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|name= Utana Yoshida
|name= Utana Yoshida
|native_name= 吉田 唄菜
|native_name= 吉田 唄菜
|native_name_lang= ja
|image= 2020-01-15 Medals Ceremonies (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–144.jpg
|image= 2020-01-15 Medals Ceremonies (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–144.jpg
|caption= Yoshida at the [[2020 Winter Youth Olympics]]
|caption= Yoshida at the [[2020 Winter Youth Olympics]]
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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|2003|09|06|mf=yes}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|2003|09|06|mf=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Kurashiki]], Japan
|birth_place= [[Kurashiki]], Japan
|hometown= [[Kurashiki]]
|hometown= [[Kyoto]]
|height= {{height|m=1.53}}
|height= {{height|m=1.54}}
|partner= [[Masaya Morita]] (since 2023) <br> Seiji Urano (2021) <br> [[Shingo Nishiyama]] (2019–21) <br> Takumi Sugiyama (2016–17)
|partner= [[Masaya Morita]]
|formerpartner= Seiji Urano<br>[[Shingo Nishiyama]]<br>Takumi Sugiyama
|formerpartner=
|coach= [[Cathy Reed]]<br>[[Rie Arikawa]]
|coach= [[Cathy Reed]]<br>[[Rie Arikawa]]
|skating club= Kinoshita Academy
|skating club= Kinoshita Academy
|beganskating= 2009
|beganskating= 2010
|retired=
|retired=
|module = {{Figure skating infobox medals|nationals=Japan
|module = {{Figure skating infobox medals|nationals=Japan
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{{nihongo|'''Utana Yoshida'''|吉田 唄菜|Yoshida Utana|born September 6, 2003}} is a Japanese [[ice dancer]], who currently competes with [[Masaya Morita]]. They are the [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japanese national]] bronze medalists.
{{nihongo|'''Utana Yoshida'''|吉田 唄菜|Yoshida Utana|born September 6, 2003}} is a Japanese [[ice dancer]], who currently competes with [[Masaya Morita]]. Together, they are the [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japanese national]] bronze medalists.


With her former skating partner, [[Shingo Nishiyama]], she was a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion ([[2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2020]], [[2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2021]]) and a [[Figure skating at the Youth Olympic Games|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]] champion in the [[Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team trophy|team event]].
With her former skating partner, [[Shingo Nishiyama]], she was a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion ([[2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2020]], [[2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2021]]) and a [[Figure skating at the Youth Olympic Games|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]] champion in the [[Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team trophy|team event]].


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Yoshida was born on September 6, 2003, in [[Kurashiki]], [[Japan]].<ref name=ISU-2324/> In 2021, after graduating from [[N High School]], she enrolled at [[Doshisha University]]'s Faculty of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |last1=浅野 |first1=有美 |title=吉田唄菜、森田真沙也の「うたまさ」カップル　全日本優勝へ「大きな差をつけて勝つ」 |url=https://4years.asahi.com/article/15413952 |website=4 Years |publisher=4 Years |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=【フィギュアスケート部】うたまさカップル 3位入賞 |url=https://doshisha-atom.net/figure-skating/17046/ |website=Doshisha Atom |publisher=Doshisha Atom |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
Utana Yoshida was born on September 6, 2003, in [[Kurashiki]], [[Japan]]. She owns a [[Toy Poodle|toy poodle]] named Koko.

