Yo Takagi | |||||||||||||||
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Native name | 髙木 謠 | ||||||||||||||
Born | Tokyo, Japan | December 15, 2007||||||||||||||
Hometown | Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, Akane Seo | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Tokyo Joshi Gakuin | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yo Takagi (髙木 謠, Takagi Yo, born December 15, 2007) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2024 Youth Olympic bronze medalist and the 2023 JGP Japan silver medalist.
Takagi was born on December 15, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
She is currently a student at Tokyo Joshi Gakuin Senior High School.[2]
Takagi began skating in 2012.[1] She originally trained at the Meiji Jingu Gaien Figure Skating Club in Tokyo before relocating to Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture to train at the MF Figure Skating Academy following its opening in 2021. There, her coaches became Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, and Akane Seo.[3][4][5]
She made her debut at the 2021–22 Japan Junior National Championships, finishing tenth.[6]
The following season, Takagi finished seventh at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships. Due to this top eight finish, she was selected to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Senior Championships. She would ultimately place twenty-first at those championships. Takagi also went on to win the silver medal at the 2022 Coupe du Printemps on the junior level.[3][7][6][1]
Takagi began the season by debuting on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2023 JGP Thailand, finishing fourth.[1] She went on to compete at the 2023 JGP Japan in Osaka, winning the silver medal behind Mao Shimada. Following the event, Takagi said, "I'm happy because I didn't think I would get a personal best. I learned that I was able to persevere and not give up even when I failed."[8] With these results, Takagi was named as the first alternate to the Junior Grand Prix Final.[9]
Competing at the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships, Takagi finished fourth.[10][1] With this result, combined with her placements on the Junior Grand Prix series, Takagi was selected to represent Japan at both the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics as well as the first alternate to the 2024 World Junior Championships.[11][12] She was also selected to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Senior Championships due to her top eight finish at the junior championships.[13] At the senior championships, Takagi finished twenty-third.[1]
During the 2024 Youth Olympics, Takagi scored a personal best in the short program, finishing second in that segment of the competition behind Shimada, and narrowly ahead of South Korean Shin Ji-a.[14] In the free skate, she landed four clean triple jumps, having singled a planned triple lutz, and finished fifth in the segment. However, she maintained a podium placement, winning the bronze medal behind Shimada and Shin.[15][16]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2023–2024 [17] |
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2022–2023 [18] |
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2021–2022 [19] |
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International: Junior[1] | |||||||
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Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
Youth Olympics | 3rd | ||||||
JGP Japan | 2nd | ||||||
JGP Thailand | 4th | ||||||
Coupe Printemps | 2nd | ||||||
National [20] | |||||||
Japan | 21st | 23rd | |||||
Japan Junior | 10th | 7th | 4th | ||||
Japan Novice | 12th B | 4th B | 6th A | 11th A | |||
Japan Eastern Sect. | 5th J | 3rd J | 1st J | ||||
Tokyo Reg. | 3rd B | 2nd B | 2nd A | 1st A | 3rd J | 2nd J | |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled Levels: A = Novice A; J = Junior |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 188.15 | 2023 JGP Japan |
Short program | TSS | 67.23 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics |
TES | 37.67 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
PCS | 29.56 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | |
Free skating | TSS | 124.73 | 2023 JGP Japan |
TES | 63.79 | 2023 JGP Japan | |
PCS | 60.94 | 2023 JGP Japan |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
2023–24 season | ||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
December 20–24, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Championships | 20 55.09 |
23 93.30 |
23 148.39 |
2022–23 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
December 21–25, 2022 | 2022–23 Japan Championships | 16 58.87 |
22 99.99 |
21 158.86 |
2023–24 season | |||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
January 28–30, 2024 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | 2 67.23 |
5 115.97 |
3 183.20 | |
November 17–19, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships | 3 63.62 |
4 120.34 |
4 183.96 | |
November 2–5, 2023 | 2023 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships | 1 64.81 |
1 110.80 |
1 175.61 | |
September 13–16, 2023 | 2023 JGP Japan | 2 63.42 |
2 124.73 |
2 188.15 | |
August 23–26, 2023 | 2023 JGP Thailand | 4 58.30 |
4 113.31 |
4 171.61 | |
2022–23 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
March 17–19, 2023 | 2023 Coupe du Printemps | 4 56.03 |
2 123.75 |
2 179.78 | |
November 25–27, 2022 | 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships | 6 61.44 |
8 104.63 |
7 166.07 | |
November 3–6, 2022 | 2022 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships | 4 60.29 |
4 108.42 |
3 168.71 | |
September 29–October 2, 2022 | 2022 Tokyo Regional Championships | 2 54.22 |
3 97.98 |
2 152.20 | |
2021–22 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
November 19–21, 2021 | 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships | 11 55.84 |
10 102.74 |
10 158.58 | |
October 28–31, 2021 | 2021 Japan Eastern Sectional Championships | 5 52.25 |
4 100.04 |
5 152.29 |
2020–21 season | |||||
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Date | Event | FS | Total | ||
October 24–25, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Novice A Championships | 11 82.85 |
11 82.85 | ||
2019–20 season | |||||
Date | Event | FS | Total | ||
October 18–20, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Novice A Championships | 6 78.67 |
6 78.67 |