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Yuma Kagiyama (鍵山 優真, Kagiyama Yūma, born May 5, 2003) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World silver medalist (2021, 2022), the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese national bronze medalist (2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22). On the junior level, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2019–20 Japan Junior national champion. Kagiyama is also a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He is well known for his skating skills and consistency.

Yuma Kagiyama
Kagiyama at the 2019–20 JGP Final
Personal information
Native name	鍵山優真
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2003-05-05) May 5, 2003 (age 19) Karuizawa, Japan
Home town	Yokohama, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Coach	Masakazu Kagiyama
Choreographer	Shae-Lynn Bourne Lori Nichol
Former choreographer	Misao Sato
Skating club	OrientalBio Chukyo University
Training locations	Aichi, Japan
Began skating	2008.
World standing	2 (As of April 16, 2022[update])[1] 11 (2020–21) 31 (2019–20) 98 (2018–19)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	310.05 2022 Olympics
Short program	108.12 2022 Olympics
Free skate	208.94 2022 Olympics – Team
Medal record Representing  Japan Men's figure skating Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Singles 2022 Beijing Team World Championships 2021 Stockholm Singles 2022 Montpellier Singles Four Continents Championships 2020 Seoul Singles Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Singles World Junior Championships 2020 Tallinn Singles Representing Mixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Team

Personal life

Yuma Kagiyama was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is the son of two-time Olympian Masakazu Kagiyama.[2] He skates for Chukyo University in Nagoya and Orientalbio.[3] His hobbies include sleeping, gaming, listening to music, photography, and exercising.[3] Kagiyama looks up to Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno and Nathan Chen.[4]

Career

Kagiyama began to skate at the age of 5. He is currently coached by his father, Masakazu Kagiyama.[5]

2018–2019 season: International junior debut

Kagiyama's coach, father Masakazu, suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage, was hospitalized for most of the season, and could not work on coaching the technical aspects. He instead spent time working with choreographer Misao Sato to improve his expression during this period.[6]

Kagiyama opened his season at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy, where he won the junior title ahead of teammate Tatsuya Tsuboi. He placed fourth at his first Junior Grand Prix event, 2018 JGP Canada. Kagiyama won his first JGP medal, a silver, at 2018 JGP Armenia.

He placed fifth at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, and as a result, was invited to the senior championships. Kagiyama placed sixth at the senior level and was chosen as the first alternate for the 2019 World Junior Championships team.[7] He competed as a senior at the 2019 International Challenge Cup and won the silver medal behind teammate Sōta Yamamoto.[8]

2019–2020 season: Youth Olympic gold, World Junior silver, Four Continents bronze

Kagiyama won gold at 2019 JGP France with a new junior world record for the combined score.[9] His total was 34.16 points higher than that of silver medalist Aleksa Rakic of Canada.[10] His quadruple toe loop in the free skate set the junior record for the highest valued single jump, before being surpassed by Daniel Grassl's quadruple lutz at 2019 JGP Italy.[11] Kagiyama set a new junior world record in the free skating at 2019 JGP Poland, and surpassed his junior world record for the total score. However, he eventually won silver behind Daniil Samsonov of Russia, who broke his junior world records for the free skating and the total score after Kagiyama skated.[12][9] Kagiyama's results qualified him to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed fourth.[13]

Kagiyama won gold at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships by over 37 points ahead of Shun Sato and Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda.[14] As junior national champion, Kagiyama was named to represent Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2020 World Junior Championships.[15][16] He 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.

Competing at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, Kagiyama placed seventh in the short program and second in the free skate, to win the senior national bronze medal.[17] He was not selected to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but was assigned as one of Japan's three entries at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, in addition to his previously-earned berth to the 2020 World Junior Championships.[18]

Kagiyama was chosen by the Japanese Olympic Committee as the flag-bearer for the Japanese national team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[19] He won gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ahead of Russians Andrei Mozalev and Daniil Samsonov.[20] Kagiyama was selected by draw to be a member of Team Focus for the team event. He won the men's free skating portion to help Team Focus win the silver medal.[20]

At the Four Continents Championships, Kagiyama scored a personal-best 91.61 in his short program, beating his old mark by almost seven points and placing fifth in the segment.[21][22] He rose to the bronze medal overall in the free skate, his first senior ISU championship medal.[23]

Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Kagiyama won the short program ahead of Andrei Mozalev.[24] After opening his free skate with a fall on a quad toe loop, he performed the remaining jumps successfully until singling a planned triple Axel as his closing jump, and placed fifth in that segment. He remained narrowly in second place overall, ahead of Petr Gumennik, and won the silver medal.[25]

2020–2021 season: World silver

Competing domestically, Kagiyama won gold at Kanto Regionals and the silver medal at the Eastern Sectionals championship, securing a berth at the national championships despite being a seeded skater.[26] Kagiyama was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy. Kagiyama introduced the quad Salchow into competition in the short program, landing both it and his quad toe loop but singling a planned triple Axel. He nevertheless placed first in the segment, 3.99 points ahead of Kazuki Tomono.[27] In the free skate he landed three quads cleanly, with his only error being singling a planned triple loop in a combination, but outscored second-place Tomono by almost 45 points, taking the gold medal overall by a 49-point margin.[28]

At the 2020–21 Japan Championships, Kagiyama placed second in the short program behind Yuzuru Hanyu, and ahead of Shoma Uno, who fell on his attempted jump combination.[29] He was third in the free skate behind Hanyu and Uno, and won his second consecutive national bronze medal.[30] As a result, Kagiyama was named to the 2021 World Championships team, alongside Hanyu and Uno.

Kagiyama's father and coach Masakazu had recovered from the effects of his intracerebral hemorrhage in June of 2018 that had prevented him from accompanying his son to international competitions since, and was able to travel to watch him compete in Stockholm.[31] Kagiyama scored a personal best of 100.96 in the short program, landing two clean quads and a triple Axel to place behind Hanyu and in front of Nathan Chen.[32] He subsequently won the small silver medal for the short program. In the free skate, he skated second-to-last behind Chen and held onto his second place, landing three clean quads and putting up a personal best of 190.81. He won the silver medal and became the youngest medalist at Worlds since Hanyu's bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships.[33] Kagiyama's placement combined with Hanyu's bronze medal position qualified three berths for Japanese men at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[34] Masakazu, whose personal best at the World Championships was sixth place in 1994, expressed approval that his son had bettered this on his first attempt.[31]

Kagiyama also began working on a quad loop in the spring of 2020 and landed it successfully in practice. He then began to stabilize the quad loop and practice a quad Lutz, with the intention that the more stable quad would be added to his programs for the following season.[35]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

While practicing the quad Lutz in late August, Kagiyama suffered a bone contusion on his right hand that required a cast to be worn for two weeks.[36] Despite this, he debuted his new programs at the domestic Gensan Summer Cup just a few days later, making several errors in both programs but finishing second overall.[37] Kagiyama made his international season debut at the Asian Open Trophy in October. He skated an almost clean short program, with the only mistake being a doubled planned triple toe loop on the back of his combination, and took the lead.[38] In the free skate, Kagiyama attempted the quad loop for the first time in competition, which was landed with a stepout. He had mistakes on two other quads as well, but still won the free skate and the gold medal.[39]

Kagiyama's first Grand Prix assignment was scheduled to be the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation he was reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin.[40] Considered the pre-event favourite, he performed poorly in the short program, placing seventh of twelve after multiple jump errors.[41] Kagiyama mounted a comeback in the free skate, his only error being a turnout on his opening quad Salchow attempt, winning that segment and the gold medal. His free skate score was a new personal best.[42] At this second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France in Grenoble, Kagiyama won both segments of the competition to take his second Grand Prix gold of the season and defeat silver medalist and domestic rival Shun Sato by 21.42 points.[43] Despite this convincing win, he said afterward that there "much more regret than happiness" with regard to the second "disastrous" second half of his free skate, which featured three jump errors, including a singled attempt at a triple Axel. His two gold medals qualified him for the Grand Prix Final, which he said was important for him as it was to be held in Japan.[44] However, the Final was subsequently cancelled due to restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant.[45]

At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Kagiyama was third in the short program after falling on his quad toe loop attempt. He was second in the free skate with his only error being a stepout on a triple Axel, winning his third consecutive national bronze medal. Kagiyama was named to the Japanese Olympic team the following day.[46]

