Satoko Miyahara

Satoko Miyahara
Miyahara in December 2012
Personal information
Native name	宮原知子
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1998-03-26) March 26, 1998 Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Coach	Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura, Yoko Niino
Choreographer	Tom Dickson, Lori Bonviverel
Former choreographer	Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club	Kansai University Junior Highschool SC
Training locations	Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating	2002
World standing	4 (As of 28 March 2015)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	193.60 2015 Worlds
Short program	67.02 2015 Worlds
Free skate	129.12 2015 World Team Trophy
Medal record Competitor for  Japan Figure skating: Ladies' singles World Championships Silver 2015 Shanghai Ladies' singles Four Continents Championships Silver 2014 Taipei Ladies' singles Silver 2015 Seoul Ladies' singles

Satoko Miyahara (Japanese: 宮原知子, born March 26, 1998) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2015 world silver medalist, the 2014 and 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2014 Lombardia Trophy champion, the 2014–15 Japanese national champion, and a two-time (2011, 2012) Japan Junior champion.

Career

Junior Career

2011-2012 Season

In the 2011–12 season, Miyahara became eligible for junior international competition. She won a silver medal on her Junior Grand Prix debut in Gdańsk, Poland, and finished 5th at her second event in Milan, Italy. Miyahara then won the Japan junior title and placed 6th on the senior level. She was fourth at her first World Junior Championships.

2012-2013 Season

In the 2012–13 season, Miyahara won gold and bronze at her two JGP events in the United States and Turkey. Miyahara then won the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships, before placing 5th at the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia. Miyahara won her first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2012–13 Japanese Championships, finishing ahead of Akiko Suzuki She ended her season at the 2013 World Junior Championships where she was 7th.

Senior Career

2013-2014 Season

In the 2013-14 season, Miyahara made her debut on the senior grand prix. She started off her season by winning Asian Trophy.

Miyahara then went on to finish 5th at NHK Trophy, after placing 6th in the short program with a score of 58.39 and 5th in the freeskate with a score of 111.82, with a total score of 170.21. She also placed 5th at 2013 Rostelecom Cup, after placing 6th in the short program with a score of 56.57 and 6th in the freeskate with a score of 109.19, with a total score of 165.76.

At the 2013-14 Japanese Championships, Miyahara placed 4th behind Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami, and Mao Asada, after placing 4th in the short program with a score of 66.52 and 5th in the freeskate with a score of 125.06, with a total of 191.58.

Miyahara was selected to compete at the 2014 Four Continents where she won the silver behind teammate, Kanako Murakami, after placing 4th in the short program with a score of 60.27 and 2nd in the freeskate with a score of 126.26, with a total score of 186.53.

Miyahara then went on to compete at the 2014 World Junior Championships where she finished 4th, after earning 63.47 in the short program and 114.12 in the freeskate, with a total score of 177.69, less than a point out of 3rd.

Miyara ended her season at the Gardena Spring Trophy where she won the event.

2014-2015 Season

Before the 2014-15 season, Miyahara went to a training camp over the summer to work with Olympic Champion Ilia Kulik on her jumps.

Miyahara began her season by winning the Lombardia Trophy.

She then went on to win bronze at 2014 Skate Canada, after placing 4th in the short program with a score of 60.22 and 3rd in the freeskate with a score of 121.53, with a total of 181.75. Miyahara won another bronze medal at 2014 NHK Trophy, after placing 4th in the short program with a score of 60.69 and 2nd in the freeskate with a score of 118.33, and a total score of 179.02. With these results, Miyahara was the second alternate for the 2014-15 Grand Prix Final.

At the 2014-15 Japanese Championships, Miyahara placed 2nd in the short program with a score of 64.48 but won the freeskate with a score of 131.12, and winning her first national title with a total score 195.60.

Miyahara then went on to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships where she won silver for the second year in a row after winning the short program with a score of 64.84 and placing 2nd in the freeskate with a score of 116.75, and earning a total score of 181.59.

At the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, Miyahara scored personal bests in all competition segments after placing 3rd in the short program with a score of 67.02, 4th in the freeskate with a score of 126.58, and 2nd overall with a total score of 193.60.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2014–2015 [2]	The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart choreo. by Tom Dickson	Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Tom Dickson	The Man I Love performed by Kate Bush and Larry Adler Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) by Benny Goodman performed by Electro Swing Invasion
2013–2014 [3]	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto	Poeta by Vicente Amigo	Solace by Vanessa-Mae
2012–2013 [4][5]	The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns Voice of Spring Waltz by Johann Strauss II	Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto	Papa Loves Mambo by Perry Como Voice of Spring Waltz by Johann Strauss II
2011–2012 [6]	Por una Cabeza (from Scent of a Woman) by Thomas Newman	Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel	Sympathique by Pink Martini

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event	2007–08	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Worlds							2nd
Four Continents						2nd	2nd
GP NHK Trophy						5th	3rd
GP Rostelecom						5th
GP Skate Canada							3rd
CS Lombardia							1st
Asian Trophy			1st N.		1st J.	1st
Gardena Trophy						1st
International: Junior and lower levels[7]
Junior Worlds				4th	7th	4th
JGP Final					5th
JGP Italy				5th
JGP Poland				2nd
JGP Turkey					3rd
JGP USA					1st
Triglav Trophy		2nd N.[8]	2nd N.
Challenge Cup	2nd D.[9]
National[10]
Event	2007–08	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Japan Champ.				6th	3rd	4th	1st
Japan Junior		4th	4th	1st	1st
Japan Novice		4th
Team events
World Team Trophy							3rd T (5th P)
Levels: D. = Debs; N. = Novice; J. = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

References

External links

Media related to Satoko Miyahara at Wikimedia Commons

• Satoko Miyahara at the International Skating Union