Mai Mihara
Mai Mihara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | 三原 舞依 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | 22 August 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Kobe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Sysmex FSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mai Mihara (三原 舞依, Mihara Mai, born 22 August 1999) is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 Four Continents champion, 2018 Four Continents Silver Medalist, 2016 Skate America bronze medalist, 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2016–17 Japanese national bronze medalist.
Personal life
Mihara was born on 22 August 1999 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[2][3]
Career
Early years
Mihara began skating in 2007.[4] In the 2012–13 season, she won the bronze medal in the Novice A category at the Japanese Novice Championships and placed 8th at the Japan Junior Championships.
2013–2014 season
During the 2013–14 season, Mihara debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, placing 5th in Minsk, Belarus. After winning the Japanese national silver medal on the junior level, she finished her season by placing 12th on the senior level at the Japan Championships.
2014–2015 season
Mihara started her season by placing 6th at her JGP event in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She then placed 7th at the Japan Junior Championships and 9th at the Japan Championships.
2015–2016 season
Mihara made her senior international debut in early August 2015, winning the Asian Open ahead of Riona Kato. She was awarded silver medals at her JGP events, in Bratislava, Slovakia and Linz, Austria, and qualified for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona.
Mihara placed 8th at the 2015–16 Japanese Junior Championships and 6th at the JGP Final. She was diagnosed with arthritis in December, following the JGP Final.[5][6]
2016–2017 season: Four Continents title
In September, Mihara competed at her first Challenger Series competition, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she won the gold medal ahead of Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. Her Grand Prix debut came the following month at the 2016 Skate America. She was awarded the bronze medal, behind American skaters Ashley Wagner and Mariah Bell, after placing second in the short and third in the free. She finished fourth at her next Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 Cup of China.
In December 2016, Mihara took bronze at the Japan Championships, having ranked fifth in the short and second in the free. In February 2017, she placed fourth in the short and first in the free at the Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, outscoring Canada's Gabrielle Daleman by 3.94 points for the gold medal.
In March 2017, Mihara competed at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Ranked 15th in the short program after doubling and falling on a planned triple flip, Mihara ranked fourth in the free skate and climbed to fifth overall. In April, she competed as part of Team Japan at the 2017 World Team Trophy. She achieved a personal best of 72.10 points in the short program and then scored a Japanese national record of 146.17 points in the free skate. She finished second behind Medvedeva and 0.83 ahead of compatriot Wakaba Higuchi while Team Japan won the gold medal.
2017–2018 season
Mihara won silver at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International. She placed fourth at both of her Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Internationaux de France. After a fifth-place finish at the 2017-18 Japan Figure Skating Championships she was assigned to Four Continents 2018. At the championships, she was third in the short program behind countrywomen Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto. After a second-place finish in the free skate, and mistakes from Miyahara, Mihara rose to second place overall.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2018–2019 |
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The Mission
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2017–2018 [7] [8] |
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The Mission
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2016–2017 [2] |
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2015–2016 [4] |
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2014–2015 [10] |
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2013–2014 [11] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[12] | |||||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
Worlds | 5th | ||||||
Four Continents | 1st | 2nd | |||||
GP Cup of China | 4th | 4th | |||||
GP NHK Trophy | TBD | ||||||
GP France | 4th | TBD | |||||
GP Skate America | 3rd | ||||||
CS Autumn Classic | 2nd | ||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 1st | 2nd | |||||
Asian Open | 1st | ||||||
Coupe du Printemps | 1st | ||||||
International: Junior[12] | |||||||
JGP Final | 6th | ||||||
JGP Austria | 2nd | ||||||
JGP Belarus | 5th | ||||||
JGP Slovakia | 2nd | ||||||
JGP Slovenia | 6th | ||||||
Asian Open | 2nd J | ||||||
Egna Spring Trophy | 1st J | ||||||
Int.Challenge Cup | 4th J | ||||||
National[3] | |||||||
Japanese Champ. | 12th | 9th | 3rd | 5th | |||
Japanese Junior Champ. | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 8th | |||
Japanese Novice Champ. | 3rd A | ||||||
Team events | |||||||
World Team Trophy |
1st T 2nd P |
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Japan Open | 2nd T 2nd P |
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TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: A = Novice A; J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |
Detailed results
Senior level
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals are awarded for team results only. T – team result. P – personal/individual result.
