73 Facts About Yuma Kagiyama

Yuma Kagiyama is the former world junior record holder for the free skate and combined total score under the ISU Judging System.

Yuma Kagiyama is known for his speed, skating skills, and consistency.

Yuma Kagiyama was born in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan, and is the son of two-time Olympian Masakazu Kagiyama.

Yuma Kagiyama went to Karuizawa Chubu Elementary School before moving to Kanagawa Prefecture where he attended Rokkakubashi Junior High School in Yokohama.

Yuma Kagiyama graduated from SEISA Kokusai High School in Yokohama in 2022 and enrolled at Chukyo University in Nagoya later that year.

Yuma Kagiyama's hobbies include gaming, listening to music, photography, and watching anime.

Yuma Kagiyama looks up to Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno and Nathan Chen.

Yuma Kagiyama began skating at the age of 5 at the Kazakoshi Park Ice Arena in Karuizawa where his father was working as a coach.

Yuma Kagiyama has been coached by his father since the beginning and describes his father, who treated him the same as his other students, as strict but says that is what allowed him to develop into the skater he is today.

Yuma Kagiyama slowly started to make a name for himself and won the gold in the Novice A Class at the 2014 Kanto Regional Figure Skating Championships at the age of 11.

Yuma Kagiyama instead spent time working with choreographer Misao Sato to improve his expression during this period.

Yuma Kagiyama opened his season at the 2018 Asian Open Trophy, where he won the junior title ahead of his teammate Tatsuya Tsuboi.

Yuma Kagiyama placed fourth at his first Junior Grand Prix event, 2018 JGP Canada.

Yuma Kagiyama won his first JGP medal, a silver, at 2018 JGP Armenia.

Yuma Kagiyama placed sixth at the senior level and was chosen as the first alternate for the 2019 World Junior Championships team.

Yuma Kagiyama competed as a senior at the 2019 Challenge Cup and won the silver medal behind teammate Sota Yamamoto.

Yuma Kagiyama won gold at 2019 JGP France with a new junior world record for the combined score.

Yuma Kagiyama's total was 34.16 points higher than that of silver medalist Aleksa Rakic of Canada.

Yuma Kagiyama set a new junior world record in the free skating at 2019 JGP Poland, and surpassed his junior world record for the total score.

Yuma Kagiyama was not selected to compete at the 2020 World Championships, but was assigned as one of Japan's three entries at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, in addition to his previously earned berth to the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Yuma Kagiyama was chosen by the Japanese Olympic Committee as the flag-bearer for the Japanese national team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Yuma Kagiyama won gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics ahead of Russians Andrei Mozalev and Daniil Samsonov.

Yuma Kagiyama was selected by draw to be a member of Team Focus for the team event.

Yuma Kagiyama won the men's free skating portion to help Team Focus win the silver medal.

At the Four Continents Championships, Yuma Kagiyama scored a personal-best 91.61 in his short program, beating his old mark by almost seven points and placing fifth in the segment.

Yuma Kagiyama rose to the bronze medal overall in the free skate, his first senior ISU championship medal.

Yuma Kagiyama remained narrowly in second place overall, ahead of Petr Gumennik, and won the silver medal.

Yuma Kagiyama was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy.

Yuma Kagiyama introduced the quad Salchow into competition in the short program, landing both it and his quad toe loop but singling a planned triple Axel.

Yuma Kagiyama nevertheless placed first in the segment, 3.99 points ahead of Kazuki Tomono.

Yuma Kagiyama was third in the free skate behind Hanyu and Uno and won his second consecutive national bronze medal.

Yuma Kagiyama scored a personal best of 100.96 in the short program, landing two clean quads and a triple Axel to place behind Hanyu and in front of Nathan Chen.

Yuma Kagiyama subsequently won the small silver medal for the short program.

Yuma Kagiyama won the silver medal and became the youngest medalist at Worlds since Hanyu's bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships.

Yuma Kagiyama's placement combined with Hanyu's bronze medal position qualified three berths for Japanese men at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Yuma Kagiyama began working on a quad loop in the spring of 2020 and landed it successfully in practice.

Yuma Kagiyama then began to stabilize the quad loop and practice a quad Lutz, intending that the more stable quad would be added to his programs for the following season.

