Spencer Akira Howe

Spencer Akira Howe (born September 11, 1996) is an American pair skater. With his skating partner, Emily Chan, he is a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2022 and 2023), a two-time Grand Prix silver medalist (2022 Skate America; 2022 NHK Trophy), three-time Challenger Series medalist, and a four-time U.S. National medalist (pewter in 2022, 2025, and 2026; silver in 2023).

Early life Howe was born on September 11, 1996, in Burbank, California. He has an older sister named Roxette. Making their first appearance at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy, Chan/Howe finished fourth. Chan/Howe subsequently delivered a stronger free program, however, placing third in that competition segment and moving up to fourth place overall.

The following month, Chan/Howe placed seventh overall at the 2026 Winter Olympics. “There was so much pressure on trying to get to the Games,” said Howe. He also added, “And here, now that we made it, it’s that pressure of being able to skate great performances in front of such a large crowd. We worked so hard to get to this stage. And once you make it, your brain doesn’t know how to process that. It’s hard to explain. We just felt grateful to be here and to be able to skate as well as we did. It’s a huge blessing for us.”

In March, Kam/O'Shea withdrew from the 2026 World Championships due to injury. Chan/Howe were called up to compete. They placed sixth in the short program and twentieth in the free skate, finishing sixteenth overall.

Coaching , Howe coaches both figure skating and hockey at The Skating Club of Boston, where he trains.

Programs Pair skating with Emily Chan Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2019–20