Yuka Nagai
Yuka Nagai | |
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![]() Nagai in 2015 | |
Native name | 永井 優香 |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | November 30, 1998
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Japan |
Coach | Makoto Nakata |
Skating club | Waseda University |
Began skating | 2005 |
Retired | December 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
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[1] | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Yuka NAGAI". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014 / 2015: Junior Ladies". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Fantasy on Ice 2015 in Shizuoka (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Asahi. June 6, 2015.
- ^ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. July 12, 2015. BS Fuji.
- ^ Prince Ice World Tokyo 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Japan. July 19, 2015.
- ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "永井 優香(ゆうか) / NAGAI Yuka" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.
External links
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