Yukari Nakano
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Nakano at the 2008 Skate America.
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| Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 25, 1985 Kōnan, Aichi |
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| Home town | Yokohama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach |
Nobuo Sato Machiko Yamada Mihoko Higuchi Naoko Ozuka |
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| Former choreographer |
Marina Zoueva Kumiko Sato Kenji Miyamoto David Wilson Lea Ann Miller Mihoko Higuchi |
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| Skating club | Shinyokohama Skate Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 177.40 2008 Worlds |
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| Short program | 62.08 2008–09 GPF |
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| Free skate | 116.30 2008 Worlds |
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Medal record
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Yukari Nakano (中野 友加里 Nakano Yukari?, born August 25, 1985) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005–06 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, and a three-time (2007, 2008, 2010) Japanese national bronze medalist. Nakano is one of six female skaters to perform a triple axel in international competition.
Yukari Nakano was born on August 25, 1985 in Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture. She has two elder siblings, a brother and sister.
In 2004, Nakano enrolled at Waseda University in Tokyo. She earned her master's degree from Waseda, having studied at the Graduate School of Human Sciences. In 2010, she began working for Fuji Television's Sports Division, becoming a director and journalist.
In April 2015, Nakano married her longtime boyfriend.
Nakano started skating in 1991 at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club, where Machiko Yamada was coaching. Nakano met Midori Ito there, who inspired her to take her skating seriously.
Nakano won two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and earned the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.
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