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{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Haruka Imai
|image= Haruka IMAI Skate Canada 2010.jpg
|caption= Imai at the [[2010 Skate Canada International]]
|fullname=
|altname=
|country= [[Japan]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1993|8|31}}
|birth_place= [[Tokyo]], Japan
|hometown=
|residence=
|height= {{height|m=1.59|precision=0}}
|coach= Rumiko Michigami
|formercoach= [[Yuka Sato]], [[Jason Dungjen]], [[Hiroshi Nagakubo]], Yukie Sugiura, Miho Kawaume
|choreographer= [[Pasquale Camerlengo]]
|formerchoreographer= Phillip Mills, [[Natalia Bestemianova]], [[Igor Bobrin]], Yuka Sato, Masahiro Kawagoee, Miho Kawaume
|skating club= Niigata Skating Federation
|former skating club= Musashino FSC
|currenttraininglocations= [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
|formertraininglocations= [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]]
|beganskating= 2003
|retired=
|combined total= 175.40
|combined date= [[2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2014 Four Continents]]
|SP score= 62.72
|SP date= 2014 Four Continents]]
|FS score= 112.68
|FS date= 2014 Four Continents
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Figure skating]]: [[Single skating|Ladies' singles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|Ladies' singles}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Haruka Imai'''|今井遥|Imai Haruka|born August 31, 1993}} is a Japanese [[figure skater]]. She has won nine senior international medals and competed at three [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents Championships]], placing as high as fourth. She is the 2008 [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japanese Junior national champion]].<ref>[http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2008-2009/fs/national_jr/data0290.htm 2008 Japan Junior Championships]</ref>

== Career ==
Imai began skating at age 9. In the 2008–09 season, Imai began competing on the [[2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]] series. She won her JGP event in Belarus and went on to win the Japanese Junior title. She was 16th at the [[2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2009 World Junior Championships]]. In 2009, Imai won bronze at her sole JGP event, in Hungary. She placed 6th on the senior level at the Japan Championships and was assigned to the [[2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2010 Four Continents Championships]], where she placed 5th. In 2010, Imai won gold at the [[Ondrej Nepela Memorial]] and debuted on the senior Grand Prix series, placing 5th at the [[2010 Skate Canada International]] and 6th at the [[2010 Trophee Eric Bompard]].

In summer 2011, Imai sustained a stress fracture in her foot, keeping her off the ice for about two months.<ref name=GS120204/> In September 2011, she moved to [[Detroit]] to be coached by [[Yuka Sato]] and [[Jason Dungjen]].<ref name=GS120204/> She won bronze at the [[2012 Nebelhorn Trophy]]. Imai returned to Japan in 2013, joining Rumiko Michigami.<ref name="ISU-1314"/> She won gold at the 2013 [[Ondrej Nepela Trophy]]. At the Japan Championships, Imai finished 5th.

==Programs==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! [[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
! [[Free skating]]
! Exhibition
|-
! 2015–16 <ref name="ISU-1516"/>
|
* [[Malagueña (song)|Malagueña]] {{small| by [[Ernesto Lecuona]] choreo. by [[Pasquale Camerlengo]] }}
|
* Piano Concerto in A-flat major {{small| by [[Saint-Preux]] choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo }}
|
|-
! 2014–15 <ref name="ISU-1415"/>
|
* Malagueña {{small| by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo }}
|
* [[Giselle]] {{small| by [[Adolphe Adam]] choreo. by Phillip Mills }}
|
|-
! 2013–14 <ref name="ISU-1314"/>
|
* Song without words in D major, Op.109 {{small| by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] choreo. by [[Natalia Bestemianova]], [[Igor Bobrin]] }}
|
* Piano Concerto in A-flat major {{small| by [[Saint-Preux]] choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo }}
|
|-
! 2012–13 <ref name="ISU-1213"/>
|
* [[Charade (1963 film)]]
|
* [[Köchel catalogue|Divertimento in B flat major, K. 137]] {{small| (Salzburg Symphony No. 2): II. Allegro di molto }}
* [[Köchel catalogue|Violin Sonata in F major, K. 376 (374d)]]: {{small| II. Andante }}
* [[Eine kleine Nachtmusik]] {{small| (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525: IV Rondo: Allegro }}
|
* [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory#Music|Pure Imagination]]
|-
! 2011–12 <ref name=GS120204/><ref name="ISU-1112"/>
|
* Song without words in D major, Op.109 {{small| by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] choreo. by [[Yuka Sato]] }}
|
* [[My Fair Lady]] {{small| (modern arrangement) choreo. by Yuka Sato }}
|
* [[I'm into Something Good]] {{small| by [[The Bird and the Bee]] choreo. by Yuka Sato }}
|-
! 2010–11 <ref name="ISU-1011"/>
|
* Gypsy Dance {{small| (from [[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]) by [[Ludwig Minkus]] }}
|
* [[Polovtsian Dances]] {{small| by [[Alexander Borodin]] }}
|
* [[Cartoon Heroes]] {{small| by [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] }}
|-
! 2009–10 <ref name="ISU-0910"/>
|
* Fiesta Flamenca {{small| by Monty Kelly }}
|
* Raymonda {{small| by [[Alexander Glazunov]] }}
|
|-
! 2008–09 <ref name="ISU-0809"/>
|
* [[The Barber of Seville]] {{small| by [[Gioachino Rossini]] }}
|
* [[Finding Neverland (soundtrack)|Finding Neverland]] {{small| by [[Jan A. P. Kaczmarek]] }}
|
* Somewhere {{small| by [[Sweetbox]] }}
|}

