Yuna Shiraiwa Explained

Yuna Shiraiwa should not be confused with Yuna Hiraiwa.

Yuna Shiraiwa
Native Name:白岩 優奈
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:November 26, 2001
Birth Place:Kyoto, Japan
Hometown:Takatsuki
Coach:Takeshi Honda
Kohei Yoshino
Formercoach:Mie Hamada
Yamato Tamura
Satsuki Muramoto
Hiroaki Sato
Haruko Ishida
Cathy Reed
Choreographer:Stéphane Lambiel
Akiko Suzuki
Formerchoreographer:Benoît Richaud
Jeffrey Buttle
Tom Dickson
Cathy Reed
Ernesto Martinez
Former Skating Club:Kansai University KFSC
Kyoto Daigo FSC
Currenttraininglocations:Takatsuki
Beganskating:2007
Combined Total:191.46
Combined Date:2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Sp Score:63.77
Sp Date:2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Fs Score:127.69
Fs Date:2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

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. At the junior level, she is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (two gold, one silver), and two-time Japanese Junior national silver medalist. She finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016, 2017, 2019).

Personal life

Shiraiwa was born on November 26, 2001, in Kyoto, Japan.

Career

Early years

Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory. Mie Hamada became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.

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.

At the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, Shiraiwa finished fourth, before going on to place fourth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

2016–17 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2016 JGP Russia and won the silver at the 2016 JGP Germany.

She went on to compete at the 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships, winning the silver medal behind Kaori Sakamoto. At the senior nationals, Shiraiwa placed seventeenth in the short program but third in the free skate, ultimately moving up to sixth place overall.

Selected to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

2017–18 season

Making her senior international debut, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. She then went on to compete at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she finished seventh.

Debuting on the senior Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy and sixth at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa placed ninth. She then closed her season with a bronze medal at the 2018 Coupe du Printemps.

2018–19 season

Shiraiwa began her season by winning silver at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and placing fifth at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic.

On the 2018–19 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and fifth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.

At the 2018–19 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished ninth, before going on to win the 2019 Bavarian Open on the junior level.

Selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

2019–20 season

Competing on the 2019–20 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa placed ninth at the 2019 Internationaux de France and tenth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.

She withdrew from the 2019–20 Japan Championships due to an injury in her right tibia.

2020–21 season

Shiraiwa finished ninth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.

Following the season, Shiraiwa left longtime coach Mie Hamada to train under Takeshi Honda.

2021–22 season

Competing at the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished twenty-third.

2022–23 season

Shiraiwa announced her intention to sit out the 2022–23 figure skating season in November to "physically and mentally recharge."

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023–2024
  • Concertino Bianco
2022–23
Did not compete this season
2021–2022
2020–2021
  • Amen.
    • To Warm the World - Gerstein's Theme
    • The Bishop's Complaint/The Train II
    • The Train III
2019–2020
  • Concertino Bianco for Piano
2018–2019
  • All Aboard

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2017–2018
2016–2017
  • A Little Night Music
    • Night Waltz
    • Send in the Clowns
    • Night Waltz

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  • Notre-Dame de Paris
    • Le Temps des cathédrales
      (The Age of the Cathedrals)
    • Les Sans-papiers
      (The Refugees)
    • Vivre (To Live)
2015–2016
  • A Little Night Music
    • Night Waltz
    • Send in the Clowns
    • Night Waltz
2014–2015

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event14–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2223–24
align=left 4th
align=left 6th 9th
align=left 8th
align=left 5th 10th
align=left 7th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 5th WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
International: Junior
align=left 4th 5th 5th
align=left 4th
align=left 5th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
National
Japan5th 6th 9th 9th WD 9th 23rd 22nd
27th 2nd 2nd
Team events
Youth Olympics5th T
1st P
WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level

2023–24 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 20–24, 20232023–24 Japan Championshipsalign=center 22
53.42
align=center 22
95.21
align=center 22
148.63
2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 22–26, 20212021–22 Japan Championshipsalign=center 21
56.93
align=center 23
88.96
align=center 23
145.89
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 24–27, 20202020–21 Japan Championshipsalign=center 10
63.96
align=center 9
126.43
align=center 9
190.39
2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 15–17, 20192019 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 7
60.57
align=center 10
109.46
align=center 10
170.03
November 1–3, 20192019 Internationaux de Francealign=center 7
63.12
align=center 10
98.59
align=center 9
161.71
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 20–24, 20182018–19 Japan Championshipsalign=center 12
59.99
align=center 9
123.17
align=center 9
183.16
November 16–18, 20182018 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 5
60.35
align=center 4
120.58
align=center 5
180.93
November 2–4, 20182018 Grand Prix of Helsinkialign=center 2
63.77
align=center 5
127.69
align=center 4
191.46
September 12–16, 20182018 CS U.S. International Classicalign=center 6
55.35
align=center 4
115.39
align=center 5
170.74
August 1–5, 20182018 CS Asian Open Trophyalign=center 4
54.47
align=center 1
118.54
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
173.01
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 16–18, 20182018 Coupe du Printempsalign=center 3
65.67
align=center 3
116.12
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
181.79
December 21–24, 20172017–18 Japan Championshipsalign=center 8
63.33
align=center 7
128.36
align=center 9
191.69
November 17–19, 20172017 Internationaux de Francealign=center 3
66.05
align=center 6
127.13
align=center 6
193.18
November 10–12, 20172017 NHK Trophyalign=center 8
57.34
align=center 8
114.60
align=center 8
171.94
October 6–8, 20172017 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 8
52.98
align=center 6
119.27
align=center 7
172.25
August 2–5, 20172017 Asian Open Trophyalign=center 2
62.03
align=center 2
102.33
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
164.36

Junior level

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2018–19 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 4–10, 20192019 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 6
62.08
align=center 4
123.38
align=center 5
185.46
February 5–10, 20192019 Bavarian OpenJunioralign=center 1
67.26
align=center 1
121.19
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
188.45
2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 15–19, 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 5
62.96
align=center 5
111.42
align=center 5
174.38
December 22–25, 20162016–17 Japan ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 17
54.30
align=center 3
131.07
align=center 6
185.37
November 18–20, 20162016–17 Japan Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 3
59.16
align=center 1
125.97
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
185.13
October 5–9, 20162016 JGP GermanyJunioralign=center 6
54.60
align=center 2
122.06
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
176.66
September 14–18, 20162016 JGP RussiaJunioralign=center 3
59.02
align=center 4
110.65
align=center 4
169.67
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
March 14–20, 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 8
56.23
align=center 5
115.36
align=center 4
171.59
February 12–21, 20162016 Youth Olympic GamesJunior align=center 1
60.87
align=center 5
105.79
align=center 4
166.66
December 24–27, 20152015–16 Japan ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 6
61.92
align=center 5
124.41
align=center 5
186.33
December 10–13, 20152015−16 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 5
60.68
align=center 5
113.14
align=center 5
173.82
November 21–23, 20152015–16 Japan Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 2
62.77
align=center 2
121.39
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
184.16
Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 20152015 JGP SpainJunioralign=center 3
62.51
align=center 1
124.29
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
186.80
September 2–5, 20152015 JGP United StatesJunioralign=center 5
56.26
align=center 1
108.24
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
164.50
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
February 11–15, 20152014 Bavarian OpenNovicealign=center 2
39.03
align=center 2
70.43
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
109.46
November 22–24, 20142014–15 Japan Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 27
40.07
align=center align=center