Kagiyama made his debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Japanese men's entry in the free skate segment of the Olympic team event. Kagiyama landed a quad loop, albeit with a turnout, but otherwise skated clean and won the segment with a new personal best score of 208.94 points, securing ten points for the Japanese team.[47] He became the third skater to score over 200 points in the free skate under the post-2018 scoring system, after Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu. Despite this, Kagiyama vowed "no matter how well I perform, no matter how I'm satisfied, I know there’s a few above me. I still have some catching up to do."[48] Team Japan won the bronze medal, Kagiyama's first Olympic medal, and the first time the country had made the podium in the team event.[49] Competing two days later in the men's event short program, he skated cleanly with a new personal best score of 108.12, finishing second in the segment. He said "I thought I was going to be nervous, but I was having fun from beginning to the end."[50] Kagiyama placed second in the free skate as well, making only one error when he stepped out of a quad loop, scoring 201.93 points for a combined score of 310.05, clearing 300 points for the first time.[51] Reflecting on his experience with his father, Kagiyama said "we've strived and experienced things together these past few years aiming for the Olympics. That led to me getting the sliver and it was great sharing that joy."[52]

Kagiyama concluded his season at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier. With both Chen and Hanyu absent due to injury, Olympic medalists Shoma Uno and Kagiyama were rated as top contenders for the gold medal. Kagiyama turned out of the landing of his triple Axel in the short program, but still ranked second in the segment with a score of 105.69, 3.94 points behind Uno.[53] He struggled more with his jumps in the free, but was second in that segment as well, winning his second consecutive World silver medal.[54]

2022–2023 season

Due to an injury to his left foot he missed the Grand Prix Series.

Records and achievements

• Set the junior-level men's combined total record (234.87 points) at 2019 JGP France.[9] Later surpassed by Kagiyama himself (245.35 points) at 2019 JGP Poland, before being surpassed by Daniil Samsonov at the same event.
• Set the junior-level men's free skating record (160.63 points) at 2019 JGP Poland.[12] Later surpassed by Daniil Samsonov at the same event.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [55][56]	Believer by Imagine Dragons choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Rain, In Your Black Eyes by Ezio Bosso choreo. by Lori Nichol	Underground by Cody Fry choreo. by Akiko Suzuki
2021–2022 [57]	When You're Smiling by Michael Bublé choreo. by Lori Nichol	Gladiator Rhapsody feat. Lang Lang by Hans Zimmer Nelle tue mani (Now We Are Free) by Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer, and Matteo Curallo performed by Andrea Bocelli (from Gladiator) choreo. by Lori Nichol	Vocussion (from New Impossibilities) by Sandeep Das, Joseph Gramley, Dong-Won Kim, Shane Shanahan, Mark Suter performed by Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble choreo. by Lori Nichol Toward Tomorrow by Misia
2020–2021 [58][59]	Vocussion (from New Impossibilities) by Sandeep Das, Joseph Gramley, Dong-Won Kim, Shane Shanahan, Mark Suter performed by Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble choreo. by Lori Nichol	Avatar by James Horner choreo. by Lori Nichol The Lord of the Rings by Howard Shore choreo. by Misao Sato	Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet choreo. by Misao Sato
2019–2020 [5]	Piano Concerto "Fate" (from Castle of Sand) by Akira Senju choreo. by Misao Sato	Speedway The Trial Toast of the Town (from Tucker) by Joe Jackson choreo. by Misao Sato	Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars BomBom by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. The Teaching
2018–2019 [60][61]	Let the Good Times Roll by Sam Theard and Fleecie Moore performed by Fishbone choreo. by Misao Sato	Naoki Satō medley Ryōmaden Kaikoku choreo. by Misao Sato
2017–2018	Navras (from The Matrix Revolutions) by Don Davis choreo. by Misao Sato	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky choreo. by Misao Sato
2016–2017	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima choreo. by Mitsuru Matsumura
2015–2016		Zatōichi by Keiichi Suzuki choreo. by Masakazu Kagiyama
2014–2015
2013–2014		Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima choreo. by Masakazu Kagiyama
2012–2013

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[62]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics										2nd
Worlds									2nd	2nd
Four Continents								3rd
GP Final										C
GP Cup of China										C
GP France										1st	WD
GP Italy										1st
GP NHK Trophy									1st
GP Skate America											WD
World University Games											TBD
CS Asian Open										1st
Challenge Cup							2nd
International: Junior[62]
Junior Worlds								2nd
Youth Olympics								1st
JGP Final								4th
JGP Armenia							2nd
JGP Canada							4th
JGP France								1st
JGP Poland								2nd
Asian Trophy							1st
National[62][63]
Japan							6th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Japan Junior					11th	12th	5th	1st
Japan Novice	7th B	6th B	14th A	4th A
Team events
Olympics										3rd T 1st P
Youth Olympics								2nd T 1st P
Japan Open											WD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; A = Novice A; B = Novice B T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team results only.

