Yuma Kagiyama
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| Native name | 鍵山優真 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 5, 2003 Karuizawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Masakazu Kagiyama Misao Sato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Misao Sato Lori Nichol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | SEISA Kokusai High School Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Combined total | 291.77 2021 Worlds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short program | 100.96 2021 Worlds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Free skate | 190.81 2021 Worlds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuma Kagiyama (鍵山 優真, Kagiyama Yūma, born May 5, 2003) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, and a two-time Japanese national bronze medalist (2019–20, 2020–21). On the junior level, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2019–20 Japan Junior national champion.
Personal life[]
Yuma Kagiyama was born in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan. He is the son of two-time Olympian Masakazu Kagiyama.[1] He skates for SEISA Kokusai High School in Yokohama.[2] His hobbies include sleeping, gaming, and exercising.[2] Kagiyama looks up to Shoma Uno and Nathan Chen.[3]
Career[]
Kagiyama began to skate at the age of 5. He is currently coached by his father, Masakazu Kagiyama.[4]
2018–2019 season[]
Kagiyama's coach, father Masakazu, suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage, was hospitalized for most of the season, and could not work on coaching the technical aspects. He instead spent time working with choreographer Misao Sato to improve his expression during this period.[5]
Kagiyama opened his season at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy, where he won the junior title ahead of teammate Tatsuya Tsuboi. He placed fourth at his first Junior Grand Prix event, 2018 JGP Canada. Kagiyama won his first JGP medal, a silver, at 2018 JGP Armenia.
He placed fifth at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and as a result, was invited to the senior championships. Kagiyama placed sixth at the senior level and was chosen as the first alternate for the 2019 World Junior Championships team.[6] He competed as a senior at the 2019 International Challenge Cup and won the silver medal behind teammate Sōta Yamamoto.[7]
2019–2020 season[]
Kagiyama won gold at 2019 JGP France with a new junior world record for the combined score.[8] His total was 34.16 points higher than that of silver medalist Aleksa Rakic of Canada.[9] His quadruple toe loop in the free skate set the junior record for the highest valued single jump, before being surpassed by Daniel Grassl's quadruple lutz at 2019 JGP Italy.[10] Kagiyama set a new junior world record in the free skating at 2019 JGP Poland, and surpassed his junior world record for the total score. However, he eventually won silver behind Daniil Samsonov of Russia, who broke his junior world records for the free skating and the total score after Kagiyama skated.[11][8] Kagiyama's results qualified him to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed fourth.[12]
Kagiyama won gold at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships by over 37 points ahead of Shun Sato and Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda.[13] As junior national champion, Kagiyama was named to represent Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2020 World Junior Championships.[14][15] He was also invited to compete in the senior division at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, alongside the rest of the top six finishers in the junior division.
Competing at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, Kagiyama placed seventh in the short program and second in the free skate, to win the senior national bronze medal.[16] He was not selected to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but was assigned as one of Japan's three entries at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, in addition to his previously-earned berth to the 2020 World Junior Championships.[17]
Kagiyama was chosen by the Japanese Olympic Committee as the flag-bearer for the Japanese national team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[18] He won gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ahead of Russians Andrei Mozalev and Daniil Samsonov.[19] Kagiyama was selected by draw to be a member of Team Focus for the team event. He won the men's free skating portion to help Team Focus win the silver medal.[19]
At the Four Continents Championships, Kagiyama scored a personal-best 91.61 in his short program, beating his old mark by almost seven points and placing fifth in the segment.[20][21] He rose to the bronze medal overall in the free skate, his first senior ISU championship medal.[22]
Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Kagiyama won the short program ahead of Andrei Mozalev.[23] After opening his free skate with a fall on a quad toe loop, he performed the remaining jumps successfully until singling a planned triple Axel as his closing jump, and placed fifth in that segment. He remained narrowly in second place overall, ahead of Petr Gumennik, and won the silver medal.[24]
2020–2021 season[]
Competing domestically, Kagiyama won gold at Kanto Regionals and the silver medal at the Eastern Sectionals championship, securing a berth at the national championships despite being a seeded skater.[25] Kagiyama was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy. Kagiyama introduced the quad Salchow into competition in the short program, landing both it and his quad toe loop but singling a planned triple Axel. He nevertheless placed first in the segment, 3.99 points ahead of Kazuki Tomono.[26] In the free skate he landed three quads cleanly, with his only error being singling a planned triple loop in a combination, but outscored second-place Tomono by almost 45 points, taking the gold medal overall by a 49-point margin.[27]
At the 2020–21 Japan Championships, Kagiyama placed second in the short program behind Yuzuru Hanyu, and ahead of Shoma Uno, who fell on his attempted jump combination.[28] He was third in the free skate behind Hanyu and Uno, and won his second consecutive national bronze medal.[29] As a result, Kagiyama was named to the 2021 World Championships team, alongside Hanyu and Uno.
