Nana Araki

Nana Araki
Nana Araki
Native name	荒木菜那
Born	May 3, 2002 (age 22); Higashiura, Japan
Hometown	Higashiura, Japan
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Yuko Mona
Skating club	Chukyo High School SC
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.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2019–20 ^[1]^[2]	Destino from The Princess' Man by Lee Ji-yong choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Joe Hisaishi choreo. by Miki Ando
2018–19 ^[1]	Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda choreo. by Cathy Reed	Once Upon a Dream by Sammy Fain performed by Lana Del Rey choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2017–18	Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda choreo. by Cathy Reed	Come, People of God by Lee Soo Jeong choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior^[3]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
JGP Armenia				5th
JGP Belarus			2nd
JGP Czech Republic				5th
JGP France					4th
JGP Italy			4th
JGP Russia					4th
Int. Challenge Cup			1st J
National
Japanese Champ.			13th	13th
Japanese Junior Champ.	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.

[:0-1] "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.

[:1-2] Gallagher, Jack (2019-08-20). "Nana Araki looks for leap in crucial season". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[3] "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.

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