Yuhana Yokoi

Yuhana Yokoi
Yuhana Yokoi
	Yokoi at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Native name	横井ゆは菜
Country represented	Japan
Born	May 19, 2000 (age 21); Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach	Yoriko Naruse; Miho Kawaume; Yuko Hongo
Former coach	Hiroshi Nagakubo
Choreographer	Akiko Suzuki; Misao Sato
Former choreographer	Miho Kawaume
Skating club	Chukyo University
Former skating club	Chukyo High School SC
Training locations	Nagoya
Began skating	2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	191.90; 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program	65.09; 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate	126.87; 2019 NHK Trophy

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[]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2020–2021 ^[6]	Nandemonaiya by Yojiro Noda choreo. by Akiko Suzuki	Tom and Jerry by Scott Bradley choreo. by Misao Sato
2019–2020 ^[1]^[7]	Ten Dark Women (Japanese: Kuroi jûnin no onna) by Shu Kanematsu choreo. by Misao Sato	The Phantom of the Opera Angel of Music performed by Sarah Brightman All I Ask of You performed by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Miho Kawaume	Never Enough by Loren Allred
2018–2019 ^[8]	The Lion King by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Miho Kawaume	The Phantom of the Opera Angel of Music performed by Sarah Brightman All I Ask of You performed by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Miho Kawaume	Never Enough by Loren Allred
2017–2018 ^[9]	The Lion King by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Miho Kawaume	Burlesque You Haven't Seen the Last of Me by Cher Welcome to Burlesque by Cher Show Me How You Burlesque by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Akiko Suzuki
2016–2017	The Sound of Music The Sound of Music My Favorite Things Climb Ev'ry Mountain by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II choreo. by Yuko Hongo	Burlesque You Haven't Seen the Last of Me by Cher Welcome to Burlesque by Cher Show Me How You Burlesque by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Akiko Suzuki
2015–2016	The Sound of Music The Sound of Music My Favorite Things Climb Ev'ry Mountain by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II choreo. by Yuko Hongo	Malagueña choreo. by Yuko Hongo
2014–2015 ^[10]	Masquerade: Waltz by Aram Khachaturian choreo. by Yuko Hongo	Gypsy music choreo. by Yuko Hongo

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; 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	21–22
GP Skate America								4th	8th	TBD
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 Spring	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
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: A = Novice A 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[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Competition Results: Yuhana YOKOI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^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

Yuhana Yokoi at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1920-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yuhana YOKOI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019.

[JT181125-2] Gallagher, Jack (November 25, 2018). "Yuhana Yokoi, Tatsuya Tsuboi take golds at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.

[JT181124-3] Gallagher, Jack (November 24, 2018). "Koshiro Shimada, Yuhana Yokoi lead after short programs at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.

[GS201127-4] Slater, Paula (November 27, 2020). "Sakamoto soars to lead at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.

[GS201128-5] Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Sakamoto claims ladies' title at 2020 NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.

[ISU-2021-6] "Yuhana YOKOI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.

[7] "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.

[ISU-1819-8] "Yuhana YOKOI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.

[ISU-1718-9] "Yuhana YOKOI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.

[ISU-1415-10] "Yuhana YOKOI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.

[ISU-YY-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Competition Results: Yuhana YOKOI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.

[RR-YY-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yuhana YOKOI". rinkresults.com.

[JSF-YY-13] "横井ゆは菜 / YOKOI Yuhana" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.

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