Mai Asada

Mai Asada
Mai Asada in 2006
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	July 17, 1988
Residence	Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former coach	Takeshi Honda,[1] Nadezhda Kanaeva, Rafael Arutyunyan, Machiko Yamada, Higuchi Mihoko
Former choreographer	Lori Nichol, Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Grand Prix Tokai FSC Chukyo University Nagoya
Training locations	Lake Arrowhead, California Nagoya Kyoto
Began skating	1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	141.65 2006 Four Continents
Short program	55.80 2005 Andorra Cup
Free skate	89.63 2006 Skate America

Mai Asada (浅田 舞 Asada Mai, born July 17, 1988 in Meito-ku, Nagoya) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed fourth at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships. She made her senior international debut at the 2006 Four Continents Championships, where she placed sixth.

Mai Asada studied ballet before taking up skating at the age of eight or nine.^[2] She is the elder sister of Mao Asada,^[3] a three-time World champion and the 2010 Olympic silver medalist.

Mai Asada has worked as a model^[4] and TV presenter.^[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2007–2008 [3]	Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova	Swan Lake by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol
2003–2004 [2][6]	Spanish Dance No. 1 by Manuel de Falla	Romance by Ludwig van Beethoven	What I Am To You
2002–2003 [7]	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by David Agnew	Rondo Adagio Espressivo

Competitive highlights

International[8]
Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Four Continents				6th
GP Cup of China					6th
GP NHK Trophy						WD
GP Skate America					6th	8th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds	4th	4th
JGP Final		4th		5th
JGP Andorra				1st
JGP Japan		2nd		4th
JGP Serbia			5th
JGP Slovakia		1st
National[8]
Japan Champ.	8th	6th	8th	8th	8th	12th	15th
Japan Junior	2nd	2nd	2nd	7th
WD = Withdrew

References

1. "Profile: Mai Asada" (in Japanese). Official website of Mao and Mai Asada. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010.
2. Mittan, Barry (June 1, 2004). "Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
3. "Mai ASADA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
4. Archived August 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
5. "SUPER GT ＋（スーパーGTプラス）：テレビ東京". Tv-tokyo.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
6. "Mai ASADA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 7, 2004.
7. "Mai ASADA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2003.
8. "Competition Results: Mai ASADA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.

External links

Media related to Mai Asada at Wikimedia Commons

• Official site at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (Japanese)
• Mai Asada at the International Skating Union