Yuka Orihara

Yuka Orihara
Yuka Orihara
	Orihara and Pirinen in 2020
Personal information
Country represented	Finland
Former country(ies) represented	Canada; Japan
Born	June 26, 2000 (age 21); Tokyo, Japan
Home town	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner	Juho Pirinen
Former partner	Lee Royer, Kanata Mori
Coach	Maurizio Margaglio
Former coach	Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Choreographer	Paola Mezzadri, Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe, N. Brown
Skating club	Helsinki FSC
Training locations	Helsinki, Vancouver, Canada
Began skating	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	176.77; 2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Short dance	71.56; 2021 CS Warsaw Cup
Free dance	105.21; 2021 CS Warsaw Cup

Yuka Orihara (born 26 June 2000) is a Japanese ice dancer who competes for Finland. With her current partner, Juho Pirinen, she is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion. ^[1]

Career[]

Orihara was born on 26 June 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. She formerly competed for Japan with Kanata Mori, placing 4th at the 2017-18 Japan national championships. They were assigned to the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup,^[2] where they finished in 11th place.

From 2018 to 2019, Orihara skated with Lee Royer for Canada.^[3] They placed 5th on the junior level at 2019 Canadian championships.

Orihara teamed up with Juho Pirinen to represent Finland, making their international debut at the Lombardia Trophy in September 2019.

Programs[]

With Pirinen[]

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2021–2022 ^[4]	Blues: Lean on Me by Bill Withers performed by Glee cast (from Glee) Funk: Give Up the Funk by Parliament performed by Glee cast (from Glee)	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio Morricone
2020–2021 ^[5]	Quickstep: Overture Waltz: Trip a Little Light Fantastic performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda End Title Suite Overture (from Mary Poppins Returns) by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio Morricone
2019–2020 ^[1]	Quickstep: Overture Waltz: Trip a Little Light Fantastic performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda End Title Suite Overture (from Mary Poppins Returns) by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman	Near Light by Ólafur Arnalds Waves by Dean Lewis

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series

With Pirinen[]

International
Event	19–20	20–21	21–22
European Champ.	18th
GP France		C
CS Finlandia Trophy	7th		12th
CS Lombardia Trophy	11th		15th
CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	5th
CS Warsaw Cup			5th
Challenge Cup			2nd
Cup of Nice			4th
Egna Trophy	5th
NRW Trophy			1st
Santa Claus Cup	3rd
Volvo Open Cup	3rd
National
Finnish Championships	1st	C	2nd
TBD = Assigned; C = Event Cancelled

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020.
^ "Mentor Toruń Cup 2018 Senior Ice Dance". Polish Figure Skating Association.
^ "Profile – Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer". ice-dance.com.
^ "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
^ "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.

External links[]

Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1920-1] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020.

[PFS-YOKM-2] "Mentor Toruń Cup 2018 Senior Ice Dance". Polish Figure Skating Association.

[IDC-YOLR-3] "Profile – Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer". ice-dance.com.

[ISU-2122-4] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.

[ISU-2021-5] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.

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