Nana Araki (荒木 菜那 Araki Nana, born May 3, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 JGP Belarus silver medalist, the 2018 Challenge Cup Junior champion, and a two-time Japanese Junior national medalist.
Early life Araki was born in Higashiura, Japan, on May 3, 2002. She began skating in 2008.
Career Araki won the silver medal in her Junior Grand Prix debut, at Minsk, Belarus, in September 2017. She was fourth at her second Junior Grand Prix event in Italy. Later that year, in November, she won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior National Championships behind Rika Kihira and Mako Yamashita. Due to her high placement, she was also able to compete at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th. She ended her season with a gold medal at the Challenge Cup in March, 2018.
Araki started her 2018-19 season on the Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, where she placed fifth. She repeated her placement at her second event in Armenia. In November 2018, at the Japan Junior National Championships, she was the silver medalist behind Yuhana Yokoi. She closed her season at the senior National Championships, where she placed 13th.
For the 2019-20 season, Araki got her short program choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto and her free skate choreographed by Miki Ando, a two-time world champion who Araki looks up to. Araki debuted her programs at the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, where she placed 4th. She competed at the Junior Grand Prix event in Russia, where she also placed fourth. She went on to place thirteenth at Japanese Nationals.
For the 2020-21 season, she was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy. She placed 11th at the event.
Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition2023–24 You Raise Me UpThe sky and the dawn and the sun2021–22 BloodstreamCourage2020–21 That ManNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 2019–20 Destino2018–19 Bei mir bist du schoen Once Upon a Dream Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat 2017–18Come, People of God
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix InternationalEvent 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 23–24 NHK Trophy 11th International: Junior Armenia 5th Belarus 2nd Czech Rep. 5th France 4th Italy 4th Russia 4th Challenge Cup 1st National Japan Champ. 13th 13th 14th 27th Japan Junior 12th 3rd 2nd 16th Japan Western Sect. 16th J 25th J 4th J 2nd J 2nd J 14th 1st 6th Chubu Reg. 12th B 13th A 8th A 2nd J 2nd J 2nd J 7th 5th 7th Levels: A = Novice; B = Novice B; J = Junior
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