Detailed results

Senior level

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 12–22, 2023	2023 Winter World University Games			TBD
November 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France			WD
October 21-23, 2022	2022 Skate America			WD
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	2 105.69	2 191.91	2 297.60
February 8–10, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	2 108.12	2 201.93	2 310.05
February 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics — Team event	—	1 208.94	3T
December 22–26, 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	3 95.15	2 197.26	3 292.41
November 19–21, 2021	2021 Internationaux de France	1 100.64	1 185.77	1 286.41
November 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	7 80.53	1 197.49	1 278.02
October 13-17, 2021	2021 Asian Open Trophy	1 97.80	1 179.98	1 277.78
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	2 100.96	2 190.81	2 291.77
December 24–27, 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	2 98.60	3 180.19	3 278.79
November 27–29, 2020	2020 NHK Trophy	1 87.26	1 188.61	1 275.87

Junior level

2019–20 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	1 85.82	5 145.93	2 231.75
February 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	Senior	5 91.61	3 179.00	3 270.61
January 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team	Junior	–	1 157.62	2T/1P
January 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	Junior	3 72.76	1 166.41	1 239.17
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	Senior	7 77.41	2 180.58	3 257.99
December 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	6 71.19	3 155.90	4 227.09
November 15–17, 2019	2019–20 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	1 79.92	1 171.09	1 250.01
September 18–21, 2019	2019 JGP Poland	Junior	2 84.72	2 160.63	2 245.35
August 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	Junior	1 80.61	1 154.26	1 234.87
2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 21–24, 2019	2019 International Challenge Cup	Senior	2 78.97	2 139.05	2 218.02
December 20–24, 2018	2018–19 Japan Championships	Senior	6 74.51	6 141.85	6 216.36
November 23–25, 2018	2018–19 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	10 60.71	3 136.89	5 197.60
October 10–13, 2018	2018 JGP Armenia	Junior	6 65.10	1 136.92	2 202.02
September 12–15, 2018	2018 JGP Canada	Junior	2 75.60	6 119.13	4 194.73
August 1–5, 2018	2018 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	1 57.75	1 117.15	1 174.90

References

External links

• Yuma Kagiyama at the International Skating Union
• Yuma Kagiyama at Olympics.com

World Junior Record Holders
Preceded by Stephen Gogolev	Men's Junior Free Skating September 21, 2019	Succeeded by Daniil Samsonov
Preceded by Stephen Gogolev	Men's Junior Total Score August 24, 2019 – September 21, 2019	Succeeded by Daniil Samsonov

На других языках

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[de] Yūma Kagiyama

Yūma Kagiyama (* 5. Mai 2003 in Yokohama) ist ein japanischer Eiskunstläufer, der im Einzellauf antritt. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2022 in Peking gewann er im Einzelwettbewerb die Silbermedaille[1] und im Teamwettbewerb zusammen mit dem japanischen Team die Bronzemedaille.[2] 2021 und 2022 wurde er Vizeweltmeister.

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- [en] Yuma Kagiyama

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[fr] Yuma Kagiyama

Yuma Kagiyama (鍵山 優真, Kagiyama Yūma?), né le 5 mai 2003, est un patineur japonais.

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[ru] Кагияма, Юма

Юма Кагияма (яп. 鍵山 優真 Кагияма Ю:ма, родился 5 мая 2003, Иокогама) — японский фигурист, выступающий в одиночном катании. Серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр (2022), бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр в командном соревновании (2022), двукратный серебряный призёр чемпионата мира (2021, 2022), бронзовый призёр чемпионата четырёх континентов (2020), трёхкратный бронзовый призёр чемпионата Японии (2020—2022). На юниорском уровне становился олимпийским чемпионом (2020), чемпионом Японии и серебряным призёром чемпионата мира (2020).

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