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Yuka Nagai
Nagai in 2015
Native name永井 優香
Born (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 (age 25)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachMakoto Nakata
Skating clubWaseda University
Began skating2005
RetiredDecember 15, 2020

Yuka Nagai (永井 優香, Nagai Yūka, born November 30, 1998) is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2015 Skate Canada International bronze medalist and 2016 Bavarian Open champion. She has finished in the top ten at two ISU Championships.

Career

Early career

Nagai finished 18th at the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships. Her international debut came at the start of the 2012–13 season, at the 2012 Asian Trophy. She placed 7th at her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Austria, and 18th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

In 2013–14, Nagai finished 8th at her JGP event in Latvia and 19th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

2014–15 season

During the 2014–15 JGP series, Nagai won silver medals in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Nagoya, Japan.[1] Her results qualified her for the Junior Grand Prix Final,[2] held in December 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, where she placed 5th.

Nagai placed 4th at the 2015 Japanese Championships and won the bronze medal at the junior event, finishing behind Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto. She was selected to compete at the 2015 Four Continents where she placed 6th in her senior international debut. She closed her season by finishing 7th at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–16 season

Nagai started her season on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), placing 6th at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Making her debut on the senior level of the ISU Grand Prix, Nagai won bronze at 2015 Skate Canada International.

Programs

Nagai in 2015
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
2019–2020

[3]

2018–2019

[3]

2017–2018
2016–2017
[4]
2015–2016
[5][6][7][8]

2014–2015
[9]
  • Skinny Love
    performed by Birdy
2013–2014
[10]
2012–2013
[11]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Four Continents 6th
GP France 10th
GP Rostelecom 8th
GP Skate Canada 3rd 11th
CS Ondrej Nepela 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds 7th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Japan 2nd
JGP Latvia 8th
JGP Slovenia 2nd
Asian Trophy 3rd
National[12]
Japan 4th 7th 24th 22nd 24th 9th 24th
Japan Junior 18th 18th 19th 3rd
Japan Novice 17th B 18th B 17th A 3rd A
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 18
58.99
24
87.95
24
146.94
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 8
64.78
12
109.10
9
173.88
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 24
49.59
24
78.88
24
128.47
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 20
55.25
24
97.01
22
152.26
2016-17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
22–25 December 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 19
53.23
24
78.17
24
131.40
November 11-13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France 12
52.41
9
107.08
10
159.49
28–30 October 2016 2016 Skate Canada International 11
40.39
7
107.17
11
147.56
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships 7
60.42
6
118.44
7
178.86
November 20–22, 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup 9
53.19
6
106.43
8
159.62
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015 2015 Skate Canada International 2
63.35
7
109.57
3
172.92
October 1–3, 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 6
56.74
5
108.43
6
165.17

Junior

2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 6
56.93
7
107.00
7
163.93
February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships Senior 7
56.94
8
111.15
6
168.09
December 26–28, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Senior 6
58.00
5
110.55
4
168.55
December 11–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 3
62.99
5
109.35
5
172.34
November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
61.49
4
107.25
3
168.74
September 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 5
52.95
2
108.70
2
161.65
August 27–30, 2014 2014 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
58.92
2
105.50
2
164.42
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 24
40.54
17
85.43
19
125.97
August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 9
46.87
10
84.81
8
131.68
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 17–18, 2012 2012–13 Japan Junior Championships Junior 12
46.72
18
78.35
18
125.07
September 12–15, 2012 2012 JGP Austria Junior 8
47.66
7
88.14
8
135.80
August 7–12, 2012 2012 Asian Open Trophy Junior 3
47.84
3
85.06
3
132.90
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 25–27, 2011 2011–12 Japan Junior Championships Junior 13
43.86
18
74.22
18
118.08

References

  1. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Yuka NAGAI". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014 / 2015: Junior Ladies". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "永井 優香 | スケート∞リンク ~フジスケ~". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Fantasy on Ice 2015 in Shizuoka (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Asahi. June 6, 2015.
  7. ^ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. July 12, 2015. BS Fuji.
  8. ^ Prince Ice World Tokyo 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Japan. July 19, 2015.
  9. ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "永井 優香(ゆうか) / NAGAI Yuka" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.