She looks up to ice dance teams, [[Christina Carreira|Carreira]]/[[Anthony Ponomarenko|Ponomarenko]] and [[Marjorie Lajoie|Lajoie]]/[[Zachary Lagha|Lagha]].<ref name=AGOE24/>


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Early career ===
=== Early career ===
Yoshida began skating in 2009 and previously competed in ladies' singles.<ref name=ISU-1920/> She placed seventh at the novice level at the Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional in 2014, and thus failed to advance to the [[2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2014–15 Japan Championships]].<ref name=SOI-UY/> Yoshida switched to ice dance in 2016, partnering with Takumi Sugiyama.<ref name=SOI-UYTS/> Yoshida / Sugiyama were fourth at the [[2016–17 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2016–17 Japan Junior Championships]] and won the advanced novice gold medal at the 2017 [[Mentor Toruń Cup]]. Yoshida / Sugiyama split at the end of the season, and she was partnerless for two seasons.
Yoshida began skating in 2010 after being inspired from watching [[Mao Asada]] perform at the [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Ladies' singles|2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=AGOE24/><ref>{{cite web |title=吉田唄菜＆西山真瑚 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/figure/player/yoshida_nishiyama/ |website=Nikkan Sports |publisher=Nikkan Sports |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref> Orginally, a ladies' singles skater, she placed seventh at the novice level at the Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional in 2014, and thus failed to advance to the [[2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2014–15 Japan Championships]].<ref name=SOI-UY/> Yoshida switched to ice dance in 2016, partnering with Takumi Sugiyama.<ref name=SOI-UYTS/> Yoshida / Sugiyama were fourth at the [[2016–17 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2016–17 Japan Junior Championships]] and won the advanced novice gold medal at the 2017 [[Mentor Toruń Cup]]. Yoshida / Sugiyama split at the end of the season, and she was partnerless for two seasons.


=== Partnership with Nishiyama ===
==== 2019–2020 season ====
Yoshida teamed up with [[Shingo Nishiyama]] in early 2019 after a tryout arranged by the [[Japan Skating Federation]] in fall 2018 and moved to train with him and his coaches at the [[Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club]] in [[Canada]] in February 2019.<ref name=NW-090619/>
Yoshida teamed up with [[Shingo Nishiyama]] in early 2019 after a tryout arranged by the [[Japan Skating Federation]] in fall 2018 and moved to train with him and his coaches at the [[Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club]] in [[Canada]] in February 2019.<ref name=NW-090619/>


=== 2019–2020 season ===
In their first season as a partnership, Yoshida/Nishiyama placed sixth at both [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP United States]] and [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP Italy]]. They then won gold at the Western Sectional and advanced to the [[2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2019–20 Japan Junior Championships]], where they again won gold, ahead of Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda. As a result, Yoshida/Nishiyama were assigned to the [[2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020 World Junior Championships]] and the [[Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]].<ref name=JSF-WJC20/><ref name=JSF-YOG20/> They were invited to skate in the gala at the [[2019 NHK Trophy]] as junior national champion.
In their first season as a partnership, Yoshida/Nishiyama placed sixth at both [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP United States]] and [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP Italy]]. They then won gold at the Western Sectional and advanced to the [[2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Junior-level results|2019–20 Japan Junior Championships]], where they again won gold, ahead of Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda. As a result, Yoshida/Nishiyama were assigned to the [[2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020 World Junior Championships]] and the [[Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics|2020 Winter Youth Olympics]].<ref name=JSF-WJC20/><ref name=JSF-YOG20/> They were invited to skate in the gala at the [[2019 NHK Trophy]] as junior national champion.


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Yoshida/Nishiyama set a goal of being in the top ten at the [[2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020 World Junior Championships]].<ref name=NW-090619/> They placed twelfth in Tallinn.<ref name=2020WJC/>
Yoshida/Nishiyama set a goal of being in the top ten at the [[2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020 World Junior Championships]].<ref name=NW-090619/> They placed twelfth in Tallinn.<ref name=2020WJC/>


=== 2020–2021 season ===
==== 2020–2021 season ====
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]], where Yoshida/Nishiyama would have competed, was cancelled. In November, they won their second consecutive junior national title at the [[2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020–21 Japan Junior Championships]].
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]], where Yoshida/Nishiyama would have competed, was cancelled. In November, they won their second consecutive junior national title at the [[2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships#Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|2020–21 Japan Junior Championships]].


