44 Facts About Nobunari Oda

Nobunari Oda is a retired Japanese competitive figure skater.

Nobunari Oda is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist, the 2005 World Junior champion and the 2008 Japanese national champion.

Nobunari Oda trained in Osaka, Japan with Noriko Nobunari Oda and in Barrie, Ontario with Lee Barkell.

Nobunari Oda formerly trained in Hackensack, New Jersey under coach Nikolai Morozov.

Nobunari Oda is known for his jumps and his smooth flow across the ice with deep knee bend.

Nobunari Oda was invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships, where he placed 16th.

Nobunari Oda won the silver medal in Slovakia behind Russian Alexander Shubin, who would go on to win the Junior Grand Prix Final that season.

Nobunari Oda won the bronze medal at Japan Junior Championships and was invited to the senior Japan Championships, where he placed 4th.

Nobunari Oda placed 2nd at Junior Championships and qualified for the team to the 2004 World Junior Championships, where he placed 11th.

Nobunari Oda won the Japan Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at Japan Championships.

Nobunari Oda went on to win the 2005 World Junior Championships.

Nobunari Oda made a splash immediately as a senior, winning the bronze medal at his first event and winning the 2005 NHK Trophy over favorites Daisuke Takahashi and reigning world bronze medalist Evan Lysacek.

Nobunari Oda was proclaimed the winner of the Japan Championships ahead of Takahashi, until a glitch in the computer software was discovered and he fell to second place; he had done too many combinations.

Nobunari Oda placed fourth at his first World Championships, earning Japan two spots to the 2007 Worlds.

At the Japan Championships, Nobunari Oda won the silver medal for the second consecutive year.

Nobunari Oda went on to compete at the 2007 Winter Universiade in Torino, Italy, where he won the silver.

At the 2007 World Championships, held in Tokyo, Nobunari Oda performed too many combinations and placed 7th overall.

On July 26,2007, Nobunari Oda was arrested by the Osaka prefectural police for driving his moped under the influence of alcohol.

Nobunari Oda switched coaches to Nikolai Morozov in the spring of 2008.

Nobunari Oda went on to the 2008 Karl Schafer Memorial, which he won.

Nobunari Oda was assigned to the 2008 NHK Trophy, and won that as well.

Nobunari Oda was not eligible for a second Grand Prix assignment and therefore could not qualify for the Grand Prix Final.

Nobunari Oda landed his only quad of the season at Worlds.

Nobunari Oda was the top qualifier for the Grand Prix Final, where he claimed the silver medal behind Evan Lysacek.

At the 2010 Japanese National Championships Nobunari Oda won the silver medal behind Daisuke Takahashi.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Nobunari Oda scored 84.85 in the short program.

Nobunari Oda then moved on to the 2010 World Championships, where he was considered a medal contender.

Nobunari Oda won the silver medal at both events, finishing behind Patrick Chan at Skate Canada and Daisuke Takahashi at Skate America.

In May 2011, Nobunari Oda was diagnosed with a partial tear of his left patella tendon in his left knee, requiring six weeks of complete rest.

Nobunari Oda began the next season at 2011 Cup of China, winning the silver medal.

Nobunari Oda withdrew from his national championships due to his left knee injury.

Nobunari Oda was not named to the team for the 2012 World Championships.

Nobunari Oda went on to win the bronze medal at 2012 Skate America and placed fifth at 2012 Rostelecom Cup.

Nobunari Oda went on to place fourth at Nationals, and thus was not named to the 2013 World Championships team.

Nobunari Oda went on to compete at the Bavarian Open, which he won.

Nobunari Oda was named first alternate to the Grand Prix Final, and was called up when his fellow countryman and the defending champion, Daisuke Takahashi, pulled out due to a leg injury.

Nobunari Oda won the bronze medal after placing third in both segments of the competition.

Nobunari Oda finished fourth at the 2014 Japanese Nationals and was named to the 2014 Four Continents team, but not to the Olympic team.

Nobunari Oda voiced himself for a cameo appearance in the 2016 figure skating anime series Yuri on Ice.

Nobunari Oda would announce a desire to retire from official competitions in October 2017, considering the 2017 Japan Open as the final one.

Nobunari Oda further alleged that Hamada would yell at her students, slam walls and water bottles to intimidate them, and that there was even an incident where Hamada grabbed Satoko Miyahara by the ponytail and slammed her onto the ice.

Nobunari Oda would explain that after expressing concerns to Hamada about her training methods, Hamada became enraged and subsequently began ignoring him, talking behind his back, and spreading rumors spread about him.

In November 2022, Nobunari Oda announced his decision to return to competition after nine years of not competing.

In spring 2023, Nobunari Oda was cast to play Usopp in the summer show, One Piece on Ice.