Junior Grand Prix Osaka 2023 – Preview

The 2023/24 Junior Grand Prix continues with the fourth event in Osaka, Japan from the 13th-16th September.

Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at this event and some information about them.


Ice Dance

TeamCountryNotable Results 22/23NationalsProgram InformationWorld Standing (Jr)
Renee Yuen / Oliver MaAustraliaRD: I Am Coming Out/Upside Down / FD: Fly Me To The Moon
Catharina Guedes Tibau / Cayden Oliver DawsonBrazilJGP Riga 2022 - 11th (108.82)RD: Pointer Sisters medley / FD: Elvis Presley medley
Chloe Nguyen / Brendan GiangCanadaRD: Let's Dance/Dancing In The Street / FD: Seeing Is Believing/Aspects of Aspects/Love Changes Everything33rd
Layla Veillon / Alexander BrandysCanadaJGP Courchevel 2022 - 6th (126.37)5thRD: Walk This Way/It's Tricky / FD: Charlie Chaplin medley26th
Xuantong Li / Xinkang WangChinaSanta Claus Cup 2022 - 7th (148.09, S)RD: Michael Jackson medley / FD: Grass (Shenjun)/Jaha51st
Eva Bernard / Amedeo BonettoFranceRD: Michael Jackson medley / FD: Psaume/Schindler's List/Part V
Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans FourneauxFranceJGP Gdansk 2022 - 3rd (157.11)RD: Still Loving You/Back In Black / FD: Partida/Porto Dio4th
Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei KiliakovIsraelSanta Claus Cup 2022 - 1st (155.52)RD: Yello medley / FD: Ojo Azules/Danzante Vasija de Barro/Sikuriadas15th
Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko TamuraJapanBavarian Open 2023 - 5th (140.00)RD: Mr Roboto/Just Get Through This Night / FD: Kill Bill (soundtrack)
Jinny Kim / Namu LeeSouth KoreaJGP Gdansk 2022 - 16th (121.35)RD: I Love Rock n Roll/All She Wants to do is Dance / FD: The Greatest Showman (soundtrack)38th
Caroline Mullen / Brendan MullenUSARD: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go / FD: Survivor37th
Leah Neset / Artem MarkelovUSABavarian Open 2023 - 2nd (164.43)1stRD: Still Loving You/I Hate Myself For Loving You / FD: Anytime, Anywhere/Cry6th

