My Take
I have a soft spot for skaters who refuse to play it safe, and Miki Ando is exactly that kind of fighter. This is the woman who, as a teenager out of Nagoya, became the first female skater to land a quad Salchow in competition, which is the sort of audacity that makes you gasp and then immediately worry for her knees. She climbed to the very top of the sport, twice a world champion, but what sticks with me isn't the medals so much as the bouncing back: the falls, the slumps, the comebacks, all of it stubbornly human. And I love that she didn't just walk away from the ice afterward, she stayed close to it as a choreographer, shaping how the next generation moves. Tough, tearful, and quietly relentless, she's the kind of athlete I just keep rooting for.
Overview
Miki Ando is a Japanese figure skater and choreographer born on December 18, 1987, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. She attended Chukyo University Attached Chukyo High School and went on to graduate from Chukyo University. Known for her competitive achievements on the international stage, she later transitioned into choreography. Her official website is miki-ando.com.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Miki Ando
- Name (Japanese)
- 安藤美姫
- Reading
- あんどう みき
- Born
- December 18, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rabbit (卯)
- Origin
- Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 162cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Figure skater / Figure skating choreographer
2. Background
- High school
- Chukyo University Attached Chukyo High School
- University
- Chukyo University
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://miki-ando.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/miki_m_ando0403/
- Xhttps://x.com/M1K1_ANDO
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E8%97%A4%E7%BE%8E%E5%A7%AB
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.