Hana Yoshida Explained

Hana Yoshida
Native Name:吉田 陽菜
Native Name Lang:ja
Also Known As:Hanna
Country: Japan
Birth Date:21 August 2005
Birth Place:Aichi, Japan
Hometown:Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Coach:Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato
Formercoach:Yuko Monna, Rina Horie, Yu Oshima
Choreographer:Kaitlyn Weaver, Lori Nichol
Formerchoreographer:Tom Dickson, Kana Muramoto, Cathy Reed
Skating Club:Kinoshita Academy
Former Skating Club:Meito Figure Skating Club
Beganskating:2012
Combined Total:208.31
Combined Date:2022 JGP Italy
Sp Score:66.89
Sp Date:2022 JGP Italy
Fs Score:141.42
Fs Date:2022 JGP Italy
Show-Medals:yes

is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2023 Cup of China champion, 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy silver medalist, 2023 Triglav Trophy champion, and the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy champion.

At the junior level, she is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2022 Bavarian Open Junior champion, and a two-time Japanese Junior medalist. Yoshida is the nineteenth woman to successfully land a triple Axel in international competition.

Personal life

Yoshida was born on August 21, 2005, in Aichi, Japan.

Growing up, she attended an international school and as a result, is able to speak English fluently.

Career

Early years

Yoshida began skating in 2012. She placed ninth at the 2015 Japan Novice B National Championships but won the category the next year.

2017–18 season

Yoshida won the 2017 Japan Novice National Championships and was invited to compete at the 2017 Japan National Championships. She placed eighth overall. She was also invited to skate in the gala at the 2017 NHK Trophy as the 2017 Japanese national novice champion.

Yoshida was sent to the 2018 Challenge Cup, winning the advanced novice ladies ahead of Alysa Liu of United States.

2018–19 season

In August 2018, Yoshida competed at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy. She attempted the triple Axel in the free program but fell, ranking third overall.

2019–20 season

Yoshida competed at the 2019 Japan Junior National Championships. She placed tenth in the short program. However, Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free and won the bronze medal. Due to the results, she was invited to compete at the senior division. Yoshida finished in nineteenth place.

2020–21 season

The 2020–21 Junior Grand Prix circuit was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoshida was then invited to compete at the 2020 Japan Open as part of Team Blue. She attempted the triple Axel unsuccessfully. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Japan Junior Nationals behind Rino Matsuike, then placing sixteenth at the senior event.

2021–22 season

Yoshida placed fourth at the 2021 Japan Junior National Championships. She was invited to the senior event because the junior champion Mao Shimada was too young to compete. She placed ninth overall.

Yoshida attended the 2022 Bavarian Open to compete in the Junior Women II category. She placed first in the short even though she popped the planned triple flip. Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free skate, becoming the nineteenth woman to land the jump in an international competition successfully. She won over Japan's Rinka Watanabe. Also eligible to compete at the senior level, she was sent to 2022 Egna Spring Trophy. Yoshida landed the triple Axel in the short and another one in the free, but the jump was landed on the quarter. She won by outscoring South Korea's Lee Hae-in by 28.45 points.

2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

In August 2022, Yoshida debuted on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP France in Courchevel. In her short program, she underrotated both jumps in her combination but otherwise gave a clean skate which placed her second behind her teammate Ayumi Shibayama and earned her the highest program components score awarded in that segment of the competition. During the free skate, Yoshida successfully landed a triple Axel but stepped out after the landing. Although her triple flip's edge was marked as unclear, and the first jump in her triple Lutz-triple toe combination was underrotated by a quarter, she had no falls, and the program was otherwise clean. She won the event with a lead of 15.13 points over Shibayama, who finished in second place. Yoshida became the first Japanese woman to win a Junior Grand Prix competition since Rika Kihira in 2016. Yoshida was initially scheduled to compete at the Armenian stop on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. However, when that was cancelled due to the September conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, she was reassigned elsewhere. Yoshida won a second gold medal at the 2022 JGP Italy, in the process qualifying for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Yoshida entered the Final in Turin as a medal favourite after winning both of her qualifying events, but she finished sixth of sixth skaters in the short program after falling on her jump combination, which she called "very disappointing." The free skate proved no better, opening with a fall on an underrotated triple Axel and going on to make several other jump errors, including a singled attempt at a triple Lutz. She was again last in the segment and last overall.

Competing at the senior 2022–23 Japan Championships, Yoshida erred on two jumps in the short program, placing fourteenth in that segment. In the free skate she successfully landed a triple Axel and seven other triple jumps, placing third in that segment and rising to sixth overall. She was assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships. Yoshida went on to finish eighth at the Four Continents Championships.

