Yuna Shiraiwa

Yuna Shiraiwa
Shiraiwa in 2016
Personal information
Native name 白岩 優奈
Country represented  Japan
Born (2001-11-26) November 26, 2001
Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.51 m (4 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Coach Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Haruko Okamoto
Choreographer Tom Dickson
Skating club Kansai University KFSC
Former skating club Kyoto Daigo FSC
Training locations Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 193.18
2017 Internationaux de France
Short program 66.05
2017 Internationaux de France
Free skate 127.13
2017 Internationaux de France

Yuna Shiraiwa (白岩 優奈, Shiraiwa Yūna, born November 26, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won gold medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and finished in the top five in the 2016 and the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Career

Early years

Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory.[1][2] Mie Hamada became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.[3]

She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.

2015–2016 season

Shiraiwa debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.

In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi. A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th. Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, she placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2018–2019
[4][5][6]
2017–2018
[7][5][6]
2016–2017
[8][9]
2015–2016
[1]
2014–2015

    Competitive highlights

    GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International[10]
    Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
    GP France6th
    GP NHK Trophy8th
    GP FinlandTBD
    CS Finlandia7th
    CS Asian Open2nd
    CS U.S. Classic5th
    Asian Open2nd
    Printemps3rd
    International: Junior or novice[10]
    Junior Worlds4th5th
    Youth Olympics4th
    JGP Final5th
    JGP Germany2nd
    JGP Russia4th
    JGP Spain1st
    JGP United States1st
    Bavarian Open2nd N
    National[11][12]
    Japan5th6th9th
    Japan Junior27th2nd2nd
    Japan Novice3rd B5th A4th A
    Team events
    Youth Olympics5th T
    1st P
    N = Advanced novice level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
    T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

    Detailed results

    2018–19 season
    Date Event SP FS Total
    2–4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix Finland
    TBD

    12–16 September 2018 2018 CS U.S. International Classic 6
    55.35    		 4
    115.39    		 5
    170.74
    1–5 August 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 4
    54.47    		 1
    118.54    		 2
    173.01
    2017–18 season
    Date Event SP FS Total
    16–18 March 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 3
    65.67    		 3
    116.12    		 3
    181.79
    21–24 December 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 8
    63.33    		 7
    128.36    		 9
    191.69
    17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 3
    66.05    		 6
    127.13    		 6
    193.18
    10–12 November 2017 2017 NHK Trophy 8
    57.34    		 8
    114.60    		 8
    171.94
    6–8 October 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 8
    52.98    		 6
    119.27    		 7
    172.25
    2–5 August 2017 2017 Asian Open Trophy 2
    62.03    		 2
    102.33    		 2
    164.36

    Junior level

    Shiraiwa at the 2016 World Junior Championships
    2016–17 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 5
    62.96    		 5
    111.42    		 5
    174.38
    22–25 December 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships Senior 17
    54.30    		 3
    131.07    		 6
    185.37
    18–20 November 2016 2016–17 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 3
    59.16    		 1
    125.97    		 2
    185.13
    5–9 October 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 6
    54.60    		 2
    122.06    		 2
    176.66
    14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3
    59.02    		 4
    110.65    		 4
    169.67
    2015–16 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 8
    56.23    		 5
    115.36    		 4
    171.59
    12–21 February 2016 2016 Youth Olympic Games Junior 1
    60.87    		 5
    105.79    		 4
    166.66
    24–27 December 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 6
    61.92    		 5
    124.41    		 5
    186.33
    10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 5
    60.68    		 5
    113.14    		 5
    173.82
    21–23 November 2015 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 2
    62.77    		 2
    121.39    		 2
    184.16
    30 September–4 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 3
    62.51    		 1
    124.29    		 1
    186.80
    2–5 September 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 5
    56.26    		 1
    108.24    		 1
    164.50
    2014–15 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    11–15 February 2015 2014 Bavarian Open Novice 2
    39.03    		 2
    70.43    		 2
    109.46
    22–24 November 2014 2014–15 Japanese Junior Championships Junior 27
    40.07    		 - -

    References

    1. 1 2 "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
    2. ↑ "１４歳白岩優奈　世界ジュニア大輪の予感". Mainichi Shimbun. December 12, 2015.
    3. ↑ Gallagher, Jack (December 5, 2017). "Yuna Shiraiwa impresses in first season as a senior". The Japan Times.
    4. ↑ "Wakaba HIGUCHI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 10, 2018.
    5. 1 2 "１５歳・白岩優奈、新プログラムを披露「静かな曲で演技したいと思った". Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). デイリースポーツ online. July 2, 2017.
    6. 1 2 フィギュアスケートTV！ (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Fuji. July 22, 2017.
    7. ↑ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.
    8. ↑ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017.
    9. ↑ "フィギュアスケート 今季期待のジュニア女子選手【中編】". Walkerplus (in Japanese). September 9, 2016.
    10. 1 2 "Competition Results: Yuna SHIRAIWA". International Skating Union.
    11. ↑ "白岩 優奈 / SHIRAIWA Yuna". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
    12. ↑ "Yuna Shiraiwa". Stats on Ice. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

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