Figure Skating

The pressure was on for Hanyu Yuzuru and Kihira Rika as they set blade to ice in Nagano for the All-Japan Figure Skating Championships last week.
And wow, did they deliver.
Hanyu, the two-time Olympic and world champion, won his fifth national title in spectacular style, while Kihira retained her

Hanyu Yuzura and Kihira Rika at the 2020 All Japan Championships (Photo: Aflo/JSF)

Hanyu and Kihira reign: six takeaways from Japanese nationals

The year 2020 has been overshadowed by the global coronavirus pandemic, which took the lives of over a million people.
Sport was hit hard by the virus, with Tokyo 2020 delayed by a year, the first time the Olympic Games have been postponed in their history.
In spite of that,

2020 REVIEW

Review of the Year 2020

The 2019-20 figure skating season ended early with the cancellation of the World Championships in Montreal due to Coronavirus measures.
It means Nathan Chen was denied the chance to go for a hat-trick of world titles having gone the whole campaign unbeaten.
But who would have been his main rival

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Nathan Chen dominates season as Hanyu Yuzuru makes history

Kagiyama Yuma and You Young marked themselves out as skaters to follow at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Now they take on some of the best seniors on the planet, including Hanyu Yuzuru and Kihira Rika, in the Four Continents Championships in Seoul.

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YOG stars Kagiyama and Young bid for Four Continents medals

1\. You Young, figure skating sensation
Korean superstar figure skater You Young came to Lausanne carrying great expectations on her shoulders.
And didn't she deliver.
You won her first Korean national title at 11 years of age - one year younger than her idol Yuna Kim \- and at 15

Lausanne 2020 | Winter Youth Olympic Games

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Kagiyama, You, Gu, Michkov, 'skimo' - the top 10 breakout stars of Lausanne 2020

Beijing 2022 is just two years away. The rising figure skating stars have shown us at Lausanne 2020 what is to come in the future.

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All eyes are on the future generation of figure skaters

Olympic team champion Patrick Chan, who won gold with Team Canada at PyeongChang 2018, is an Athlete Role Model at Lausanne 2020. He spoke to Olympic Channel about what the Youth Olympic Games champion, Kagiyama Yuma, can expect as the Japanese skater prepares to transition to the senior level in the near future.

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Patrick Chan: What the future holds for Kagiyama Yuma

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama is being coached by his dad, two-time Olympian Masakazu Kagiyama. He has lofty plans for the future.

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Like father, like son: Yuma Kagiyama dreams big

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Simone

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Japan plan to put on a full display of their strength in numbers at next year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, where countries' quotas for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be on offer.
“I’m just really happy I made the team,” reigning three-time women’s world

Japan's team for the 25-30 March, 2025, ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston

Japan figure skaters out to show strength in numbers at 2025 worlds

Japanese nationals champions Kagiyama Yuma and Sakamoto Kaori spearhead the country’s squad for next year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships, announced by the Japan Skating Federation on Sunday (22 December).
Kagiyama will be joined in the men’s singles at the 24-30 March competition in Boston by Sato Shun and Tsuboi

Japanese men's figure skater Kagiyama Yuma

Kagiyama Yuma, Sakamoto Kaori headline Japan's team for 2025 Worlds

The 93rd Japan Figure Skating Championships are now under way at Ractab Dome in Osaka.
The 20-22 December Japanese nationals which will draw the drapes on 2024 will also determine the qualifiers for next year's ISU World Championships in Boston in March. The team for the worlds will be announced

Five-time Japan nationals women's champion Sakamoto Kaori

Japan Figure Skating Championships 2024: Full schedule and results - Complete list

Kagiyama Yuma won his first national title with a season best free-skate score of 205.68 for a 297.73 total at the Japan Figure Skating Championships on Saturday (21 December) in Osaka.
Sixteen-year-old Nakata Rio came in second (263.99) to become the first junior skater to reach the men’s singles podium

