Nana Araki
Native name荒木 菜那
Born (2002-05-03) May 3, 2002
Higashiura, Japan
HometownHigashiura, Japan
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan Japan
CoachYuko Mona
Skating clubChukyo University
Began skating2008

Nana Araki (荒木 菜那 Araki Nana, born May 3, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 JGP Belarus silver medalist and a two-time national junior medalist.[1][2]

Early life

Araki was born in Higashiura, Japan, on May 3, 2002. She began skating in 2008.[1]

Career

Araki won the silver medal in her Junior Grand Prix debut, at Minsk, Belarus, in September 2017. She was fourth at her second Junior Grand Prix event in Italy. Later that year, in November, she won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior National Championships behind Rika Kihira and Mako Yamashita. Due to her high placement, she was also able to compete at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th. She ended her season with a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in March, 2018.

Araki started her 2018-19 season on the Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, where she placed fifth. She repeated her placement at her second event in Armenia. In November 2018, at the Japan Junior National Championships, she was the silver medalist behind Yuhana Yokoi. She closed her season at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th.

For the 2019-20 season, Araki got her short program choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto and her free skate choreographed by Miki Ando, a two-time world champion who Araki looks up to.[2] Araki debuted her programs at the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchavel, France, where she placed 4th. She competed at the Junior Grand Prix event in Russia, where she also placed fourth. She went on to place thirteenth at Japanese Nationals.

For the 2020-21 season, she was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy. She placed 11th at the event.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–24
  • The sky and the dawn and the sun
    choreo. by Miki Ando
2021–22
  • Bloodstream
    by Tokio Myers
    choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
2020–21
[3]
2019–20
[1][2]
2018–19
[1]
2017–18

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 23–24
GP NHK Trophy11th
International: Junior
JGP Armenia5th
JGP Belarus2nd
JGP Czech Rep.5th
JGP France4th
JGP Italy4th
JGP Russia4th
Challenge Cup1st
National
Japan Champ.13th13th14th27th
Japan Junior12th3rd2nd16th
Japan Western Sect.16th J25th J4th J2nd J2nd J14th1st6th
Chubu Reg.12th B13th A8th A2nd J2nd J2nd J7th5th7th
Levels: A = Novice ; B = Novice B; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. 1 2 3 Gallagher, Jack (2019-08-20). "Nana Araki looks for leap in crucial season". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  3. ↑ "Nana ARAKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
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