Yoshida/Nishiyama announced their split in January 2021.<ref name=split>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKK6Omfpq_X/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/shinnnnn_gooo/2489057834179145687 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Thank you for supporting Utana and me. Today, there is an important announcement. Utana and I decided to separate into our own pathways.|first=Shingo|last=Nishiyama|author-link=Shingo Nishiyama|type=[[Instagram]]|date=January 18, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In May 2021, Yoshida announced her partnership with American skater [[Seiji Urano]] for Japan.<ref name=yoshida-urano>{{cite instagram|postid=COrtB-GpPen|user=_utana_96|title=うたじです！ 応援よろしくお願いします|trans-title=It's Utaji! Please provide us with support|lang=ja|first=Utana|last=Yoshida|date=May 10, 2021}}</ref>
Yoshida/Nishiyama announced their split in January 2021.<ref name=split>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CKK6Omfpq_X/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/shinnnnn_gooo/2489057834179145687 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Thank you for supporting Utana and me. Today, there is an important announcement. Utana and I decided to separate into our own pathways.|first=Shingo|last=Nishiyama|author-link=Shingo Nishiyama|type=[[Instagram]]|date=January 18, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In May 2021, Yoshida announced her partnership with American skater [[Seiji Urano]] for Japan.<ref name=yoshida-urano>{{cite instagram|postid=COrtB-GpPen|user=_utana_96|title=うたじです！ 応援よろしくお願いします|trans-title=It's Utaji! Please provide us with support|lang=ja|first=Utana|last=Yoshida|date=May 10, 2021}}</ref>


=== 2021–2022 season ===
=== Partnership with Urano ===
==== 2021–2022 season ====
Yoshida/Urano did not appear in any major international or domestic events before announcing their split in December 2021.<ref name=yoshida-urano-split>{{cite instagram|postid=CW8PSaBp7d0|user=seiji_urano|title=This year I partnered up with @_utana_96 to begin a new adventure. Unfortunately after a few months we have decided to advance in different directions.|first=Seiji|last=Urano|date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>
Yoshida/Urano did not appear in any major international or domestic events before announcing their split in December 2021.<ref name=yoshida-urano-split>{{cite instagram|postid=CW8PSaBp7d0|user=seiji_urano|title=This year I partnered up with @_utana_96 to begin a new adventure. Unfortunately after a few months we have decided to advance in different directions.|first=Seiji|last=Urano|date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>


=== Partnership with Morita ===
On June 2, it was announced that she had paired with [[Masaya Morita]].<ref name=morita>{{cite Instagram | user = kinoshita_skate_academy | postid = Cs-OvtxJRe1 | title = 新カップル誕生のお知らせ | trans-title = Announcement of the birth of a new couple | lang = Japanese | date = June 2, 2023}}</ref>
==== 2023–2024 season ====
In April 2023, then partnerless Japanese ice dancer, [[Masaya Morita]] sent a DM to Yoshida's Instagram account, asking if she would be interested in having a tryout with him which she agreed to. The two would meet up at the Okayama International Skating Rink in [[Okayama]], where their tryout was monitored by Morita's coach, [[Cathy Reed]] and Yoshida's coach, [[Rie Arikawa]]. This tryout would prove successful and end with Yoshida/Morita agreeing to pair up on that same day. Yoshida would move to [[Uji]], [[Kyoto]] to train with Morita at the Kinoshita Skate Academy under coaches, Reed and Arikawa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=藤塚 |first1=大輔 |title=【森田真沙也〈下〉】インスタのDM、岡山で語り合った夢…吉田唄菜と駆け抜けた１年 |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/premium/sports/figure/news/202407190000387.html |website=Nikkan Sports |publisher=Nikkan Sports |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=ISU-2324/><ref name=morita>{{cite Instagram | user = kinoshita_skate_academy | postid = Cs-OvtxJRe1 | title = 新カップル誕生のお知らせ | trans-title = Announcement of the birth of a new couple | lang = Japanese | date = June 2, 2023}}</ref>