Kagiyama's father and coach Masakazu had recovered from the effects of his intracerebral hemorrhage in June of 2018 that had prevented him from accompanying his son to international competitions since, and was able to travel to watch him compete in Stockholm.[30] Kagiyama scored a personal best of 100.96 in the short program, landing two clean quads and a triple Axel to place behind Hanyu and in front of Nathan Chen.[31] He subsequently won the small silver medal for the short program. In the free skate, he skated second-to-last behind Chen and held onto his second place, landing three clean quads and putting up a personal best of 190.81. He won the silver medal and became the youngest medalist at Worlds since Hanyu's bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships.[32] Kagiyama's placement combined with Hanyu's bronze medal position qualified three berths for Japanese men at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[33] Masakazu, whose personal best at the World Championships was sixth place in 1994, expressed approval that his son had bettered this on his first attempt.[30]
Kagiyama also began working on a quad loop in the spring of 2020 and landed it successfully in practice. He then began to stabilize the quad loop and practice a quad Lutz, with the intention that the more stable quad would be added to his programs for the following season.[34]
2021–2022 season[]
Kagiyama was assigned to compete at the 2021 Cup of China (later changed to the 2021 Grand Prix of Italy) and the 2021 Internationaux de France. [35] He debuted his new programs at the domestic Gensan Summer Cup, making several errors in both programs but finishing second overall.[36]
Records and achievements[]
- Set the junior-level men's combined total record (234.87 points) at 2019 JGP France.[8] Later surpassed by Kagiyama himself (245.35 points) at 2019 JGP Poland, before being surpassed by Daniil Samsonov at the same event.
- Set the junior-level men's free skating record (160.63 points) at 2019 JGP Poland.[11] Later surpassed by Daniil Samsonov at the same event.
Programs[]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2021–2022 [37][38] |
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| 2019–2020 [4] |
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| 2018–2019 [41][42] |
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| 2013-2014 |
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| 2012-2013 |
Competitive highlights[]
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[43] | ||||||||||
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| Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Worlds | 2nd | |||||||||
| Four Continents | 3rd | |||||||||
| GP Italy | TBD | |||||||||
| GP France | TBD | |||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | |||||||||
| International: Junior[43] | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 2nd | |||||||||
| Youth Olympics | 1st | |||||||||
| JGP Final | 4th | |||||||||
| JGP Armenia | 2nd | |||||||||
| JGP Canada | 4th | |||||||||
| JGP France | 1st | |||||||||
| JGP Poland | 2nd | |||||||||
| Asian Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
| National[43][44] | ||||||||||
| Japan | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||
| Japan Junior | 11th | 12th | 5th | 1st | ||||||
| Japan Novice | 7th B | 6th B | 14th A | 4th A | ||||||
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| Youth Olympics | 2nd T 1st P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team results only. | ||||||||||
Detailed results[]
Senior level[]
| 2020–21 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| March 22–28, 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 2 100.96 |
2 190.81 |
2 291.77 | |
| December 24–27, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 2 98.60 |
3 180.19 |
3 278.79 | |
| November 27–29, 2020 | 2020 NHK Trophy | 1 87.26 |
1 188.61 |
1 275.87 | |
Junior level[]
| 2019–20 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | Junior | 1 85.82 |
5 145.93 |
2 231.75 |
| February 4–9, 2020 | 2020 Four Continents Championships | Senior | 5 91.61 |
3 179.00 |
3 270.61 |
| January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team | Junior | – | 1 157.62 |
2T/1P |
| January 10–15, 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | Junior | 3 72.76 |
1 166.41 |
1 239.17 |
| December 18–22, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Championships | Senior | 7 77.41 |
2 180.58 |
3 257.99 |
| December 5–8, 2019 | 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final | Junior | 6 71.19 |
3 155.90 |
4 227.09 |
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 1 79.92 |
1 171.09 |
1 250.01 |
| September 18–21, 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | Junior | 2 84.72 |
2 160.63 |
2 245.35 |
| August 21–24, 2019 | 2019 JGP France | Junior | 1 80.61 |
1 154.26 |
1 234.87 |
| 2018–19 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 21–24, 2019 | 2019 International Challenge Cup | Senior | 2 78.97 |
2 139.05 |
2 218.02 |
| December 20–24, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Championships | Senior | 6 74.51 |
6 141.85 |
6 216.36 |
| November 23–25, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 10 60.71 |
3 136.89 |
5 197.60 |
| October 10–13, 2018 | 2018 JGP Armenia | Junior | 6 65.10 |
1 136.92 |
2 202.02 |
| September 12–15, 2018 | 2018 JGP Canada | Junior | 2 75.60 |
6 119.13 |
4 194.73 |
| August 1–5, 2018 | 2018 Asian Open Trophy | Junior | 1 57.75 |
1 117.15 |
1 174.90 |
References[]
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (August 15, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama looks to continue father's legacy". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "鍵山 優真/KAGIYAMA Yuma". Japan Skating Federation. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ Yanai, Yumiko (November 29, 2019). "全日本Jr王者・鍵山優真が語る、憧れの宇野昌磨とライバル佐藤駿" [All-Japan Jr champion Yuma Kagiyama talks about admiration of Shoma Uno and rival Shun Sato] (in Japanese). Number.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Yuma KAGIYAMA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (November 19, 2019). "Masakazu Kagiyama helping his son pursue an Olympic dream". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times.
- ^ Sylvia [@SylviaUnseen] (December 24, 2018). "Team JPN for 2019 JR Worlds in Zagreb CRO" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (February 26, 2019). "Japan shows skating power with 5 golds at Challenge Cup". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "ISU Personal Best Scores Statistics: Total Men". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Browne, Ken (August 25, 2019). "Japan's Yuma Kagiyama Storms Figure Skating's Season Opener". Olympic Channel.
- ^ "ISU JGP Grand Prix de Courchevel 2019: Judge Details per Skater – Junior Men Free Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. August 24, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ISU Personal Best Scores Statistics: Free Skating Men". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ "Yuma Kagiyama