Kouki Kubo
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN11609199901 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 16 Sep 1999
in  Sapporo | |
| Gender | Men |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Residence | Makubetsu, JPN |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 35.00 | 09 Mar 2018 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:07.59 | 08 Feb 2020 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:50.43 | 16 Feb 2020 | Hachinohe |
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| 5000m | 7:14.13 | 26 Feb 2017 | Obihiro |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Okamoto Group: Japan |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Baseball, playing games. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Injuries | In November 2017 he damaged his right Achilles tendon. He returned to competitive action in January 2018. (sanspo.com, 24 Jan 2018; Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) He sustained a stress fracture in his back in grade 11 of high school. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) He suffered a stress fracture to his third lumbar vertebra in grade eight of middle school. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) |
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| Awards and honours | In 2016 he received the STV Mirai Athlete [STV Future Athlete] Award in Japan. (stv.jp, 2016) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Tatsuki Endo, JPN |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009225330495&fref=mentions&__tn__=K-R | twitter.com/BaseballSpsk |
General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Setting a junior world record in the 1000m [1:07.76] at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023, 21 Nov 2019; speedskatingresults.com, 10 Mar 2018) | |
| Famous relatives | His grandfather Masatoshi Kubo has been a skating coach in Japan. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | He had moved to Obihiro, Japan, where his grandfather was coaching skaters. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His grandfather Masatoshi Kubo. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | US speed skater Shani Davis. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began the sport in grade one of primary school at KSC Youth Club in Obihiro, Japan. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Enjoy skating." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To set a world record in the 1000m. (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) | |
| Nicknames | Kibo (Athlete, 16 Nov 2023) |