Sena Takahashi

Sena Takahashi
Native name高橋星名
Born (2010-01-29) January 29, 2010 (age 14)
Kanagawa, Japan
HometownKyoto
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
CoachMie Hamada
Satsuki Muramoto
Hiroaki Sato
Noriyuki Kanzaki
Skating clubKinoshita Academy
Began skating2014

Sena Takahashi (高橋星名, Takahashi Sena, born 29 January 2010) is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, the 2024–25 Japanese Junior national silver medalist, and the 2022–23 Japanese Advanced Novice national champion.[1]

Personal life

Takahashi was born on January 29, 2010, in Kanagawa, Japan. As a hobby, he enjoys cooking.[2]

His figure skating idol is Cha Jun-hwan, who he got to meet at the Japanese ice show, Dreams on Ice, in 2024.[3][4]

Career

Early career

Takahashi began figure skating in 2014. While in attendance at the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Takahashi met Mie Hamada and soon moved from Kanagawa to Takatsuki, Osaka to train under her at the Kansai University Skating Club.[5][6]

Takahashi debuted at the 2019–20 Japan Basic Novice Championships, where he finished twenty-seventh.[7] Following that season, Hamada moved to Uji, Kyoto to coach at the Kinoshita Academy Kyoto Ice Arena and Takahashi would relocate as well to continue being coached by Hamada.[2][8]

Going on to compete at the 2020–21 Japan Basic Novice Championships, Takahashi finished fifth.[7]

2021–22 season

Debuting as an advanced novice skater, Takahashi won the bronze medal at the 2021–22 Japan Advanced Novice Championships and was given the opportunity to compete at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, where he placed ninth.[7]

2022–23 season

Starting his season at the 2022–23 Japan Advanced Novice Championships, Takahashi won the gold medal. He would go on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, where he finished ninth.[7]

As the advanced novice champion, Takahashi was invited to perform in the gala at the 2023 World Team Trophy.[9]

2023–24 season

Competing at the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships, Takahashi finished eighth. With this placement, he was selected to compete at the senior level championships, where he finished twentieth.[7]

2024–25 season

Making his international debut on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Takahashi won the gold medal at 2024 JGP Latvia. Following the event, Takahashi expressed his shock at the result. “I never ever would have expected to win. Everything is new for me and the first time and I just came here to have the most possible fun and I did. I was very nervous ahead of my skate. Last season I was injured a lot and also not yet good enough for the JGP so that’s why this is my first season on the JGP." He would go on to compete at 2024 JGP Poland, where he won the short program but faltered in the free skate, placing sixth in that segment of the competition, but managed to hang onto second place overall.[1][7][10] With these placements, Takahashi qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final.[11][12]

In late November, Takahashi competed at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Rio Nakata.[13] This result ensured his qualification to compete at the senior championships.[14]

At the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France, Takahashi placed sixth of the six competitors in the short program after missing his opening triple axel and failing to perform his jump combination. However, he managed to deliver a strong free skate, landing all his jumps cleanly. He would place third in that competition segment and climb to fourth place overall.[15][16][17] Following the event, Takahashi would admit to being "very anxious and nervous" during the short program but that he was pleased with his free skate performance, saying, "I'm happy because I didn't give up until the end... Time just flew by, and I was having so much fun that I was concentrating."[18] Two weeks later, Takahashi finished fourteenth at the 2024–25 Japan Championships and was subsequently named to the World Junior team.[7][19]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[2]
  • The Four Seasons
    • Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 11 L'estate: I. Allegro
    • Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, No. 2, RV 315, L'estate (Summer): Ill. Prest
    • Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV297, L'inverno: II. Largo
    • Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297, Winter: I. Allegro non molto
    • Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, 11 L'inverno (Winter)
      by Antonio Vivaldi
      choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2023–2024
[20]
  • Les Misérables
    • Prologue (Look Down) / At the End of the Day
    • I Dreamed a Dream / Lovely Ladies / Who Am I?
    • Bring Him Home / Finale: Do You Hear the People Sing? (Reprise) (Look Down) / At the End of the Day
      by Claude-Michel Schönberg
      performed by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Seann Alderking
      choreo. by Cathy Reed
2022–2023
[21][9]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior[1][7]
Event 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
World Junior Championships TBD
Junior Grand Prix Final 4th
JGP Latvia 1st
JGP Poland 2nd
National[7]
Japan 20th 14th
Japan Junior 12th 9th 8th 2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [7]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 229.66 2024 JGP Latvia
Short program TSS 81.05 2024 JGP Latvia
TES 44.91 2024 JGP Latvia
PCS 37.05 2024 JGP Poland
Free skating TSS 148.61 2024 JGP Latvia
TES 75.01 2024 JGP Latvia
PCS 73.60 2024 JGP Latvia

Senior level

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 19–22, 2024 2024–25 Japan Championships 8
77.87 		17
131.92 		14
209.79
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 19
68.28 		22
123.49 		20
191.77

Junior level

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 5–8, 2024 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final 6
61.83 		3
142.57 		4
204.40
November 15–17, 2024 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships 1
79.28 		4
133.71 		2
212.99
September 25–28, 2024 2024 JGP Poland 1
80.25 		6
118.17 		2
198.42
August 28–31, 2024 2024 JGP Latvia 1
81.05 		1
148.61 		1
229.66
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 17–19, 2023 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships 9
62.93 		7
126.05 		8
188.98
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 25–27, 2022 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships 8
60.79 		9
118.37 		9
179.16
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 19–21, 2021 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships 17
53.45 		9
109.71 		12
163.16

References

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