Nana Araki (荒木菜那 Araki Nana, born May 3, 2002) is a Japanese

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is the 2017 JGP Belarus silver medalist and a two-time national junior medalist.

Early life

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

Career

Araki won the silver medal in her

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

debut, at

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, in September 2017. She was fourth at her second

event in Italy. Later that year, in November, she won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior National Championships behind

Rika Kihira Rika Kihira ( ja, 紀平梨花; born 21 July 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a two-time Four Continents champion (2019, 2020), the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion, a four-time Grand Prix series medalist (2018 NHK Trophy gold, 2018 Inter ...

and

Mako Yamashita Mako Yamashita ( ja, 山下真瑚; born December 31, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 Skate Canada silver medalist and a two-time medalist at the ISU Challenger Series. On the junior level, she is the 2018 World Junior bron ...

. Due to her high placement, she was also able to compete at the senior

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, where she placed 13th. She ended her season with a gold medal at the

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in March, 2018. Araki started her 2018-19 season on the Junior Grand Prix in the

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, where she placed fifth. She repeated her placement at her second event in

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. In November 2018, at the Japan Junior National Championships, she was the silver medalist behind

Yuhana Yokoi Yuhana Yokoi ( ja, 横井ゆは菜; born May 19, 2000) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. She finished within the top ten at two Worl ...

. She closed her season at the senior

, 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 is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2003, 2004 & 2010) Japanese national champion. Ando is the first female skater to c ...

, a two-time world champion who Araki looks up to. Araki debuted her programs at the

event in Courchavel, France, where she placed 4th. She competed at the

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 The 2020 NHK Trophy was the sixth event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Osaka Prefectural Kadoma Sports Center (Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome) in Os ...

. She placed 11th at the event.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Araki, Nana 2002 births Living people Japanese female single skaters