=== 2023–2024 season ===
Yoshida/Morita made their international competitive debut on the [[2023-24 ISU Challenger Series|Challenger circuit]] at the [[2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb]], where they finished in fifth place.<ref name=ISU-UYMM/> They next competed at the [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japan Championships]], which proved to be a tight contest between them and two other senior teams. They finished third in the rhythm dance after Morita fell in their twizzle sequence, coming behind Yoshida's former partner Nishiyama and his new partner [[Azusa Tanaka]] and the four-time national champions [[Misato Komatsubara|Komatsubara]]/[[Tim Koleto|Koleto]]. Yoshida/Morita then won the free dance, but remained in third place overall for the bronze medal. Yoshida said that they were "happy to have skated at Nationals," but admitted they had come just short of their goal of hitting 110 points in the free dance.<ref name=GS231223/>
Yoshida/Morita made their international competitive debut on the [[2023-24 ISU Challenger Series|Challenger circuit]] at the [[2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb]], where they finished in fifth place.<ref name=ISU-UYMM/> They next competed at the [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japan Championships]], which proved to be a tight contest between them and two other senior teams. They finished third in the rhythm dance after Morita fell in their twizzle sequence, coming behind Yoshida's former partner Nishiyama and his new partner [[Azusa Tanaka]] and the four-time national champions [[Misato Komatsubara|Komatsubara]]/[[Tim Koleto|Koleto]]. Yoshida/Morita then won the free dance, but remained in third place overall for the bronze medal. Yoshida said that they were "happy to have skated at Nationals," but admitted they had come just short of their goal of hitting 110 points in the free dance.<ref name=GS231223/>


With the close result at the national championships, the [[Japan Skating Federation]] opted to postpone assigning Japan's lone berth at the [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024 World Championships]] pending the results of all three teams at the [[2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2024 Four Continents Championships]]. Traveling to [[Shanghai]] to compete, Yoshida/Morita finished tenth overall, but more than sixteen points behind national champions Komatsubara/Koleto.<ref name=JF240205/>
With the close result at the national championships, the [[Japan Skating Federation]] opted to postpone assigning Japan's lone berth at the [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024 World Championships]] pending the results of all three teams at the [[2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2024 Four Continents Championships]]. Traveling to [[Shanghai]] to compete, Yoshida/Morita finished tenth overall, but more than sixteen points behind national champions Komatsubara/Koleto.<ref name=JF240205/>

==== 2024–25 season ====
Yoshita/Morita started the season by competing at the [[2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy]], where they finished in fifth place. Going on to make their [[2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]] series debut, the duo finished ninth at the [[2024 NHK Trophy]].<ref name=SS-UYMM/>


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
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** Dance of the Knights <br> {{small| by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] <br> choreo. by [[Scott Moir]], [[Madison Hubbell]], [[Adrián Díaz]] }}
** Dance of the Knights <br> {{small| by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] <br> choreo. by [[Scott Moir]], [[Madison Hubbell]], [[Adrián Díaz]] }}
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* [[Feel It Still]] <br>{{small| by [[Portugal. The Man]] }}
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! 2023–2024 <br> <ref name=ISU-2324/>
! 2023–2024 <br> <ref name=ISU-2324/><ref name=fuji-UYMM/>
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* [[Real Wild Child (Wild One)]]<br />{{small|by [[Iggy Pop]], [[Johnny O’Keefe]]}}
* [[Real Wild Child (Wild One)]]<br />{{small|by [[Iggy Pop]] & [[Johnny O’Keefe]]}}
* [[Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)|Wild Thing]]<br />{{small|by [[X (American band)|X]], [[Chip Taylor]]}}
* [[Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)|Wild Thing]]<br />{{small|by [[X (American band)|X]] & [[Chip Taylor]]}}
* [[Wild Side (Mötley Crüe song)|Wild Side]]<br />{{small|by [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Tommy Lee]] & [[Nikki Sixx]]}}<br />{{small|choreo. by [[Cathy Reed]], [[Kaitlyn Weaver]]}}
* [[Wild Side (Mötley Crüe song)|Wild Side]]<br />{{small|by [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Tommy Lee]], & [[Nikki Sixx]]}}<br />{{small|choreo. by [[Cathy Reed]], [[Kaitlyn Weaver]]}}
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* Rise of the Phoenix<br />{{small|by [[Jennifer Thomas (pianist)|Jennifer Thomas]]}}
* Rise of the Phoenix<br />{{small|by [[Jennifer Thomas (pianist)|Jennifer Thomas]]}}
* X-X<br />{{small|by [[Hans Zimmer]]}}
* X-X<br />{{small|by [[Hans Zimmer]]}}
* Rise of the Phoenix<br />{{small|by Quantum Infinity, Daniel O'Borne, Matthew Cooper}}<br />{{small|choreo. by [[Massimo Scali]]}}
* Rise of the Phoenix<br />{{small|by Quantum Infinity, Daniel O'Borne, & Matthew Cooper}}<br />{{small|choreo. by [[Massimo Scali]]}}
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== Competitive highlights ==
== Competitive highlights ==
=== Ice dance with Morita ===
''JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''
''GP: [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]; CS: [[ISU Challenger Series|Challenger Series]]''

