Mana Kawabe

There's something about young figure skaters that just gets me every time, and Mana Kawabe is exactly that kind of athlete — the sort you find yourself quietly rooting for without fully knowing why. At 153 cm she's compact on the ice, but there's nothing small about the commitment it takes to leave home for Kyoto's Ryoyo High School, one of the country's serious skating academies, just to chase a sport that rewards years of invisible work with a few minutes under the lights. No flashy celebrity story here — just a kid from Aichi grinding through falls and early mornings, stacking small wins. I honestly respect that more than any viral moment. She's the quietly burning type, and those are the ones worth watching.

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Mana Kawabe is a Japanese figure skater born on October 31, 2004, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Standing 153 cm tall, she is a Scorpio born in the Year of the Monkey. She attended Kyoto Ryoyo High School to pursue her skating career. She represented Japan at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and is a student at Chukyo University.

Name (English)

Mana Kawabe

Name (Japanese)

河辺愛菜

Reading

かわべ まな

Born

October 31, 2004 (age 21)

Origin

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

153cm

Occupation

Figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

High school

Kyoto Ryoyo High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mana.kawabe/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E8%BE%BA%E6%84%9B%E8%8F%9C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66827983

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Figure skater

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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