Mone Chiba graduated from Tohoku High School and enrolled in Waseda University, studying Human Sciences, in March 2024.
28 Facts About Mone Chiba
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Mone Chiba grew up idolizing Olympic gold medalist and Sendai hometown hero Yuzuru Hanyu; they met on the ice several times and he was "like a big brother" for her before he moved to Toronto, Canada to further his training.
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Mone Chiba began skating in 2010 and was coached by Soshi Tanaka at the Sendai Ice Rink from the ages of six to eighteen.
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Mone Chiba made her first international appearance at the 2017 Asian Open in the advanced novice category and was first after the short program.
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Mone Chiba was selected to 2022 Challenge Cup in the junior category and again won the competition.
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Mone Chiba got third place behind South Korea's Hae-in Lee and Japan's Hana Yoshida.
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At her second assignment, the 2022 JGP Italy, Mone Chiba finished third in the short program, but dropped to fourth place after making several errors.
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Mone Chiba then competed at the senior level, finishing a surprise third in the short program with a 71.06 score.
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Mone Chiba said that she "went into the short program with the frustration of last year," when she had finished eleventh in that segment.
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Mone Chiba struggled in the free skate, coming seventh in that segment and dropping to fifth place overall.
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Mone Chiba was assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.
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At the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Mone Chiba was seventh in the short program.
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Mone Chiba ended her season with a gold medal at the 2023 Coupe du Printemps.
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In May 2023, it was announced that Mone Chiba had relocated from Sendai to Uji, Kyoto, where she would be coached by Mie Hamada at the Kinoshita Academy.
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Mone Chiba began the season on the Challenger circuit, coming sixth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.
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Mone Chiba made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate America, where she finished in sixth place.
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Mone Chiba won the short program at the 2024 Four Continents Championships, the only error being an incorrect edge call on her triple Lutz.
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Mone Chiba's 71.10 point score was a new personal best.
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Mone Chiba spoke afterward of struggling with nerves at her first World Championship appearance.
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Mone Chiba performed better in the free skate, coming fifth in the segment and rising to seventh overall.
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Mone Chiba started the season by finishing fourth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.
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Mone Chiba began the Grand Prix series at the 2024 NHK Trophy, where she gained a new personal best score in the short program of 71.69.
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At her second Grand Prix event, the Cup of China, Mone Chiba led in the short program by.
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Mone Chiba finished both the free skate and the competition overall in second place and qualified for the Grand Prix Final.
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In mid-January, Mone Chiba competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy, where she won the silver medal behind teammate, Rion Sumiyoshi.
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Mone Chiba placed seventh in that segment and fell to sixth place overall.
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In March, at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Mone Chiba finished second in the short program and third in the free skate to win the bronze medal behind three time champion, Kaori Sakamoto, and surprise winner, Alysa Liu.
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Mone Chiba placed fourth in the women's short program and fifth in the free skate.