Mai Asada

Mai Asada (浅田 舞, Asada Mai; born 17 July 1988) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed fourth at the 2003 and 2004 World Junior Championships. She made her senior international debut at the 2006 Four Continents Championships, where she placed sixth.

Mai Asada
Mai Asada in 2006
Born	(1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 37) Meitō-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Skating club	Grand Prix Tokai FSC Chukyo University Nagoya
Began skating	1996

Asada studied ballet before taking up skating at the age of eight or nine.^[1] She is the elder sister of Mao Asada,^[2] a three-time World champion and the 2010 Olympic silver medalist.

Asada has worked as a model^[3] and TV presenter.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2007–2008 [2]	Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova	Swan Lake by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky choreo. by Lori Nichol
2003–2004 [1][5]	Spanish Dance No. 1 by Manuel de Falla	Romance by Ludwig van Beethoven	What I Am To You
2002–2003 [6]	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by David Agnew	Rondo Adagio Espressivo

Competitive highlights

International[7]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09
Four Continents				6th
GP Cup of China					6th
GP Skate America					6th	8th
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds	4th	4th
JGP Final		4th		5th
JGP Andorra				1st
JGP Japan		2nd		4th
JGP Serbia			5th
JGP Slovakia		1st
National[7]
Japan Champ.	8th	6th	8th	8th	8th	12th	15th
Japan Junior	2nd	2nd	2nd	7th