Yuna Shiraiwa


Yuna Shiraiwa 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 events and finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships.

Career

Early years

Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory. Mie Hamada 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 the ISU Junior Grand Prix 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 by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.
In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi. 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

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2019–2020

by Georgs Pelecis
choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel

by Armand Amar
choreo. by Benoît Richaud

by Sia
choreo. by Cathy Reed
2018–2019

by Club des Belugas
choreo. by Tom Dickson

by Modest Mussorgsky
choreo. by Tom Dickson

by Mickey & Sylvia
2017–2018

by Claude Debussy
choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle

  • Pictures at an Exhibition
by Modest Mussorgsky
choreo. by Tom Dickson


performed by Christina Applegate
2016–2017

by George Gershwin
performed by Nikki Yanofsky
choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle

by Stephen Sondheim
choreo. by Tom Dickson
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by Riccardo Cocciante
  • * Le Temps des cathédrales
  • * Les Sans-papiers

  • * Vivre
choreo. by Cathy Reed

performed by Madilyn Paige
2015–2016

by Harold Arlen
choreo. by Cathy Reed

by Stephen Sondheim
  • * Night Waltz
  • * Send in the Clowns
  • * Night Waltz
choreo. by Tom Dickson


performed by Idina Menzel
2014–2015
  • Giselle
  • by Adolphe Adam

    Competitive highlights

    GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    Detailed results

    Junior level