Mao Asada 3521306 225699167 2008-07-14T23:36:18Z Neier 430157 restore nihongo template. I suggest taking your question to [[WP:MOS-JA]] as it affects the entire encyclopedia; not just this article {{Infobox Figure skater |title= Mao Asada |image= [[Image:WC2008 SPLadies Asada JPN 1.jpg|250px|center]] |caption= <small>Mao Asada at the 2008 World Championships</small> |country= {{JPN}} |dateofbirth= {{birth date and age|1990|9|25}} |residence= [[Nagoya]] |height= {{height|m=1.62}} |coach= [[Tatiana Tarasova]] |formercoach=[[Rafael Arutunian]], [[Machiko Yamada]], [[Mihoko Higuchi]] |choreographer=[[Lori Nichol]], [[Tatiana Tarasova]] |skating club= [[Chukyo University]] |retired= |combined total= <!-- Nationals results do not count as personal bests. Before changing these, please see http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006588.htm --> 199.52 |combined date= [[2006 NHK Trophy]] |SP score= 69.50 |SP date= [[2006 NHK Trophy]] |FS score= 133.13 |FS date= [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007 Worlds]] }} <!--- Most Recent Results infobox separated for better flexibility ---> {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; cellpadding=4; font-size: 95%" ! colspan="6" bgcolor="#ffdead" | '''Most Recent Results:''' |- ! Event !! Points !! SP !! FS !! Finish !! Year |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships ]] | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 185.56 | align="center" | 2nd | align="center" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 2008 |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents ]] | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 193.25 | align="center" | 1st | align="center" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 2008 |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]] | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 191.59 | align="center" | 6th | align="center" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 2007 |} {{nihongo|'''Mao Asada'''|浅田 真央|Asada Mao|born [[September 25]], [[1990]]}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[figure skater]]. She is the 2008 [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Figure Skating Champion]] and [[Four Continents Championships|Four Continents champion]], the 2005/2006 season [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix champion]] and the 2007 & 2008 [[Japanese Figure Skating Championships|Japanese national champion]]. As of March 2008, Asada is ranked first in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/ws/wsladies.htm | title = Current ISU World Standings | accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> ==Personal life== Mao Asada was born in [[Nagoya, Aichi]], [[Japan]]. She attended Nagoya International School until the middle of 1st grade. After transferring, she graduated from Takabari Elementary School and Takabaridai Junior High.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.maomaiasada.com/news/indexe.html| title = Official website news 17/3/06| accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.maomaiasada.com/news/index.html| title = Official website news in Japanese 17/3/06(The name of the school is written here.) | accessdate = }}{{jp icon}}</ref> She is a student of Chukyo High School.<ref>[http://web-japan.org/trends/sports/spo061222.html Strength In Numbers | Sports | Trends in Japan | Web Japan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://nagoya.nikkansports.com/news/f-nn-tp2-20060407-16207.html| title = The local news article of Asada entered high school | accessdate = }}{{jp icon}}</ref> She was named after [[Mao Daichi]]. Her sister, [[Mai Asada]], is also an elite figure skater. ==Career== Mao Asada originally started out studying ballet, but later switched to skating in [[1995]] when her sister, [[Mai Asada]] also switched from ballet to figure skating. She won the Japanese novice national championships in the 2002-2003 season and earned an invitation to compete at the Junior national championships, where she placed 4th. She advanced to the senior championships and placed 7th. The following season, she repeated those placements at the Novice and Junior national championships and placed 8th at the senior level. That season, Asada competed internationally for the first time and won the Mladost Trophy. In the 2004-2005 season, Asada was internationally Junior age eligible. She competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, the Junior complement to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. She won both her events. She won the Junior Grand Prix Final with an overal score 35.08 points ahead of the silver medalist, future rival [[Kim Yu-Na]]. She won Junior national championships and qualified herself to the team for the [[2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships]]. The silver medalist that year was Mai Asada, Mao Asada's older sister, who had placed ahead of Mao Asada in the two previous years. Mao Asada's win gave her an invitation to senior national championships, where she won the silver medal. Asada was not sent to the 2005 World Championships because she was not old