Skaters

Nobunari Oda
Born:
March 25, 1987
Birthplace:
Takatsuki, Japan
Height:
5' 5"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Takatsuki, Japan
Training Town:
Osaka, Japan, and Barrie, Ontario
Club:
Kansai University SC
Coach:
Lee Barkell, Noriko Oda, Paige Aistrop, David Islam
Choreographer:
Lori Nichol
Oda is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2005 world junior champion and the 2008 Japanese champion.

In the summer of 2007, Oda was suspended from national competition until the end of October and from international competition until the end of December after being arrested in Osaka for driving under the influence of alcohol; after his suspension ended, he decided to skip the 2007-08 season entirely ... Returned to competition for the 2008-09 season, winning his first national title that year ... Coached by his mother, Noriko Odo, when in Japan, but he moved to the U.S. in 2008 to work with Nikoli Morozov ... Switched coaches following the 2010 World Championships and went back to former coach Lee Barkell ... Got married to his girlfriend Mayu in spring 2010, and their son, Shintaro, was born in October 2010 ... Is the 17th descendant of Nobunaga Oda (1534-1582), the famous Japanese warlord during the age of the civil war.
  • 2013 Season Notes
    SP Music: Ragtime music
    FS Music: Music from the soundtrack of The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Abraham Dukas and music from Daphnis et Chloé by Maurice Ravel
  • 2012 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Memphis Soul Stew"
    FS Music: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" by Michel Legrand
  • 2011 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Storm" by Yoshida Brothers
    FS Music: "Piano Concerto 1 & 2" by Edvard Grieg
  • 2010 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Totentanz" by Franz Liszt, arranged by Maksim Mrvica
    FS Music: Charlie Chaplin medley
  • 2009 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Masquerade Waltz" by Aram Khachaturian
    FS Music: "Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addinsell
  • 2008 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Masquerade Waltz" by Khachaturian
    FS Music: Music from the Mission Impossible soundtrack by Danny Elfman
  • 2007 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard
    FS Music: "Symphony No.4" by Tchaikovsky; Music from the Mission Impossible soundtrack by Danny Elfman
  • 2006 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Music from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
    FS Music: Music from the Zatoichi soundtrack by Keiichi Suzuki
  • 2005 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from "Super Mario Brothers" by Koji Kondo
    FS Music: Music from the Zatoichi soundtrack by Keiichi Suzuki
  • 2004 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from the Cinema Paradiso soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
    FS Music: Music from The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams
  • 2003 Season Notes
    SP Music: "El Cunbanchero" by Felix Guerrero
    FS Music: Music from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
  • 2002 Season Notes
    SP Music: "El Cunbanchero" by Felix Guerrero
    FS Music: Music from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
    2013 - Bavarian Open - 1st
    2013 - Japanese Championships - 4th
    2012 - Rostelecom Cup - 5th
    2012 - Skate Canada - 3rd
    2012 - Nebelhorn Trophy - 1st
    2011 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 7th
    2011 - Cup of China - 2nd
    2011 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2010 - Grand Prix Final - 2nd
    2010 - Skate America - 2nd
    2010 - Skate Canada - 2nd
    2010 - Olympic Winter Games - 7th
    2010 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2009 - Grand Prix Final - 2nd
    2009 - Cup of China - 1st
    2009 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 1st
    2009 - World Team Trophy - 3rd
    2009 - World Championships - 7th
    2009 - Four Continents Championships - 4th
    2009 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2008 - NHK Trophy - 1st
    2008 - Karl Schafer Memorial - 1st
    2008 - Nebelhorn Trophy - 1st
    2007 - World Championships - 7th
    2007 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2007 - Winter Universiade - 2nd
    2007 - Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg - 3rd
    2006 - NHK Trophy - 2nd
    2006 - Skate America - 1st
    2006 - World Championships - 4th
    2006 - Four Continents Championship - 1st
    2006 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2006 - Grand Prix Final, Tokyo - 4th
    2005 - NHK Trophy - 1st
    2005 - HomeSense Skate Canada - 3rd
    2005 - Japan International Challenge - 3rd
    2005 - World Junior Championships - 1st
    2005 - Japanese Championships - 3rd
    2005 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 1st
    2004 - Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine) - 3rd
    2004 - Junior Grand Prix (United States) - 4th
    2004 - World Junior Championships - 11th
    2004 - Japanese Championships - 5th
    2004 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 2nd
    2003 - Junior Grand Prix Final, Malmo - 8th
    2003 - Junior Grand Prix (Japan) - 3rd
    2003 - Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia) - 2nd
    2003 - Mladost Trophy - 1st
    2003 - Japanese Championships - 6th
    2003 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 3rd
    2002 - Junior Grand Prix (Italy) - 7th
    2002 - Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia) - 2nd
    2002 - Japanese Championships - 17th
    2002 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 4th