Mai Mihara

Mai Mihara
Mihara at the 2016 Skate America
Personal information
Native name 三原 舞依
Country represented Japan Japan
Born (1999-08-22) 22 August 1999
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Home town Kobe
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
Coach Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham
Choreographer David Wilson, Benoit Richaud
Former choreographer Yuka Sato, Massimo Scali, Marina Zueva, Yukina Ota, Kawagoe Masahiro
Skating club Sysmex FSC
Former skating club Kobe Poai FSC
Training locations Kobe
World standing 7 (As of 23 March 2018)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 218.27
2017 World Team Trophy
Short program 72.10
2017 World Team Trophy
Free skate 146.17
2017 World Team Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Four Continents Championships
2017 GangneungLadies' singles
2018 TaipeiLadies' singles
World Team Trophy
2017 TokyoTeam

Mai Mihara (三原 舞依, Mihara Mai, born 22 August 1999) is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 Four Continents champion, 2018 Four Continents Silver Medalist, 2016 Skate America bronze medalist, 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2016–17 Japanese national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Mihara was born on 22 August 1999 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[2][3]

Career

Early years

Mihara began skating in 2007.[4] In the 2012–13 season, she won the bronze medal in the Novice A category at the Japanese Novice Championships and placed 8th at the Japan Junior Championships.

2013–2014 season

During the 2013–14 season, Mihara debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, placing 5th in Minsk, Belarus. After winning the Japanese national silver medal on the junior level, she finished her season by placing 12th on the senior level at the Japan Championships.

2014–2015 season

Mihara started her season by placing 6th at her JGP event in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She then placed 7th at the Japan Junior Championships and 9th at the Japan Championships.

2015–2016 season

Mihara made her senior international debut in early August 2015, winning the Asian Open ahead of Riona Kato. She was awarded silver medals at her JGP events, in Bratislava, Slovakia and Linz, Austria, and qualified for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona.

Mihara placed 8th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships and 6th at the JGP Final. She was diagnosed with arthritis in December, following the JGP Final.[5][6]

2016–2017 season: Four Continents title

In September, Mihara competed at her first Challenger Series competition, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she won the gold medal ahead of Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. Her Grand Prix debut came the following month at the 2016 Skate America. She was awarded the bronze medal, behind American skaters Ashley Wagner and Mariah Bell, after placing second in the short and third in the free. She finished fourth at her next Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 Cup of China.

In December 2016, Mihara took bronze at the Japan Championships, having ranked fifth in the short and second in the free. In February 2017, she placed fourth in the short and first in the free at the Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, outscoring Canada's Gabrielle Daleman by 3.94 points for the gold medal.

In March 2017, Mihara competed at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Ranked 15th in the short program after doubling and falling on a planned triple flip, Mihara ranked fourth in the free skate and climbed to fifth overall. In April, she competed as part of Team Japan at the 2017 World Team Trophy. She achieved a personal best of 72.10 points in the short program and then scored a Japanese national record of 146.17 points in the free skate. She finished second behind Medvedeva and 0.83 ahead of compatriot Wakaba Higuchi while Team Japan won the gold medal.

2017–2018 season

Mihara won silver at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International. She placed fourth at both of her Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Internationaux de France. After a fifth-place finish at the 2017-18 Japan Figure Skating Championships she was assigned to Four Continents 2018. At the championships, she was third in the short program behind countrywomen Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto. After a second-place finish in the free skate, and mistakes from Miyahara, Mihara rose to second place overall.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–2019

The Mission
by Ennio Morricone
choreo. by David Wilson

2017–2018
[7] [8]

The Mission
by Ennio Morricone
choreo. by David Wilson

2016–2017
[2]
2015–2016
[4]
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
    choreo. by Massimo Scali
2014–2015
[10]
  • Giselle
    by Adolphe Adam
    choreo. by Marina Zueva, Yukina Ota,
    Kawagoe Masahiro
2013–2014
[11]

