Yuna Shiraiwa

Yuna Shiraiwa
Yuna Shiraiwa
	Shiraiwa at the 2019 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Native name	白岩優奈
Country represented	Japan
Born	November 26, 2001 (age 19); Kyoto, Japan
Home town	Takatsuki
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Coach	Mie Hamada; Yamato Tamura; Satsuki Muramoto; Hiroaki Sato
Former coach	Haruko Ishida; Cathy Reed
Choreographer	Benoît Richaud; Ernesto Martinez
Former choreographer	Stéphane Lambiel; Cathy Reed; Tom Dickson; Jeffrey Buttle
Skating club	Kansai University
Former skating club	Kansai University KFSC; Kyoto Daigo FSC
Training locations	Takatsuki
Began skating	2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	191.46; 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Short program	63.77; 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Free skate	127.69; 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

Yuna Shiraiwa (白岩優奈, Shiraiwa Yūna, born November 26, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. Earlier in her career, she won gold medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016, 2017, 2019).

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 Japan 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
2020–2021 ^[4]	East of Eden choreo. by Ernesto Martinez	Amen. To Warm the World - Gerstein's Theme The Bishop's Complaint/The Train II The Train III by Armand Amar choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2019–2020 ^[5]^[6]^[7]	Concertino Bianco for Piano by Georgs Pelēcis choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel		Elastic Heart by Sia choreo. by Cathy Reed
2018–2019 ^[8]^[6]^[7]	All Aboard by Club des Belugas choreo. by Tom Dickson	Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by Tom Dickson	Stupid Cupid performed by Mandy Moore Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia
2017–2018 ^[9]^[6]^[7]	La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by Tom Dickson	If My Friends Could See Me Now (from Sweet Charity) performed by Christina Applegate
2016–2017 ^[10]^[11]	I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin performed by Nikki Yanofsky choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim Night Waltz Send in the Clowns Night Waltz choreo. by Tom Dickson Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante Le Temps des cathédrales (The Age of the Cathedrals) Les Sans-papiers (The Refugees) Vivre (To Live) choreo. by Cathy Reed	Titanium performed by Madilyn Paige
2015–2016 ^[1]	Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen choreo. by Cathy Reed	A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim Night Waltz Send in the Clowns Night Waltz choreo. by Tom Dickson	Defying Gravity (from Wicked) performed by Idina Menzel
2014–2015	unknown	Giselle by Adolphe Adam

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[12]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
GP Finland							4th
GP France						6th		9th
GP NHK Trophy						8th
GP Rostelecom							5th	10th
CS Finlandia						7th
CS Asian Open							2nd
CS U.S. Classic							5th	WD
Asian Open						2nd
Coupe Printemps						3rd
International: Junior^[12]
Junior Worlds				4th	5th		5th
Youth Olympics				4th
JGP Final				5th
JGP Germany					2nd
JGP Russia					4th
JGP Spain				1st
JGP U.S.				1st
Bavarian Open							1st
International: Advanced novice
Bavarian Open			2nd
National^[13]^[14]
Japan				5th	6th	9th	9th	WD	9th
Japan Junior			27th	2nd	2nd
Japan Novice	3rd B	5th A	4th A
Team events
Youth Olympics				5th 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[]

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level[]

