Yuna Kasai (葛西 優奈, Kasai Yūna; born February 4, 2004) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. At the 2025 World Championships, she won gold in the mass start. At the 2021 Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in both mass start and individual Nordic combined.
Life
Kasai was born on February 4, 2004, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She has a younger twin sister, Haruka Kasai. She joined the Sapporo Jump Shōnen Club. In March 2018, at the age of 14, she participated in the 96th Japan Ski Championship held in Nayoro, and finished fourth in Nordic combined/5 km, missing the bronze medal by 38 seconds. At the 97th Japan Ski Championship in 2019, she won her first national medal in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, after finishing second behind Ayane Miyazaki.
After graduating from Sapporo Nishino Middle School, she entered Tokai University Sapporo High School. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she finished sixth in individual ski jumping. At the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships held in Lahti, she finished fourth in individual Nordic combined. The same year at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in mass start Nordic combined and also bronze in the individual category in Otepää.
In 2022, at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she placed fourth in both the individual and mass start category in Val di Fiemme.
Statistics World Championships Year Age Normal Hill Mass Start Normal Hill Mixed Team 2021 17 15 2023 19 5 5 2025 21 6 Gold 4
World Cup Season standings SeasonAgeOverall Best JumperTrophyBest SkierTrophyCompactTrophyMass StartTrophy 2022 18 8 5 16 2023 19 6 5 12 2024 20 9 12 12 15 2025 21 4 10 5
Continental Cup Season standings SeasonPlacementPoints2019/20 28th 58 2020/21 25th63
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