# Yuna Shiraiwa

Yuna Shiraiwa (白岩 優奈, Shiraiwa Yūna, born November 26, 2001) is a former Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. At the junior level, she is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (two gold, one silver), and two-time Japanese Junior national silver medalist. She finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016, 2017, 2019).

## Personal life

Shiraiwa was born on November 26, 2001, in Kyoto, Japan.
She is currently a student at Kansai University.

## Career
### Early years

Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory. Mie Hamada became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.
She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.

### 2015–2016 season

Shiraiwa debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.
In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japan Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi. A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th. Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, she placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.
At the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, Shiraiwa finished fourth, before going on to place fourth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

### 2016–17 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2016 JGP Russia and won the silver at the 2016 JGP Germany.
She went on to compete at the 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships, winning the silver medal behind Kaori Sakamoto. At the senior nationals, Shiraiwa placed seventeenth in the short program but third in the free skate, ultimately moving up to sixth place overall.
Selected to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

### 2017–18 season

Making her senior international debut, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. She then went on to compete at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she finished seventh.
Debuting on the senior Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy and sixth at the 2017 Internationaux de France.
At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa placed ninth. She then closed her season with a bronze medal at the 2018 Coupe du Printemps.

### 2018–19 season

Shiraiwa began her season by winning silver at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and placing fifth at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic.
On the 2018–19 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and fifth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.
At the 2018–19 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished ninth, before going on to win the 2019 Bavarian Open on the junior level.
Selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

### 2019–20 season

Competing on the 2019–20 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa placed ninth at the 2019 Internationaux de France and tenth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.
She withdrew from the 2019–20 Japan Championships due to an injury in her right tibia.

### 2020–21 season

Shiraiwa finished ninth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.
Following the season, Shiraiwa left longtime coach Mie Hamada to train under Takeshi Honda.

### 2021–22 season

Competing at the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished twenty-third.

### 2022–23 season

Shiraiwa announced her intention to sit out the 2022–23 figure skating season in November to "physically and mentally recharge."

### 2023–24 season

Returning to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished in twenty-second place.

### 2024–25 season

Shiraiwa competed at the 2024–25 Japan Championships, where she finished nineteenth. Following the event, she announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024–2025 | Titanic Rose by James Horner My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion choreo. by Kohei Yoshino | The Mission Gabriel's Oboe Vita Nostra by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Akiko Suzuki | Fix You by Coldplay |
| 2023–2024 | Concertino Bianco by Alexei Lubimov, Heinrich Schiff, & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | The Mission Gabriel's Oboe Vita Nostra by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Akiko Suzuki | |
| 2022–23 | Did not compete this season | Did not compete this season | Did not compete this season |
| 2021–2022 | Feeling Good performed by Avicii choreo. by Benoît Richaud | Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov choreo. by Benoît Richaud | |
| 2020–2021 | East of Eden by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Ernesto Martinez | Amen. To Warm the World - Gerstein's Theme The Bishop's Complaint/The Train II The Train III by Armand Amar choreo. by Benoît Richaud | |
| 2019–2020 | Concertino Bianco for Piano by Georgs Pelēcis choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel | Amen. To Warm the World - Gerstein's Theme The Bishop's Complaint/The Train II The Train III by Armand Amar choreo. by Benoît Richaud | Elastic Heart by Sia choreo. by Cathy Reed |
| 2018–2019 | All Aboard by Club des Belugas choreo. by Tom Dickson | Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by Tom Dickson | Stupid Cupid performed by Mandy Moore Love Is Strange by Mickey & Sylvia |
| 2017–2018 | La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle | Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by Tom Dickson | If My Friends Could See Me Now (from Sweet Charity) performed by Christina Applegate |
| 2016–2017 | I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin performed by Nikki Yanofsky choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle | A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim Night Waltz Send in the Clowns Night Waltz choreo. by Tom Dickson Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante Le Temps des cathédrales (The Age of the Cathedrals) Les Sans-papiers (The Refugees) Vivre (To Live) choreo. by Cathy Reed | Titanium performed by Madilyn Paige |
| 2015–2016 | Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen choreo. by Cathy Reed | A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim Night Waltz Send in the Clowns Night Waltz choreo. by Tom Dickson | Defying Gravity (from Wicked) performed by Idina Menzel |
| 2014–2015 | | Giselle by Adolphe Adam | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| GP Finland | | | | | 4th | | | | | |
| GP France | | | | 6th | | 9th | | | | |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | 8th | | | | | | |
| GP Rostelecom | | | | | 5th | 10th | | | | |
| CS Finlandia | | | | 7th | | | | | | |
| CS Asian Open | | | | | 2nd | | | | | |
| CS U.S. Classic | | | | | 5th | WD | | | | |
| Asian Open | | | | 2nd | | | | | | |
| Printemps | | | | 3rd | | | | | | |
| International: Junior |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | | 4th | 5th | | 5th | | | | | |
| Youth Olympics | | 4th | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Final | | 5th | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Germany | | | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| JGP Russia | | | 4th | | | | | | | |
| JGP Spain | | 1st | | | | | | | | |
| JGP U.S. | | 1st | | | | | | | | |
| Bavarian Open | | | | | 1st | | | | | |
| National |||||||||||
| Japan | | 5th | 6th | 9th | 9th | WD | 9th | 23rd | 22nd | 19th |
| Japan Junior | 27th | 2nd | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| Team events |||||||||||
| Youth Olympics | | 5th T 1st P | | | | | | | | |
| WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |||||||||||

