2024-25 Figure Skating Roster

109 Taira Shinohara

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Men
  • Training Town Buffalo Grove, Ill.
  • Pronouns He/Him
  • Club Chicago FSC
  • Birth Date May 11, 2006
  • Coach(es) Denise Myers, Tommy Steenberg, Jeremy Allen, Kseniya Ponomaryova
  • Choreographer(s) Jason Brown, Scott Brown
  • Hometown Schaumburg, Ill.
  • Connect Instagram | YouTube

Biography

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
U.S. junior silver medalist (2024)

2024-25 SEASON NOTES
SP Music: "Ain't No Sunshine (Lido Remix)" by Bill Withers
FS Music: Music from The Boy and the Heron soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi and "Spinning Globe" by Kenshi Yonezu

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
SP – 77.27 (2024 Bavarian Open, Junior)
FS – 129.49 (2024 Junior Grand Prix, Thailand)
Final Score – 197.53 (2024 Junior Grand Prix, Thailand)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
SP – 74.60 (2024 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Junior)
FS – 141.00 (2024 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Junior)
Final Score – 215.60 (2024 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Junior)

SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 6 when one of his close friends took him and his sister to a public skate. 

PERSONAL NOTES
Has a younger sister, Tamaki … Has a Goldendoodle named Po and a Border Collie named Qoo ... Is a mechanical engineering major at the University of California Irvine ... Also played soccer growing up ... Can speak Japanese fluently ... Enjoys video editing, creating DIY electronics projects and programming ... Created an app called Score Skates ... Can solve a rubiks cube in under 40 seconds.

PREVIOUS SEASON NOTES

  • 2023-24 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
    FS Music: "Sparkle" by RADWIMPS
     
  • 2021-22 Season Notes
    SP Music: "The Golden Horn" by Dave Brubeck 
    FS Music: "Princess Mononoke" by Jo Hisaishi
     
  • 2020-21 Season Notes
    SP Music: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 
    FS Music: Jupiter from the Planets


COMPETITIVE HISTORY

  • 2025 U.S. Championships – 18th
  • 2025 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final – 4th
  • 2024 Junior Grand Prix (Thailand) – 5th
  • 2024 Cranberry Cup International, Junior – 8th
  • 2024 Bavarian Open, Junior – 1st
  • 2024 U.S. Championships, Junior – 2nd
  • 2024 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Junior – 1st
  • 2023 Cranberry Cup International, Junior – 8th
  • 2023 U.S. Championships, Junior – 8th
  • 2023 Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Junior – 3rd
  • 2022 Junior Challenge Skate – 2nd
  • 2022 Cranberry Cup, Junior – 7th
  • 2022 Challenge Cup, Junior – 3rd
  • 2022 U.S. Championships, Junior –7th
  • 2021 Junior Challenge Skate – 5th
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – 2nd
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Blaine, Minn.) – 1st
  • 2021 U.S. Championship Series, Junior – 16th
  • 2020 Midwestern Sectional Final, Juvenile – 1st
  • 2020 Upper Great Lakes Regional Challenge, Juvenile – 1st
  • 2019 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile – 7th

Historical Player Information

  • 88

    2020-21Junior/Men

    May 11, 2006
    88
  • 78

    2021-22Junior/Men

    May 11, 2006
    78
  • 101

    2023-24Junior/Men

    He/Him
    101
  • 109

    2024-25Junior/Men

    He/Him
    109