54 Facts About Daisuke Takahashi

Daisuke Takahashi is a retired Japanese figure skater and ice show producer.

Daisuke Takahashi was the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships.

Daisuke Takahashi retired on October 14,2014, but returned to competitive skating on July 1,2018.

Daisuke Takahashi is the first and at present only competitor to have earned medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in two different disciplines.

Daisuke Takahashi is not only a pioneer in the field of competitive skating in Japan, but a key individual in innovating the Japanese ice show market by headlining novel cross-genre show formats, which implement technologies like projection mapping and take on underrepresented themes such as the portrayal of same-sex attraction.

Daisuke Takahashi's mother intended for him to enroll in the ice hockey club, but he did not like the protective gear of ice hockey and enrolled instead in the figure skating club.

Daisuke Takahashi had a successful junior career, winning the 2002 World Junior Championships in his first and only appearance at that competition.

Daisuke Takahashi is the first Japanese man to have won the title.

Daisuke Takahashi struggled with consistency during the first few years of his senior career.

Daisuke Takahashi won a bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents Championships and went on to the 2005 World Championships as the second-ranked of the two Japanese men on the World team, after Takeshi Honda.

Daisuke Takahashi placed 15th, qualifying only one spot for the Japanese men.

Oda and Daisuke Takahashi both had very good Grand Prix seasons.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Daisuke Takahashi was in a good position after the short program but had a poor free skate and placed 8th overall.

Daisuke Takahashi won the Japanese Championships, taking the national title for the second year in a row, and then went on to the Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy, which he won as well.

Daisuke Takahashi placed third in the short program at the 2007 World Championships.

Daisuke Takahashi had been placed on top, just ahead of Brian Joubert, partly due to Daisuke Takahashi's victory at the Winter Universiade, a competition for which Brian Joubert was not eligible, as Joubert was not a university student.

The ISU determined that the results of the Winter Universiade could not be used to calculate world ranking, and Daisuke Takahashi's ranking fell from first to second place.

Daisuke Takahashi won the 2008 Four Continents Championships, scoring a new record in free skating and in the total score under the ISU Judging System.

Daisuke Takahashi was considered a favorite heading into the 2008 World Championships but finished off the podium after a disappointing free skating in which he fell on his second quad toe attempt, then stumbled on a triple Axel and triple loop, and, finally, performed an extra combination, an invalid element, which did not count towards his points total.

In May 2008, Daisuke Takahashi announced that he had parted ways with Nikolai Morozov, who had been his co-coach for several years in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Daisuke Takahashi continued training under coach Utako Nagamitsu and jump coach Takeshi Honda in Osaka, Japan.

Daisuke Takahashi had to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee on October 31,2008, only a few days before his first event.

Daisuke Takahashi placed second at Skate Canada and fourth at the NHK Trophy.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Daisuke Takahashi won the bronze medal with a score of 247.43.

Daisuke Takahashi then won the gold medal at 2010 World Championships, becoming the first Asian to win a world championship in men's singles.

At this competition, Daisuke Takahashi attempted a quadruple flip but underrotated the jump and two-footed the landing.

Daisuke Takahashi won 2010 Skate America despite having a flawed short program and free skating.

On May 19, Daisuke Takahashi underwent surgery to remove a bolt in his right knee stemming from surgery in late 2008.

At 2011 Skate Canada International, Daisuke Takahashi earned a score of 84.66 in the short program and 153.21 in free skating to win the bronze medal with a combined score of 237.87.

Daisuke Takahashi won the gold medal with a combined total of 259.75 points and qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

At the Japanese Championships, Daisuke Takahashi was first after the short program with a score of 96.05 and placed third in free skating, scoring 158.38 points.

Daisuke Takahashi stated that he was pleased with the result, which he had not expected after his off-season surgery.

Daisuke Takahashi finished the season at the 2012 World Team Trophy.

Daisuke Takahashi set new personal best scores in the short program, free skating, and overall, and finished first in the men's event.

Daisuke Takahashi presented his new free skating for the season at the 2012 Japan Open.

Daisuke Takahashi placed first in the men's event, and Japan took the team gold medal.

Daisuke Takahashi won the silver medal at his next Grand Prix event, the 2012 NHK Trophy, and qualified for his seventh Grand Prix Final.

Daisuke Takahashi placed first in the short program, third in free skating, and won his first GPF gold medal.

Daisuke Takahashi is the first Japanese man ever to win a gold medal at the Grand Prix Final.

Daisuke Takahashi came in second in the short program, nine points behind Yuzuru Hanyu.

Daisuke Takahashi was first in free skating but finished second overall.

Daisuke Takahashi was named to the Japanese team for the 2013 Four Continents Championships, held in Takahashi's current hometown, and the 2013 World Championships.

Daisuke Takahashi announced he would change his short program to Moonlight Sonata.

Daisuke Takahashi was 4th in short program, 8th in free skating, and finished 7th overall at the Four Continents Championships.

Daisuke Takahashi was 4th in the short program and 8th in free skating at the World Championships, finishing sixth.

Daisuke Takahashi was originally slated to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, but pulled out due to knee injury.

Daisuke Takahashi announced his retirement from competitive skating in October 2014.

Daisuke Takahashi placed second behind Shoma Uno at the Japanese championships but declined offers of international assignments.

In September 2019, Daisuke Takahashi announced that he would finish his competitive singles career that season and switch to competing in ice dance with partner Kana Muramoto.

Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi both fell in the rhythm dance, as a result placing second in that segment, five points back of their rivals.

Daisuke Takahashi became the first person to win Four Continents medals in two different disciplines and said he could "hardly put my joy into words" but that he had been frustrated with his mistakes.

Daisuke Takahashi fell twice in the second half of their free dance.

Daisuke Takahashi was a student at Kansai University, along with Nobunari Oda.

Daisuke Takahashi was invited to the French team's show Stars sur glace in Paris.