Yuka Nagai

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Yuka Nagai
2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Yuka Nagai IMG 2651.JPG
Nagai in December 2014
Personal information
Native name 永井 優香
Country represented Japan
Born (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998 (age 25)
Tokyo, Japan
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Coach Megumu Seki
Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne
Kenji Miyamoto
Former choreographer Megumu Seki
Skating club Komabagakuen SC
Training locations Tokyo
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 172.92
2015 Skate Canada International
Short program 63.35
2015 Skate Canada International
Free skate 111.15
2015 Four Continents

Yuka Nagai (永井 優香 Nagai Yūka?, born November 30, 1998) is a Japanese figure skater. She won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finished in the top ten at two ISU Championships, and won bronze at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships.

Career

Early career

Nagai finished 18th at the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships. Her international debut came at the start of the 2012–13 season, at the 2012 Asian Trophy. She placed 7th at her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Austria, and 18th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

In 2013–14, Nagai finished 8th at her JGP event in Latvia and 19th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

2014–15 season

During the 2014–15 JGP series, Nagai won silver medals in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Nagoya, Japan.[1] Her results qualified her for the Junior Grand Prix Final,[2] held in December 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, where she placed 5th.

Nagai placed 4th at the 2015 Japanese Championships and won the bronze medal at the junior event, finishing behind Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto. She was selected to compete at the 2015 Four Continents where she placed 6th in her senior international debut. She closed her season by finishing 7th at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–16 season

Nagai started her season on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), placing 6th at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Making her debut on the senior level of the ISU Grand Prix, Nagai won bronze at 2015 Skate Canada International.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
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2014–2015
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2013–2014
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2012–2013
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Competitive highlights

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

International[1]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Four Continents 6th
GP Rostelecom Cup 8th
GP Skate Canada 3rd
CS Nepela Trophy 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds 7th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Japan 2nd
JGP Latvia 8th
JGP Slovenia 2nd
Asian Trophy 3rd J.
National[10]
Japan Champ. 4th 7th
Japan Jr. Champ. 18th 18th 19th 3rd
J. = Junior level; TBD = Entered

Detailed results

2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 7
60.42		 6
118.44		 7
178.86
November 20–22, 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup Senior 9
53.19		 6
106.43		 8
159.62
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015 2015 Skate Canada International Senior 2
63.35		 7
109.57		 3
172.92
October 1–3, 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Senior 6
56.74		 5
108.43		 6
165.17
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 6
56.93		 7
107.00		 7
163.93
February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships Senior 7
56.94		 8
111.15		 6
168.09
December 26–28, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Senior 6
58.00		 5
110.55		 4
168.55
December 11–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 3
62.99		 5
109.35		 5
172.34
November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2
61.49		 4
107.25		 3
168.74
September 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 5
52.95		 2
108.70		 2
161.65
August 27–30, 2014 2014 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
58.92		 2
105.50		 2
164.42
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 24
40.54		 17
85.43		 19
125.97
August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 9
46.87		 10
84.81		 8
131.68
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 17–18, 2012 2012–13 Japan Junior Championships Junior 12
46.72		 18
78.35		 18
125.07
September 12–15, 2012 2012 JGP Austria Junior 8
47.66		 7
88.14		 8
135.80
August 7–12, 2012 2012 Asian Open Trophy Junior 3
47.84		 3
85.06		 3
132.90
2011–12 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 25–27, 2011 2011–12 Japan Junior Championships Junior 13
43.86		 18
74.22		 18
118.08

References

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