- Joined
- Mar 15, 2014
Japanese figure skater Yuka Nagai (永井 優香 Nagai Yūka) was born on November 30, 1998, in Tokyo, Japan.
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.
Her skating is lovely, and although she is prone to popping her jumps, when she lands them they are beautiful!
Biographical Information
ISU bio : http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013843.htm
Icenetwork bio (archived June 2018): https://web.archive.org/web/20180630084025/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/yuka_nagai
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuka_Nagai
Rinkresults: http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=702
Tracings entry: http://tracings.net/naga-yuka.html
ISU Personal Bests under +/- 3 GOE Scoring
Nagai has not competed internationally under +/-5 GOE Scoring
2019-2020
SP: 河野 伸 白夜を行く "Go White Night" by Shin Kono
FS: "Adíos Nonino" (Tango Rapsodia) - orchestrated by Luis Enriques Bacalov
2019 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ej-JzaUsU
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtlrlwm-FX0
2018-2019
SP: Riverdance by Bill Whelan
FS: Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev
2018 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ghEO8wbaSM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjzcqFsbY4
2017-2018
SP: "On My Own" from the Les Miserables soundtrack
FS: Phantom of the Opera
2017 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SN8z9r5Hpc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUr_PYW4_o
2016-2017
SP: "Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra" from the Ladies in Lavender soundtrack by Nigel Hess
FS: "The Ludlows" from the Legends of the Fall soundtrack by James Horner
2016 Trophée de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36WU9LdXGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMdSgoYZFo0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AL3tIkTSo
2016 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizAkduNLns
FS: no video found
2015-2016
SP: "Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
SP1: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale (choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto)
FS: August's Rhapsody in C Major (from the August Rush soundtrack) by Mark Mancina
Test Skate
SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKCjOwQs_Y
2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydz720RnCMA&ab_channel=WinterForever2009
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6g9TRf_4I
2015 Skate Canada
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3usN3f-l3Sk
https://youtu.be/NN-8nIKqYwA
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmBGuuXRq3k
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxtKVV8rzY
2015 Rostelecom Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfIj_C9J1ZU
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS4BCbbs9Qs
2015 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nE-yeEZFas
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9Vp-Y6Zoc
2016 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbs8O1XcN90 (fancam)
2014-15
SP: East of Eden soundtrack by Lee Holdridge
FS: "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" by Camille Saint-Saëns
Junior Grand Prix in Aichi 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7gaMFvBEb4&list=PLuB703eaMDlKwB8o3t043KE0Xu7IjhGza&index=6
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5Ybt2yw2c&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Junior Grand Prix in Ljubljana 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1iy-XpEz3k&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwf-dQB5M0&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Junior Grand Prix Final 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IqxuYkQI4&ab_channel=benasas292
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDp15_quuzU
Japanese Nationals 2014:
No video found
4CC 2015:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3uI4BJdQu8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2SG2Kd9B8
Junior Worlds 2015:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiAxtg-oT2I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aPORrJsei4
2013-14
SP: Violin concerto by Tchaikovsky
FS: "Violin Muse" by Ikuko Kawai, based on "Two Chaconnes" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Junior Grand Prix in Riga 2013:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSon1a8DrbU&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeQ-JwTa3b4&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
2012-13
SP: "Liebesträume" by Franz Liszt
FS: "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
Junior Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2012
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzYIOvoPtYc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDTyteXnWg
Junior Grand Prix in Austria 2012:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTCfTnIjWSs&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5vvq3zGU0&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Exhibitions and Ice Shows
2015 Skate Canada - "Skinny Love" by Birdy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_FskC6qi7M
2015 Fantasy on Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKCjOwQs_Y
2014 Medalists On Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S486-nRSi3Y
Articles and Media
Interview August 2012 by TSL (a Japanese show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZV4VGrCI4g
June 2015 After getting two GP assignments this year (Skate Canada and Rostelecom Cup), Yuka's moved up to JSF's special class athletes (together with Asada Mao and Imai Haruka):
Aug 30, 2014 Ted Barton has a quick interview with Japanese Skater Yuka Nagai and her Coach Megamu Seki at the ISU 2014 Grand Prix in Ljubljana
(In English and Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0me56x2D0
Icenetwork Report on 2014-15 JGPF credits Yuka as being the most balletic junior lady at the JGPF
"Junior skaters in fine form on opening day in Spain"
Posted 12/11/14 by Jean-Christophe Berlot
https://web.archive.org/web/2018062...-skaters-in-fine-form-on-opening-day-in-spain
Icenetwork Report on 2014 JGP Slovenia
https://web.archive.org/web/2018063...ussia-jumps-on-top-in-ladies-mens-in-slovenia
https://web.archive.org/web/2018063...khanovich-runs-away-with-gold-at-jgp-slovenia
Japan Times Report on JGP Japan (Aichi) 2014
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/...-place-finish-junior-grand-prix/#.VYRugWrD_MI
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.
Her skating is lovely, and although she is prone to popping her jumps, when she lands them they are beautiful!