enough. At the Junior World Championships, she won the event with a 20.31 lead over the silver medalist, who was once again, Kim Yu-Na. Having won everything on the Junior level, the choice was made for Asada to move to the senior level for the 2005-2006 season and compete on the Grand Prix. This choice was made knowing that Asada would not be allowed to compete at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] if she qualified for it, because there are two different age standards, one for the Grand Prix and the other for the Olympics and Worlds. Asada competed on the Grand Prix for the first time in November 2005. She won the silver medal at her first event, the [[2005 Cup of China]], where she placed exactly 3 points ahead of 2006 Olympic Champion [[Shizuka Arakawa]]. Asada won her second event, the [[2005 Trophée Eric Bompard]], which she won with a 7.30 point margin of victory over silver medalist [[Sasha Cohen]]. This win and silver medal qualified Asada for the [[2005-2006 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]]. She won the event with a 8.14 margin of victory over silver medalist [[Irina Slutskaya]]. At the [[2005-2006 Japan Figure Skating Championships]], Asada won the silver medal behind [[Fumie Suguri]]. At that competition, Asada became the first lady to land two [[axel jump|triple axels]] during a [[free skating|free skate program]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/060708.shtml | title = Asada Assumes Azimuth | accessdate = 2008-06-09 }}</ref> She was not sent to the Olympicss because she was not old enough. She was sent to the [[2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships]], where she was the reigning champion competing against Junior Grand Prix Final Champion Kim Yu-Na. Asada placed second at the competition, placing 24.19 points behind Kim, and 18.21 points ahead of bronze medalist [[Christine Zukowski]]. At this competition, Asada became the first lady to land a triple axel in the short program at an ISU championship<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=33369 | title = 2006 World Junior Championships Results | accessdate = }}</ref> [[Image:Mao Asada Spin - 2006 Skate America.jpg|thumb|right|Asada performs her signature move]] During these first two years on the international scene, Asada became known for her [[List of figure skating terms#S|signature move]], the [[Biellmann spin|cross-grab Biellmann]] position. Asada entered the 2006-2007 Grand Prix season with rival Kim Yu-Na also competing on the circuit. At her first event, the [[2006 Skate America]], Asada won the bronze medal behind [[Miki Ando]] and [[Kimmie Meissner]]. Asada had won the short program, but was fourth in the long program. She was 21.36 points out of first place. Asada won her second event, the [[2006 NHK Trophy]] by a margin of victory of 20.21 points ahead of Fumie Suguri. At the NHK Trophy, Asada set a new world record for highest combined score under the [[ISU Judging System]].<ref>[http://www.isufs.org/isujsstat/pbslto.htm Crystal Report Viewer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Asada went into the Grand Prix Final as the reigning and defending champion. She placed second to Kim Yu-Na by a margin of 11.68 points. Asada had won the short program, but like at Skate America, placed fourth in the long program. Asada won the [[2006-2007 Japan Figure Skating Championships]] by 26.11 points ahead of Ando and Yukari Nakano. At the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships]], Asada was fifth in the short program, but won the free skate. Asada set a new world record for the highest free skate score, a record which stood for eight months. She won the silver medal behind Ando and ahead of Kim. In 2007-2008 season, she competed for the first time at the [[2007 Skate Canada International]]. She won the event ahead of Nakano, after being third in the short program and first in the long program. Asada won her second gold medal of the Grand Prix season and her second Trophée Eric Bompard gold at the [[2007 Trophée Eric Bompard]]. She advanced to the [[2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]]. In the short program, Asada did not do the jump out of footwork required element and earned a score of 59.04 in that segment of the competition, placing last in that part of the competition. She won the free skate and won the silver medal overall behind Kim Yu-Na, who repeated as champion. Even with the large mistake in the short program, Asada was only 5.24 out of first place overall, and was 12.66 points ahead of bronze medalist [[Carolina Kostner]]. As in the previous year, Asada won the [[2007-2008 Japan Figure Skating Championships]], with a very small lead ahead of silver medalist and reigning World Champion Miki Ando. The team of Asada, Ando, and Nakano was declared for the World Championships and the team of Asada, Ando, and Suguri was for the Four Continents Championships. This was Asada's first time competing at the Four Continents Championships. Asada won both segments of the [[2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]] to finish 13.71 points ahead of silver medalist [[Joannie Rochette]]. Having left her coach before Four Continents Championships, Asada competed there and at the World Championships without a coach. An official from the Japan Skating Federation accompanied her as needed. On [[20 March]] [[2008]], at the [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships]], Asada placed 2nd both in the short program and free skate to place first overall and win the title of World Champion.