, choreographed by Jean-Luc Baker.

Ice dance with Marin Honda Partnership formation Following his retirement from singles skating, Uno approached his girlfriend and retired women's singles skater, Marin Honda, suggesting that he and her take on the challenge of learning how to ice dance together. Uno later shared that the idea came to him due to his desire for more people to witness Honda's expressiveness as a skater. "I had no regrets about singles," he said. "However, I think people don't fully understand how wonderful Marin's skating is." Following a period of deliberation, Honda agreed to the idea and the partnership officially formed in October 2024. Honda/Uno first debuted as a team in June 2025 during "Ice Brave," a show that was organized by Uno.

In March 2026, Honda/Uno received additional training at the Ice Academy of Montréal. Additionally, Honda/Uno stated that they did not yet have an official coaching team and as a result, Uno's longtime singles skating coach, Stéphane Lambiel, would accompany them to competitions.

Public life

Sponsorships, endorsements and partnerships Uno has had many endorsement contracts throughout his career that includes an affiliate sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Toyota that was announced in early June 2017. Other notable partnerships include healthcare consumer brand Colantotte, and cosmetics manufacturer DHC.

Books and magazines In March 2018, Uno released a 96-page photo book entitled Shoma Uno New Hero: Path to the Silver Medal published by Kodansha. The photo book chronicles Uno's journey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang where he placed second. He has released two official calendars in 2018

Personal life and education Uno attended Chukyo High School and Chukyo University in Nagoya. Looking back at his high school years, Uno later described himself as a quiet student who enjoyed playing games on his smartphone with his classmates during recess.

Records and achievements First skater in history to successfully land a quadruple flip jump at the 2016 Team Challenge Cup. This achievement is recognized by Guinness World Records. Became the first Japanese Figure skater to win three Olympic Medals at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Set the junior-level men's record for the short program score with 84.87 points at the 2015 Junior Worlds. Set the junior-level men's record for the combined total with 238.27 points at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final. Record was broken by Cha Jun-hwan at the 2016 JGP Japan. Set the junior-level men's record for the free program score with 163.06 points at the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final. Record was broken by Daniel Samohin at the 2016 World Junior Championships. Set the men's record for the short program score with 104.15 points at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. Record was broken by Yuzuru Hanyu at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Set the men's record for the combined total with 276.20 points at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. Record was broken by Nathan Chen at the 2018 Skate America. Set the men's record for the free program score with 197.36 points at the 2019 Four Continents Championships. Record was broken by Yuzuru Hanyu at the 2019 World Championships.

Honors and awards Japan Skating Federation: "JOC Cup" (2019) Chunichi Shimbun: 33rd "Chunichi Sports Award" (2019) TV Asahi: "Big Sports Awards" Big Sports Special Award (2017, 2018 ) Aichi "Sports Awards" (2017, 2018 ) Nagoya "Sports Awards" (2018, 2023 ) Toyota, Aichi "Sports Awards" (2022)

Programs Ice dance with Marin Honda

Singles skating