Japanese figure skater
Yuka Nagai Nagai in 2015
Native name 永井 優香 Born (1998-11-30 ) November 30, 1998 (age 25) Tokyo , JapanHeight 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Country Japan Coach Makoto Nakata Skating club Waseda University Began skating 2005 Retired December 15, 2020
Yuka Nagai (永井 優香 , Nagai Yūka , born November 30, 1998) is a Japanese former figure skater . She is the 2015 Skate Canada International bronze medalist and 2016 Bavarian Open champion. She has finished in the top ten at two ISU 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
Nagai in 2015
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix ; CS: Challenger Series ; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Detailed results
Senior
Junior
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
^ a b c "Competition Results: Yuka NAGAI" . International Skating Union .
^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014 / 2015: Junior Ladies" . International Skating Union. Retrieved September 14, 2014 .
^ a b "永井 優香 | スケート∞リンク ~フジスケ~" . フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2016/2017" . International Skating Union.
^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2015/2016" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.{{cite web }}
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^ Fantasy on Ice 2015 in Shizuoka (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Asahi . June 6, 2015.
^ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. July 12, 2015. BS Fuji .
^ Prince Ice World Tokyo 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Japan . July 19, 2015.
^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2014/2015" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.{{cite web }}
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^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2013/2014" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.{{cite web }}
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^ "Yuka NAGAI: 2012/2013" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.{{cite web }}
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^ "永井 優香(ゆうか) / NAGAI Yuka" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation . Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.
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