Nana Takeda

Nana Takeda is one of those people who just refuses to be one thing — she competed as a figure skater, then turned around and became a choreographer, which means she's spent her whole life on ice but from completely different angles. That transition from athlete to artist is genuinely rare; most skaters retire and move on, but she stayed in the game to shape how other skaters perform. The Waseda University degree tells you she wasn't just grinding on blades her whole youth; she brought real intellectual depth to the table too. I find the choreographer path especially compelling because it requires you to understand both the physical limits of a human body on ice and what makes movement emotionally land for an audience. That dual fluency is hard-won, and she has it.

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Nana Takeda is a Japanese figure skater and choreographer born on December 21, 1988, in Tokyo. She competed as a figure skater before transitioning to a career as a choreographer, creating programs for other skaters. She holds a degree from Waseda University, reflecting an academic background alongside her athletic career.

Name (English)

Nana Takeda

Name (Japanese)

武田奈也

Reading

たけだ なな

Born

December 21, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

167cm

Occupation

Figure skater / Figure skating choreographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

University

Waseda University

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%94%B0%E5%A5%88%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4450261

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Figure skater
• Figure skating choreographer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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