Skaters

Mao Asada
Born:
September 25, 1990
Birthplace:
Nagoya, Japan
Height:
5' 4"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Nagoya, Japan
Training Town:
Toyota and Shin-Yokohama, Japan
Club:
Chukyo University
Coach:
Nobuo Sato, Kumiko Sato
Choreographer:
Tatiana Tarasova, Lori Nichol
Mao Asada is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist and a two-time world champion.

Has landed triple Axels in competition ... Older sister, Mai (two years older), competed internationally as well ... Mao moved to the United States after the 2006-07 season to train with Rafael Arutunian, but she moved back to Japan after the 2007-08 season ... Won her first World championship in 2008 ... Has trained in Russia with Tatiana Tarasova ... Switched coaches again following the 2009-10 season, when she started taking from Nobuo Sato ... Withdrew from the 2011 Grand Prix Final after learning her mother was gravely ill.
  • 2013 Season Notes
    SP Music: "I Got Rhythm" variations by George Gershwin
    FS Music: Music from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
  • 2012 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Scheherazade" by Nikoli Rimski-Korsakov
    FS Music: "Liebesträume" by Franz Liszt
  • 2011 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Tango" by Alfred G. Schnittke
    FS Music: "Liebesträume" by Franz Liszt
  • 2010 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Waltz" from Masquerade Suite by Aram Khachaturian
    FS Music: "Bells of Moscow" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • 2009 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy
    FS Music: "Waltz" from Masquerade Suite by Aram Khachaturian
  • 2008 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra" from Ladies in Lavender by Jean-Claude Petit, performed by Joshua Bell
    FS Music: "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by Fréderic Chopin
  • 2007 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2" by Frederic Chopin
    FS Music: "Csárdás" by Vittorio Monti
  • 2006 Season Notes
    SP Music: Music from Carmen by Georges Bizet
    FS Music: Music from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • 2005 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Over the Rainbow" by Harold Arlen
    FS Music: Music from La Boutique Fantastique by Gioachino Rossini and Ottorino Respighi
  • 2004 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Orchestral Suite" from My Girl 2 by Cliff Eidelman
    FS Music: "Waltz-Scherzo in C major Op. 34" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • 2003 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Say Hey Kids"
    FS Music: "Inca Dance" and "Andes" by Cusco
    Olympic Games
    2010 - Olympic Games - 2nd

    ISU Championships
    2013 - World Championships - 3rd
    2013 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
    2012 - World Championships - 6th
    2012 - Four Continents Championships - 2nd
    2011 - World Championships - 6th
    2011 - Four Continents Championships - 2nd
    2010 - World Championships - 1st
    2010 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
    2009 - World Championships - 4th
    2009 - Four Continents Championships - 3rd
    2008 - World Championships - 1st
    2008 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
    2007 - World Championships - 2nd
    2006 - World Junior Championships - 2nd
    2005 - World Junior Championships - 1st

    Grand Prix Series
    2012 - Grand Prix Final - 1st
    2012 - NHK Trophy - 1st
    2012 - Cup of China - 1st
    2011 - Grand Prix Final - WD
    2011 - Rostelecom Cup - 1st
    2011 - NHK Trophy - 2nd
    2010 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 5th
    2010 - NHK Trophy - 8th
    2009 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 2nd
    2008 - Grand Prix Final - 1st
    2008 - NHK Trophy - 1st
    2008 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 2nd
    2007 - Grand Prix Final - 2nd
    2007 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 1st
    2007 - Skate Canada - 1st
    2007 - Grand Prix Final - 2nd
    2006 - NHK Trophy - 1st
    2006 - Skate America - 3rd
    2006 - Grand Prix Final - 1st
    2005 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 1st
    2005 - Cup of China - 2nd

    Junior Grand Prix Series
    2004 - Junior Grand Prix Final - 1st
    2004 - Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine) - 1st
    2004 - Junior Grand Prix (United States) - 1st

    National Championships
    2013 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2012 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2011 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2010 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2009 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2008 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2007 - Japanese Championships - 1st
    2006 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2005 - Japanese Championships - 2nd
    2005 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 1st
    2004 - Japanese Championships - 8th
    2004 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 4th
    2004 - Japanese Championships, Novice - 1st
    2003 - Japanese Championships - 7th
    2003 - Japanese Championships, Junior - 4th
    2003 - Japanese Championships, Novice - 1st

    International Competitions
    2013 - World Team Trophy - 3rd (team)
    2009 - World Team Trophy - 1st (team)
    2008 - Japan Open - 1st