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Kagiyama Yuma storms to first national title

Kagiyama Yuma put one hand on his first career Japan Figure Skating Championship after leading the short program with a 92.05 on Friday (20 December).
At Ractab Dome in Osaka, hot on Kagiyama’s tail was 16-year-old Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medallist Nakata Rio on 90.31. Tomono Kazuki was third

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Japan Figure Skating Championships 2024: Kagiyama Yuma emerges into short-program lead

Kagiyama Yuma has identified his chief rival as he tries to win the Japanese nationals for the first time in his career this weekend - himself.
“Of course I want to win but I want to win content with my own performance,” the Beijing 2022 Olympic silver medallist said on

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Japan's Beijing 2022 silver medallist Kagiyama Yuma

No room for weakness as Kagiyama Yuma chases maiden national crown

The Japanese nationals are no longer a domestic competition - it’s gone global.
The 93rd Japan Figure Skating Championships will be held at Ractab Dome in Osaka this weekend and it’s shaped up to be a bona fide, top-flight international meet.
While the men’s singles title will be Kagiyama Yuma’s

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Japan Figure Skating Championships 2024: Let the battle royale begin in Osaka

The first half of the figure skating season has reached its most important point with the Grand Prix Final, where the top six skaters or teams in each of the four events will go head-to-head for the prize of Grand Prix Final champion.
Grenoble, France, welcomes the skaters – as

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2024 ISU Grand Prix Final: Preview and how to watch live

Kagiyama Yuma secured back-to-back Grand Prix victories at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, guaranteeing himself a spot in December's Final, but the mood in the kiss-and-cry area on Saturday (16 November) was anything but celebratory.
The Japanese figure skater was visibly shocked as he sat down after a free skate riddled

Figure Skating | Grand Prix Finlandia Trophy | Helsinki

Kagiyama Yuma won the men's singles event at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy.

Kagiyama scrapes Finlandia Trophy win after season's "worst" free skate

Less than a week after clinching men's singles victory at the NHK Trophy, Kagiyama Yuma delivered another stellar performance to take the lead after the short program at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy on Friday, 15 November.
The Japanese figure skater took a 13.19-point lead over runner-up, teammate Tomono Kazuki, as

Kagiyama Yuma took the lead in the men's short program at the Finlandia Trophy to follow on his victory at the NHK Trophy last week.

Kagiyama Yuma on track for back-to-back wins at Finlandia Trophy

Beijing 2022

Don't miss our summary of day 6's men's figure skating finals at the Olympics where N. Chen (USA) claimed the gold, Y. Kagiyama (JPN) the silver and S. Uno (JPN) completed the podium

Highlights

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Sport Highlights | Beijing 2022 - Figure Skating - Men's Individual - Day 06

This event took place on 10/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza, Medal winners for Nordic Combined - Individual Normal Hill/10km, Short Track Speed Skating - Men´s 1500m, Cross-Country Skiing - Women's 10km (Classic), Figure Skating - Men Single Skating, Snowboard - Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross and Snowboard - Women's Halfpipe

Replay

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10/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 10/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Nathan Chen (USA) won Gold with a final score of 332.60, Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) claimed Silver and Shoma Uno (JPN) completed the podium.

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Men's Free Skating - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 08/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium 	Nathan Chen (USA) made the best score with 113.97  Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) 108.12  Shoma Uno (JPN) 105.90

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Men's Short Program - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 06/02/2022 at the Capital Indoor Stadium. Kamila Valieva (ROC) won the Women's Short Program with a score of 90.18. Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) won the Men's Free Skating with a score of 208.94. The results are provisional.

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Team Event - Day 2 - Women's Short & Men's Free - Figure Skating | Beijing 2022 Replays

A quick look at the best moments and behind the scenes of Lausanne 2020

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Hanyu and Kihira reign: six takeaways from Japanese nationals

Review of the Year 2020

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