Junko Yaginuma | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Japan |
Born |
Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
April 1, 1973
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
Former skating club | Shinagawa High School, Tokyo |
Retired | 1995 |
Japanese name | |||||
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Kanji | 八木沼純子 | ||||
Kana | やぎぬま じゅんこ | ||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Romanization | Yaginuma Junko |
Junko Yaginuma (八木沼 純子 Yaginuma Junko?, born April 1, 1973) is a Japanese former figure skater who is now a figure skate commentator. She is the 1993 Winter Universiade champion and a two-time World Junior silver medalist (1988–89). She placed 14th at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Yaginuma guest-starred as herself in the fourth episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger, teaching the gekirangers how to ice skate.