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Yukari Nakano was born on 25 August, 1985 in Kōnan, Aichi, is a Japanese figure skater. Discover Yukari Nakano's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old?
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Kōnan, Aichi |
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Japan
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She is a member of famous Skater with the age 38 years old group.
Yukari Nakano Height, Weight & Measurements
At 38 years old, Yukari Nakano height is 1.56m .
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Yukari Nakano Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yukari Nakano worth at the age of 38 years old? Yukari Nakano’s income source is mostly from being a successful Skater. She is from Japan. We have estimated Yukari Nakano's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Yukari Nakano (中野 友加里) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater.
Yukari Nakano was born on August 25, 1985, in Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture.
She has two elder siblings, a brother and sister.
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.
On the junior level, Nakano won two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and earned the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.
At her first senior international event, the 2002 Skate America, Nakano became the third female skater in the history of the sport to land a triple Axel in an ISU sanctioned competition, and the first to have done so in ten years.
She went on to land a triple Axel-double toe loop combinations at the 2002 Japanese Nationals, the West Japan Championships 2002, and the Kanto Gakusei Freeskating Championships 2004.
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.
Nakano won her first Grand Prix medals in her fourth season on the circuit: bronze at the 2005 Skate Canada International and gold at the 2005 NHK Trophy.
She qualified for the 2005–06 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final where she took the bronze.
She landed triple Axels in five consecutive competitions in 2005 (Yamanashi Kokutai 2005, Kanto Gakusei Freeskating Championships, Tokyo Figure Skating Championships, Skate Canada International, and Asian Figure Skating Championships).
At the 2005 Skate Canada, she became the first woman to land a triple Axel under the ISU Judging System in ISU Senior level competition.
She placed 5th at the 2005–06 Nationals, missing a berth on the Olympic team.
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 (2006, 2007, 2009) Japanese national bronze medalist.
Nakano is one of twelve female skaters to perform a triple Axel in international competition.
At the World Championships she finished 5th in 2006, 5th in 2007 and 4th in 2008.
In her regional competition at the beginning of the 2007–08 season, Nakano landed her first clean triple Axel in two years.
She consistently attempted the triple Axel that season, receiving credit for it at the 2007 Skate Canada International, 2007 Cup of Russia, and the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final.
Nakano's signature move is the donut spin.
She is also known for her leg wrap when she jumps.
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships.
In the 2008–09 season, Nakano won the silver medal at the 2008 Skate America and the bronze at the 2008 NHK Trophy.
She qualified for the 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, where she placed fifth.
At the 2008–09 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Nakano led after the short program but three of her jumps were downgraded in the free skate, resulting in her placing 6th in the long program and 5th overall.
She did not qualify for the 2009 world team.
At her assigned events for the 2009–10 Grand Prix series, Nakano won the bronze medal at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard and finished fourth at the 2009 NHK Trophy.
Although she won the bronze medal at the 2009–10 Japan Championships, she was not assigned to the 2010 Olympic team; fourth-place finisher Miki Ando was awarded the first Olympic spot due to her highest placement as a Japanese female skater in the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final, along with gold and silver Japanese medalists Mao Asada and Akiko Suzuki.
In 2010, she began working for Fuji Television's Sports Division, becoming a director and journalist.
Nakano retired from competitive skating in March 2010 due to an injury to her left shoulder.
In April 2015, Nakano married her longtime boyfriend.