Emi Hirai Explained

Emi Hirai
Native Name:	平井絵己
Native Name Lang:	ja
Country:	Japan
Birth Date:	October 14, 1986
Birth Place:	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Partner:	Taiyo Mizutani Ayato Yuzawa Marien de la Asuncion
Coach:	Muriel Zazoui, Olivier Schoenfelder, Rie Arikawa, Diana Ribas, Romain Haguenauer
Skating Club:	Osaka SC Training in Lyon, France
Beganskating:	1995
Retired:	May 8, 2017

Emi Hirai (ja|平井絵己; born October 14, 1986) is a Japanese former ice dancer. With skating partner Marien de la Asuncion, she is a four-time Japanese national silver medalist and has competed at four Four Continents Championships.

Personal life

Hirai was born on October 14, 1986, in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. She is a graduate of Kansai University.

Career

Hirai began skating in 1995. Following a partnership with Ayato Yuzawa in the 2008–09 season, she competed with Taiyo Mizutani in 2009–10 and 2010–11.

Hirai teamed up with French ice dancer Marien de la Asuncion in 2011. They took the silver medal at the 2011–12 Japan Championships. Making their international debut, they placed 14th at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy and 11th at the 2013 Four Continents Championships.

Hirai and de la Asuncion have appeared at two Grand Prix events, placing 8th at the 2014 NHK Trophy and 2015 NHK Trophy.

Hirai and de la Asuncion announced their retirement on May 8, 2017, on de la Asuncion's Twitter page.

Programs

With de la Asuncion

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2016–17	I Just Want to Love Puttin' On the Ritz	Kiss Purple Rain U Got the Look	I Just Want to Love Puttin' On the Ritz
2015–16	Il Terzo Fuochista Everything Is Illuminated Il Terzo Fuochista	Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot Nessun dorma Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot
2014–15	Garcia Lorca Farrucas	Peter Gunn Theme Riot in Cell Block Number 9 Shake a Tail Feather
2013–14	Love Bug Creep Love Bug	James Bond music Skyfall Breadcrumbs Silhouette GoldenEye James Bond Theme
2012–13	Feuerfest, op. 269 The Blue Danube, op 314 Radetzky March	Solace Tango de los exilados

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With de la Asuncion

International
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
align=left			11th	11th	8th	12th	12th
align=left					8th	8th	9th
align=left							9th
align=left						4th
align=left					6th
align=left				9th
align=left				10th
align=left			14th
align=left						5th
align=left	Trophy of Lyon		7th
National
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Yuzawa and Mizutani

International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
align=left		16th
align=left	Mont Blanc Trophy		11th
National
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd

Ladies' Singles

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National
Event	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08
Japan Champ.							15th	14th	14th
Japan Junior			18th	14th	17th	12th
Japan Novice	19th A
Level: A = Novice A