=== With Morita ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || 10th ||
| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || 10th ||
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| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[NHK Trophy]] || || TBD
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[NHK Trophy]] || || 9th
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| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Golden Spin of Zagreb|Golden Spin]] || 5th ||
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Golden Spin of Zagreb|Golden Spin]] || 5th ||
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| align="left" |[[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan]] || align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd ||
| align="left" |[[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan]] || align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd ||
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| align="left" | Japan Western Sect. || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
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| colspan="3" align="center" |<small>TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew</small>
| colspan="3" align="center" |<small>TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew</small>
|}
|}


=== With Nishiyama ===
=== Ice dance with Nishiyama ===
''JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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=== With Sugiyama ===
=== Ice dance with Sugiyama ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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| align="left" | [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japan Novice Champ.]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align="left" | [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japan Novice Champ.]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}

=== Women's Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="4" align="center" | National
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! Event
! [[2014–15 figure skating season|14–15]]
! [[2015–16 figure skating season|15–16]]
! [[2016–17 figure skating season|16–17]]
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| align="left" | Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Reg. || 7th B || || 11th A
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| colspan="4" align="center" | <small> Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B </small>
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|}


== Detailed results ==
== Detailed results ==
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
=== With Morita ===
=== With Morita ===
{{Figure skating personal bests|ice dance=RD/FD|ref={{r|SS-UYMM}}
{| class="wikitable"
|171.59|[[2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy]]
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=5 align=center |[[2023–24 figure skating season|'''2023–24 season''']]
|68.94|2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
|-
|39.01|2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
! Date
|29.93|2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
! Event
|103.27|[[2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2024 Four Continents Championships]]
! [[Rhythm dance|RD]]
|58.79|2024 Four Continents Championships
! [[Free dance (ice dance)|FD]]
|45.10|2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
! Total
}}
|-
Current personal best scores are highlighted in '''bold.'''
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 4, 2024

| [[2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2024 Four Continents Championships]]
{{Figure skating detailed results
| align=center | 10 <br /> 62.86
|season=2024-25
| align=center | 10 <br /> '''103.27'''
|Sep 19–21, 2024|{{flagicon|GER}} [[2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy]]|6|'''68.94'''|5|102.65|6|'''171.59'''
| align=center | 10 <br /> '''166.13'''
|Nov 8–10, 2024|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2024 NHK Trophy]]|9|64.30|9|97.06|9|161.36
|-
}}
| December 20–24, 2023

| [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japan Championships]]
{{Figure skating detailed results
| align=center | 3 <br /> 64.00
|season=2023-24
| align=center | 1 <br /> 109.17
|Dec 6–9, 2023|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb|2023 CS Golden Spin]]|7|62.88|5|101.32|5|164.20
| align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 <br /> 173.17
|Dec 20–24, 2023|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2023–24 Japan Championships]]|3|64.00|1|109.17|3|173.17
|-
|Jan 30–Feb 4, 2024|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2024 Four Continents Championships]]|10|62.86|10|'''103.27'''|10|166.13
| December 6–9, 2023
}}
| [[2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb|2023 CS Golden Spin]]
| align=center | 7 <br> '''62.88'''
| align=center | 5 <br> 101.32
| align=center | 5 <br> 164.20
|-
|}