2018–19 season | ||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
26–29 September 2018 | 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3 70.94 |
2 138.28 |
2 209.22 |
2017–18 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
16–18 March 2018 | 2018 Coupe du Printemps | 2 72.98 |
1 142.51 |
1 215.49 |
22–28 January 2018 | 2018 Four Continents Championships | 3 69.84 |
2 140.73 |
2 210.57 |
21–24 December 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Championships | 7 64.27 |
3 140.40 |
5 204.67 |
17–19 November 2017 | 2017 Internationaux de France | 4 64.57 |
5 137.55 |
4 202.12 |
3–5 November 2017 | 2017 Cup of China | 7 66.90 |
3 139.17 |
4 206.07 |
7 October 2017 | 2017 Japan Open | - | 2 147.83 |
2T/2P |
20–23 September 2017 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic | 2 66.18 |
2 132.84 |
2 199.02 |
2016–17 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
20–23 April 2017 | 2017 World Team Trophy | 3 72.10 |
2 146.17 |
1T/2P 218.27 |
29 March – 2 April 2017 | 2017 World Championships | 15 59.59 |
4 138.29 |
5 197.88 |
15–19 February 2017 | 2017 Four Continents Championships | 4 66.51 |
1 134.34 |
1 200.85 |
22–25 December 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Championships | 5 65.91 |
2 132.26 |
3 198.17 |
18–20 November 2016 | 2016 Cup of China | 3 68.48 |
4 122.44 |
4 190.92 |
21–23 October 2016 | 2016 Skate America | 2 65.75 |
3 123.53 |
3 189.28 |
22–24 September 2016 | 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 2 63.11 |
1 125.92 |
1 189.03 |
Junior level
2015–16 season | |||||
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Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
10–13 December 2015 | 2015–16 JGP Final | Junior | 6 56.01 |
6 110.24 |
6 166.25 |
21–23 November 2015 | 2015-16 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 15 49.08 |
7 111.04 |
8 160.12 |
9–12 September 2015 | 2015 JGP Austria | Junior | 1 63.55 |
2 118.50 |
2 182.05 |
19–22 August 2015 | 2015 JGP Slovakia | Junior | 3 60.81 |
2 118.55 |
2 179.36 |
5–8 August 2015 | 2015 Asian Open Trophy | Senior | 1 53.92 |
1 105.08 |
1 159.00 |
2014–15 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
23–24 March 2015 | 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy | Junior | 1 52.67 |
1 113.89 |
1 166.56 |
26–28 December 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Championships | Senior | 13 53.23 |
9 105.58 |
9 158.81 |
22–24 November 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 6 53.47 |
8 101.13 |
7 154.60 |
27–30 August 2014 | 2014 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 9 44.68 |
4 97.81 |
6 142.49 |
2013–14 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
6–9 March 2014 | 2014 International Challenge Cup | Junior | 9 38.01 |
1 99.05 |
4 137.06 |
20–23 December 2013 | 2013–14 Japan Championships | Senior | 20 45.51 |
8 106.99 |
12 152.50 |
22–24 November 2013 | 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 2 53.19 |
5 100.66 |
2 153.85 |
25–28 September 2013 | 2013 JGP Belarus | Junior | 9 45.94 |
4 95.88 |
5 141.82 |
8–11 August 2013 | 2013 Asian Open Trophy | Junior | 2 48.97 |
2 96.06 |
2 145.03 |
2012–13 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
17–18 November 2012 | 2012-13 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 11 47.53 |
8 92.61 |
8 140.14 |
References
- ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance: Ladies". ISU Results. International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Mai MIHARA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
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- ^ a b c "三原舞依選手 インタビュー" [Interview with Mai Mihara]. canon.jp (in Japanese). October 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.
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- ^ "Mai MIHARA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018.
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External links
Media related to Mai Mihara at Wikimedia Commons
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