Profile – Yuka Orihara & Juho Pirinen
TEAM INFORMATION:
| Country: | Finland (FIN)  |
| Level: | Senior |
| Status: | Eligible |
| Club: | Helsinki FSC |
| Coach(es): | Maurizio Margaglio |
| Choreographer(s): | Paola Mezzadri, Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe, Neil Brown |
| Training Location: | Helsinki (FIN) |
| Began Skating Together: | 2019 |
ATHLETE INFORMATION:
| Yuka Orihara | Juho Pirinen | |
| Birth date: | June 26, 2000 | November 2, 1995 |
| Birth place: | Tokyo (JPN) | Lappeenranta (FIN) |
| Home town: | Helsinki (FIN) | Helsinki (FIN) |
| Started skating: | 2006 | 2003 |
| Former partner(s): | Kanata Mori, Lee Royer | Monica Lindfors |
RESULTS:
| 16th – 2024 World Championships 10th – 2024 European Championships 2nd – 2023 Finnish National Championships 6th – 2023 Grand Prix Espoo 1st – 2023 Mezzaluna Cup 6th – 2023 Finlandia Trophy 6th – 2023 Nepela Memorial 3rd – 2023 Challenge Cup 2nd – 2023 Bavarian Open 2nd – 2023 Finnish National Championships 7th – 2022 Grand Prix Espoo 8th – 2022 NHK Trophy 4th – 2022 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur 6th – 2022 Finlandia Trophy 4th – 2022 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2nd – 2022 Challenge Cup 2nd – 2022 Finnish National Championships 5th – 2021 Warsaw Cup 1st – 2021 NRW Trophy 4th – 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur 15th – 2021 ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 18th – 2020 European Championships 5th – 2020 Egna Dance Trophy 1st – 2020 Finnish National Championships 3rd – 2019 Santa Claus Cup 3rd – 2019 Volvo Open Cup 7th – 2019 Finlandia Trophy 5th – 2019 Nepela Memorial 11th – 2019 Lombardia Trophy |
PROGRAM MUSIC:
| 2024- 2025 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | |
| Free Dance: | A Chorus Line |
| 2023- 2024 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Like a Prayer”, “Love Song” and “Express Yourself” by Madonna |
| Free Dance: | Music from the Chicago soundtrack, including “When You’re Good to Mama”, “Nowadays” and “Hot Honey Rag” |
| 2022- 2023 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “I Like It Like That” by Blackout Allstars “Dancing With A Stranger” by Tanzorchester Klaus Hallen “La Percussion” by Ottomix & Yano “Snstruction” by DJ Ice (orig. Jax Jones ft. Demi Lovato, Stefflon Don) |
| Free Dance: | “My Jolly Sailor Bold” by Ashley Serena and “We’re Sinking” by E. Shepherd Stevenson, Christopher Lord |
| 2021- 2022 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers, “Give Up The Funk” by Parliament from Glee |
| Free Dance: | “Gabriel’s Oboe” by Ennio Morricone, Yo-Yo Ma, John Willams, Stephane Deneve |
| 2019- 2020 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Overture”, “Trip a Little Light Fantastic Overtur” and “End Title Suite Overture” from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman |
| Free Dance: | “Near Light” by Olafur Arnalds and “Waves” by Dean Lewis |
ON THE WWW
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| ISU PROFILE: | Orihara/Pirinen ISU Bio |