=== With Nishiyama ===
=== With Nishiyama ===
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<ref name=ISU-UYSN>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA: Competition Results|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-UYSN>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA: Competition Results|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>


<ref name=SS-UYMM>{{cite web|url=https://skatingscores.com/jpn/dance/utana_yoshida_masaya_morita/|title=JPN-Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA|publisher=Skating Scores}}</ref>
<ref name=SS-UYMM>{{cite web|url=https://skatingscores.com/jpn/dance/utana_yoshida_masaya_morita/|title=JPN-Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA|publisher=Skating Scores}}</ref>


<ref name=ISU-1920>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1920>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107893.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Shingo NISHIYAMA|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
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<ref name=ISU-2324>{{cite web|url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119103.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA: 2023/2024|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203010450/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119103.htm|archive-date=February 3, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2324>{{cite web|url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119103.htm|title=Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA: 2023/2024|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203010450/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00119103.htm|archive-date=February 3, 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=fuji-UYMM>{{cite web |title=吉田 唄菜 Utana YOSHIDA / 森田 真沙也 Masaya MORITA |url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure/skater/YOSHIDAMORITA.html |website=Fuji TV |publisher=Fuji TV |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>


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<ref name=JF240205>{{cite web|last1=Gallagher |first1=Jack |title=Komatsubara, Koleto Clinch Ticket to Worlds by Placing 8th at Four Continents |url= https://japan-forward.com/komatsubara-koleto-clinch-ticket-to-worlds-by-placing-8th-at-four-continents/ |website=Japan Forward |date=February 5, 2024 |access-date= February 5, 2024 }}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{isu name|id=00119103|name=Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita}}
* {{isu name|id=00119103|name=Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita}}
* [https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=QnhQGoe6Oz4%3D#name01 YOSHIDA Utana / MORITA Masaya] at the [[Japan Skating Federation]]
* [https://skatingscores.com/jpn/dance/utana_yoshida_masaya_morita/ Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita] at SkatingScores.com
* {{isu name|id=00107893|name=Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama}}
* {{isu name|id=00107893|name=Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama}}
* [https://skatingscores.com/jpn/dance/utana_yoshida_shingo_nishiyama/ Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama] at SkatingScores.com
* {{isu name|id=00102359|name=Utana Yoshida / Takumi Suigyama}}
* {{isu name|id=00102359|name=Utana Yoshida / Takumi Suigyama}}
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Utana Yoshida
Yoshida at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Native name吉田 唄菜
Born (2003-09-06) September 6, 2003 (age 21)
Kurashiki, Japan
HometownKyoto
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
PartnerMasaya Morita (since 2023)
Seiji Urano (2021)
Shingo Nishiyama (2019–21)
Takumi Sugiyama (2016–17)
CoachCathy Reed
Rie Arikawa
Skating clubKinoshita Academy
Began skating2010
Japan Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023–24 Nagano Ice dance
"" Winter Youth Olympics ""
Gold medal – first place 2020 Lausanne Team

Utana Yoshida (吉田 唄菜, Yoshida Utana, born September 6, 2003) is a Japanese ice dancer, who currently competes with Masaya Morita. Together, they are the 2023–24 Japanese national bronze medalists.

With her former skating partner, Shingo Nishiyama, she was a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion (2020, 2021) and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympics champion in the team event.

