Shizuka Arakawa

Shizuka Arakawa (荒川静香, Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic Champion and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. She was the only Japanese medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Arakawa retired from competitive skating following her Olympic win and began skating professionally in ice shows and exhibitions. She also works as a skating sportscaster for Japanese television.

Personal life

Arakawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in Sendai, Miyagi. She is the only child of Koichi and Sachi Arakawa and was named Shizuka after Shizuka Gozen.

In March 2000, Arakawa enrolled at Waseda University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in social sciences in 2004, while still competing as a skater. She won the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships days after completing her graduation examinations at Waseda University.

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Denis Ten: Olympic figure skater stabbed to death

Dispatch Argus 21 Jul 2018

Tributes are being paid to Denis Ten, Kazakhstan's Olympic medal-winning figure skater, who died Thursday at the age of 25 after being stabbed ... Rippon wrote on Twitter ... Love you forever." ... Shizuka Arakawa, the gold medalist in the individual women's figure skate at the 2006 Games in Turin, recalled Ten's "bright and kind smile" and how he used to take photos of her without realizing it, and once he did, he would send her the images. ... ....

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Olympic figure skating medalist Ten dies after stabbing

Kyodo 19 Jul 2018

Kazakh figure skater and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten died on Thursday after a stabbing incident in the streets of Almaty, Kazakhstan, local media reported. He was 25. The attack by two unknown men at around 3 p.m ... "This sudden news breaks my heart," tweeted Japan's Shizuka Arakawa, a gold medalist in women's figure skating at the 2006 Olympics ...  . ....

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Figure Skating: Turin Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa elected to Hall of Fame

Kyodo 18 Apr 2018

Shizuka Arakawa, Japan's first Olympic champion in figure skating, was among the latest group elected to the sport's Hall of Fame, nominating chair Lawrence Mondschein said Tuesday ... Arakawa, now 36, became the first skater in Japan to win three consecutive junior national titles....

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BC-FIG--World Hall of Fame

Hickory Record 18 Apr 2018

Petrenko, Arakawa highlight World Figure Skating Hall class ... Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko, Shizuka Arakawa and Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev have been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame ... Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko, Shizuka Arakawa, and Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev have been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame....

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Petrenko, Arakawa highlight World Figure Skating Hall class

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 18 Apr 2018

Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko, Shizuka Arakawa, and Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev have been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Also chosen are two-time world champion ice ... ....

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Chinese figure skating legendary coach Yao Bin elected to Hall of Fame

Xinhua 18 Apr 2018

Yao was joined by Olympic champions Shizuka Arakawa (Japan), Viktor Petrenko (Ukraine, Unified Team, Soviet Union), pairs team Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (Soviet Union), two-time world champion ice dance team Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkova (Soviet Union) and choreographer Sandra Bezic (Canada) ... "This is also the largest class since the first year of elections in 1976 ." ... ....

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Richmond Times Dispatch 18 Apr 2018

AUTO RACING. Ford to race Mustangs in Cup Series in 2019. Ford is bringing its Mustang to NASCAR’s top series for the first time. The American automaker said Tuesday the Mustang will replace the Fusion in the Monster Energy Cup Series beginning next February at Daytona International Speedway ... U.Va ... 3 ... Olympic championsViktor Petrenko,Shizuka Arakawa, andElena ValovaandOleg Vasilievhave been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame....

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Stunning Photos Show The Evolution Of Women's Figure Skating Costumes

Yahoo Daily News 20 Feb 2018

More. Women’s figure skating is, hands down, one of the most visually stunning events to watch at the Olympics ... Glitter and crystals, however, weren’t always the norm in the world of figure skating ... View photos ... More ... 21, 2002, during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.Shizuka Arakawa, 2006 ... Arakawa, of Japan, performing during the free skating program of the ladies singles event during the 2006 Winter Olympics on Feb ... ....

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2006: Shizuka Arakawa

Herald & Review 10 Feb 2018

Shizuka Arakawa, of Japan, performs her gold medal winning routine during the Women's Free Skate in Turin, Italy during the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) ... ....

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Olympics: Figure skaters Arakawa, Takahashi run torch relay

Kyodo 12 Jan 2018

Olympic medalists Shizuka Arakawa and Daisuke Takahashi were among the Japanese who served as torchbearers on Friday as the Olympic flame passed through Incheon in northwest South Korea ... Arakawa, who captured the women's ......

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Salonga joins Yamaguchi’s star-studded fundraiser show

Honolulu Star-Advertiser 08 Sep 2017

Figure skating is the athletic activity most closely tied to music ... >> Where ... 7 p.m ... Yamaguchi is coming here with Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2014 gold medalists in ice dancing; Shizuka Arakawa, the 2006 gold medalist from Japan; Ekaterina Gordeeva, 1988 and 1994 pairs gold medalist; Japanese skaters Yuka Sato, world champion in 1994, and Daisuke Takahashi, world champion in 2010; and Americans Jeremy Abbott, four-time U.S....

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KABUKI ABC (55) / Ichikawa Somegoro: Innovative actor cultivates new fields in modern cinema series

The Japan News 07 Jul 2017

By Tatsuhiro Morishige / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterFrom Saturday, a cinematic version of contemporary kabuki piece “Aterui” will be shown in theaters nationwide as part of the Cinema Kabuki series ... The monthly cinema program features movie versions of popular kabuki performances ... Wearing ice skates, he played the leading villain alongside professional skaters including Daisuke Takahashi and Shizuka Arakawa ... Click to play ... + - ... ....

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Ice skating stars, kabuki actors take to rink together

The Japan News 06 May 2017

Ichikawa Somegoro, an actor from the traditional performing art, will star in “Hyoen 2017 Basara” from May 20 to 22, along with Daisuke Takahashi and Shizuka Arakawa, both of whom are Olympic medalists who became professional skating performers after retiring from competitions ... Shizuka Arakawa in a goddess costume ... Arakawa will play a goddess in the ......

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