Miyabi Oba

Miyabi Oba
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	August 8, 1995 Tokoname, Aichi
Home town	Seto, Aichi
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Yuko Monna
Choreographer	Kenji Miyamoto
Skating club	Chukyo University Nagoya
Training locations	Toyota, Aichi
Began skating	2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	154.57 2014 Rostelecom Cup
Short program	57.51 2013 JGP Tallinn Cup
Free skate	107.81 2014 Rostelecom Cup

Miyabi Oba (大庭 雅 Oba Miyabi, born August 8, 1995) is a Japanese figure skater who competes in ladies' singles. She has won silver medals on the senior international level at the 2014 Cup of Nice, 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy, and 2013 Triglav Trophy.

Career

Oba started skating at age 10.

Oba made her international debut at the 2010 Cup of Nice. Competing on the senior level, she finished 7th. After winning the bronze medal at the 2010–11 Japanese Junior Championships, she was assigned to the 2011 World Junior Championships where she finished 8th. The following season, she received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment.

In the 2012–13 season, Oba won her first JGP medal, silver, competing at an event in Germany and placed 4th in her other JGP assignment in Turkey. Nationally, Oba placed 6th on the junior level and 11th as a senior. She ended her season with her first senior international medal, also silver, at the 2013 Triglav Trophy.

In the 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix, Oba placed 7th in Poland and then won a bronze medal in Estonia. She ended her season with another senior international silver medal at the 2014 Gardena Spring Trophy.

In the 2014–15 season, Oba made her senior Grand Prix debut at the Rostelecom Cup, where she placing 6th with a personal best free skate and total score.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–16 [1]		The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Harry Gregson-Williams choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2014–15 [2]	Resphoina by Joe Hisaishi	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2013–14 [3]	Tempest by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2012–13 [4]	Tempest by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
2011–12 [5]	Tempest by Gaetano Pugnani, Fritz Kreisler	Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) by Alexander Borodin	Shall We Dance? (from The King and I)
2010–11 [6]	Liberty Fanfare by John Williams	Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) by Alexander Borodin

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
GP Rostelecom Cup						6th
Cup of Nice		7th				2nd
Gardena Trophy					2nd
Triglav Trophy				2nd
Universiade						7th
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds		8th
JGP Estonia					3rd
JGP Germany				2nd
JGP Latvia			7th
JGP Poland					7th
JGP Turkey				4th
National[8]
Japan Champ.		8th	13th	11th	10th	12th	17th
Japan Junior	9th	3rd	5th	6th
Western Sect.	4th J	2nd J	5th J	2nd J
J: Junior level

References

1. フィギュアスケート [Figure Skate TV!] (in Japanese). Japan. 12 July 2015. BS Fuji.
2. "Miyabi OBA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
3. "Miyabi OBA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
4. "Miyabi OBA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013.
5. "Miyabi OBA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012.
6. "Miyabi OBA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011.
7. "Competition Results: Miyabi OBA". International Skating Union.
8. "大庭 雅/OBA Miyabi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.

External links

• Miyabi Oba at the International Skating Union