Personal life

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Yoshida was born on September 6, 2003, in Kurashiki, Japan.[1] In 2021, after graduating from N High School, she enrolled at Doshisha University's Faculty of Commerce.[2][3]

She looks up to ice dance teams, Carreira/Ponomarenko and Lajoie/Lagha.[4]

Career

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Early career

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Yoshida began skating in 2010 after being inspired from watching Mao Asada perform at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[4][5] Orginally, a ladies' singles skater, she placed seventh at the novice level at the Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional in 2014, and thus failed to advance to the 2014–15 Japan Championships.[6] Yoshida switched to ice dance in 2016, partnering with Takumi Sugiyama.[7] Yoshida / Sugiyama were fourth at the 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships and won the advanced novice gold medal at the 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup. Yoshida / Sugiyama split at the end of the season, and she was partnerless for two seasons.

Partnership with Nishiyama

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2019–2020 season

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Yoshida teamed up with Shingo Nishiyama in early 2019 after a tryout arranged by the Japan Skating Federation in fall 2018 and moved to train with him and his coaches at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Canada in February 2019.[8]

In their first season as a partnership, Yoshida/Nishiyama placed sixth at both 2019 JGP United States and 2019 JGP Italy. They then won gold at the Western Sectional and advanced to the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships, where they again won gold, ahead of Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda. As a result, Yoshida/Nishiyama were assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[9][10] They were invited to skate in the gala at the 2019 NHK Trophy as junior national champion.

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Yoshida / Nishiyama placed sixth in the ice dance event with a new personal best, following a sixth-place rhythm dance and a fourth-place free dance.[11] They were chosen by draw to be part of Team Courage for the mixed-NOC team event, alongside singles' skaters Arlet Levandi of Estonia and Ksenia Sinitsyna of Russia and pairs team Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia.[12] Yoshida/Nishiyama won the free dance portion of the team event, ahead of both the silver and bronze medalists from the individual ice dance event, to help Team Courage win the gold medal.[12]

Yoshida/Nishiyama set a goal of being in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[8] They placed twelfth in Tallinn.[13]

2020–2021 season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Yoshida/Nishiyama would have competed, was cancelled. In November, they won their second consecutive junior national title at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships.

Yoshida/Nishiyama announced their split in January 2021.[14] In May 2021, Yoshida announced her partnership with American skater Seiji Urano for Japan.[15]

Partnership with Urano

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2021–2022 season

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Yoshida/Urano did not appear in any major international or domestic events before announcing their split in December 2021.[16]

Partnership with Morita

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2023–2024 season

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In April 2023, then partnerless Japanese ice dancer, Masaya Morita sent a DM to Yoshida's Instagram account, asking if she would be interested in having a tryout with him which she agreed to. The two would meet up at the Okayama International Skating Rink in Okayama, where their tryout was monitored by Morita's coach, Cathy Reed and Yoshida's coach, Rie Arikawa. This tryout would prove successful and end with Yoshida/Morita agreeing to pair up on that same day. Yoshida would move to Uji, Kyoto to train with Morita at the Kinoshita Skate Academy under coaches, Reed and Arikawa.[17][1][18]

Yoshida/Morita made their international competitive debut on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished in fifth place.[19] They next competed at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, which proved to be a tight contest between them and two other senior teams. They finished third in the rhythm dance after Morita fell in their twizzle sequence, coming behind Yoshida's former partner Nishiyama and his new partner Azusa Tanaka and the four-time national champions Komatsubara/Koleto. Yoshida/Morita then won the free dance, but remained in third place overall for the bronze medal. Yoshida said that they were "happy to have skated at Nationals," but admitted they had come just short of their goal of hitting 110 points in the free dance.[20]

With the close result at the national championships, the Japan Skating Federation opted to postpone assigning Japan's lone berth at the 2024 World Championships pending the results of all three teams at the 2024 Four Continents Championships. Traveling to Shanghai to compete, Yoshida/Morita finished tenth overall, but more than sixteen points behind national champions Komatsubara/Koleto.[21]

