Yuka Orihara

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
Orihara and Pirinen in 2020
Other names折原 裕香
Born (2000-06-26) June 26, 2000
Tokyo, Japan
HometownHelsinki, Finland
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Finland
PartnerJuho Pirinen
CoachMaurizio Margaglio, Neil Brown
Skating clubHelsinki FSC
Began skating2006

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
2023–2024
[4]
2022–2023
[5]
  • My Jolly Sailor Bold
    by Ashley Serena
  • We're Sinking
    by E. Shepherd Stevenson & Christopher Lloyd
    choreo. by Neil Brown, Luca Lanotte, Matteo Zanni
2021–2022
[6]
2020–2021
[7]
2019–2020
[1]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Ice dance with Pirinen for Finland
International
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Europeans18th
GP Finland7thTBD
GP FranceC
GP NHK Trophy8th
CS Finlandia7th12th6th6th
CS Lombardia11th15th
CS Ondrej Nepela5th4th6th
CS Warsaw Cup5th
Bavarian Open2nd
Challenge Cup2nd3rd
Cup of Nice4th4th
Egna Trophy5th
Mezzaluna Cup1st
NRW Trophy1st
Santa Claus Cup3rd
Volvo Open Cup3rd
National
Finnish Champ.1stC2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned; C = Event Cancelled

Ice dance with Royer for Canada
National
Event 18–19
Canadian Champ.5th J
J = Junior

Ice dance with Mori for Japan
International
Event 16–17 17–18
Mentor Toruń Cup11th
National
Japan Champ.2nd J4th
J = Junior

Women's singles for Japan
National[8]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Japan Junior15th14th
Japan Novice32nd B2nd B4th A
A = Novice A; B = Novice B

References
  1. "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020.
  2. "Mentor Toruń Cup 2018 Senior Ice Dance". Polish Figure Skating Association.
  3. "Profile – Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer". ice-dance.com.
  4. "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.
  5. "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022.
  6. "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
  7. "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
  8. "|Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site|". www.jsfresults.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.