==Competitive highlights==
''GP: [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]; CS: [[ISU Challenger Series|Challenger Series]]; JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International<ref name="ISU-HI"/>
|-
! Event
! 07–08
! [[2008–09 figure skating season|08–09]]
! [[2009–10 figure skating season|09–10]]
! [[2010–11 figure skating season|10–11]]
! [[2011–12 figure skating season|11–12]]
! [[2012–13 figure skating season|12–13]]
! [[2013–14 figure skating season|13–14]]
! [[2014–15 figure skating season|14–15]]
! [[2015–16 figure skating season|15–16]]
! [[2016–17 figure skating season|16–17]]
|-
| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || || || 5th || || 9th || || 4th || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Trophée Éric Bompard|Bompard]] || || || || 6th || || || || 8th || 9th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Cup of China]] || || || || || || || 6th || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[NHK Trophy]] || || || || || || 8th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Cup of Russia|Rostelecom]] || || || || || 6th || || 9th || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate America]] || || || || || 4th || 5th || || 8th || 10th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || 5th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Nepela Trophy]] || || || || || || || || 5th || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Autumn Classic International|Autumn Classic]] || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd ||
|-
| align=left | [[International Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[International Cup of Nice|Cup of Nice]] || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Gardena Spring Trophy|Gardena]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Ice Challenge]] || || || 5th || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Nepela Trophy]] || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International: Junior<ref name="ISU-HI"/>
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || || 16th || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus|Belarus]] || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary|Hungary]] || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National<ref name="ISU-HI"/>
|-
| align=left | [[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan Champ.]] || || 14th || 6th || 12th || 4th || 14th || 5th || 11th || 15th || 19th
|-
| align=left | [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japan Junior]] || 7th || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || ||
|-
| colspan=11 align=center | WD = Withdrew 
|}

