Yuka Nagai

Yuka Nagai

Nagai in December 2014
Personal information
Native name 永井 優香
Country represented Japan
Born (1998-11-30) November 30, 1998
Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Megumu Seki
Choreographer Megumi Seki, Rie Takeuchi, Shae-Lynn Bourne
Former choreographer Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club Komabagakuen SC
Training locations Tokyo
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 172.92
2015 Skate Canada International
Short program 63.35
2015 Skate Canada International
Free skate 111.15
2015 Four Continents

Yuka Nagai (永井 優香 Nagai Yūka, born November 30, 1998) is a Japanese 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

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[3]
2015–16
[4][5][6][7]
2014–15
[8]
  • Skinny Love
    performed by Birdy
2013–14
[9]
2012–13
[10]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Four Continents 6th
GP Rostelecom Cup 8th
GP Skate Canada 3rd 11th
GP Trophée de France TBD
CS Nepela Trophy 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
International: Junior[1]
Junior Worlds 7th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Austria 8th
JGP Japan 2nd
JGP Latvia 8th
JGP Slovenia 2nd
Asian Trophy 3rd J
National[11]
Japan 4th 7th
Japan Junior 18th 18th 19th 3rd
Japan Novice 3rd A
Levels: A = Novice A; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

2016-17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 11-13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France Senior 12
52.41		 9
107.08		 10
159.49
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 7
60.42		 6
118.44		 7
178.86
November 20–22, 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup Senior 9
53.19		 6
106.43		 8
159.62
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015 2015 Skate Canada International Senior 2
63.35		 7
109.57		 3
172.92
October 1–3, 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy Senior 6
56.74		 5
108.43		 6
165.17
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

  1. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Yuka NAGAI". International Skating Union.
  2. ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2014 / 2015: Junior Ladies". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Yuka NAGAI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "Yuka NAGAI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Fantasy on Ice 2015 in Shizuoka (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Asahi. June 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. July 12, 2015. BS Fuji.
  7. ↑ Prince Ice World Tokyo 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: BS Japan. July 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Yuka NAGAI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Yuka NAGAI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Yuka NAGAI: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
  11. ↑ "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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