Shiraiwa at the 2019 Internationaux de France

2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	10 63.96	9 126.43	9 190.39
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 15–17, 2019	2019 Rostelecom Cup	7 60.57	10 109.46	10 170.03
November 1–3, 2019	2019 Internationaux de France	7 63.12	10 98.59	9 161.71
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 20–24, 2018	2018–19 Japan Championships	12 59.99	9 123.17	9 183.16
November 16–18, 2018	2018 Rostelecom Cup	5 60.35	4 120.58	5 180.93
November 2–4, 2018	2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki	2 63.77	5 127.69	4 191.46
September 12–16, 2018	2018 CS U.S. International Classic	6 55.35	4 115.39	5 170.74
August 1–5, 2018	2018 CS Asian Open Trophy	4 54.47	1 118.54	2 173.01
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 16–18, 2018	2018 Coupe du Printemps	3 65.67	3 116.12	3 181.79
December 21–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	8 63.33	7 128.36	9 191.69
November 17–19, 2017	2017 Internationaux de France	3 66.05	6 127.13	6 193.18
November 10–12, 2017	2017 NHK Trophy	8 57.34	8 114.60	8 171.94
October 6–8, 2017	2017 CS Finlandia Trophy	8 52.98	6 119.27	7 172.25
August 2–5, 2017	2017 Asian Open Trophy	2 62.03	2 102.33	2 164.36

Junior level[]

Shiraiwa at the 2017 World Junior Championships

Shiraiwa at the 2016 World Junior Championships

Shiraiwa at the 2015–16 JGP Final

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	6 62.08	4 123.38	5 185.46
February 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	Junior	1 67.26	1 121.19	1 188.45
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	5 62.96	5 111.42	5 174.38
December 22–25, 2016	2016–17 Japan Championships	Senior	17 54.30	3 131.07	6 185.37
November 18–20, 2016	2016–17 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	3 59.16	1 125.97	2 185.13
October 5–9, 2016	2016 JGP Germany	Junior	6 54.60	2 122.06	2 176.66
September 14–18, 2016	2016 JGP Russia	Junior	3 59.02	4 110.65	4 169.67
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 14–20, 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior	8 56.23	5 115.36	4 171.59
February 12–21, 2016	2016 Youth Olympic Games	Junior	1 60.87	5 105.79	4 166.66
December 24–27, 2015	2015–16 Japan Championships	Senior	6 61.92	5 124.41	5 186.33
December 10–13, 2015	2015−16 JGP Final	Junior	5 60.68	5 113.14	5 173.82
November 21–23, 2015	2015–16 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	2 62.77	2 121.39	2 184.16
Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2015	2015 JGP Spain	Junior	3 62.51	1 124.29	1 186.80
September 2–5, 2015	2015 JGP United States	Junior	5 56.26	1 108.24	1 164.50
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 11–15, 2015	2014 Bavarian Open	Novice	2 39.03	2 70.43	2 109.46
November 22–24, 2014	2014–15 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	27 40.07	–	–

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "１４歳白岩優奈世界ジュニア大輪の予感". Mainichi Shimbun. December 12, 2015.
^ Gallagher, Jack (December 5, 2017). "Yuna Shiraiwa impresses in first season as a senior". The Japan Times.
^ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c フィギュアスケートTV！ (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Fuji. July 22, 2017.
^ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Competition Results: Yuna SHIRAIWA". International Skating Union.
^ "白岩優奈 / SHIRAIWA Yuna". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.
^ "Yuna Shiraiwa". Stats on Ice. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

External links[]

Media related to Yuna Shiraiwa at Wikimedia Commons

Yuna Shiraiwa at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1516-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[MS151228-2] "１４歳白岩優奈世界ジュニア大輪の予感". Mainichi Shimbun. December 12, 2015.

[JT171205-3] Gallagher, Jack (December 5, 2017). "Yuna Shiraiwa impresses in first season as a senior". The Japan Times.

[ISU-2021-4] "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1920-5] "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 30, 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[YJ170702-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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.

[Fuji170722-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c フィギュアスケートTV！ (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Fuji. July 22, 2017.

[ISU-1819-8] "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1718-9] "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-1617-10] "Yuna SHIRAIWA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[WP160909-11] "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.

[ISU-YS-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Competition Results: Yuna SHIRAIWA". International Skating Union.

[JSF-YS-13] "白岩優奈 / SHIRAIWA Yuna". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015.

[StatsOnIce-14] "Yuna Shiraiwa". Stats on Ice. Retrieved October 17, 2015.

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