## Detailed results

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

### Senior level

2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 19–22, 2024 | 2024–25 Japan Championships | 18 59.00 | 18 119.72 | 19 178.72 |
| 2023–24 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 20–24, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Championships | 22 53.42 | 22 95.21 | 22 148.63 |
| 2021–22 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 22–26, 2021 | 2021–22 Japan Championships | 21 56.93 | 23 88.96 | 23 145.89 |
| 2020–21 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 24–27, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 10 63.96 | 9 126.43 | 9 190.39 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | 7 60.57 | 10 109.46 | 10 170.03 |
| November 1–3, 2019 | 2019 Internationaux de France | 7 63.12 | 10 98.59 | 9 161.71 |
| 2018–19 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 20–24, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Championships | 12 59.99 | 9 123.17 | 9 183.16 |
| November 16–18, 2018 | 2018 Rostelecom Cup | 5 60.35 | 4 120.58 | 5 180.93 |
| November 2–4, 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | 2 63.77 | 5 127.69 | 4 191.46 |
| September 12–16, 2018 | 2018 CS U.S. International Classic | 6 55.35 | 4 115.39 | 5 170.74 |
| August 1–5, 2018 | 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy | 4 54.47 | 1 118.54 | 2 173.01 |
| 2017–18 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 16–18, 2018 | 2018 Coupe du Printemps | 3 65.67 | 3 116.12 | 3 181.79 |
| December 21–24, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Championships | 8 63.33 | 7 128.36 | 9 191.69 |
| November 17–19, 2017 | 2017 Internationaux de France | 3 66.05 | 6 127.13 | 6 193.18 |
| November 10–12, 2017 | 2017 NHK Trophy | 8 57.34 | 8 114.60 | 8 171.94 |
| October 6–8, 2017 | 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy | 8 52.98 | 6 119.27 | 7 172.25 |
| August 2–5, 2017 | 2017 Asian Open Trophy | 2 62.03 | 2 102.33 | 2 164.36 |

### Junior level

2018–19 season :
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 62.08 | 4 123.38 | 5 185.46 |
| February 5–10, 2019 | 2019 Bavarian Open | Junior | 1 67.26 | 1 121.19 | 1 188.45 |
| 2016–17 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 15–19, 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | Junior | 5 62.96 | 5 111.42 | 5 174.38 |
| December 22–25, 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Championships | Senior | 17 54.30 | 3 131.07 | 6 185.37 |
| November 18–20, 2016 | 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 3 59.16 | 1 125.97 | 2 185.13 |
| October 5–9, 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | Junior | 6 54.60 | 2 122.06 | 2 176.66 |
| September 14–18, 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | Junior | 3 59.02 | 4 110.65 | 4 169.67 |
| 2015–16 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 14–20, 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 56.23 | 5 115.36 | 4 171.59 |
| February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympic Games | Junior | 1 60.87 | 5 105.79 | 4 166.66 |
| December 24–27, 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Championships | Senior | 6 61.92 | 5 124.41 | 5 186.33 |
| December 10–13, 2015 | 2015−16 JGP Final | Junior | 5 60.68 | 5 113.14 | 5 173.82 |
| November 21–23, 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 2 62.77 | 2 121.39 | 2 184.16 |
| Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2015 | 2015 JGP Spain | Junior | 3 62.51 | 1 124.29 | 1 186.80 |
| September 2–5, 2015 | 2015 JGP United States | Junior | 5 56.26 | 1 108.24 | 1 164.50 |
| 2014–15 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 11–15, 2015 | 2014 Bavarian Open | Novice | 2 39.03 | 2 70.43 | 2 109.46 |
| November 22–24, 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships | Junior | 27 40.07 | – | – |