is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2015 Skate Canada International bronze medalist and 2016 Bavarian Open champion. She has finished in the top ten at two ISU Championships.

Career

Early career Nagai finished 18th at the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships. Her international debut came at the start of the 2012–13 season, at the 2012 Asian Trophy. She placed 7th at her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Austria, and 18th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

In 2013–14, Nagai finished 8th at her JGP event in Latvia and 19th at the Japanese Junior Championships.

2014–15 season During the 2014–15 JGP series, Nagai won silver medals in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Nagoya, Japan. Her results qualified her for the Junior Grand Prix Final, held in December 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, where she placed 5th.

Nagai placed 4th at the 2015 Japanese Championships and won the bronze medal at the junior event, finishing behind Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto. She was selected to compete at the 2015 Four Continents where she placed 6th in her senior international debut. She closed her season by finishing 7th at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

2015–16 season Nagai started her season on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), placing 6th at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Making her debut on the senior level of the ISU Grand Prix, Nagai won bronze at 2015 Skate Canada International.

2016–17 season Struggling with her jumps even during practice, Nagai competed at two Grand Prix events; she placed low at both. At the 2016 Japan Championships, she finished in 24th, an experience that she said was like "hitting rock bottom". Removed from the national team, she began university and contemplated how to move forward with skating: "If I was going to do it, I wanted to be at the very top. But when I thought about whether I could make it back to the world stage, I ended up making limits for myself."

Post-competitive career Nagai graduated from Waseda University. She now works at a company providing non-life insurance.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2020–2021 Elisabeth East of Eden 2019–2020Byakuya wo Iku(from Byakuyakō)by Shin Konochoreo. by Akiko SuzukiAdiós Noninoby Astor Piazzollachoreo. by Kenji Miyamoto2018–2019Riverdanceby Bill Whelanchoreo. by Misao SatoCinderellaby Sergei Prokofievchoreo. by Akiko Suzuki2017–2018 2016–2017 Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra The Ludlows 2015–2016 Madama Butterfly

Piano Concerto No. 3 August's Rhapsody Skinny Love 2014–2015 East of Eden Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 2013–2014 Violin Concerto Violin Muse 2012–2013 Liebesträume Polovtsian Dances

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International Event08–0909–1010–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–2020–21 Four Continents 6th France 10th Rostelecom 8th Skate Canada 3rd 11th Ondrej Nepela 6th Bavarian Open 1st International: Junior Junior Worlds 7th Final 5th Austria 8th Japan 2nd Latvia 8th Slovenia 2nd Asian Trophy 3rd National Japan 4th 7th 24th 22nd 24th 9th24th Japan Junior 18th 18th 19th 3rd Japan Novice 17th B18th B17th A 3rd A TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results Senior 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 18 58.99 24 87.95 24 146.94 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 864.78 12109.10 9173.88 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 2449.59 2478.88 24128.47 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 2055.25 2497.01 22152.26 2016-17 season Date Event SP FS Total 22–25 December 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships 19 53.23 24 78.17 24 131.40 November 11–13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France 12 52.41 9 107.08 10 159.49 28–30 October 2016 2016 Skate Canada International 1140.39 7107.17 11147.56 2015–16 season Date Event SP FS Total December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships 7 60.42 6 118.44 7 178.86 November 20–22, 2015 2015 Rostelecom Cup 9 53.19 6 106.43 8 159.62 Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015 2015 Skate Canada International 2 63.35 7 109.57 3 172.92 October 1–3, 2015 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 6 56.74 5 108.43 6 165.17

Junior 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 2–8, 2015 2015 World Junior Championships Junior 6 56.93 7 107.00 7 163.93 February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships Senior 7 56.94 8 111.15 6 168.09 December 26–28, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Senior 6 58.00 5 110.55 4 168.55 December 11–14, 2014 2014–15 JGP Final Junior 3 62.99 5 109.35 5 172.34 November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2 61.49 4 107.25 3 168.74 September 11–14, 2014 2014 JGP Japan Junior 5 52.95 2 108.70 2 161.65 August 27–30, 2014 2014 JGP Slovenia Junior 2 58.92 2 105.50 2 164.42 2013–14 season Date Event Level SP FS Total November 22–24, 2013 2013–14 Japan Junior Championships Junior 24 40.54 17 85.43 19 125.97 August 28–31, 2013 2013 JGP Latvia Junior 9 46.87 10 84.81 8 131.68 2012–13 season Date Event Level SP FS Total November 17–18, 2012 2012–13 Japan Junior Championships Junior 12 46.72 18 78.35 18 125.07 September 12–15, 2012 2012 JGP Austria Junior 8 47.66 7 88.14 8 135.80 August 7–12, 2012 2012 Asian Open Trophy Junior 3 47.84 3 85.06 3 132.90 2011–12 season Date Event Level SP FS Total November 25–27, 2011 2011–12 Japan Junior Championships Junior 13 43.86 18 74.22 18 118.08

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