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Hana Yoshida (吉田 陽菜, Yoshida Hana, born August 21, 2005) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 JGP Italy champion, the 2022 JGP France champion, the 2022 Bavarian Open Junior champion, the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy champion, the 2019 Japanese Junior National bronze medalist, and the 2020 Japanese Junior National silver medalist. Yoshida is the nineteenth woman to successfully land a triple Axel in international competition.

Hana Yoshida
Personal information
Native name	吉田 陽菜
Alternative names	Hanna
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2005-08-21) August 21, 2005 (age 17) Aichi, Japan
Home town	Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Coach	Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato
Former coach	Yuko Monna, Rina Horie, Yu Oshima
Choreographer	Lori Nichol, Tom Dickson
Former choreographer	Kana Muramoto, Cathy Reed
Skating club	Kinoshita Academy
Former skating club	Meito Figure Skating Club
Began skating	2012
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	208.31 2022 JGP Italy
Short program	66.89 2022 JGP Italy
Free skate	141.42 2022 JGP Italy

Career

Early years

Yoshida began skating in 2012. She placed ninth at the 2015 Japan Novice B National Championships but won the category the next year.[2][3]

2017–18 season

Yoshida won the 2017 Japan Novice National Championships and was invited to compete at the 2017 Japan National Championships. She placed eighth overall.[4][5] She was also invited to skate in the gala at the 2017 NHK Trophy as the 2017 Japanese national novice champion.

Yoshida was sent to the 2018 Challenge Cup, winning the advanced novice ladies ahead of Alysa Liu of United States.[6]

2018–19 season

In August 2018, Yoshida competed at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy. She attempted the triple Axel in the free program but fell, ranking third overall.[7]

2019–20 season

Yoshida competed at the 2019 Japan Junior National Championships. She placed tenth in the short program. However, Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free and managed to win the bronze medal.[8] Due to the results, she was invited to compete at the senior division. Yoshida finished in nineteenth place.[9]

2020–21 season

The 2020–21 Junior Grand Prix circuit was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] Yoshida was then invited to compete at the 2020 Japan Open as part of Team Blue.[11] She attempted the triple Axel unsuccessfully.[12] She won the silver medal at the 2020 Japan Junior Nationals behind Rino Matsuike,[13] then placing sixteenth at the senior event.[14]

2021–22 season

Yoshida placed fourth at the 2021 Japan Junior National Championships.[15] She was invited to the senior event because the junior champion Mao Shimada was too young to compete. She placed ninth overall.[16]

Yoshida attended the 2022 Bavarian Open to compete in the Junior Women II category. She placed first in the short even though she popped the planned triple flip. Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free skate, becoming the nineteenth woman to successfully land the jump in an international competition. She won over Japan's Rinka Watanabe.[17] Also eligible to compete at the senior level, she was sent to 2022 Egna Spring Trophy. Yoshida landed the triple Axel in the short and another one in the free, but the jump was landed on the quarter. She won outscoring South Korea's Lee Hae-in by 28.45 points.[18]

2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

In August 2022, Yoshida debuted on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP France in Courchevel. In her short program, she underrotated both jumps in her combination, but otherwise gave a clean skate which placed her second behind her teammate Ayumi Shibayama and earned her the highest program components score awarded in that segment of the competition.[19] During the free skate, Yoshida successfully landed a triple Axel but stepped out after the landing. Although her triple flip's edge was marked as unclear and the first jump in her triple Lutz-triple toe combination was underrotated by a quarter, she had no falls and the program was otherwise clean.[20] She won the event with a lead of 15.13 points over Shibayama, who finished in second place. Yoshida became the first Japanese woman to win a Junior Grand Prix Series competition since Rika Kihira in 2016.[21] Yoshida was initially scheduled to compete at the Armenian stop on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. However, when that was cancelled as a result of the September conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, she was reassigned elsewhere.[22][23] Yoshida won a second gold medal at the 2022 JGP Italy, in the process qualifying for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final.[24]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [25][26]	Dog Days Are Over by Florence and The Machine choreo. by Lori Nichol	6. Uranus, the Magician 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst Princess Leia's Theme (from Star Wars) by John Williams choreo. by Tom Dickson
2021–2022 [27]	Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V) by Pink Floyd choreo. by Cathy Reed	Planet Ocean Suite by Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà choreo. by Lori Nichol
2020–2021 [27]	The Mission by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Kana Muramoto	Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate choreo. by Ernest Martinez
2019–2020 [27]	Planetarium Mia & Sebastian's Theme Audition (The Fools Who Dream) (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz, Emma Stone choreo. by Miki Ando	Andrew Lloyd Webber Trilogy (Instrumental) by John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prelude by Johann Bach performed by Cooper Cannell
2018–2019 [27] [28]	Planetarium Mia & Sebastian's Theme Audition (The Fools Who Dream) (from La La Land) by Justin Hurwitz, Emma Stone choreo. by Miki Ando	Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2017–2018 [29] [30] [31] [32]	James Bond Theme by Moby	The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini performed by Bobby McFerrin It Had Better Be Tonight by Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini performed by Bobby McFerrin It Had Better Be Tonight by Henry Mancini James Bond Theme by Moby

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Egna Trophy							1st
International: Junior
JGP Final								TBD
JGP Armenia								C
JGP France								1st
JGP Italy								1st
Bavarian Open							1st2
International: Advanced novice
Asian Open				3rd
Challenge Cup			1st
National
Japan					19th	16th	9th
Japan Junior			8th		3rd	2nd	4th
Japan Novice	9th B	1st B	1st A
Team events
Japan Open						1st T 5th P
2 Group II; A = Novice A; B = Novice B; C = Cancelled; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior level

2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 7–10, 2022	2022 Egna Springs Trophy	1 73.04	1 137.73	1 210.77
December 22–26, 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	13 61.35	8 126.09	9 187.44
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	19 58.79	17 104.99	16 163.78
October 3, 2020	2020 Japan Open	–	5 107.56	1T
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	21 50.96	18 98.76	19 149.72

Junior level

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 8–11, 2022	2022–23 JGP Final			TBD
October 12–15, 2022	2022 JGP Italy	2 66.89	1 141.42	1 208.31
August 24–27, 2022	2022 JGP France	2 66.56	1 136.96	1 203.52
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 18–23, 2022	2022 Bavarian Open	1 60.73	1 133.50	1 194.23
November 19–21, 2021	2021–22 Japan Junior Championships	3 62.48	4 110.07	4 172.55
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 21–23, 2020	2020–21 Japan Junior Championships	2 62.05	2 127.44	2 189.49
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 15–17, 2019	2019–20 Japan Junior Championships	10 52.75	3 115.11	3 167.86
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 24–26, 2017	2017–18 Japan Junior Championships	12 54.89	10 103.15	8 158.04

Novice level

2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
August 1–5, 2018	2018 CS Asian Open Trophy	3 43.40	3 78.53	3 121.93
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 22–25, 2018	2018 Challenge Cup	2 41.86	1 92.91	1 134.77
October 20–22, 2017	2017–18 Japan Novice Championships	–	1 100.03	1 100.03
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 21-23, 2016	2016–17 Japan Novice B Championships	–	1 76.79	1 76.79
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 23-25, 2015	2015–16 Japan Novice B Championships	–	9 59.07	9 59.07

References

External links

• Hana YOSHIDA at the International Skating Union
• Hanna Yoshida on Instagram

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