41 Facts About Hana Yoshida

Hana Yoshida was born on August 21,2005, in Aichi, Japan.

In 2024, Hana Yoshida graduated from Chukyo High School before enrolling into Doshisha University to study the Faculty of Global and Regional Studies.

Hana Yoshida began skating in 2012 after following her older sister into the sport.

Hana Yoshida placed ninth at the 2015 Japan Novice B National Championships but won the category the next year.

Hana Yoshida won the 2017 Japan Novice National Championships and was invited to compete at the 2017 Japan National Championships.

Hana Yoshida was invited to skate in the gala at the 2017 NHK Trophy as the 2017 Japanese national novice champion.

Hana Yoshida was sent to the 2018 Challenge Cup, winning the advanced novice ladies ahead of Alysa Liu of United States.

Hana Yoshida attempted the triple Axel in the free program but fell, ranking third overall.

However, Hana Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free and won the bronze medal.

Hana Yoshida was then invited to compete at the 2020 Japan Open as part of Team Blue.

Hana Yoshida won the silver medal at the 2020 Japan Junior Nationals behind Rino Matsuike, then placing sixteenth at the senior event.

Hana Yoshida placed fourth at the 2021 Japan Junior National Championships.

Hana Yoshida was invited to the senior event because the junior champion Mao Shimada was too young to compete.

Hana Yoshida attended the 2022 Bavarian Open to compete in the Junior Women II category.

Hana Yoshida placed first in the short even though she popped the planned triple flip.

Hana Yoshida landed a clean triple Axel in the free skate, becoming the nineteenth woman to land the jump in an international competition successfully.

Hana Yoshida landed the triple Axel in the short and another one in the free, but the jump was landed on the quarter.

Hana Yoshida won by outscoring South Korea's Lee Hae-in by 28.45 points.

Hana Yoshida won the event with a lead of 15.13 points over Shibayama, who finished in second place.

Hana Yoshida became the first Japanese woman to win a Junior Grand Prix competition since Rika Kihira in 2016.

Hana Yoshida was initially scheduled to compete at the Armenian stop on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Hana Yoshida was again last in the segment and last overall.

Hana Yoshida was assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.

Hana Yoshida went on to finish eighth at the Four Continents Championships.

Hana Yoshida made her Challenger debut at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, taking the silver medal.

Hana Yoshida stepped out of her triple Axel in the free skate, but performed strongly otherwise and finished third in the segment, rising to fourth place overall.

Hana Yoshida finished less than four points behind bronze medalist Niina Petrokina of Estonia.

Hana Yoshida said she was "surprised" to have won, and said she was focused on improving on various jump issues.

Hana Yoshida rebounded in the free skate, landing a triple Axel and seven other triple jumps, though the triple Axel was deemed a quarter short of rotation.

Hana Yoshida was second in that segment with a new personal best score of 142.51 points, rising to the bronze medal.

Hana Yoshida finished only 0.20 points behind Belgian silver medalist Loena Hendrickx.

In February, Hana Yoshida received the Best Newcomer award at the 2024 ISU Skating Awards.

Hana Yoshida concluded the season in March at the 2024 World Championships, held in Montreal.

Hana Yoshida came eighth in the short program after both parts of her jump combination was called a quarter underrotated.

Hana Yoshida had several quarter calls in the free skate, including on her triple Axel, finishing sixth in the segment but remaining eighth overall.

Hana Yoshida started the season by winning bronze at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy behind American skaters, Elyce Lin-Gracey and Isabeau Levito.

Hana Yoshida was third in the free skate, despite a number of jump errors, and won the bronze medal behind Japanese peers Kaori Sakamoto and Rino Matsuike.

Three weeks later, Hana Yoshida competed at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy.

Hana Yoshida said that while she did not reach the podium, she was "able to concentrate through the end" despite being nervous about performing directly after three-time World champion Kaori Sakamoto.

In late February, Hana Yoshida won the bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China behind Kim Chae-yeon and Kaori Sakamoto.

Hana Yoshida then finished the season by placing fifth at the 2025 Road to 26 Trophy.