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Ami Nakai (中井 亜美, Nakai Ami, born April 27, 2008) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Coupe du Printemps junior champion, the 2022 JGP Poland II champion and the 2022 JGP Latvia bronze medalist.

Ami Nakai
Personal information
Native name	中井 亜美
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2008-04-27) April 27, 2008 (age 14) Niigata, Niigata Prefecture Japan
Home town	Funabashi
Height	1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Coach	Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, Akane Seo
Former coach	Kousuke Watabe, Izumi Watabe
Choreographer	Akiko Suzuki, Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club	MF Figure Skating Academy
Training locations	Chiba
Began skating	2013
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	205.90 2022 JGP Poland II
Short program	69.00 2022 JGP Poland II
Free skate	136.90 2022 JGP Poland II

Career

Nakai began skating in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

As the 2018 Japanese national novice B champion, she was invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 World Team Trophy.

2021–22 season

Nakai placed seventh at the 2021–22 Japan Junior National Championships but was invited to compete at the 2021–22 Japan Senior National Championships because the junior champion Mao Shimada was still a novice skater.[1] She popped her planned triple Axel in the short program and struggled on the landing of the triple Lutz, finishing in twenty-seventh and not advancing to the final.

Nakai was sent to 2022 Coupe du Printemps to compete at the junior category. She won and became the twentieth woman to land a triple Axel in international competition.

2022–23 season

In September 2022, Nakai debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2022 JGP Latvia in Riga. In her short program, she landed all her jumps cleanly and placed third with 63.87 points.[2] During the free skate, Nakai attempted a triple Axel but it was marked as under-rotated. She popped two jumps and finished third overall.[3][4] At the second of two Polish Junior Grand Prixes held in Gdańsk, she won the gold medal and qualified to the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final. Nakai landed a clean triple Axel in the free skate, and said afterward that she hoped to do two in the free skate at the Final.[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–23 [6] [7]	I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin performed by Fazil Say choreo. by Akiko Suzuki	Miss Saigon Rhapsody by Claude-Michel Schönberg performed by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2021–22 [8] [9]	O Holy Night by John Sullivan Dwight performed by Jackie Evancho choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	To Believe by Jackie Evancho choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2020–21 [10]		To Believe by Jackie Evancho choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2018–19 [11]			Cinderella by Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Patrick Doyle performed by Mitsuki Takahata, Yu Shirota

Competitive highlights

International: Junior
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
JGP Final						TBD
JGP Latvia						3rd
JGP Poland						1st
Coupe du Printemps					1st
National
Japan					27th
Japan Junior				6th	7th
Japan Novice	14th B	1st B	5th A	3rd A
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled N = Advanced novice level; A = Novice A; B = Novice B;

Detailed results

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 8–11, 2022	2022–23 JGP Final			TBD
October 5–8, 2022	2022 JGP Poland II	1 69.00	1 136.90	1 205.90
September 7–10, 2022	2022 JGP Riga	3 63.87	3 121.75	3 185.62
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 18–20, 2022	2022 Coupe du Printemps (Junior)	2 55.73	1 126.68	1 182.41
December 22–26, 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	27 61.76	-	27 61.76
November 19–21, 2021	2021–22 Japan Junior Championships	7 56.78	6 108.98	7 165.76

References

External links

• Ami NAKAI at the International Skating Union
• NAKAI Ami at the Japan Skating Federation

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