83 Facts About Mirai Nagasu

Mirai Aileen Nagasu is an American figure skater.

Mirai Nagasu is a 2018 Olympic Games team event bronze medalist, three-time Four Continents medalist, the 2007 JGP Final champion, a two-time World Junior medalist, and a seven-time US national medalist.

In 2008, Nagasu became the youngest woman since Tara Lipinski in 1997 to win the US senior ladies' title, and the second-youngest in history at the time.

Mirai Nagasu is the first lady since Joan Tozzer in 1937 and 1938 to win the junior and senior national titles in consecutive years.

Mirai Nagasu represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics at the age of 16 and placed 4th in the ladies' event.

Mirai Aileen Nagasu was born in Montebello, Los Angeles County, California and raised in Arcadia, California.

Mirai Nagasu speaks a mixture of Japanese and English at home with her parents.

Mirai Nagasu means "future" in Japanese, while her last name is written as in kanji.

Mirai Nagasu graduated from Foothills Middle School in the spring of 2007 and entered Arcadia High School in the fall of 2007.

Mirai Nagasu graduated from the Capistrano Connections Academy in June 2011 and was accepted into the University of California, Irvine but said the commute was not feasible.

Mirai Nagasu graduated from UCCS with a degree in business administration in December 2020.

Mirai Nagasu placed fifth at the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships.

Mirai Nagasu placed fourth at the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships.

Mirai Nagasu competed at the 2004 US Junior Championships, the national-level championships for Juvenile and Intermediate skaters.

Mirai Nagasu placed eighth in her qualifying group and did not advance to the short program.

Mirai Nagasu was coached by Sandy Gollihugh for most of her early career.

Mirai Nagasu changed her coach to Charlene Wong in October 2006.

Mirai Nagasu won the Southwest Pacific Regional Championships and advanced to win the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships.

At the US Nationals, Mirai Nagasu won the Junior level short program 0.39 ahead of second-place finisher Caroline Zhang, who came to the event as the reigning Junior Grand Prix Final champion and the heavy favorite.

At the Junior Worlds Mirai Nagasu skated in the first half of the ladies' short program due to her lack of international skating experience which meant she had no ISU Personal Best on record.

Similarly at her second event, the Junior Grand Prix event in Zagreb, Croatia, Mirai Nagasu won both the short and free programs to win the event with an 11.08-point lead over silver medalist Jenni Vahamaa.

Mirai Nagasu won the title overall by 2.43 points ahead of silver medalist Flatt.

Skating as a senior, Mirai Nagasu won the short program at US Nationals, 5.08 points ahead of second-place finisher Ashley Wagner.

Mirai Nagasu placed third in the free skate, 5.64 points behind Rachael Flatt and 3.23 points behind Wagner, and finished first overall by a margin of 1.68 over silver medalist Flatt.

Mirai Nagasu became the first skater to win back-to-back US junior and senior ladies' titles since Joan Tozzer in 1937 and 1938.

Mirai Nagasu became the second-youngest American senior ladies' champion in history, after Tara Lipinski.

In Bulgaria, Mirai Nagasu outscored Zhang by 2.47 points in the short program.

Mirai Nagasu placed third in the free skate, 14.21 points behind Flatt and 11.42 points behind Zhang.

Mirai Nagasu was a recipient of a Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship, which is for young American figure skaters.

Mirai Nagasu had injured her ankle and had had a significant growth spurt.

At the 2008 NHK Trophy, Mirai Nagasu finished in eighth place.

Mirai Nagasu was selected to compete at the 2009 World Junior Championships but decided not to participate due to a foot injury.

Mirai Nagasu worked as a television commentator in Japanese for Fuji TV during the 2009 World Championships, which were held in Los Angeles.

In May 2009, Mirai Nagasu changed her coach to Frank Carroll.

Mirai Nagasu won the short program at the 2009 Cup of China, but placed sixth in the free skate to finish fifth overall.

In January 2010, Mirai Nagasu competed at US Nationals, where she placed first in the short program with a score 70.06 points.

Mirai Nagasu placed third in the free skate, winning the silver medal behind Rachael Flatt.

Mirai Nagasu placed fifth in the free skate and fourth overall, earning new personal bests for the free skate score and combined total.

At Worlds, Mirai Nagasu led the short program with a personal best score of 70.40 points, positioned ahead of Mao Asada by 2.32 points.

Mirai Nagasu still earned enough points to win the free skate, scoring 109.07, and won the silver overall, her first senior Grand Prix medal.

