Yuka Orihara (born 26 June 2000) is a Japanese ice dancer who competes for Finland. With her current partner, Juho Pirinen, she is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion. [1]
Yuka Orihara | |
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Other names | 折原 裕香 |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | June 26, 2000
Hometown | Helsinki, Finland |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Finland |
Partner | Juho Pirinen |
Coach | Maurizio Margaglio, Neil Brown |
Skating club | Helsinki FSC |
Began skating | 2006 |
Career
Orihara was born on 26 June 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. She formerly competed for Japan with Kanata Mori, placing 4th at the 2017-18 Japan national championships. They were assigned to the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup,[2] where they finished in 11th place.
From 2018 to 2019, Orihara skated with Lee Royer for Canada.[3] They placed 5th on the junior level at 2019 Canadian championships.
Orihara teamed up with Juho Pirinen to represent Finland, making their international debut at the Lombardia Trophy in September 2019.
Programs
With Pirinen
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2023–2024 [4] |
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2022–2023 [5] |
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2021–2022 [6] |
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2020–2021 [7] |
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2019–2020 [1] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series
Ice dance with Pirinen for Finland
International | |||||
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Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
Worlds | 16th | ||||
Europeans | 18th | 10th | |||
GP Finland | 7th | 6th | |||
GP France | C | ||||
GP NHK Trophy | 8th | ||||
CS Denis Ten Memorial | WD | ||||
CS Finlandia | 7th | 12th | 6th | 6th | |
CS Lombardia | 11th | 15th | |||
CS Ondrej Nepela | 5th | 4th | 6th | ||
CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | ||||
Bavarian Open | 2nd | ||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | 3rd | |||
Cup of Nice | 4th | 4th | |||
Egna Trophy | 5th | ||||
Mezzaluna Cup | 1st | ||||
NRW Trophy | 1st | ||||
Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | ||||
Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | ||||
National | |||||
Finnish Champ. | 1st | C | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
TBD = Assigned; C = Event Cancelled |
Ice dance with Royer for Canada
National | |
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Event | 18–19 |
Canadian Champ. | 5th J |
J = Junior |
Ice dance with Mori for Japan
International | ||
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Event | 16–17 | 17–18 |
Mentor Toruń Cup | 11th | |
National | ||
Japan Champ. | 2nd J | 4th |
J = Junior |
Women's singles for Japan
National[8] | ||||||
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Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 |
Japan Junior | 15th | 14th | ||||
Japan Novice | 32nd B | 2nd B | 4th A | |||
A = Novice A; B = Novice B |
References
External links
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