Daisuke TAKAHASHI
Date of birth: 16.03.1986
Place of birth: Kurashiki, Japan
Height: 165 cm
Home town: Agamasaki
Profession: graduate student
Hobbies: shopping, meeting friends
Start sk. / Club: 1994 / Kansai University SC
Daisuke Takahashi, born March 16, 1986) is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents Champion, and a four-time (2006–2008, 2010) Japanese national champion.
Daisuke Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for Japan in the men's singles event.
As of 20 February 2011 (2011 -02-20) Daisuke Takahashi has the season's 3rd highest total score. As of 20 April 2011 (2011 -04-20), the International Skating Union (ISU) ranks him 1st in the world