<ref>http://www.japannewsreview.com/sports/20080321page_id=4219 Asada takes 1st gold in women’s event at world championships in figure skating] - [[Japan News Review]]</ref> She was second in the short program behind Carolina Kostner. In the long program, she fell at the beginning of her performance on her triple axel jump. Her total score was less than one point ahead of Kostner's. Kim Yu-Na, who won the free skate ahead of Asada, won the bronze medal. Miki Ando withdrew from the competition in the middle of her free skate program with injury. The placements of Asada and Nakano qualified Japan three entries for the [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships]]. In November 2008, Asada will defend her title at the [[2008 Trophée Eric Bompard]] and will compete at the [[2008 NHK Trophy]]. [[Image:Mao Asada.jpg|thumb|right|Asada at the 2005 World Junior Championships]] ==Jumping technique== When she was 12, she became the first lady to perform a triple- triple-triple combination (a triple flip, triple loop, triple toe loop combination) in competition.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060108/news_lz1s8olympic1.html | title = "Iced By The Rules," San Diego Union-Tribune article about Mao Asada | accessdate = 2007-03-24 }}</ref> Asada is known for her triple [[axel jump]] and has performed it consistently in her free skating. She also practices quadruple loops and toe loops. Beginning in the 2007-2008 season, judging on jumping takeoff technique was made stricter, and Asada began to get penalized for edge errors on her [[lutz jump]], colloquially called a "flutz."<ref>http://www.isufs.org/results/gpcan07/sc07_Ladies_SP_Scores.pdf</ref>, as well as for under-rotating her jumps. Asada has had problems with the triple [[toe loop jump]] and has not performed a triple [[salchow jump]] in her senior career. She has stated that although the Salchow was the first triple jump she had ever landed and that she does not have a problem landing it cleanly, she is not comfortable using the jump in competition because it is one of her least favorite jumps. She added the triple toe loop to her free program as the second jump of her first triple-triple combination during the 2007-2008 season and to the double axel - triple toe in the 2006 - 2007 season. Normally, she uses a [[loop jump]] as her second jump in a combination. ==Coaching changes== Asada originally trained in Japan, but left for the U.S. in August of 2006 to train with [[Rafael Arutunian]] in [[Lake Arrowhead, California]]. There she was able to escape the overcrowding of Japanese rinks and the pressure of the Japanese media. Before 2008 Four Continents Championships, she split with Arutunian{{Fact|date=February 2008}} and returned to Japan to practice on the new Aurora Rink at Chukyo University, where she does not have any problems getting ice time. She went to Worlds without a coach.<ref>[http://news.aol.com/story/_a/figure-skating-asada-parts-with-coach/n20080226121109990004?ecid=RSS0001 Figure skating: Asada parts with coach, moves back to Japan+ - AOL News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Asada trained in Russia in the summer of 2007 under [[Tatiana Tarasova]]. She returned to Russia the following summer, after which Asada formally decided to be coached by Tarasova. [[Image:WC2008 SPLadies Asada JPN 2.jpg|thumb|right|Asada performs her step sequence at the [[2008 World Championships]]. This program was choreographed for her by Tatiana Tarasova, who began coaching her in the 2008 summer.]] ==Public life and endorsements== Asada owns a miniature [[poodle]] named [[Aero (chocolate)|Aero]], who is named after the chocolate confection made by [[Nestlé]]. Asada and Aero have been featured in chocolate commercials in Japan, and she has also used her dog in exhibition programs. In 2008, Asada got two new puppies named Tiara and Komachi.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/060708.shtml | title = Asada Assumes Azimuth | accessdate = 2008-06-09 }}</ref> She is very popular in Japan and appears in many television commercials and has appeared on variety shows and has been in commercials for Oji Paper Company, [[Olympus]] Corporation, [[Itoham]] Foods, [[Nestlé]], and [[Omron]]. Mao, and her sister Mai, have also been named as goodwill ambassadors between Japan and Canada and has traveled to Canada to serve in that role.