Sumika Kanazawa
| Personal information | |
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| Native name | 金沢 純禾 |
| Born | February 28, 2012[1] |
| Home town | Uji, Kyoto |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Japan |
| Discipline | Women's singles |
| Coach | Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato, Haruko Okamoto, Cathy Reed |
| Skating club | Kinoshita Academy |
| Began skating | 2015 |
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Sumika Kanazawa (金沢 純禾, Kanazawa Sumika; born February 28, 2012) is a Japanese figure skater. She won the 2025 JGP Italy competition and qualified for the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final.[2]
Career
Early career
Kanazawa began figure skating in 2015. She was formerly coached by Naomi Takahashi, Uruha Takahashi, Yamato Tamura, and Noriyuki Kanzaki. In an Instagram post, she cited Alysa Liu as her idol.[3]
She competed in juniors domestically for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, with her highest placement being 8th at the 2024 Gensan Summer Cup in Ōtsu, Shiga.
2025–26 season
Kanazawa began the season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. She opened with a win at 2025 JGP Italy in Varese[4] and followed it by placing 4th at the 2025 JGP Poland in Gdańsk. This qualified her for the 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya where she placed 5th.[5] She attempted her triple axel for the first time internationally in the free skate and landed it, though it was underrotated.
She competed at the 2025–26 Japan Junior Championships in November and placed 4th. This gave her entry to the senior national championships in December, where she finished 16th.
At the 2026 National Secondary School Skating Competition, Kanazawa planned to attempt a quad salchow in her exhibition program, but ultimately decided to hold off until the next season.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2025–2026 |
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| 2024–2025 |
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| 2023–2024 |
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Competitive Highlights
| Season | 2025–26 |
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| Japan Championships | 16th |
| Season | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025–26 |
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| Japan Championships | 12th | 10th | 4th |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 5th | ||
| JGP Italy | 1st | ||
| JGP Poland | 4th | ||
| Japan West Sectional | 3rd | ||
| Gensan Summer Cup | 8th | ||
| Kinoshita Trophy | 9th | 10th | 4th |
| Minato Aquls Cup | 4th |
Detailed results
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 195.23 | 2025–26 JGP Final |
| Short program | TSS | 66.16 | 2025–26 JGP Final |
| TES | 37.67 | 2025–26 JGP Final | |
| PCS | 28.49 | 2025–26 JGP Final | |
| Free skating | TSS | 129.07 | 2025–26 JGP Final |
| TES | 70.65 | 2025–26 JGP Final | |
| PCS | 58.42 | 2025–26 JGP Final |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Senior level
| 2025–26 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 18–21, 2025 | 2025-26 Japan Championships | 19 57.09 |
13 124.58 |
16 181.67 |
Junior level
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 4–7, 2025 | 2025–26 Junior Grand Prix Final | 4 66.16 |
4 129.07 |
5 195.23 |
| November 22–24, 2025 | 2025–26 Japan Junior Championships | 4 64.23 |
5 121.72 |
5 185.95 |
| October 31–November 3, 2025 | 2025 Japan West Sectional | 2 62.31 |
3 119.11 |
3 181.42 |
| October 1–4, 2025 | 2025 JGP Poland | 2 64.26 |
5 124.15 |
4 188.41 |
| September 3–6, 2025 | 2025 JGP Italy | 1 65.37 |
3 120.40 |
1 185.77 |
| August 9–12, 2025 | 2025 Kinoshita Trophy | 6 59.83 |
4 116.43 |
4 176.26 |
| July 19–22, 2025 | 2025 Minato Aquls Cup | 3 62.01 |
5 102.89 |
4 164.90 |
| 2024–25 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 15–17, 2024 | 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships | 7 60.31 |
13 106.69 |
10 167.00 |
| August 10-13, 2024 | 2024 Gensan Summer Cup | 10 56.16 |
6 112.40 |
8 168.56 |
| August 3–4 2024 | 2024 Kinoshita Trophy | 9 54.42 |
10 96.43 |
10 150.85 |
| 2023–24 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 17–19, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships | 19 50.21 |
7 108.56 |
12 158.77 |
| August 11-13, 2023 | 2023 Kinoshita Trophy | 10 51.17 |
8 106.22 |
9 157.39 |
References
- ^ "KANAZAWA Sumika". Japan Skating Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "Sumika KANAZAWA". International Skating Union. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "@sumika.skate". instagram.com.
- ^ "Figure skating women's singles hopeful Yoon Seo-jin (Han Bo-yeong) won a valuable silver medal in the third round of the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix in the 2025-2026 season". Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Sumika Kanazawa". Skating Scores. Retrieved 20 February 2026.