Yuna Kasai
Kasai in Seefeld in January 2023
CountryJapan
Born (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubWaseda University
World Cup career
Seasons2021–
Indiv. podiums2
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 –
Medal record
Women's Nordic combined
Representing  Japan
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2023 Lake PlacidMass start
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake PlacidIndividual
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2021 OtepääIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2021 OtepääMass start
Japan Championship
Silver medal – second place2019 HakubaIndividual

Yuna Kasai (葛西 優奈, Kasai Yūna; born February 4, 2004) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. At the 2021 Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in both mass start and individual Nordic combined.

Life

Kasai ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Kasai was born on February 4, 2004, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] She has a younger twin sister, Haruka Kasai.[2] She joined the Sapporo Jump Shōnen Club.[3] In March 2018, at the age of 14, she participated in the 96th Japan Ski Championship held in Nayoro, and finished fourth in Nordic combined/5 km, missing the bronze medal by 38 seconds.[3] At the 97th Japan Ski Championship in 2019, she won her first national medal in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, after finishing second behind Ayane Miyazaki.[4]

After graduating from Sapporo Nishino Middle School,[1] she entered Tokai University Sapporo High School.[1][5] At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she finished sixth in individual ski jumping.[6] At the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships held in Lahti, she finished fourth in individual Nordic combined. The same year at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in mass start Nordic combined and also bronze in the individual category in Otepää.[7]

In 2022, at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she placed fourth in both the individual and mass start category in Val di Fiemme.[7]

Statistics

World Cup

Season standings

Season Placement Points
2020/21 14th 18
2021/22[8] 8th 258
2022/23[9] 6th 398

Continental Cup

Season standings

Season Placement Points
2019/20 28th 58
2020/21 25th 63

References

  1. 1 2 3 "JAPAN SKI TEAM メンバー | 公益財団法人全日本スキー連盟". SKI ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. ↑ 複合女子双子の葛西優奈＆春香姉妹「２人卒業式」に出席　五輪目指し東海大札幌高から早大進学. Nikkan Sports. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "第９６回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. ↑ "第９７回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. ↑ "葛西 優奈 (ジャンプ) - ローザンヌユースオリンピック2020 - JOC". 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC）Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  6. ↑ Suzuki, Hana (January 1, 2020). "冬季ユ-スオリンヒック-スキ-シャンフ個人-女子の久保田真知子か5位-葛西優奈は6位-男子の工藤漱太は失格". Olympics. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  7. 1 2 "KASAI Yuna - Athlete Information". FIS Ski. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  8. ↑ "Cup standings". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cup standings". International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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