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/060708.shtml | title = Asada Assumes Azimuth | accessdate = 2008-06-09 }}</ref> ==Programs== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Short Program ! Long Program ! Exhibition |- ! '''2008&ndash;09''' | ''[[Claire de Lune]]''<br /><small>by [[Claude Debussy]]</small>'' | ''Masquerade'' <br /><small>by [[Aram Khachaturian]]</small> | ''[[Por una Cabeza]]''<br /><small>by [[Carlos Gardel]]</small>'' |- ! '''2007&ndash;08''' | ''Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra''<br /><small>by [[Jean-Claude Petit]]</small>'' | ''[[Fantaisie-Impromptu]]'' suite<br /><small>by [[Fréderic Chopin]]</small> | ''[[Étude Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin)|Étude Op. 10, No. 3]]'' <br> (''So Deep Is The Night'')<br /><small>by [[Frederic Chopin]]<br> vocal by [[Lesley Garrett]]</small> |- ! '''2006&ndash;07''' | ''Nocturne No.2 Op. 9-2 in E flat major''<br /><small>by [[Frederic Chopin]]</small> | ''[[Czardas]]''<br /><small>by [[Vittorio Monti]]</small> | ''[[Habanera (aria)|Habanera]]'' from ''[[Carmen]]''<br /><small>by [[Georges Bizet]]</small> |- ! '''2005&ndash;06''' | ''[[Carmen]]''<br><small>''Toreador Song'', ''Intermezzo'', and ''Bohemian Dance''</small><br /><small>by [[Georges Bizet]]</small>'' | ''[[The Nutcracker]]''<br><small>''Waltz of the Flowers'', ''Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy'', and ''Grandfather Clock Chimes'' </small><br /><small>by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]</small>'' | ''[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow|Over the Rainbow]]''<br /><small>by [[Harold Arlen]]<br> vocal by [[Eva Cassidy]]</small> |- ! '''2004&ndash;05''' | ''[[Somewhere Over the Rainbow|Over the Rainbow]]''<br /><small>by [[Harold Arlen]]<br> vocal by [[Eva Cassidy]]</small> | ''La Boutique Fantastique''<br /><small>''Tarantella'', ''Nocturne'', and ''Gallop''</small><br><small>by [[Gioachino Rossini]] and [[Ottorino Respighi]] | ''Pick Yourself Up''<br /><small>by [[Natalie Cole]]</small> |- ! '''2003&ndash;04''' | ''Orchestral Suite'' from ''[[My Girl 2]]''<br /><small>by [[Cliff Eidelman]] | ''Waltz-Scherzo in C major Op. 34''<br /><small>by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]</small> | ''[[Habanera (aria)|Habanera]]'' from ''[[Carmen]]''<br /><small>by [[Georges Bizet]]</small> |- ! '''2002&ndash;03''' | ''Say Hey Kids''<br /><small></small> | ''Inca Dance'' and ''Andes''<br /><small>by [[Cusco (band)|Cusco]]</small> | |- |} ==Competitive highlights== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event/Season ! 2002-2003 ! 2003-2004 ! 2004-2005 ! 2005-2006 ! 2006-2007 ! 2007-2008 |- | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || || || || || bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd || bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |- | [[Four Continents Championships]] || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || |- | [[Japanese Figure Skating Championships|Japanese Championships]] || align="center" | 7th || align="center" | 8th || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[Japanese Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japanese Junior Championships]] || align="center" | 4th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || |- | Japanese Novice Championships || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || |- | [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]] || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |- | [[Trophée Eric Bompard]] || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[Skate America]] || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd || |- | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || |- | [[Cup of China]] || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || |- | [[2004-2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix Final]] || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || |- | [[2004-2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine]] || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || |- | [[2004-2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, USA]] || || ||align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || |- | [[Mladost Trophy]] || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.maomaiasada.com/indexe.html Official Site] * {{isu name | id=00006588 | name=Mao Asada}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsFigureSkatingLadies}} {{NavigationFourContinentChampionsFigureSkatingLadies}} {{NavigationGrandPrixFinalChampionsFigureSkatingLadies}} {{NavigationWorldJuniorChampionsFigureSkatingLadies}} {{NavigationJuniorGrandPrixFinalChampionsFigureSkatingLadies}} <!-- Metadata (see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]) --> {{Persondata |NAME=Asada, Mao |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=浅田 真央 (Japanese), あさだ まお (Hiragana) |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Figure Skater |DATE OF BIRTH=[[September 25]], [[1990]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Nagoya, Aichi]], [[Japan]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Asada, Mao}} [[Category:1990 births]] [[Category:Japanese figure skaters]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Nagoya]] <!-- interwiki --> [[cs:Mao Asadová]] [[de:Mao Asada]] [[et:Mao Asada]] [[fr:Mao Asada]] [[ko:아사다 마오]] [[it:Mao Asada]] [[ja:浅田真央]] [[pl:Mao Asada]] [[ru:Асада, Мао]] [[simple:Mao Asada]] [[fi:Mao Asada]] [[sv:Mao Asada]] [[zh:淺田真央]]