Yuhana Yokoi

Yuhana Yokoi
Yokoi at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Native name横井 ゆは菜
Born (2000-05-19) May 19, 2000 (age 24)
Nagoya, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
CoachYoriko Naruse
Miho Kawaume
Yuko Hongo
Skating clubChukyo University
Began skating2008
RetiredDecember 24, 2022

Yuhana Yokoi (Japanese: 横井 ゆは菜; born May 19, 2000) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 Challenge Cup silver medalist. At the junior level, she is the 2018 JGP Armenia bronze medalist, and two-time Japanese Junior national medalist. She finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2019).

Personal life

Yokoi was born on May 19, 2000 in Nagoya, Japan.[1] Her sister, Kinayu, who is four years younger than her, is also a competitive figure skater.[2][3]

Yokoi studied at the School of Sport Sciences at Chukyo University.[4]

Career

Early years

Yokoi began learning to skate in 2008.[5] She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2014, placing sixth in Nagoya, Japan. At the 2015–16 Japan Championships, she won bronze in the junior event and finished eleventh in the senior event.[6]

2017–18 season

At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Yokoi finished fourth in the junior event and eighth in the senior event. In March, she competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked eighth in the short and fourth in the free, she finished sixth overall.[6]

2018–19 season

In October, Yokoi won bronze at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia. In November, she became Japan's junior national champion.[7][8] She finished seventh competing in the senior ranks at the 2018–19 Japan Championships in December.[6]

In March, she placed eighteenth in the short, eighth in the free, and ninth overall at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.[6]

In April, she was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy as the Japan junior national champion.

2019–20 season

In October, making her senior international debut, Yokoi won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. In November, she competed at two Grand Prix events, placing sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup and fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy. The following month, she finished fifth at the 2019–20 Japan Championships.[6]

In February 2020, Yokoi won silver at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.[6]

2020–21 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic limiting international competitions, Yokoi was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy, which was attended almost exclusively by Japanese skaters. She was fifth in the short program, her only error being an under-rotation on her solo triple flip jump.[9] In the free skate, she made several errors, finishing eighth in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.[10]

Yokoi placed eighth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[6]

2021–22 season

Yokoi placed eleventh at the 2021 Skate America, her lone Grand Prix assignment.[6] She was ninth at the 2021 Internationaux de France, saying that she was very pleased with her free skate: "I still wonder if I should continue, and when I have a good performance, I am truly happy, and that is why it keeps me going. Today's good performance made me feel that I might be able to continue."[11] 

At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Yokoi placed twelfth.[6] She was named to the Japanese team for the 2022 Four Continents Championships, where she finished in seventh.[12]

2022–23 season

In her lone Grand Prix assignment of the year, Yokoi finished eighth at the 2022 Skate Canada International.[6] After coming nineteenth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, she announced her retirement from competitive skating.[13]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[1]
2021–2022
[14]
2020–2021
[15]
2019–2020
[5][16]

The Phantom of the Opera

2018–2019
[17]

The Phantom of the Opera

2017–2018
[18]

Burlesque

2016–2017

The Sound of Music

Burlesque

2015–2016

The Sound of Music

2014–2015
[19]
  • Gypsy music
    choreo. by Yuko Hongo

Competitive highlights

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

International[6]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Four Continents 7th
GP France 9th
GP NHK Trophy 4th 8th
GP Rostelecom Cup 6th
GP Skate America 11th
GP Skate Canada 8th
CS Finlandia Trophy 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup WD
Challenge Cup 2nd
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 6th 9th
JGP Armenia 3rd
JGP Japan 6th
JGP Latvia 5th
JGP Slovakia 6th
Challenge Cup 2nd 1st
International: Advanced novice[20]
Gardena Spring 2nd
National[20][21]
Japan Champ. 11th 8th 7th 5th 8th 12th 19th
Japan Junior 12th 26th 3rd 8th 4th 1st
Japan Novice 6th A
Western Sect. 9th J 4th J 1st J 5th J 5th J 1st J 1st 7th
Chubu Reg. 8th B 4th A 2nd J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd
Team events
Japan Open 1st T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: A = Novice A; J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior

2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 12
59.78 		20
102.09 		19
161.87
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Skate Canada 12
54.87 		5
123.86 		8
178.73
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Four Continents Championships 12
53.93 		6
131.41 		7
185.34
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 14
59.84 		9
124.00 		12
183.84
November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France 11
52.32 		7
124.61 		9
176.93
October 22–24, 2021 2021 Skate America 12
54.77 		10
119.30 		11
174.07
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 16
59.83 		6
134.39 		8
194.22
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 5
65.18 		8
111.31 		8
176.49
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 2
73.29 		2
141.27 		2
214.56
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 9
62.90 		4
128.02 		5
190.92
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 8
62.67 		4
126.87 		4
189.54
November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 10
56.51 		5
126.17 		6
182.68
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
65.09 		3
126.81 		3
191.90

Junior

2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 18
51.61 		8
118.56 		9
170.17
February 21–24, 2019 2019 Challenge Cup Junior 1
53.63 		1
126.27 		1
179.90
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships Senior 6
66.27 		6
130.10 		7
196.37
November 23–25, 2018 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1
61.86 		1
119.98 		1
181.84
October 10–13, 2018 2018 JGP Armenia Junior 6
57.62 		2
126.47 		3
184.09
August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 9
51.65 		2
121.50 		6
173.15
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 8
59.81 		4
124.97 		6
184.78
February 22–25, 2018 2018 Challenge Cup Junior 4
54.09 		2
115.62 		2
169.71
December 20–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships Senior 9
62.68 		6
130.31 		8
192.99
November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships Junior 7
56.89 		3
116.08 		4
172.97
September 6–9, 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 5
55.19 		3
114.40 		5
169.59
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships Junior 10
52.28 		7
110.56 		8
162.84
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
December 24, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 4
60.16 		3
117.24 		3
177.40
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 22, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 26
41.27
26
41.27
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 22, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 23
40.84 		9
95.89 		12
136.73

References

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