Marin Honda (?? ??, Honda Marin), born August 21, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 World Junior champion, 2017 World Junior silver medalist and 2015-16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.
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Personal life
Marin Honda was born on August 21, 2001 in Kyoto, Japan, the third born of five children. She has an elder brother, Taichi, an elder sister, Maho, and two younger sisters, Miyu and Sara. With the exception of Maho, all of her siblings are figure skaters and Miyu is also a popular child actress in Japan. Honda studies and trains at Kansai University Middle School, which has an ice rink. Honda looks up to 2006 Olympic Champion Shizuka Arakawa.
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Career
Honda began skating at the age of two after following her older brother, Taichi, into figure skating.
Beginning in the 2011-12 season, Honda stood on the podium at four consecutive Japanese Novice Championships, with a gold medal in 2012-13. She placed 5th at the Japan Junior Championships in 2013-14 and 4th the following season, training at Kansai University Middle School's ice rink. Her Lutz and flip are hindered by hallux valgus.
2015-16 season: World Junior Champion
Honda debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit in the 2015-16 season. Ranked first in the short program and fourth in the free skate, she came away with the silver medal at the JGP in Colorado Springs, Colorado, having finished behind Yuna Shiraiwa by a margin of 8.06 points. She won gold at her second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia, after placing third in the short and first in the free -- outscoring Wakaba Higuchi by 6.16 points. These results qualified her for the 2015-16 JGP Final in Barcelona. In November, Honda placed 6th at the 2015-16 Japanese Junior Championships.
At the 2015-16 JGP Final in Barcelona, Honda won the bronze medal behind Russia's Polina Tsurskaya and Maria Sotskova.
Making her debut at the Japan Championships on the senior level, Honda finished 9th, and was named in Japan's team to the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she was awarded gold in Hungary, ahead of Russia's Maria Sotskova and teammate Wakaba Higuchi.
2016- 17 season
Honda began her season with a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Trophy. She was assigned to the JGP events in Japan and Slovenia. In her first event at JGP Yokohama, she placed 5th in the short program and won the free skate with a junior world record of 128.64 points to place 2nd overall. In her next event at JGP Ljubljana, she won another silver medal, qualifying her for her second JGP Final. However, she withdrew from the final, citing illness. In November, she won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior National Championships
She placed fourth overall at her second senior Japan National Championships and was assigned to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. She ranked second in both segments, setting new personal bests and was awarded the silver medal behind gold medalist Alina Zagitova and ahead of bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto.
2017- 18 season: Senior debut
Honda began her senior debut with a gold medal at the 2017 US Classic in Salt Lake City. She competed in her first team event at Japan Open and won the silver medal with her team mates.
Honda made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Skate Canada. She was 10th in the short program after falling in her triple lutz-triple toe combination and popping her planned double axel into a single, but managed place 3rd in the free skate to place 5th overall. In her next event at the 2017 Cup of China, she placed 6th in the short program and 5th in the free skate to place 5th overall.
Records and achievements
- Set the junior-level ladies's record for the free program to 128.64 points at the 2016 JGP Japan on September 11, 2016. Her record was broken at the 2016 JGP Germany by Anastasiia Gubanova (Russia) on October 8, 2016.
Programs
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Detailed results
Senior level
At team events, medals are awarded for team results only. T - team result. P - personal/individual result.
Junior level
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Previous ISU world best highlighted in Italic. ISU Personal best highlighted in Bold.
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