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arakawa at the 2009 festa on ice . tokyo , japan 1.66 m ftin on nikolai tatiana tarasova , richard callaghan , minoru sano , kumiko morozov sato , hiroshi nagakubo , evgeni platov , nanami abe , 29 december 1981 simsbury , connecticut arakawa 2009 festa on ice.jpg shizuka arakawa
 shizuka arakawa may 7 , 2006
shizuka arakawa

she is the 2006 olympic champion and the 2004 world champion .
arakawa is the first japanese skater to win an olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second japanese skater to win any olympic medal in figure skating , after midori ito , who won silver in 1992 .
she is also the second japanese woman to win a gold medal at the winter olympics , following skier tae satoya .
she was the only japanese medalist at the 2006 winter olympics .
arakawa retired from competitive skating following her olympic win and began skating professionally in ice shows and exhibitions .
she also works as a skating sportscaster for japanese television .
