Hiroshi Nagakubo
Hiroshi Nagakubo is a Japanese former figure skating coach and pair skater. With his skating partner, Kotoe Nagasawa, he became a five-time Japanese national champion and competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics, placing 16th.
After retiring from competition, Nagakubo became a coach at the Howa Sports Land Skating Club in the Aichi Prefecture. He ceased coaching on September 3, 2017, due to family circumstances. During his career, his students included:
- Shizuka Arakawa
- Ryuju Hino
- Takeshi Honda
- Rika Hongo
- Haruka Imai
- Yura Matsuda
- Rin Nitaya
- Akiko Suzuki. He coached Suzuki from the early 2000s until her retirement in 2014.
- Sota Yamamoto
- Yuhana Yokoi