Men

SkaterCountryNotable Results 22/23NationalsProgram InformationNotable JumpsWorld Standing
Kryshtof PradeauxAustraliaOceania International 2023 - 3rd (104.17)3T+2A
Anthony ParadisCanadaJGP Baltic Cup 2022 - 10th (176.24)3rdSP: Ace in the Hole/Ayrilik / FS: Yours3T+3T
David ShteyngartCanadaJGP Riga 2022 - 14th (161.27)6thSP: Diga Diga Doo/Jumping Jack / FS: Abracadabra/Witchcraft3Lz+3T
Zhiao JiangChinaSP: The Sound of Silence / FS: Sign of the Times
Matias LindforsFinlandEuropean Youth Olympic Festival 2023 - 6th (177.10)3rd (S)SP: The Last Opera / FS: Carmen3Lz+2T
Francois PitotFranceIce Challenge 2022 - 5th (212.25, S)3rd (S)SP: Separate Ways (Stranger Things) / FS: Cry Me A River3A+2A
Tao MacRaeGreat BritainCoupe du Printemps 2023 - 7th (145.47)7thSP: Concerto in E Minor / FS: Jesus Christ Superstar3S+1Eu+2F
Chiu Hei CheungHong KongJGP Riga 2022 - 20th (131.38)SP: It's A Sin / FS: Les Miserables3T+3T
Simar BajajIndiaSEA Open Trophy 2022 - 14th (19.93)SP: Slow Dancing In The Dark / FS: Skyfall1S+1Lo
Nikita SheikoIsraelEdu Sport Trophy 2023 - 1st (198.47)SP: Back From The Edge / FS: Who Wants To Live Forever3Lz+1Eu+3S
Masaya MishimaJapan24thSP: United / FS: Speed (soundtrack)/Time in a Bottle/Main Theme Turn (TK remix)3Lz+2A+2A
Shunsuke NakamuraJapanJGP Courchevel 2022 - 1st (219.65)11th (S), 4th (J)SP: El Conquistador / FS: Child of Nazare3A+3T
Seigo TauchiJapanJGP Baltic Cup 2022 - 9th (179.11)23rd (S), 8th (J)SP: Cloak and Dagger/Fate of the Clockmaker / FS: Moulin Rouge3F+3T
Oleg MelnikovKazakhstanBosporus Cup 2022 - 3rd (178.49)SP: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (soundtrack) / FS: Shot3Lz+2Lo+2A
Jaekeun LeeSouth KoreaJGP Egna 2022 - 6th (196.93)7th (S)SP: Io Ci Saro / FS: Romeo and Juliet3Lz+3T
Juheon LimSouth Korea9th (S)SP: Moulin Rouge / FS: Games of Thrones (Remix)
Ze Zeng FangMalaysiaThailand Open Trophy 2023 - 1st (149.80)SP: Make It Rain / FS: Bruno Mars medley3S+2A
Yanhao LiNew ZealandOceania International 2023 - 1st (190.69)1stSP: Supreme / FS: Garde Confiance3Lz+2A+2A
Brandon James BaldozPhilippinesSP: Come Together / FS: Espana Cani/Magalenha
Noah BodensteinSwitzerlandJGP Courchevel 2022 - 4th (184.42)3rd (S)SP: Standards / FS: Raining/Storms/Guardians at the Gate3F+1Eu+3S
Casper JohanssonSwedenNordics Open 2023 - 1st (176.82)2ndSP: I Didn't Know My Own Strength / FS: Avatar (soundtrack)3Lz+3T
Yu-Hsiang LiChinese TaipeiAsian Open Trophy 2022 - 2nd (171.87)1stSP: AJR Carma / FS: Eleanor Rigby3Lz+2A
Vadym NovikovUkraineBellu Memorial 2023 - 1st (173.58)SP: Concerto No. 4 (Vivaldi) / FS: Rhapsody in Blue3Lz+3T
Daniel MartynovUSAJunior Worlds 2023 - 10th (204.67)11th (S)SP: Dawn of Faith / FS: Iron3A+2T
Michael XieUSAJGP Gdansk 2022 - 7th (193.48)5thSP: Sevdama/Ceremony of Passage/Inamorata / FS: Armand Amar medley3Lz+1Eu+3S

