Ryota Kojima
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSJPN11105199801 | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 11 May 1998
in  Nagano | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Nagano, JPN | |
| Higher education | Education - Shinshu University: Matsumoto, JPN | |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 1000m | 1:07.43 | 12 Dec 2021 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:44.24 | 09 Dec 2022 | Calgary |
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| 5000m | 7:44.77 | 28 Dec 2014 | Okaya |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Mwave: Nagano, JPN | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He followed his older brother into the sport. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Coach Yuki Masahiro. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Hero / Idol | Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison, Japanese speed skaters Hiroyasu Shimizu and Nao Kodaira. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2018 he was given the Best Skater Award by the Nagano City Skating Association in Japan. (skating-nsa.jp, 01 Jun 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Masahiro Yuki [personal], JPN, from 2017 | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age three at the Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena [M-Wave] in Japan. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Nicknames | Cozy Cozy (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "In pursuit of daily growth, I challenge the world!" (skatingjapan.or.jp, 26 Nov 2023) |
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/ryota.kojim.a/ | twitter.com/kojikr |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Drinking coffee, hiking, camping. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 26 Nov 2023) | |
| Ambitions | To skate the 1000m in under 1:06. (chunichi.co.jp, 29 Oct 2021) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2023/2024 | Four Continents Championships | 1500m | 3 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 6 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 8 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 14 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 16 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 20 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2023/2024 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 1000m | 2 | |||
| 2022/2023 | Stavanger | 1000m | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 5 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 12 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 20 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 23 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 49 | |||