2024–25 season

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Yoshita/Morita started the season by competing at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in fifth place. Going on to make their Grand Prix series debut, the duo finished ninth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.[22]

Programs

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With Morita

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
[1][24]

With Nishiyama

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Yoshida/Nishiyama at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2020–2021
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  • Hip Hip Chin Chin
2019–2020
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Competitive highlights

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Ice dance with Morita

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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

International[19]
Event 23–24 24–25
Four Continents 10th
GP NHK Trophy 9th
CS Golden Spin 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
National[22]
Japan 3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Ice dance with Nishiyama

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior[27]
Event 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 12th
Youth Olympics 6th
JGP Italy 6th
JGP United States 6th
Bavarian Open 6th
National[27]
Japan Junior Champ. 1st 1st
Japan Western Sect. 1st J 1st J
Team events
Youth Olympics 1st T
1st P
T = Team result; P = Personal result.
Medals awarded for team result only.
Levels: J= Junior

Ice dance with Sugiyama

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International: Advanced novice[7]
Event 16–17
Mentor Toruń Cup 1st
National[7]
Japan Junior Champ. 4th
Japan Novice Champ. 1st

Detailed results

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With Morita

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [22]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 171.59 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Rhythm dance TSS 68.94 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 39.01 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 29.93 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free dance TSS 103.27 2024 Four Continents Championships
TES 58.79 2024 Four Continents Championships
PCS 45.10 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Results in the 2024-25 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–21, 2024 Germany 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 68.94 5 102.65 6 171.59
Nov 8–10, 2024 Japan 2024 NHK Trophy 9 64.30 9 97.06 9 161.36
Results in the 2023-24 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 6–9, 2023 Croatia 2023 CS Golden Spin 7 62.88 5 101.32 5 164.20
Dec 20–24, 2023 Japan 2023–24 Japan Championships 3 64.00 1 109.17 3 173.17
Jan 30–Feb 4, 2024 China 2024 Four Continents Championships 10 62.86 10 103.27 10 166.13

With Nishiyama

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Junior results

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Yoshida / Nishiyama at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Yoshida/Nishiyama at the 2019 JGP United States
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 1
58.74 		1
91.06 		1
149.80
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2020 2020–21 Japan Western Sectional 1
58.83 		1
88.12 		1
146.95
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 13
56.05 		8
93.55 		12
149.61
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 6
56.36 		6
86.32 		6
142.68
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 1
99.31 		1T/1P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 6
56.38 		4
92.32 		6
148.70
November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 1
57.49 		1
90.06 		1
147.55
November 1–4, 2019 2019–20 Japan Western Sectional 1
59.06 		1
91.30 		1
150.36
October 2–5, 2019 2019 JGP Italy 7
54.92 		6
85.48 		6
140.40
August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States 6
56.43 		5
83.32 		6
139.75

With Sugiyama

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2016–17 season
Date Event Level PD1 PD2 SD FD Total
January 10–15, 2017 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup Adv. novice 2
13.15 		2
13.37 		– 1
53.09 		1
79.61
November 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships Junior – – 6
29.88 		2
56.82 		4
86.70

References

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  2. ^ 浅野, 有美. "吉田唄菜、森田真沙也の「うたまさ」カップル　全日本優勝へ「大きな差をつけて勝つ」". 4 Years. 4 Years. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "【フィギュアスケート部】うたまさカップル 3位入賞". Doshisha Atom. Doshisha Atom. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b Yoneyama, Izumi. "Storytelling and Unison: Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita on their programs and goals". Anything GOEs. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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  9. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "2019/20 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手" [2019/20 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Athletes] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 18, 2019.
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  12. ^ a b Barker, Philip (January 15, 2020). "Team Courage wrap up Lausanne 2020 figure skating in style". Inside the Games.
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  14. ^ Nishiyama, Shingo (January 18, 2021). "Thank you for supporting Utana and me. Today, there is an important announcement. Utana and I decided to separate into our own pathways" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
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