Women

SkaterCountryNotable Results 22/23NationalsProgram InformationNotable JumpsWorld Standing
Cecilia DonohueArgentinaJGP Gdansk 2022 - 30th (112.96)SP: Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps / FS: Curar Estados Depresivos/Les Miserables3T+2T
Hana BathAustraliaSEA Open 2022 - 2nd (118.96, AN)2nd (S), 1st (J)SP: Confutatis / FS: Yunona and Avos (soundtrack)3Lz+3T
Elena Catherine MillsBrazilChallenge Cup 2023 - 20th (64.59)SP: Dernniere Dance / FS: Howl's Moving Castle (soundtrack)2Lz+2Lo+1A
Rose TherouxCanadaJGP Egna 2022 - 14th (143.77)2ndSP: Poeta El En Viento / FS: Only Time2A+3T
Ruotang LiChinaSP: Memory (Cats) / FS: The Sleeping Beauty3Lz+2T
Ruichen TongChinaSP: Secrets/Beethoven's 5 Secrets / FS: Introduction and Tarantella op. 43/Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra3Lz
Stefania YakovlevaCyprusBosporus 2022 - 3rd (155.20)SP: Schindler's List / FS: Cirque du Soleil3Lz+2A+2A
Michaela VrastakovaCzech RepublicBosporus 2022 - 6th (146.25)4th (S)SP: Hit The Road Jack / FS: Tout l'Univers3T+2A+2A
Elizabeth NouEstonia2ndSP: El Huracan / FS: Dicitencello Vuje2A+2A
Petra LahtiFinlandNordics Open 2023 - 3rd (153.93)3rdSP: Caruso / FS: Mina's Cry/Please Don't Make Me Love You3F+2A
Milana MozeikoFrance5th (S)SP: Gravity / FS: La La Land (soundtrack)3F<+1Eu+3S
Tsz Ching ChanHong KongThailand Open 2023 - 2nd (145.13)SP: Avengers/Portals / FS: Raya Conviction/When We Are Together3F+2A
Michaela Edgina AxilleIndonesiaAsian Open 2022 - 11th (96.38)1stSP: Perahu Kertas / FS: Chocolate (soundtrack)2Lz+1Eu+2S
Gabriella GrinbergIsraelBavarian Open 2023 - 3rd (142.20)SP: Jungle / FS: Cirque du Soleil3Lz+2A+2A
Ikura KushidaJapanChallenge Cup 2023 - 2nd (180.83)8th (S), 4th (J)SP: Red Violin / FS: The Little Prince3Lz+3T
Mao ShimadaJapanJunior Worlds 2023 - 1st (224.54)3rd (S), 1st (J)SP: Americano / FS: Benedictus3Lz+3T
Yo TakagiJapanCoupe du Printemps 2023 - 2nd (179.78)21st (S), 7th (J)SP: Sous le ciel de Paris/Milord / FS: The Mission/Whispers In A Dream3Lz+2A+2T
Sofiya FarafonovaKazakhstanBosprous Cup 2022 - 7th (144.94)SP: Waltz No 7 (Chopin) / FS: La La Land3F+1Eu+3S<
Heesue HanSouth KoreaJGP Ostrava 2022 - 5th (170.00)10th (S)SP: Sous la Pluis / FS: La Bayadere3Lo+2A
Jeongyul HwangSouth KoreaSP: Alexander (soundtrack) / FS: Happiness Does Not Wait/Song for the Little Sparrow
Sueanne Sze Ern LamMalaysiaThailand Open 2023 - 6th (64.07)SP: Sweet Dreams/White Stripes mashup / FS: Exogenesis2Lz+2T+2Lo<
Regina Garcia de Leon SaabMexicoTriglav Trophy 2023 - 10th (124.23)SP: Pas Si Simple/Total View / FS: Arrival of the Birds/The Theory of Everything (soundtrack)3S+2T
Misheel OtgonbaatarMongoliaSP: Phantom of the Opera / FS: La La Land (soundtrack)2Lz+1T
Julia van DijkNetherlandsJGP Baltic Cup 2022 - 16th (138.03)SP: L'amore Della Mia Vita / FS: The Storm3Lz+2T
Cara TangNew ZealandHollins International 2023 - 6th (93.49)2ndSP: Solo Tu/Tore My Heart / FS: Pure Imagination2Lz+1A+1A
Hayden Isabel BalucatingPhilippinesAsian Open 2022 - 10th (97.52)SP: The Mission (soundtrack) / FS: Paint It Black/Winter3S+2T
Vianna Shen-Rou LinkeSingaporeAbu Dhabi Trophy 2023 - 10th (103.04)SP: Everybody Wants To Rule the World / FS: To Love's End (Inuyasha) and Cernunnos2F+1Eu+2S
Olivia BacsaSwitzerlandBavarian Open 2023 - 1st (128.92, N)SP: Les moulins de mon coeur / FS: The Sea Beyond (soundtrack)3Lz+1Eu+3S
Eugenia SekulovskiSwitzerland4thSP: Taboo (soundtrack) / FS: Cum Dederit3Lz+2T
Josefin BrovallSwedenNordics Open 2023 - 8th (120.70)2ndSP: Secret Love Song / FS: Black Panther (soundtrack)3S+2T
Phattaratida KaneshigeThailandJGP Egna 2022 - 5th (175.41)SP: Capriccio Espagnol / FS: Warsaw Concerto3Lo+2A+2T
Yu-Feng TsaiChinese TaipeiThailand Open Trophy 2023 - 1st (156.07)SP: Copycat / FS: Schindler's List3F+2A
Elisa WesterhofUnited Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Trophy 2023 - 10th (75.85, AN)SP: Masquerade / FS: Sweet Child of Mine/Crescendo2Lz+2Lo+2T<
Mia KalinUSAJGP Baltic Cup 2022 - 4th (177.71)SP: Rain, In Your Black Eyes / FS: Carmen4T+2T
Huong Dieu LeVietnamSEA Open 2023 - 12th (72.92)SP: Je Veux / FS: Santa Maria2Lz+1Eu+2A

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