Biographical Information
ISU bio : http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013843.htm
Icenetwork bio (archived June 2018): https://web.archive.org/web/20180630084025/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/yuka_nagai
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuka_Nagai
Rinkresults: http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=702
Tracings entry: http://tracings.net/naga-yuka.html
Updated 27 February 2020
ISU Personal Bests under +/- 3 GOE Scoring
Nagai has not competed internationally under +/-5 GOE Scoring
Personal Best Total Score | 172.92 | Skate Canada 2015 |
Personal Best Score Short Program | 63.35 | Skate Canada 2015 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating | 111.15 | ISU Four Continents Championships 2015 |
Programs and Videos
2019-2020
SP: 河野 伸 白夜を行く "Go White Night" by Shin Kono
FS: "Adíos Nonino" (Tango Rapsodia) - orchestrated by Luis Enriques Bacalov
2019 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ej-JzaUsU
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtlrlwm-FX0
2018-2019
SP: Riverdance by Bill Whelan
FS: Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev
2018 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ghEO8wbaSM
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjzcqFsbY4
2017-2018
SP: "On My Own" from the Les Miserables soundtrack
FS: Phantom of the Opera
2017 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SN8z9r5Hpc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUUr_PYW4_o
2016-2017
SP: "Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra" from the Ladies in Lavender soundtrack by Nigel Hess
FS: "The Ludlows" from the Legends of the Fall soundtrack by James Horner
2016 Trophée de France
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36WU9LdXGU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMdSgoYZFo0
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AL3tIkTSo
2016 Japanese Championships
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizAkduNLns
FS: no video found
2015-2016
SP: "Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
SP1: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale (choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto)
FS: August's Rhapsody in C Major (from the August Rush soundtrack) by Mark Mancina
Test Skate
SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKCjOwQs_Y
2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydz720RnCMA&ab_channel=WinterForever2009
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6g9TRf_4I
2015 Skate Canada
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3usN3f-l3Sk
https://youtu.be/NN-8nIKqYwA
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmBGuuXRq3k
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWxtKVV8rzY
2015 Rostelecom Cup
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfIj_C9J1ZU
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS4BCbbs9Qs
2015 Japanese Nationals
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nE-yeEZFas
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX9Vp-Y6Zoc
2016 Bavarian Open
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbs8O1XcN90 (fancam)
2014-15
SP: East of Eden soundtrack by Lee Holdridge
FS: "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" by Camille Saint-Saëns
Junior Grand Prix in Aichi 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7gaMFvBEb4&list=PLuB703eaMDlKwB8o3t043KE0Xu7IjhGza&index=6
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5Ybt2yw2c&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Junior Grand Prix in Ljubljana 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1iy-XpEz3k&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwf-dQB5M0&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Junior Grand Prix Final 2014:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IqxuYkQI4&ab_channel=benasas292
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDp15_quuzU
Japanese Nationals 2014:
No video found
4CC 2015:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3uI4BJdQu8
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy2SG2Kd9B8
Junior Worlds 2015:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiAxtg-oT2I
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aPORrJsei4
2013-14
SP: Violin concerto by Tchaikovsky
FS: "Violin Muse" by Ikuko Kawai, based on "Two Chaconnes" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Junior Grand Prix in Riga 2013:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSon1a8DrbU&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeQ-JwTa3b4&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
2012-13
SP: "Liebesträume" by Franz Liszt
FS: "Polovtsian Dances" from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
Junior Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2012
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzYIOvoPtYc
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDTyteXnWg
Junior Grand Prix in Austria 2012:
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTCfTnIjWSs&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5vvq3zGU0&ab_channel=ISUJuniorGrandPrix
Competition History
Exhibitions and Ice Shows
2015 Skate Canada - "Skinny Love" by Birdy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_FskC6qi7M
2015 Fantasy on Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBKCjOwQs_Y
2014 Medalists On Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S486-nRSi3Y
Articles and Media
Interview August 2012 by TSL (a Japanese show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZV4VGrCI4g
June 2015 After getting two GP assignments this year (Skate Canada and Rostelecom Cup), Yuka's moved up to JSF's special class athletes (together with Asada Mao and Imai Haruka):
Aug 30, 2014 Ted Barton has a quick interview with Japanese Skater Yuka Nagai and her Coach Megamu Seki at the ISU 2014 Grand Prix in Ljubljana
(In English and Japanese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0me56x2D0
Icenetwork Report on 2014-15 JGPF credits Yuka as being the most balletic junior lady at the JGPF
"Junior skaters in fine form on opening day in Spain"
Posted 12/11/14 by Jean-Christophe Berlot
https://web.archive.org/web/2018062...-skaters-in-fine-form-on-opening-day-in-spain
Icenetwork Report on 2014 JGP Slovenia
https://web.archive.org/web/2018063...ussia-jumps-on-top-in-ladies-mens-in-slovenia
https://web.archive.org/web/2018063...khanovich-runs-away-with-gold-at-jgp-slovenia
Japan Times Report on JGP Japan (Aichi) 2014
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/...-place-finish-junior-grand-prix/#.VYRugWrD_MI
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