Yuhana Yokoi
Yuhana Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 ゆは菜; born May 19, 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. She finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2019).
Yuhana Yokoi | |
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Yokoi at the 2018 World Junior Championships | |
Personal information | |
Native name | 横井 ゆは菜 |
Country represented | Japan |
Born | Nagoya, Japan | May 19, 2000
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Coach | Yoriko Naruse, Miho Kawaume, Yuko Hongo |
Former coach | Hiroshi Nagakubo |
Choreographer | Miho Kawaume, Akiko Suzuki |
Skating club | Chukyo High School SC |
Training locations | Nagoya |
Began skating | 2008 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 191.90 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
Short program | 65.09 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
Free skate | 126.87 2019 NHK Trophy |
She is currently the 22nd highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.
Career
Early years
Yokoi began learning to skate in 2008.[1] She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2014, placing sixth in Nagoya, Japan. At the 2015–16 Japan Championships, she won bronze in the junior event and finished 11th in the senior event.
2017–18 season
At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Yokoi finished fourth in the junior event and eighth in the senior event. In March, she competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked eighth in the short and fourth in the free, she finished sixth overall.
2018–19 season
In October, Yokoi won bronze at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia. In November, she became Japan's junior national champion.[2][3] She finished 7th competing in the senior ranks at the 2018–19 Japan Championships in December.
In March, she placed 18th in the short, 8th in the free, and 9th overall at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
In April, she was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the Japan junior national champion.
2019–20 season
In October, making her senior international debut, Yokoi won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. In November, she competed at two Grand Prix events, placing sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup and fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy. The following month, she finished fifth at the 2019–20 Japan Championships.
In February 2020, Yokoi won silver at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.
Programs
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[8] | ||||||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
GP NHK Trophy | 4th | |||||||
GP Rostelecom | 6th | |||||||
CS Finlandia | 3rd | |||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | |||||||
International: Junior[8] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 6th | 9th | ||||||
JGP Armenia | 3rd | |||||||
JGP Japan | 6th | |||||||
JGP Latvia | 5th | |||||||
JGP Slovakia | 6th | |||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
International: Advanced novice[9] | ||||||||
Gardena Trophy | 2nd | |||||||
National[9][10] | ||||||||
Japan | 11th | 8th | 7th | 5th | ||||
Japan Junior | 12th | 26th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 1st | ||
Japan Novice | 6th A | |||||||
A = Advanced Novice; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
Detailed results
- ISU personal best highlighted in bold.
2019-20 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
February 20-23, 2020 | 2020 Challenge Cup | Senior | 2 73.29 |
2 141.27 |
2 214.56 |
December 18-22, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Championships | Senior | 9 62.90 |
4 128.02 |
5 190.92 |
November 22-24, 2019 | 2019 NHK Trophy | Senior | 8 62.67 |
4 126.87 |
4 189.54 |
November 15-17, 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | Senior | 10 56.51 |
5 126.17 |
6 182.68 |
October 11-13, 2019 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy | Senior | 3 65.09 |
3 126.81 |
3 191.90 |
2018–19 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 18 51.61 |
8 118.56 |
9 170.17 |
February 21–24, 2019 | 2019 Challenge Cup | Junior | 1 53.63 |
1 126.27 |
1 179.90 |
December 20–24, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Championships | Senior | 6 66.27 |
6 130.10 |
7 196.37 |
November 23–25, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 1 61.86 |
1 119.98 |
1 181.84 |
October 10–13, 2018 | 2018 JGP Armenia | Junior | 6 57.62 |
2 126.47 |
3 184.09 |
August 22–25, 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | Junior | 9 51.65 |
2 121.50 |
6 173.15 |
2017–18 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 59.81 |
4 124.97 |
6 184.78 |
February 22–25, 2018 | 2018 Challenge Cup | Junior | 4 54.09 |
2 115.62 |
2 169.71 |
December 20–24, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Championships | Senior | 9 62.68 |
6 130.31 |
8 192.99 |
November 24–26, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 7 56.89 |
3 116.08 |
4 172.97 |
September 6–9, 2017 | 2017 JGP Latvia | Junior | 5 55.19 |
3 114.40 |
5 169.59 |
2016–17 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
November 18–20, 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 10 52.28 |
7 110.56 |
8 162.84 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
December 24, 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 4 60.16 |
3 117.24 |
3 177.40 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
November 22, 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 26 41.27 |
26 41.27 | |
2013–14 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
November 22, 2013 | 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 23 40.84 |
9 95.89 |
12 136.73 |
References
- "Yuhana YOKOI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019.
- Gallagher, Jack (November 25, 2018). "Yuhana Yokoi, Tatsuya Tsuboi take golds at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
- Gallagher, Jack (November 24, 2018). "Koshiro Shimada, Yuhana Yokoi lead after short programs at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
- "横井 ゆは菜 | スケート∞リンク ~フジスケ~". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- "Yuhana YOKOI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
- "Yuhana YOKOI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- "Yuhana YOKOI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
- "Competition Results: Yuhana YOKOI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
- "Yuhana YOKOI". rinkresults.com.
- "横井 ゆは菜 / YOKOI Yuhana" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.