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Mana Kawabe (河辺 愛菜, Kawabe Mana, born October 31, 2004) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2021 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist, the 2021–22 Japanese national bronze medalist, and the 2019–20 Japanese junior national champion. Kawabe is the eighteenth woman to land a clean triple Axel internationally. She represented Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Mana Kawabe
Kawabe at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Native name	河辺 愛菜
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2004-10-31) October 31, 2004 (age 17) Nagoya, Japan
Home town	Toyota, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Coach	Mihoko Higuchi
Former coach	Mie Hamada Yamato Tamura Satsuki Muramoto Hiroaki Sato Haruko Okamoto Hiroshi Nagakubo Yoriko Naruse Miho Kawaume Yuko Hongo
Choreographer	Mihoko Higuchi
Former choreographer	Cathy Reed Lori Nichol
Skating club	Chukyo University Senior High School
Former skating club	Kinoshita Academy Kansai University KFSC Howa Sports Land SC
Training locations	Toyota
Former training locations	Uji Takatsuki Nagoya
Began skating	2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	205.44 2021 NHK Trophy
Short program	73.88 2021 NHK Trophy
Free skate	133.22 2021 Skate Canada International
Medal record Figure skating: Ladies' singles Representing  Japan

Personal life

Mana Kawabe was born on October 31, 2004 in Nagoya, Japan. She enjoys reading.[1] Kawabe looks up to former training mate Rika Kihira.[2]

Career

Early career

Kawabe began skating in 2009, after being inspired by fellow Nagoya native Mao Asada.[3][4] She was coached by Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Miho Kawaume, and Yuko Hongo at Howa Sports Land in Nagoya until Nagakubo's retirement in 2017.[4] Kawabe then switched to her current coaches, Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Haruko Okamoto, and Cathy Reed, and moved to train with them in Takatsuki.[5]

Kawabe is the 2015–16 Japanese national novice B silver medalist. On the advanced novice level internationally, she is the 2017 Coupe du Printemps and 2017 Asian Open Trophy champion.[6] Kawabe did not qualify for the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and competed with an injury for much of the season.[4]

2019–2020 season

Kawabe made her junior international debut at 2019 JGP United States, placing fifth. She then improved to fourth at 2019 JGP Croatia. In October 2019, Kawabe won Kinki Regionals ahead of Moa Iwano and Riko Takino, before winning Western Sectionals in November, ahead of Nana Araki and Hanna Yoshida.[7]

At the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, Kawabe led Tomoe Kawabata and Rino Matsuike in the short program by over a point.[7] She then landed her first officially ratified triple Axel in the free skate and completed eight clean triple jumps in total to take the title over Kawabata and Yoshida by nearly fifteen points.[5] Kawabe told media afterwards: "This is unbelievable. I didn’t think I could win."[8] As junior national champion, she was named to represent Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2020 World Junior Championships.[5] Kawabe was also invited to compete in the senior division at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, alongside the rest of the top six finishers in the junior division.

Kawabe struggled in both the short program and the free skating at 2019–20 Japan Championships to finish thirteenth overall.[2] However, she successfully landed her opening triple Axel in the free skating and said her "satisfaction was about 65%."[9]

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in January, Kawabe set personal bests in all segments to finish fourth overall behind You Young of South Korea and Russians Kseniia Sinitsyna and Anna Frolova. She expressed disappointment at her mistakes on her triple Axel and her triple Lutz.[10] Kawabe was the only member of the Japanese team not drawn for the team event.

Kawabe skated a clean short program to place eighth at the 2020 World Junior Championships, but made several mistakes in the free skating to drop to eleventh overall.[11]

2020–2021 season

Kawabe won the silver medal at the Kinki Regional Championship, before coming fourth at Western Sectionals.[12] She was assigned to make her senior international debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy, in a Grand Prix field that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was attended primarily by Japanese skaters. She was sixth in the short program, falling on her attempted triple Axel.[13] She was sixth in the free skate and overall as well.[14]

Kawabe ranked sixth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[15]

