Yuka Orihara
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Yuka Orihara | |
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Personal information | |
Alternative names | 折原 裕香 |
Country represented | Finland |
Former country(ies) represented | Canada Japan |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | June 26, 2000
Home town | Helsinki, Finland |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Partner | Juho Pirinen |
Former partner | Lee Royer, Kanata Mori |
Coach | Maurizio Margaglio |
Former coach | Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe |
Choreographer | Paola Mezzadri, Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe, N. Brown |
Skating club | Helsinki FSC |
Training locations | Helsinki, Vancouver, Canada |
Began skating | 2006 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 176.77 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
Short dance | 71.56 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
Free dance | 105.21 2021 CS Warsaw Cup |
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]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
With Pirinen[edit]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2021–2022 [4] |
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2020–2021 [5] |
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2019–2020 [1] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
With Pirinen[edit]
International | |||
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Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
European Champ. | 18th | ||
GP France | C | ||
CS Finlandia Trophy | 7th | 12th | |
CS Lombardia Trophy | 11th | 15th | |
CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 5th | ||
CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | ||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||
Cup of Nice | 4th | ||
Egna Trophy | 5th | ||
NRW Trophy | 1st | ||
Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | ||
Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | ||
National | |||
Finnish Championships | 1st | C | 2nd |
TBD = Assigned; C = Event Cancelled |
With Royer[edit]
National | |
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Event | 18–19 |
Canadian Championships | 5th J |
J = Junior |
With Mori[edit]
International | ||
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Event | 16–17 | 17–18 |
Mentor Toruń Cup | 11th | |
National | ||
Japan Championships | 2nd J | 4th |
J = Junior |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Mentor Toruń Cup 2018 Senior Ice Dance". Polish Figure Skating Association.
- ^ "Profile – Yuka Orihara & Lee Royer". ice-dance.com.
- ^ "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.