Competitive highlights

Mihara at the 2017 Four Continents podium

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

International[12]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Worlds5th
Four Continents1st2nd
GP Cup of China4th4th
GP NHK TrophyTBD
GP France4thTBD
GP Skate America3rd
CS Autumn Classic2nd
CS Nebelhorn1st2nd
Asian Open1st
Coupe du Printemps1st
International: Junior[12]
JGP Final6th
JGP Austria2nd
JGP Belarus5th
JGP Slovakia2nd
JGP Slovenia6th
Asian Open2nd J
Egna Spring Trophy1st J
Int.Challenge Cup4th J
National[3]
Japanese Champ.12th9th3rd5th
Japanese Junior Champ.8th2nd7th8th
Japanese Novice Champ.3rd A
Team events
World Team
Trophy		1st T
2nd P
Japan Open2nd T
2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: A = Novice A; J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Senior level

Mihara at the 2016 Skate America.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals are awarded for team results only. T – team result. P – personal/individual result.

2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
26–29 September 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
70.94		 2
138.28		 2
209.22
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
16–18 March 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 2
72.98		 1
142.51		 1
215.49
22–28 January 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 3
69.84		 2
140.73		 2
210.57
21–24 December 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 7
64.27		 3
140.40		 5
204.67
17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 4
64.57		 5
137.55		 4
202.12
3–5 November 2017 2017 Cup of China 7
66.90		 3
139.17		 4
206.07
7 October 2017 2017 Japan Open - 2
147.83		 2T/2P
20–23 September 2017 2017 CS Autumn Classic 2
66.18		 2
132.84		 2
199.02
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–23 April 2017 2017 World Team Trophy 3
72.10		 2
146.17		 1T/2P
218.27
29 March – 2 April 2017 2017 World Championships 15
59.59		 4
138.29		 5
197.88
15–19 February 2017 2017 Four Continents Championships 4
66.51		 1
134.34		 1
200.85
22–25 December 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 5
65.91		 2
132.26		 3
198.17
18–20 November 2016 2016 Cup of China 3
68.48		 4
122.44		 4
190.92
21–23 October 2016 2016 Skate America 2
65.75		 3
123.53		 3
189.28
22–24 September 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2
63.11		 1
125.92		 1
189.03

Junior level

Mihara at the 2015–16 JGP Final
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
10–13 December 2015 2015–16 JGP Final Junior 6
56.01		 6
110.24		 6
166.25
21–23 November 2015 2015-16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 15
49.08		 7
111.04		 8
160.12
9–12 September 2015 2015 JGP Austria Junior 1
63.55		 2
118.50		 2
182.05
19–22 August 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia Junior 3
60.81		 2
118.55		 2
179.36
5–8 August 2015 2015 Asian Open Trophy Senior 1
53.92		 1
105.08		 1
159.00
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–24 March 2015 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy Junior 1
52.67		 1
113.89		 1
166.56
26–28 December 2014 2014–15 Japan Championships Senior 13
53.23		 9
105.58		 9
158.81
22–24 November 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 6
53.47		 8
101.13		 7
154.60
27–30 August 2014 2014 JGP Slovenia Junior 9
44.68		 4
97.81		 6
142.49
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
6–9 March 2014 2014 International Challenge Cup Junior 9
38.01		 1
99.05		 4
137.06
20–23 December 2013 2013–14 Japan Championships Senior 20
45.51		 8
106.99		 12
152.50
22–24 November 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
53.19		 5
100.66		 2
153.85
25–28 September 2013 2013 JGP Belarus Junior 9
45.94		 4
95.88		 5
141.82
8–11 August 2013 2013 Asian Open Trophy Junior 2
48.97		 2
96.06		 2
145.03
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
17–18 November 2012 2012-13 Japan Junior Championships Junior 11
47.53		 8
92.61		 8
140.14

References

  1. ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance: Ladies". ISU Results. International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 "Mai MIHARA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 "三原 舞依 / MIHARA Mai" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Mai MIHARA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "三原舞依、関節炎乗り越えて　フィギュアＧＰデビュー" [Figure skater Mai Mihara overcomes arthritis in her GP debut]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 22 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "三原舞依選手 インタビュー" [Interview with Mai Mihara]. canon.jp (in Japanese). October 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.
  7. ↑ フィギュアスケート 三原舞依 練習公開 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: NHK. 18 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mai MIHARA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018.
  9. 1 2 "木下グループ presents スターズ・オン・アイス 2018 (Special)". TBS 2. 21 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Mai MIHARA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mai MIHARA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Competition Results: Mai MIHARA". International Skating Union.

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