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is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. Earlier in her career, she won gold medals at two
ISU 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 ...
events and finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016
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, 2017
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, 2019
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).
Career
Early years
Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired byShizuka Arakawa
is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in fi ...
's 2006 Olympic victory. Mie Hamada
is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor.
Hamada graduated from Doshisha University in 1983. She currently coaches at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka with Yamato Tamura.
Her current students include:
* Ay ...
became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.
She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.
2015–2016 season
Shiraiwa debuted on theISU 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 ...
(JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina
Alisa Andreyevna Fedichkina (russian: Алиса Андреевна Федичкина, ''FYEH-deech-kee-nah''; born 14 February 2002) is a Russian competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 International Cup of Nice champion and has won two sil ...
by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño
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, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona
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.
In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japan Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and a five-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022). On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist ( 2015 ...
. A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th. Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, she placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''Detailed results
''ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.''Senior level
Junior level
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shiraiwa, Yuna 2001 births Japanese female single skaters Kansai University alumni Living people Sportspeople from Kyoto Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics