Nana Araki
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Nana Araki | |
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Native name | 荒木 菜那 |
Born | Higashiura, Japan | May 3, 2002
Hometown | Higashiura, Japan |
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() |
Coach | Yuko Mona |
Skating club | Chukyo University |
Began skating | 2008 |
Nana Araki (荒木 菜那 Araki Nana, born May 3, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 JGP Belarus silver medalist and a two-time national junior medalist.[1][2]
Early life
Araki was born in Higashiura, Japan, on May 3, 2002. She began skating in 2008.[1]
Career
Araki won the silver medal in her Junior Grand Prix debut, at Minsk, Belarus, in September 2017. She was fourth at her second Junior Grand Prix event in Italy. Later that year, in November, she won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior National Championships behind Rika Kihira and Mako Yamashita. Due to her high placement, she was also able to compete at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th. She ended her season with a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in March, 2018.
Araki started her 2018-19 season on the Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, where she placed fifth. She repeated her placement at her second event in Armenia. In November 2018, at the Japan Junior National Championships, she was the silver medalist behind Yuhana Yokoi. She closed her season at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th.
For the 2019-20 season, Araki got her short program choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto and her free skate choreographed by Miki Ando, a two-time world champion who Araki looks up to.[2] Araki debuted her programs at the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchavel, France, where she placed 4th. She competed at the Junior Grand Prix event in Russia, where she also placed fourth. She went on to place thirteenth at Japanese Nationals.
For the 2020-21 season, she was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2020–21 |
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2019–20 [1][2] |
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2018–19 [1] |
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2017–18 |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
GP NHK Trophy | 11th | |||||
International: Junior | ||||||
JGP Armenia | 5th | |||||
JGP Belarus | 2nd | |||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | |||||
JGP France | 4th | |||||
JGP Italy | 4th | |||||
JGP Russia | 4th | |||||
Challenge Cup | 1st | |||||
National | ||||||
Japan Champ. | 13th | 13th | ||||
Japan Junior | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 16th | ||
TBD = Assigned |
References
- ^ a b c d "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ a b c Gallagher, Jack (2019-08-20). "Nana Araki looks for leap in crucial season". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.