2023–24 season: Grand Prix debut

Yoshida made her Challenger debut at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, taking the silver medal. Invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate America, she finished ninth in the short program after singling a planned triple Axel. She stepped out of her triple Axel in the free skate, but performed strongly otherwise and finished third in the segment, rising to fourth place overall. She finished less than four points behind bronze medalist Niina Petrõkina of Estonia. At the 2023 Cup of China, she placed third in the short program after falling on an underrotated triple Axel, but rallied to win the free skate and take the gold medal by 0.75 points over Rinka Watanabe. Yoshida said she was "surprised" to have won, and said she was focused on improving on various jump issues.

With Yoshida's results qualifying her for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final in Beijing, she placed fourth in the short program after falling on both her triple Axel attempt and her jump combination. She rebounded in the free skate, landing a triple Axel and seven other triple jumps, though the triple Axel was deemed a quarter short of rotation. Yoshida was second in that segment with a new personal best score of 142.51 points, rising to the bronze medal. She finished only 0.20 points behind Belgian silver medalist Loena Hendrickx. Yoshida described it as "a dream for me to compete on this stage."

Multiple jump errors in the short program at the 2023–24 Japan Championships saw Yoshida come ninth in that segment. She rose to seventh after the free skate, calling the result "very disappointing."

In February, Yoshida received the Best Newcomer award at the 2024 ISU Skating Awards. She concluded the season in March at the 2024 World Championships, held in Montreal. Yoshida came eighth in the short program after both parts of her jump combination was called a quarter underrotated. She also had several quarter calls in the free skate, including on her triple Axel, finishing sixth in the segment but remaining eighth overall.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2024-2025
  • Temen Oblak (Dark Clouds)
  • S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse
2023–2024
  • Koo Koo Fun
  • Shakuhachi
  • La terre vue du ciel
2022–2023
  • 6. Uranus, the Magician
  • 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  • Princess Leia's Theme
2021–2022
  • Planet Ocean Suite
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019
2017–2018
  • James Bond Theme
  • The Pink Panther Theme
  • It Had Better Be Tonight

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  • James Bond Theme

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event17–1819–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424-25
align=left 8th
align=left 8th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left TBD
align=left 4th
align=left TBD
align=left bgcolor=Silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left Tallink Hotels Cup bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
International: Junior
align=left 6th
France1st
Italy1st
Bavarian Open1st2
National
19th 16th 9th 6th 7th
Japan Junior8th 3rd 2nd 4th
Team events
1st T
5th P
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

2023–24 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 18–24, 20242024 World Championshipsalign=center 8
64.56 		align=center 6
130.37 		align=center 8
194.93
February 15–18, 20242024 Tallink Hotels Cupalign=center 4
59.02		align=center 1
128.23		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
187.25
December 20–24, 20232023–24 Japan Championshipsalign=center 9
62.73 		align=center 6
131.49 		align=center 7
194.22
December 7–10, 20232023–24 Grand Prix Finalalign=center 4
60.65		align=center 2
142.51		3
203.16
November 10–12, 20232023 Cup of Chinaalign=center 3
64.65		align=center 1
139.32		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
203.97
October 20–22, 20232023 Skate Americaalign=center 9
59.40		align=center 3
131.58		align=center 4
190.98
September 8–10, 20232023 CS Lombardia Trophyalign=center 3
62.54		align=center 1
122.91		align=center bgcolor=Silver2
185.45
2022–23 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
April 12–16, 20232023 Triglav Trophyalign=center 1
69.79		align=center 1
141.67		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
211.46
February 7–12, 20232023 Four Continents Championshipsalign=center 10
59.82		align=center 7
129.78		align=center 8
189.60
December 21–25, 20222022–23 Japan Championshipsalign=center 14
59.49		align=center 3
137.72		align=center 6
197.21
2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
April 7–10, 20222022 Egna Springs Trophy1
73.04		1
137.73		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
210.77
December 22–26, 20212021–22 Japan Championshipsalign=center 13
61.35		align=center 8
126.09		align=center 9
187.44
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 24–27, 20202020–21 Japan Championshipsalign=center 19
58.79		align=center 17
104.99		align=center 16
163.78
October 3, 20202020 Japan Openalign=center –align=center 5
107.56		align=center bgcolor=gold 5P/1T
2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 18–22, 20192019–20 Japan Championshipsalign=center 21
50.96		align=center 18
98.76		align=center 19
149.72

Junior results

2022–23 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 8–11, 20222022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final6
55.51		6
102.79		6
158.30
October 12–15, 20222022 JGP Italy2
66.89		1
141.42		1
208.31
August 24–27, 20222022 JGP France2
66.56		1
136.96		1
203.52
2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
January 18–23, 20222022 Bavarian Open1
60.73		1
133.50		1
194.23
November 19–21, 20212021–22 Japan Junior Championships3
62.48		4
110.07		4
172.55
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 21–23, 20202020–21 Japan Junior Championships2
62.05		2
127.44		2
189.49
2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 15–17, 20192019–20 Japan Junior Championships10
52.75		3
115.11		3
167.86
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 24–26, 20172017–18 Japan Junior Championships12
54.89		10
103.15		8
158.04

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