===Detailed results===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2013–14 figure skating season|2013–14 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| January 20–26, 2014
| [[2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2014 Four Continents Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 3 62.72
| align=center | 6 112.68
| align=center | 4 175.40
|-
| December 20–23, 2013
| [[2013–14 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2013–14 Japan Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 6 60.63
| align=center | 4 125.53
| align=center | 5 186.16
|-
| November 22–24, 2013
| [[2013 Rostelecom Cup|2013 Cup of Russia]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 8 49.55
| align=center | 9 95.75
| align=center | 9 145.30
|-
| November 1–3, 2013
| [[2013 Cup of China]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 5 54.79
| align=center | 6 95.51
| align=center | 6 150.30
|-
| October 3–5, 2013
| [[2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 2 52.71
| align=center | 1 110.93
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 163.64
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2012–13 figure skating season|2012–13 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| April 1–3, 2013
| [[Gardena Spring Trophy|2013 Gardena Spring Trophy]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 7 46.67
| align=center | 2 107.52
| align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 154.19
|-
| December 20–24, 2012
| [[2012–13 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2012–13 Japan Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 18 47.30
| align=center | 13 90.62
| align=center | 14 137.92
|-
| November 23–25, 2012
| [[2012 NHK Trophy]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 9 48.10
| align=center | 8 97.32
| align=center | 8 145.42
|-
| October 19–21, 2012
| [[2012 Skate America]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 7 49.90
| align=center | 4 107.82
| align=center | 5 157.72
|-
| September 27–29, 2012
| [[2012 Nebelhorn Trophy]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 9 47.70
| align=center | 3 105.94
| align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 153.64
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2011–12 figure skating season|2011–12 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| February 7–12, 2012
| [[2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2012 Four Continents Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 11 45.19
| align=center | 9 89.30
| align=center | 9 134.49
|-
| December 22–26, 2011
| [[2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2011–12 Japan Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 5 57.82
| align=center | 5 108.85
| align=center | 4 166.67
|-
| November 25–27, 2011
| [[2011 Cup of Russia]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 6 55.20
| align=center | 6 99.56
| align=center | 6 154.76
|-
| October 21–23, 2011
| [[2011 Skate America]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 4 54.67
| align=center | 9 88.27
| align=center | 4 142.94
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2010–11 figure skating season|2010–11 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| March 31 – April 1, 2011
| [[Gardena Spring Trophy|2011 Gardena Spring Trophy]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 2 47.89
| align=center | 3 88.43
| align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 136.32
|-
| January 3–5, 2011
| [[2011 Asian Winter Games]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 2 54.02
| align=center | 2 112.98
| align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 167.00
|-
| December 24–27, 2010
| [[2010–11 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2010–11 Japan Championships]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 17 45.96
| align=center | 11 93.59
| align=center | 12 139.55
|-
| November 26–28, 2010
| [[2010 Trophée Eric Bompard]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 3 58.38
| align=center | 9 87.09
| align=center | 6 145.47
|-
| October 28–31, 2010
| [[2010 Skate Canada International|2010 Skate Canada]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 6 52.52
| align=center | 3 102.02
| align=center | 5 154.54
|-
| Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2010
| [[2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 1 54.61
| align=center | 2 87.01
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 141.62
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2009–10 figure skating season|2009–10 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| January 25–31, 2010
| [[2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2010 Four Continents Championships]]
| Senior
| align=center | 5 55.06
| align=center | 6 100.23
| align=center | 5 155.29
|-
| December 25–27, 2009
| [[2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2009–10 Japanese Championships]]
| Senior
| align=center | 7 55.98
| align=center | 6 110.18
| align=center | 6 166.16
|-
| November 21–23, 2009
| [[2009–2010 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|2009–10 Japan Junior Championships]]
| align=center | Junior
| align=center | 3 49.82
| align=center | 2 94.15
| align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 143.97
|-
| November 4–8, 2009
| [[2009 Coupe Internationale de Nice|2009 Coupe de Nice]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 3 51.46
| align=center | 3 90.00
| align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 141.46
|-
| Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2009
| [[Ice Challenge|2009 Ice Challenge]]
| align=center | Senior
| align=center | 5 52.48
| align=center | 5 83.14
| align=center | 5 135.62
|-
| August 26–29, 2009
| [[2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2009 Junior Grand Prix, Hungary]]
| align=center | Junior
| align=center | 4 47.95
| align=center | 3 83.18
| align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | 3 131.13
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6" | [[2008–09 figure skating season|2008–09 season]]
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| Feb. 23 – March 1, 2009
| [[2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2009 World Junior Championships]]
| Junior
| align=center | 17 43.58
| align=center | 16 69.66
| align=center | 16 113.24
|-
| December 10–14
| [[2008–09 Japan Figure Skating Championships|2008–09 Japan Championships]]
| Senior
| align=center | 16 43.86
| align=center | 14 77.53
| align=center | 14 121.39
|-
| November 23–24, 2008
| [[2008–2009 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|2008–09 Japan Junior Championships]]
| Junior
| align=center | 2 53.05
| align=center | 4 91.10
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 144.15
|-
| October 1–4, 2008
| [[2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2008 Junior Grand Prix, Belarus]]
| Junior
| align=center | 3 47.60
| align=center | 1 97.40
| align=center bgcolor=gold | 1 145.00
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan="6"| 2007–2008 season
|-
! Date
! Event
! Level
! [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! [[Free skating|FS]]
! Total
|-
| November 24–25, 2007
| [[2007–2008 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|2007–08 Japan Junior Championships]]
| Junior
| align=center | 7 43.42
| align=center | 9 76.57
| align=center | 7 119.99
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="ISU-HI">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00010981.htm |title= Competition Results: Haruka IMAI |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-0809">{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090625141646/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= June 25, 2009 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-0910">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2009/2010 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100412183813/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= April 12, 2010 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1011">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110816003833/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= August 16, 2011 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1112">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2011/2012 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120902231118/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= September 2, 2012 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1213">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2012/2013 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130621205821/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= June 21, 2013 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1314">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2013/2014 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140621030325/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= June 21, 2014 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1415">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150521224147/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= May 21, 2015 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name="ISU-1516">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |title= Haruka IMAI: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160528084236/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010981.htm |archivedate= May 28, 2016 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=GS120204>{{cite news |url= http://www.goldenskate.com/2012/02/imai-embraces-change/ |title= Imai embraces change |first= Tatjana |last= Flade |work= Golden Skate |date= February 4, 2012 }}</ref>

}}

* Coupe de Nice Senior Ladies Results http://www.nice-figure-skating-cup.com/2009_results/CAT006RS.HTM
* Ice Challenge Senior Ladies Results http://www.slovakskating.org/results/2009/10/28/graz/CAT002RS.HTM
* [http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2009-2010/fs/national_jr_e/index.htm Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships 2009]

==External links==
{{commons category inline|Haruka Imai}}
* {{isu name | id=00010981 | name=Haruka Imai}}

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[[Category:1993 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tokyo]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in figure skating]]
[[Category:Figure skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan]]

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