Yuma Kagiyama skated an almost clean short program, with the only mistake being a doubled planned triple toe loop on the back of his combination, and took the lead.

Yuma Kagiyama made mistakes on two other quads but still won the free skate and the gold medal.

Yuma Kagiyama mounted a comeback in the free skate, his only error being a turnout on his opening quad Salchow attempt, winning that segment and the gold medal.

Yuma Kagiyama's free skate score was a new personal best.

At this second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France in Grenoble, Yuma Kagiyama won both segments of the competition to take his second Grand Prix gold of the season and defeat silver medalist and domestic rival Shun Sato by 21.42 points.

Yuma Kagiyama was second in the free skate, with his only error being a step out on a triple Axel, winning his third consecutive national bronze medal.

Yuma Kagiyama was named to the Japanese Olympic team the following day.

Yuma Kagiyama made his debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Japanese men's entry in the free skate segment of the Olympic team event.

Yuma Kagiyama landed a quad loop, albeit with a turnout, but otherwise skated clean and won the segment with a new personal best score of 208.94 points, securing ten points for the Japanese team.

Yuma Kagiyama became the third skater to score over 200 points in the free skate under the post-2018 scoring system, after Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu.

Yuma Kagiyama concluded his season at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier.

Yuma Kagiyama turned out of the landing of his triple Axel in the short program but still ranked second in the segment with a score of 105.69,3.94 points behind Uno.

Yuma Kagiyama struggled more with his jumps in the free, but was second in that segment as well, winning his second consecutive World silver medal.

Yuma Kagiyama subsequently withdrew from the 2023 Winter World University Games to focus on recovery.

Yuma Kagiyama ultimately finished third overall, winning the bronze medal.

Yuma Kagiyama won the free skate-only competition with a clean program, scoring 198.06 points.

Yuma Kagiyama placed third in the short program, less than four points behind Malinin and Siao Him Fa and almost eleven points clear of fourth-place Lukas Britschgi.

Yuma Kagiyama skated a clean short program at his second assignment at NHK Trophy in Osaka, achieving a new season's best score of 105.51.

Yuma Kagiyama was second in the free skate after a fall on a triple Axel, placing second after countryman Shoma Uno with 182.88 points, but managed to win the gold overall and qualified for the Grand Prix Final with an accumulated score of 288.39.

Yuma Kagiyama placed third in the short program at the Final in Beijing, 3.18 points behind Malinin in first place.

Yuma Kagiyama made only one mistake in the free skate, doubling one of his two planned quads.

Yuma Kagiyama placed fourth in that segment, but maintained his standing after the short program to win the bronze medal.

Yuma Kagiyama won the free skate with a clean performance, rising to second overall.

Yuma Kagiyama competed at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai in early February where he scored 106.82 points to win the short program.

At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Yuma Kagiyama came narrowly second in the short program, 1.37 points behind segment leader Uno and just ahead of Malinin in third.

Yuma Kagiyama remained second overall, winning another World silver medal.

Yuma Kagiyama began the season by competing at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy, finishing second to Ilia Malinin.

One week later, Yuma Kagiyama would compete at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, where he would win the short program but only place fifth in the free skate following several uncharacteristic jump errors.

At the Final, Yuma Kagiyama placed second in the short program, almost twelve points behind Ilia Malinin, after unexpectedly falling on an attempted quadruple Salchow.

Yuma Kagiyama's combined total score was 33.74 points higher than that of the silver medalist Rio Nakata.

Yuma Kagiyama has been commended for his strong skating skills, speed and soft knee bend.

Yuma Kagiyama's father stressed the importance of basic skating skills and technique, and from an early age, when Kagiyama was still only doing single jumps, his father used to chase him around the rink in order for him to get used to jump take-offs at high speed.

Yuma Kagiyama has contracts with multiple partners and most notably has an affiliate sponsorship agreement with Japanese foods and beverage company Oriental Bio that was announced in late October 2021.

In May 2024, Yuma Kagiyama signed a sponsorship agreement with car manufacturer Suzuki.

On June 23,2022, Yuma Kagiyama released his first photo book entitled GO FOR THE TOP.

Yuma Kagiyama graced the cover of International Figure Skating Magazine in October 2021.