Mai Asada

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Mai Asada

|image= Mai Asada - 2006 Skate America.jpg

|caption= Mai Asada in 2006

|country= {{JPN}}

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1988|7|17|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Meitō-ku, Nagoya, Japan

|residence= Nagoya, Japan

|height= {{convert|1.63|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|coach=

|formercoach= Takeshi Honda
Nadezhda Kanaeva
Rafael Arutyunyan
Machiko Yamada
Mihoko Higuchi

|choreographer=

|formerchoreographer= Lori Nichol
Tatiana Tarasova
Nikolai Morozov

|skating club= Grand Prix Tokai FSC
Chukyo University Nagoya

|currenttraininglocations= {{nowrap|Lake Arrowhead, California}}
Nagoya
Kyoto

|beganskating= 1996

|retired=

|combined total= 141.65

|combined date= 2006 Four Continents

|SP score= 55.80

|SP date= 2005 Andorra Cup

|FS score= 89.63

|FS date= 2006 Skate America

}}

{{Nihongo|Mai Asada|浅田舞|Asada Mai|born 17 July 1988}} 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.

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

Asada has worked as a model[http://www.jabank.aichishinren.or.jp/news/topics/blog.php?ID=200] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809164622/http://www.jabank.aichishinren.or.jp/news/topics/blog.php?ID=200|date=9 August 2011}} and TV presenter.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/sgt/ |title=SUPER GT ＋（スーパーGTプラス）：テレビ東京 |publisher=Tv-tokyo.co.jp |date= |accessdate=2015-06-18 |archive-date=2019-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427200450/https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/sgt/ |url-status=dead }}

Programs

Season ! Short program ! Free skating ! Exhibition
class=wikitable style=text-align:center
2007–2008 \| Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova \| Swan Lake by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol \|
2003–2004 \| Spanish Dance No. 1 by Manuel de Falla \| Romance by Ludwig van Beethoven \| What I Am To You
2002–2003 \| Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by David Agnew \| Rondo Adagio Espressivo \|

Competitive highlights

colspan="8" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;" \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 02–03 ! 03–04 ! 04–05 ! 05–06 ! 06–07 ! 07–08 !08–09
align=left \| Four Continents				6th
align=left \| {{tooltip\|GP\|Grand Prix}} Cup of China					6th
align="left" \| GP Skate America					6th	8th
colspan="8" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;" \| International: Junior
align="left" \| Junior Worlds	4th	4th
align="left" \| {{tooltip\|JGP\|Junior Grand Prix}} Final		4th		5th
align="left" \| JGP Andorra				style="background:gold;" \| 1st
align="left" \| JGP Japan		style="background:silver;" \| 2nd		4th
align="left" \| JGP Serbia			5th
align="left" \| JGP Slovakia		style="background:gold;" \| 1st
colspan="8" style="background:#ffdead; text-align:center;" \| National
align="left" \| Japan Champ.	8th	6th	8th	8th	8th	12th	15th
align="left" \| Japan Junior	style="background:silver;" \| 2nd	style="background:silver;" \| 2nd	style="background:silver;" \| 2nd	7th

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00006587.htm |title= Competition Results: Mai ASADA |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131205012319/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00006587.htm|archivedate=5 December 2013 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00006587.htm |title= Mai ASADA: 2002/2003 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20030803181306/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00006587.htm |archivedate= 3 August 2003 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006587.htm |title= Mai ASADA: 2003/2004 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20040207065053/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006587.htm|archivedate=7 February 2004 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006587.htm |title= Mai ASADA: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114214650/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006587.htm |archivedate= 14 January 2010 }}

{{cite news |url= http://www.goldenskate.com/2004/06/asada-is-a-true-ballerina-on-ice/ |title= Asada is a True Ballerina on Ice |first= Barry |last= Mittan |work= GoldenSkate |date= 1 June 2004 |accessdate= 29 September 2014 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.maomaiasada.com/profile/mai.html |title= Profile: Mai Asada |language= Japanese |publisher= Official website of Mao and Mai Asada |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101219061529/http://maomaiasada.com/profile/mai.html |archivedate= 19 December 2010 }}

}}

External links

{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://maimao-asada.com/ |date=* |title=Official site }} {{in lang|ja}}
{{isu name | id=00006587 | name=Mai Asada}}

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Figure skaters from Nagoya

Category:Japanese female single skaters

Category:Japanese female models

Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen