Yuhana Yokoi
| Yuhana Yokoi | |
|---|---|
_(11).jpg) Yokoi at the 2018 World Junior Championships | |
| Native name | 横井 ゆは菜 |
| Born | May 19, 2000 Nagoya, Japan |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Coach | Yoriko Naruse Miho Kawaume Yuko Hongo |
| Skating club | Chukyo University |
| Began skating | 2008 |
Yuhana Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 ゆは菜; born May 19, 2000) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. She finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2019).
She is currently the 22nd highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.
Career
Early years
Yokoi began learning to skate in 2008.[1] She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2014, placing sixth in Nagoya, Japan. At the 2015–16 Japan Championships, she won bronze in the junior event and finished 11th in the senior event.
2017–18 season
At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Yokoi finished fourth in the junior event and eighth in the senior event. In March, she competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked eighth in the short and fourth in the free, she finished sixth overall.
2018–19 season
In October, Yokoi won bronze at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia. In November, she became Japan's junior national champion.[2][3] She finished 7th competing in the senior ranks at the 2018–19 Japan Championships in December.
In March, she placed 18th in the short, 8th in the free, and 9th overall at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
In April, she was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the Japan junior national champion.
2019–20 season
In October, making her senior international debut, Yokoi won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. In November, she competed at two Grand Prix events, placing sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup and fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy. The following month, she finished fifth at the 2019–20 Japan Championships.
In February 2020, Yokoi won silver at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.
2020–21 season
With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting international competitions, Yokoi was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy, which was attended almost exclusively by Japanese skaters. She was fifth in the short program, her only error being an underrotation on her solo triple flip jump.[4] In the free skate she made several errors, finishing eighth in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[5]
Yokoi placed eighth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.
Programs
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[11] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| GP NHK Trophy | 4th | 8th | |||||||
| GP Rostelecom | 6th | ||||||||
| CS Finlandia | 3rd | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||
| International: Junior[11] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 6th | 9th | |||||||
| JGP Armenia | 3rd | ||||||||
| JGP Japan | 6th | ||||||||
| JGP Latvia | 5th | ||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 6th | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| International: Advanced novice[12] | |||||||||
| Gardena Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||
| National[12][13] | |||||||||
| Japan Champ. | 11th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 8th | ||||
| Japan Junior | 12th | 26th | 3rd | 8th | 4th | 1st | |||
| Japan Novice | 6th A | ||||||||
| Team Events | |||||||||
| Japan Open | 1st T 4th P | ||||||||
| A = Advanced Novice; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | |||||||||
Detailed results
- ISU personal best highlighted in bold.
Senior
| 2020–21 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| December 24–27, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 16 59.83 |
6 134.39 |
8 194.22 | |
| November 27–29, 2020 | 2020 NHK Trophy | 5 65.18 |
8 111.31 |
8 176.49 | |
| 2019–20 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| February 20–23, 2020 | 2020 Challenge Cup | 2 73.29 |
2 141.27 |
2 214.56 | |
| December 18–22, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Championships | 9 62.90 |
4 128.02 |
5 190.92 | |
| November 22–24, 2019 | 2019 NHK Trophy | 8 62.67 |
4 126.87 |
4 189.54 | |
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | 10 56.51 |
5 126.17 |
6 182.68 | |
| October 11–13, 2019 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy | 3 65.09 |
3 126.81 |
3 191.90 | |
Junior
| 2018–19 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 18 51.61 |
8 118.56 |
9 170.17 |
| February 21–24, 2019 | 2019 Challenge Cup | Junior | 1 53.63 |
1 126.27 |
1 179.90 |
| December 20–24, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Championships | Senior | 6 66.27 |
6 130.10 |
7 196.37 |
| November 23–25, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 1 61.86 |
1 119.98 |
1 181.84 |
| October 10–13, 2018 | 2018 JGP Armenia | Junior | 6 57.62 |
2 126.47 |
3 184.09 |
| August 22–25, 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | Junior | 9 51.65 |
2 121.50 |
6 173.15 |
| 2017–18 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 59.81 |
4 124.97 |
6 184.78 |
| February 22–25, 2018 | 2018 Challenge Cup | Junior | 4 54.09 |
2 115.62 |
2 169.71 |
| December 20–24, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Championships | Senior | 9 62.68 |
6 130.31 |
8 192.99 |
| November 24–26, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 7 56.89 |
3 116.08 |
4 172.97 |
| September 6–9, 2017 | 2017 JGP Latvia | Junior | 5 55.19 |
3 114.40 |
5 169.59 |
| 2016–17 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| November 18–20, 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 10 52.28 |
7 110.56 |
8 162.84 |
| 2015–16 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| December 24, 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 4 60.16 |
3 117.24 |
3 177.40 |
| 2015–16 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| November 22, 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 26 41.27 |
26 41.27 | |
| 2013–14 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| November 22, 2013 | 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 23 40.84 |
9 95.89 |
12 136.73 |
References
- ^ a b "Yuhana YOKOI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (November 25, 2018). "Yuhana Yokoi, Tatsuya Tsuboi take golds at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (November 24, 2018). "Koshiro Shimada, Yuhana Yokoi lead after short programs at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 27, 2020). "Sakamoto soars to lead at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Sakamoto claims ladies' title at 2020 NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Yuhana YOKOI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.
- ^ "横井 ゆは菜 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Yuhana YOKOI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Yuhana YOKOI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Yuhana YOKOI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Yuhana YOKOI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Yuhana YOKOI". rinkresults.com.
- ^ "横井 ゆは菜 / YOKOI Yuhana" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
External links
Media related to Yuhana Yokoi at Wikimedia Commons