*anese figure skater and coach

Mie Hamada (濱田 美栄, Hamada Mie, born October 29, 1959) is a *anese figure skating coach and former compe*or.

Hamada graduated from Doshisha University in 1983. She currently coaches at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka with Yamato Tamura.

Her current students include:

• Ayaka Hosoda, 8th at 2019 *anese Nationals
• Vincent Zhou, 2017 World Junior Champion and 2019 World bronze medalist
• Young You, 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, 4-time South Korean National champion (2015, 18–20) and 2019 Skate Canada Bronze medalist.
• Yuto Kishina, JGP Lithuania and 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medalist
• Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, 2021 CS Cup of Austria silver medalist, 2020 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2020–21 *an junior national champion
• Hana Yoshida, 2019-20 *an junior national bronze medalist, 2020–21 *an junior national silver medalist and Bavarian Open junior champion

Her former students include:

• Yuna Shiraiwa, 2015–16 *anese Junior and 2016–17 *anese Junior silver medalist
• Satoko Miyahara (from the age of seven), 2015 World silver medalist and 2018 World bronze medalist and 4-time *anese National champion (2014-2017) and 2016 Four Continents gold medalist
• Mariko Kihara
• Aki Sawada, 2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist
• Akiko Kitamura
• Taichi Honda
• Marin Honda, 2016 Junior World Champion, 2017 Junior Silver Medalist, and 2015–16 Junior JGP Final bronze medalist
• Riona Kato
• Kana Muramoto (as a singles skater)
• Satsuki Muramoto
• Yukina Ōta, 2003 World Junior Champion
• Sara Honda
• Rika Kihira, two-time Four Continents champion and 2018-19 Grand Prix Final gold medalist
• Mana Kawabe, 2019–20 *anese Junior gold medalist

Hamada is a member of the *an Figure Skating Instructor *ociation. Based in Kyoto until her rink closed in 2005, she now coaches at Kansai University in Takatsuki, Osaka.

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