Marin Honda

Personal information

Native name

本田真凜

Country represented

Japan

Born

August 21, 2001
Kyoto, Japan

Height

1.54 m (5 ft ¹⁄₂ in)

Coach

Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura

Choreographer

Marina Zueva, Tom Dickson

Skating club

Kansai University Junior Highschool SC

Training locations

Takatsuki, Osaka

Began skating

2003

ISU personal best scores

Combined total

181.22
2015 JGP Croatia

Short program

63.69
2015–16 JGP Final

Free skate

123.30
2015 JGP Croatia

Medal record

Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Competitor for Japan
Junior Grand Prix Final
	2015–16 Barcelona	Ladies' singles

Marin Honda (本田真凜, Honda Marin), born August 21, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2015–16 JGP Final bronze medalist.

Personal life

Marin Honda was born on August 21, 2001 in Kyoto, Japan,^[1] the third born of five children. She has an elder brother, Taichi, an elder sister, Maho, and two younger sisters, Miyu and Sara. With the exception of Maho, all of her siblings are figure skaters and Miyu is also a popular child actress in Japan. Honda studies and trains at Kansai University Middle School, which has an ice rink.^[2]

Career

Honda began skating at the age of two after following her older brother, Taichi, into figure skating.^[2]

Beginning in the 2011–12 season, Honda stood on the podium at four consecutive Japanese Novice Championships, with a gold medal in 2012–13. She placed 5th at the Japan Junior Championships in 2013–14 and 4th the following season, training at Kansai University Middle School's ice rink.^[2]

2015–16 season

Honda debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit in the 2015–16 season. Ranked first in the short program and fourth in the free skate, she came away with the silver medal at the JGP in Colorado Springs, Colorado, having finished behind Yuna Shiraiwa by a margin of 8.06 points. She won gold at her second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia, after placing third in the short and first in the free — outscoring Wakaba Higuchi by 6.16 points. These results qualified her for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. In November, Honda placed 6th at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships.

At the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona, Honda won the bronze medal behind Russia's Polina Tsurskaya and Maria Sotskova.

Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, Honda finished 9th, and was named as a member of the 2016 Junior World team.

Programs

Honda at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 ^[1]^[3]	Spring Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven choreo. by Marina Zueva	Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman Victor's Piano Solo (from Corpse Bride) Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman choreo. by Tom Dickson	These Boots Are Made For Walkin' performed by Lee Hazlewood
2014–2015	Charleston (from Billion Dollar Baby) by Morton Gould choreo. by Tom Dickson	Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Tom Dickson	These Boots Are Made For Walkin' performed by Lee Hazlewood Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
2013–2014		Para Elisa by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by The Cocktail Lounge Players	Vertigogo by Combustible Edison
2012–2013		Il Tema Della Fatta (from Pinocchio) by Nicola Piovani La Strada by Nino Rota
2011–2012		Il Tema Della Fatta (from Pinocchio) by Nicola Piovani La Strada by Nino Rota

Competitive highlights

International: Junior and lower levels^[4]
Event	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Junior Worlds					TBD
JGP Final					3rd
JGP Croatia					1st
JGP United States					2nd
Asian Trophy			2nd N.	3rd N.	2nd J.
Bavarian Open				1st N.
Printemps			2nd N.
Triglav Trophy		1st N.
Challenge Cup	1st D.
National^[5]
Event	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Japan Champ.					9th
Japan Junior			5th	4th	6th
Japan Novice	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew D. = Debs; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

Detailed Results

Honda at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final

2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
December 24–27, 2015	2015–16 Japan Championships	Senior	11 58.23	9 113.39	9 171.62
December 10–13, 2015	2015–16 JGP Final	Junior	3 63.69	3 114.95	3 178.64
November 21–23 2015	2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships	Junior	7 54.65	5 114.23	6 168.88
October 7–10, 2015	2015 JGP Croatia	Junior	3 57.92	1 123.30	1 181.22
September 2–5, 2015	2015 JGP United States	Junior	1 61.05	4 95.39	2 156.44
August 2–5, 2015	2015 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	1 48.47	3 84.21	2 132.68
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 11–15, 2015	2015 Bavarian Open	Novice	1 40.49	1 81.23	1 121.72
November 22–24, 2014	2014–15 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	7 53.09	2 114.83	4 167.92
August 22–24, 2014	2014 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	4 38.96	2 87.18	3 126.14
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 14–16, 2014	2014 Coupe du Printemps	Novice	2 34.34	1 71.37	2 105.71
November 22–24, 2013	2013–14 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	13 45.81	2 104.24	5 150.05
August 8–11, 2013	2013 Asian Open Trophy	Novice	1 36.92	2 62.61	2 99.53
2012–13 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 27–31, 2013	2013 Triglav Trophy	Novice	1 42.73	1 82.03	1 124.76
2011–12 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 8–11, 2012	2012 International Challenge Cup	Debs	1 32.77	1 64.76	1 97.53

References

1 2 "Marin HONDA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
1 2 3 "本田真凛の実力や学校について！兄と姉妹もすごい！長女と親の職業". Saisin News (in Japanese). December 16, 2014.
↑ Dreams on Ice 2015 (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji TV. June 22, 2015.
↑ "Competition Results: Marin HONDA". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
↑ "本田真凜 / HONDA Marin" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015.

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