Kudo Kids
Welcome to the official website of Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani.
Maia and Alex Shibutani are two-time Olympic Bronze Medalists, three-time World Medalists, Four Continents Champions, and two-time U.S. National Champions. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, they became the first ice dancers of Asian descent to medal at the Olympics and are only the second sibling duo in the history of the sport to win an Ice Dance medal.
Off the ice, Maia and Alex, also known as the ShibSibs, are active as ambassadors and supporters for various organizations. As Sports Envoys for the U.S. State Department, they have traveled to Japan, Korea, and Singapore, connecting with young people at cultural and goodwill events.
Their ability to share their journey, tell stories, and communicate with people around the world has built them a passionate and loyal community of fans and supporters.
Maia and Alex launched their new middle grade book series – Kudo Kids on September 8th, 2020. The first book is titled “Kudo Kids: The Mystery of the Masked Medalist” and is the first of many stories they want to tell off the ice.
Keep up with Maia and Alex on social media and on their ShibSibs YouTube channel which has received over 11 million views. You can also check out their merch at the ShibShop only on Amazon.
As two-time Olympic medalists in ice dancing, siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani are used to telling a beautiful story on the ice.
With the release of their first book Sept. 8, they’ve transitioned their knack of storytelling to paper. “The Mystery of the Masked Medalist” is planned to be the first book in a series focusing on Mika and Andy Kudo, two Japanese American siblings, just like the Shibutanis.
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Olympic bronze medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani join TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer and Al Roker to talk about their new book, “Kudo Kids.” They say the book is aimed at middle school-aged readers as it tells the story of two siblings who get into an unexpected adventure as they travel to the summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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Giving back is nothing new to 2018 Olympic ice dance bronze medalists Maia and Alex Shibutani. The siblings have traveled the world as Sports Envoys, raised thousands of dollars for charity: water, and are always looking for opportunities to use their platform to help people.
So when the coronavirus pandemic hit and they began sheltering in place — separately — they knew they wanted to be involved.
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The Shib Sibs are writing Kid Lit.
Maia and Alex Shibutani, the sibling ice dancers and Olympic bronze medalists, are collaborating on a middle grade book series, Penguin Young Readers announced Thursday.
The first book is called “Kudo Kids: The Mystery of the Masked Medalist.” It’s scheduled for May 12, two months before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, and the plot also looks to the future. Siblings Mika and Andy Kudo travel to Tokyo to attend the Olympics and share some unexpected adventures, including a game called OlympiFan. The book is co-authored by Michelle Schusterman.
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Ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani have signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. They continue to be repped by Yuki Saegusa at IMG.
Affectionately known as the “Shib Sibs,” the siblings most recently won bronze medals in both ice dancing and the team competition at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, their second Olympic outing.
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After winning two bronze medals in this year’s Olympic Games, sibling ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani are taking a well-deserved break. Since returning from Pyeongchang, the ShibSibs (as they are affectionately called by their fans) have been busy spreading the word of the games: “Sport is such a powerful platform for change,” Alex says. “It’s about unity and respect. It’s about pursuing something to the utmost of your ability. Those are the stepping stones to creating a safer and equitable world.”
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The Olympic bronze medalists on how their brother-sister partnership, by eschewing the romantic chemistry of their competitors, might be changing the sport for the better.
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Maia and Alex Shibutani found their “Paradise” at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, while their fellow Team USA couples endured hell on ice with a fall and a stumble in the free dance.
Skating to the Coldplay song, the Shibutanis won their second bronze medal of the Games, taking third place in ice dance event after skating both segments of the team event last week.
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Maia and Alex Shibutani scored 77.73 Sunday to move into first place after their short program with six teams yet to skate.
Within moments of seeing Olympic figure skaters Alex and Maia Shibutani on your screen, you have to smile. The brother and sister duo whose performances in the figure skating team competition helped the United States win a 2018 Winter Olympics bronze medal look like they’re having so much fun at every moment, and it’s contagious.
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Having already picked up a bronze medal in the team competition earlier in the 2018 Olympics, Maia and Alex Shibutani take the ice Monday (Sunday night in the U.S.) for their short dance and try to make their way back onto the podium in the Ice Dancing competition. But before they do, we quizzed the brother-sister duo — affectionately known as the Shib Sibs — about some of their pop culture preferences, especially those (ahem, Coldplay!) which have made their way into their routines…
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The brother-sister Olympic ice dance team of Alex and Maia Shibutani, known by their fans as the “Shib Sibs,” have spent most of their 20-something-year-old lives in rinks, bobbing and weaving in and out of complicated poses on top of freshly Zamboni’d ice. But just under a year ago, at an international competition held at the newly built Gangneung Ice Arena in South Korea that doubled as a test event for the venue that would host this year’s Winter Games, the Shibutanis found themselves in a position that, while as synchronized as ever, was also extremely unfamiliar.
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On the first day of Jinbu Middle School in PyeongChang, 2014 Olympic figure skaters Maia and Alex Shibutani shared a special video message with students announcing a mentorship program with the school.
The program is part of the United States Olympic Committee’s “Thank You, PyeongChang” initiative in partnership with the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG).
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