2021–2022 season

Initially without any Grand Prix assignments, Kawabe was named as a replacement skater at the 2021 Skate Canada International following the withdrawal of Alexia Paganini. She was twelfth of twelve skaters after the short program, but was sixth in the free skate and rose to ninth place overall. She landed a triple Axel in the free skate, albeit deemed a quarter short of rotation by the technical panel, obtaining a new personal best in that segment and in total score.[16] Kawabe received a second assignment to the 2021 NHK Trophy, following the injury-related withdrawal of Rika Kihira. Second in the short program with a landed triple Axel, she was fourth in the free skate, but remained in second place overall and took the silver medal.[17][18]

At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Kawabe placed third in the short program, landing a triple Axel in that segment. She was third in the free as well, again landing the triple Axel but with a few other jump errors. The following day she was named to the Japanese Olympic team.[19] In the 2022 Winter Olympics women's event short program, Kawabe fell on her triple Axel attempt, scoring 62.69 and placing fifteenth in the segment.[20] An error-riddled free skate saw her drop to twenty-third.[21] She was fifteenth at the 2022 World Championships to end the season.[22]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023	When The Party's Over Bury a Friend Bad Guy by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Drowning by Anne Sila choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi
2021–2022 [23]	Shadow 5 by Max Richter Winter 1 by Max Richter, Antonio Vivaldi choreo. by Cathy Reed	Miracle by Yoshiki performed by Sarah Brightman choreo. by Lori Nichol
2020–2021 [24][25]	Fire Dance by Jennifer Thomas choreo. by Cathy Reed		The Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga
2019–2020 [3]	You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch performed by Lindsey Sterling feat. Sabrina Carpenter choreo. by Cathy Reed	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Cathy Reed

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[22]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics								23rd
Worlds								15th
GP Finland									TBD
GP France									TBD
GP NHK Trophy							6th	2nd
GP Skate Canada								9th
CS Cup of Austria								WD
CS U.S. Classic									3rd
International: Junior[22]
Youth Olympics						4th
Junior Worlds						11th
JGP Croatia						4th
JGP USA						5th
International: Advanced novice[6]
Asian Open				1st
Printemps			1st
National[6][26]
Japan Champ.						13th	6th	3rd
Japan Junior Champ.			21st			1st
Japan Novice Champ.	19th B	2nd B	4th A	5th A
Team Events
Japan Open								2nd T 3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior level

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 25–27, 2022	2022 Grand Prix Espoo			TBD
November 4–6, 2022	2022 Internationaux de France			TBD
September 13–16, 2022	2022 CS U.S. Classic	2 62.68	3 117.43	3 180.11
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	12 63.68	15 118.76	15 182.44
February 15–17, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	15 62.69	23 104.04	23 166.73
December 22–26, 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	3 74.27	3 135.38	3 209.65
November 12–14, 2021	2021 NHK Trophy	2 73.88	4 131.56	2 205.44
October 29–31, 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	12 53.30	6 133.22	9 186.52
October 3, 2021	2021 Japan Open	–	3 134.91	2T
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	8 64.70	5 136.88	6 201.58
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	6 63.62	6 122.08	6 185.70

Junior level

2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	8 64.47	13 105.15	11 169.62
January 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	4 65.84	3 119.38	4 185.22
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	Senior	14 56.52	10 112.76	13 169.28
November 15–17, 2019	2019–20 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	1 64.95	1 128.62	1 193.57
September 25–28, 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	Junior	7 53.12	4 110.61	4 163.73
August 28–31, 2019	2019 JGP United States	Junior	6 53.78	5 109.26	5 163.04

References

External links

• Mana Kawabe at the International Skating Union
• Mana Kawabe at the Japan Skating Federation

На других языках

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[de] Mana Kawabe

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[ru] Кавабэ, Мана

Мана Кавабэ (яп. 河辺 愛菜 Кавабэ Мана, ромадзи: Mana Kawabe; род. 31 октября 2004 (2004-10-31), Нагоя, Япония) — японская фигуристка, выступающая в одиночном катании. Серебряная медалистка этапа кубка мира NHK Trophy 2021, участница зимних Олимпийских игр 2022 года.

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