1. Nanami Abe is a Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer.
11 Facts About Nanami Abe
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Nanami Abe studied under Hiroshi Nagakubo, and coached Yuzuru Hanyu.
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Nanami Abe has choreographed routines for many skaters, including Daisuke Takahashi, Tatsuki Machida, and Akiko Suzuki.
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Nanami Abe competed in the Japan Figure Skating Championship twice; once during her senior year of high school and once in college, while attending Tohoku Gakuin University.
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Nanami Abe graduated from university in 1995 and began performing for Disney on Ice.
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Nanami Abe was influenced by the show's choreographer, Sarah Kawahara.
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In November 2001, Nanami Abe retired from Disney on Ice and began working as a figure skating coach and choreographer in Sendai.
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In 2004, when she became Arakawa's assistant coach, Nanami Abe traveled to America and studied under Tatiana Tarasova and Evgeni Platov.
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Nanami Abe then began coaching Yuzuru Hanyu, who went on to win the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and a bronze medal at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships.
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Nanami Abe choreographed for many skaters, with one of her most notable works being Daisuke Takahashi's short program in 2012.
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In 2014 Nanami Abe worked with the NHK on the choreography for a "making of" documentary on Yuzuru Hanyu.