Yuna Shiraiwa
Yuna Shiraiwa (白岩 優奈, Shiraiwa Yūna, born November 26, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. Earlier in her career, she won gold medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016, 2017, 2019).
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Shiraiwa in 2016 | |
Personal information | |
Native name | 白岩 優奈 |
Country represented | |
Born | Kyoto, Japan | November 26, 2001
Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Haruko Okamoto , Cathy Reed |
Choreographer | Stéphane Lambiel, Benoît Richaud, Cathy Reed |
Former choreographer | Tom Dickson, Jeffrey Buttle |
Skating club | Kansai University KFSC |
Former skating club | Kyoto Daigo FSC |
Training locations | Takatsuki, Osaka |
Began skating | 2007 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 191.46 2018 Grand Prix Finland |
Short program | 63.77 2018 Grand Prix Finland |
Free skate | 127.69 2018 Grand Prix Finland |
Career
Early years
Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory.[1][2] Mie Hamada became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.[3]
She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.
2015–2016 season
Shiraiwa debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.
In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi. A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th. Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, she placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2019–2020 [4][5][6] |
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2018–2019 [7][5][6] |
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2017–2018 [8][5][6] |
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2016–2017 [9][10] |
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2015–2016 [1] |
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2014–2015 |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[11] | ||||||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
GP Finland | 4th | |||||||
GP France | 6th | 9th | ||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 8th | |||||||
GP Rostelecom | 5th | 10th | ||||||
CS Finlandia | 7th | |||||||
CS Asian Open | 2nd | |||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 5th | WD | ||||||
Asian Open | 2nd | |||||||
Coupe Printemps | 3rd | |||||||
International: Junior[11] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 4th | 5th | 5th | |||||
Youth Olympics | 4th | |||||||
JGP Final | 5th | |||||||
JGP Germany | 2nd | |||||||
JGP Russia | 4th | |||||||
JGP Spain | 1st | |||||||
JGP U.S. | 1st | |||||||
Bavarian Open | 1st | |||||||
International: Advanced novice | ||||||||
Bavarian Open | 2nd | |||||||
National[12][13] | ||||||||
Japan | 5th | 6th | 9th | 9th | WD | |||
Japan Junior | 27th | 2nd | 2nd | |||||
Japan Novice | 3rd B | 5th A | 4th A | |||||
Team events | ||||||||
Youth Olympics | 5th T 1st P | |||||||
N = Advanced novice level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |
Detailed results
2019–20 season | ||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
15–17 November 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | 7 60.57 |
10 109.46 |
10 170.03 |
1–3 November 2019 | 2019 Internationaux de France | 7 63.12 |
10 98.59 |
9 161.71 |
2018–19 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
20–24 December 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Championships | 12 59.99 |
9 123.17 |
9 183.16 |
16–18 November 2018 | 2018 Rostelecom Cup | 5 60.35 |
4 120.58 |
5 180.93 |
2–4 November 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix Finland | 2 63.77 |
5 127.69 |
4 191.46 |
12–16 September 2018 | 2018 CS U.S. International Classic | 6 55.35 |
4 115.39 |
5 170.74 |
1–5 August 2018 | 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy | 4 54.47 |
1 118.54 |
2 173.01 |
2017–18 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
16–18 March 2018 | 2018 Coupe du Printemps | 3 65.67 |
3 116.12 |
3 181.79 |
21–24 December 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Championships | 8 63.33 |
7 128.36 |
9 191.69 |
17–19 November 2017 | 2017 Internationaux de France | 3 66.05 |
6 127.13 |
6 193.18 |
10–12 November 2017 | 2017 NHK Trophy | 8 57.34 |
8 114.60 |
8 171.94 |
6–8 October 2017 | 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy | 8 52.98 |
6 119.27 |
7 172.25 |
2–5 August 2017 | 2017 Asian Open Trophy | 2 62.03 |
2 102.33 |
2 164.36 |
Junior level
2018–19 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
4–10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 62.08 |
4 123.38 |
5 185.46 |
5–10 February 2019 | 2019 Bavarian Open | Junior | 1 67.26 |
1 121.19 |
1 188.45 |
2016–17 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
15–19 March 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | Junior | 5 62.96 |
5 111.42 |
5 174.38 |
22–25 December 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Championships | Senior | 17 54.30 |
3 131.07 |
6 185.37 |
18–20 November 2016 | 2016–17 Japanese Junior Championships | Junior | 3 59.16 |
1 125.97 |
2 185.13 |
5–9 October 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | Junior | 6 54.60 |
2 122.06 |
2 176.66 |
14–18 September 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | Junior | 3 59.02 |
4 110.65 |
4 169.67 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
14–20 March 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 56.23 |
5 115.36 |
4 171.59 |
12–21 February 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympic Games | Junior | 1 60.87 |
5 105.79 |
4 166.66 |
24–27 December 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Championships | Senior | 6 61.92 |
5 124.41 |
5 186.33 |
10–13 December 2015 | 2015−16 JGP Final | Junior | 5 60.68 |
5 113.14 |
5 173.82 |
21–23 November 2015 | 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships | Junior | 2 62.77 |
2 121.39 |
2 184.16 |
30 September–4 October 2015 | 2015 JGP Spain | Junior | 3 62.51 |
1 124.29 |
1 186.80 |
2–5 September 2015 | 2015 JGP United States | Junior | 5 56.26 |
1 108.24 |
1 164.50 |
2014–15 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
11–15 February 2015 | 2014 Bavarian Open | Novice | 2 39.03 |
2 70.43 |
2 109.46 |
22–24 November 2014 | 2014–15 Japanese Junior Championships | Junior | 27 40.07 |
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References
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- "14歳白岩優奈 世界ジュニア大輪の予感". Mainichi Shimbun. December 12, 2015.
- Gallagher, Jack (December 5, 2017). "Yuna Shiraiwa impresses in first season as a senior". The Japan Times.
- "15歳・白岩優奈、新プログラムを披露「静かな曲で演技したいと思った". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). デイリースポーツ online. July 2, 2017.
- フィギュアスケートTV! (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Fuji. July 22, 2017.
- "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "フィギュアスケート 今季期待のジュニア女子選手【中編】". Walkerplus (in Japanese). September 9, 2016.
- "Competition Results: Yuna SHIRAIWA". International Skating Union.
- "白岩 優奈 / SHIRAIWA Yuna". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
- "Yuna Shiraiwa". Stats on Ice. Retrieved October 17, 2015.