is a former Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. At the junior level, she is a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (two gold, one silver), and two-time Japanese Junior national silver medalist. She finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships (2016, 2017, 2019).

Personal life Shiraiwa was born on November 26, 2001, in Kyoto, Japan.

She is currently a student at Kansai University.

Career Early years Shiraiwa began skating in 2006, after being inspired by Shizuka Arakawa's 2006 Olympic victory. Mie Hamada became her coach when Shiraiwa was six years old.

She competed at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships but did not qualify for the free skate, having ranked 27th in the short program.

2015–2016 season Shiraiwa debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit during the 2015–16 season. At her first JGP assignment, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she placed fifth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal by a margin of 8.06 points ahead of silver medalist Marin Honda. Ranked third in the short and first in the free, she outscored Russia's Alisa Fedichkina by 0.42 for gold at the JGP in Logroño, Spain. Shiraiwa's results qualified her for the JGP Final in Barcelona.

In November, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the 2015-16 Japan Junior Championships behind Wakaba Higuchi. A month later, at the JGP Final, Shiraiwa finished 5th. Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, she placed 5th, and was named as a member of the Youth Olympic and the Junior World teams.

At the 2016 Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, Shiraiwa finished fourth, before going on to place fourth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

2016–17 season Competing on the Junior Grand Prix, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2016 JGP Russia and won the silver at the 2016 JGP Germany.

She went on to compete at the 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships, winning the silver medal behind Kaori Sakamoto. At the senior nationals, Shiraiwa placed seventeenth in the short program but third in the free skate, ultimately moving up to sixth place overall.

Selected to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

2017–18 season Making her senior international debut, Shiraiwa won the silver medal at the Asian Open Trophy. She then went on to compete at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she finished seventh.

Debuting on the senior Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy and sixth at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

At the 2017–18 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa placed ninth. She then closed her season with a bronze medal at the 2018 Coupe du Printemps.

2018–19 season Shiraiwa began her season by winning silver at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy and placing fifth at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic.

On the 2018–19 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa finished fourth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and fifth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.

At the 2018–19 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished ninth, before going on to win the 2019 Bavarian Open on the junior level.

Selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Shiraiwa finished fifth.

2019–20 season Competing on the 2019–20 Grand Prix series, Shiraiwa placed ninth at the 2019 Internationaux de France and tenth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.

She withdrew from the 2019–20 Japan Championships due to an injury in her right tibia.

2020–21 season Shiraiwa finished ninth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.

Following the season, Shiraiwa left longtime coach Mie Hamada to train under Takeshi Honda.

2021–22 season Competing at the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished twenty-third.

2022–23 season Shiraiwa announced her intention to sit out the 2022–23 figure skating season in November to "physically and mentally recharge."

2023–24 season Returning to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, Shiraiwa finished in twenty-second place.

2024–25 season Shiraiwa competed at the 2024–25 Japan Championships, where she finished nineteenth. Following the event, she announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2024–2025 Titanic Rose My Heart Will Go On The Mission Gabriel's Oboe Vita Nostra Fix You 2023–2024 Concertino Bianco 2022–23 Did not compete this season 2021–2022 Feeling Good Scheherazade 2020–2021 East of Eden Amen. To Warm the World - Gerstein's Theme The Bishop's Complaint/The Train II The Train III 2019–2020 Concertino Bianco for Piano Elastic Heart 2018–2019 All Aboard Pictures at an Exhibition Stupid Cupid

Love Is Strange 2017–2018 La fille aux cheveux de lin If My Friends Could See Me Now 2016–2017 I Got Rhythm A Little Night Music Night Waltz Send In the Clowns Night Waltz

Notre-Dame de Paris Le Temps des cathédrales (The Age of the Cathedrals) Les Sans-papiers (The Refugees) Vivre (To Live) Titanium 2015–2016 Over the Rainbow A Little Night Music Night Waltz Send In the Clowns Night Waltz Defying Gravity 2014–2015 Giselle

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

International Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 23–24 24–25 Finland 4th France 6th 9th NHK Trophy 8th Rostelecom 5th 10th Finlandia 7th Asian Open 2nd U.S. Classic 5th WD Asian Open 2nd Printemps 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 4th 5th 5th Youth Olympics 4th Final 5th Germany 2nd Russia 4th Spain 1st U.S. 1st Bavarian Open 1st National Japan 5th 6th 9th 9th WD 9th 23rd 22nd 19th Japan Junior 27th 2nd 2nd Team events Youth Olympics 5th T 1st P WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

Senior level

2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total December 19–22, 2024 2024–25 Japan Championships 18 59.00 18 119.72 19 178.72 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 22 53.42 22 95.21 22 148.63 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 21 56.93 23 88.96 23 145.89 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 10 63.96 9 126.43 9 190.39 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 7 60.57 10 109.46 10 170.03 November 1–3, 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 7 63.12 10 98.59 9 161.71 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 12 59.99 9 123.17 9 183.16 November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 5 60.35 4 120.58 5 180.93 November 2–4, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 2 63.77 5 127.69 4 191.46 September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS U.S. International Classic 6 55.35 4 115.39 5 170.74 August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 4 54.47 1 118.54 2 173.01 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total March 16–18, 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 3 65.67 3 116.12 3 181.79 December 21–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 8 63.33 7 128.36 9 191.69 November 17–19, 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 3 66.05 6 127.13 6 193.18 November 10–12, 2017 2017 NHK Trophy 8 57.34 8 114.60 8 171.94 October 6–8, 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 52.98 6 119.27 7 172.25 August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Open Trophy 2 62.03 2 102.33 2 164.36

Junior level

2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 6 62.08 4 123.38 5 185.46 February 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open Junior 1 67.26 1 121.19 1 188.45 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 5 62.96 5 111.42 5 174.38 December 22–25, 2016 2016–17 Japan Championships Senior 17 54.30 3 131.07 6 185.37 November 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships Junior 3 59.16 1 125.97 2 185.13 October 5–9, 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 6 54.60 2 122.06 2 176.66 September 14–18, 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3 59.02 4 110.65 4 169.67 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total March 14–20, 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 8 56.23 5 115.36 4 171.59 February 12–21, 2016 2016 Youth Olympic Games Junior 1 60.87 5 105.79 4 166.66 December 24–27, 2015 2015–16 Japan Championships Senior 6 61.92 5 124.41 5 186.33 December 10–13, 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 5 60.68 5 113.14 5 173.82 November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships Junior 2 62.77 2 121.39 2 184.16 Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 3 62.51 1 124.29 1 186.80 September 2–5, 2015 2015 JGP United States Junior 5 56.26 1 108.24 1 164.50 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 11–15, 2015 2014 Bavarian Open Novice 2 39.03 2 70.43 2 109.46 November 22–24, 2014 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships Junior 27 40.07 – –

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