Mirai Nagasu

Mirai Nagasu is one of those athletes I just can't help rooting for — a Japanese American girl from Montebello, California who carried her name, her heritage, and her ambitions all the way to the Olympic stage. She became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, which helped the U.S. team earn a bronze medal in the team event. That moment alone is the stuff of highlight reels forever. What I love about her story is how she bounced back from being controversially left off the 2014 Sochi Olympic team despite placing third at nationals — most people would've called it quits, but she kept grinding for four more years. That's grit you can't manufacture.

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Name (English)

Mirai Nagasu

Name (Japanese)

長洲未来

Reading

ながす・みらい

Born

April 16, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Montebello, California, United States

Height

164 cm

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

High school

Arcadia High School

University

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

• Official sitehttp://figureskatersonline.com/mirainagasu/home/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mirainagasu/
• Xhttps://x.com/mirai_nagasu
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai%20Nagasu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E6%B4%B2%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628161

Tags

• California
• figure skater

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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