At US Nationals, Mirai Nagasu was in first place after the short program with a small lead.

Mirai Nagasu was assigned to the 2011 Four Continents, where she won the bronze medal with an overall score of 189.46.

Mirai Nagasu was the first alternate to the 2011 World Championships but did not compete despite Rachael Flatt being injured.

Mirai Nagasu was exhausted by the time she got here.

Mirai Nagasu had the opportunity to compete at the 2012 NHK Trophy after Alissa Czisny withdrew.

Mirai Nagasu finished seventh overall after under-rotating multiple jumps in her long program.

Mirai Nagasu was listed as the alternate to the 2013 ISU World Team Trophy.

Mirai Nagasu was eighth at her first Grand Prix event, the 2013 NHK Trophy.

Mirai Nagasu won the bronze medal at the 2014 US Championships behind gold medalist Gracie Gold and silver medalist Polina Edmunds.

However, The New York Times later reported that, after inquiring about the appeal process, Mirai Nagasu accepted the decision of US Figure Skating, although she disagreed with it.

Mirai Nagasu was assigned to the Four Continents Championships, placing tenth.

In March 2014, Mirai Nagasu moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to train after feeling the need for a "change in scenery" and chose Tom Zakrajsek as her coach a month later.

Mirai Nagasu was assigned to the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Rostelecom Cup for the Grand Prix series.

Mirai Nagasu started off her season by finishing sixth at US International Figure Skating Classic.

At the 2015 US Championships, Mirai Nagasu skated a solid short program and was in fourth place going into the long program.

Mirai Nagasu received several downgrades for under rotations on her jumps.

Mirai Nagasu opened her season by finishing fifth at 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy.

In late November, Mirai Nagasu finished fifth at the 2015 NHK Trophy.

Mirai Nagasu suffered from an equipment malfunction at the 2016 US Championships; her right boot ripped during the short program and remained loose through the rest of the program.

Mirai Nagasu was nonetheless able to complete her skate, and the boot was repaired in time for the free skate.

Mirai Nagasu ultimately finished fourth, winning the pewter medal, and was assigned to compete at the 2016 Four Continents Championships.

At the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Mirai Nagasu placed third in the short program and second in the free skate.

Mirai Nagasu's combined score of 193.86 at the competition earned her a new personal best, and won her the silver medal behind Satoko Miyahara.

Mirai Nagasu was fifth after the short with a score of 62.91, after she under-rotated her triple loop.

Mirai Nagasu landed the triple Axel jump for the first time.

Mirai Nagasu then competed in the 2017 Japan Open as part of Team North America and came in fourth in personal and third for team.

Mirai Nagasu finished ninth at the Rostelecom Cup, and fourth at the NHK Trophy.

Mirai Nagasu competed at the 2018 US Figure Skating Championships and won the silver after placing second in both the short program and the free skate.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Mirai Nagasu competed in the free skate portion of the figure skating team event.

On February 11,2018, during the team event free skate, Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman, and third woman overall, to land a triple Axel at an Olympic Games.

The triple Axel jump allowed Mirai Nagasu to be the first woman to land eight clean triple jumps in a long program at World championship or Olympic competition.

Mirai Nagasu landed one triple Axel, one triple Lutz, two triple flip jumps, one triple loop, one triple Salchow and two triple toe jumps.

Mirai Nagasu won a bronze medal in the team event as part of the US team.

Mirai Nagasu placed 10th in the Ladies event, during which she again planned eight triple jumps but landed only six.

Later, Mirai Nagasu revealed that she underwent a surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hip, which had bothered her since she started practicing the triple Axel jump.

Mirai Nagasu competed in both the short and free programs at the 2019 Aurora Games.

Mirai Nagasu is considered a strong spinner, and has received a straight +3.00 grade of execution for her layback spin.

Mirai Nagasu has worked on improving her jumps to avoid under-rotations.

Mirai Nagasu has added a triple Axel jump to her programs, landing two fully rotated triple Axel jumps at the 2017 CS US International Figure Skating Classic with the negative grade of execution.

Mirai Nagasu is the second US woman skater to have landed a triple Axel jump internationally after Tonya Harding.

Mirai Nagasu has stated that the athletic side of figure skating had come naturally to her and she has learned to love the artistic side of the sport.

In 2022, Mirai Nagasu was announced as a HouseGuest competing on the third season of US Celebrity Big Brother.

Mirai Nagasu was nominated for eviction during the first week but was able to survive eviction night and remained in the house.