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Taira Shinohara (University of California, Irvine) captured his second consecutive senior men's title at the 2026 U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships in Richfield, Minnesota on Saturday.

The nation's top collegiate figure skaters will compete for titles and scholarship money at the 2026 U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships & Invitational July 18-20 in Richfield, Minnesota.

The world silver medallist started off the 2025-26 season with a convincing victory on home ice, surpassing Georgia's Nika Egadze and USA's Jason Brown for the title.

Seven members of the U.S. National Team will compete this weekend at the Denis Ten Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The 2025 U.S. nationals are set for Wichita, Kansas. Check out all the results here.

LinksMore than 180 athletes have qualified for the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which will take place Jan. 20-26 in Wichita, Kansas.

LinksTeam USA landed two ice dance teams on the podium at the third ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series event of the season in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 11-14 with Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin earning silver and Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal securing bronze.

U.S. junior champion Logan Higase-Chen, U.S. junior silver medalist Taira Shinohara and the U.S. junior bronze medalist ice dance team of Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal represent two-thirds of the Team USA athletes who will compete Sept. 11-14 at Junior Grand Prix Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand, the third event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

Shinohara Primed for First JGP Event
American Taira Shinohara, who will make his JGP debut in Bangkok, Thailand (September 11-14), offered his thoughts to Ice Time on the upcoming competition.

After practicing with Kagiyama for seven days, American Taira Shinohara said "there is more effort, energy and importance put into each thing I do on the ice."

篠原泰良（しのはらたいら）選手。
シカゴ生まれ、シカゴ育ち。
アメリカ代表、ジュニアフィギュアスケーター。
2006年5月11日生まれの18歳。
北海道出身のお父様と福岡出身のお母様が大学の時にアメリカで出会う。
スケートを始めたきっかけは、現在、日本にいる親友で幼なじみの友人が妹の珠希さんと一緒に一般営業に誘ってくれたこと。
当初はサッカーをしていたが、珠希さんが先にレッスンやクラスをとるようになり、のちに自身もスケートを始める。
珠希さんはシンクロの選手でシングルスケーターとしても試合に出場している...

Landing the quad toe is a 'dopamine rush'

At the 2024 US Junior Championships, runner-up Taira Shinohara showed his skating skills, including the thrill of landing two triple axels in the free skate.

Shinohara Wins Bavarian Open
Fresh off taking the silver medal at the US Junior Championships in January in Columbus, Ohio, 17-year-old Taira Shinohara won the junior title at the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf, Germany, on January 31 with a tally of 193.87.

History was made on the second day of competition at the 2024 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Columbus, Ohio, as Leah Neset and Artem Markelov clinched their third consecutive U.S. junior ice dance title...

More than 180 athletes have qualified for the 2024 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which will take place Jan. 22-28 in Columbus, Ohio.

北京オリンピック（五輪）フィギュアスケート男子で、日本史上最年少メダル（個人銀、団体銅）を獲得した鍵山優真（20＝オリエンタルバイオ／中京大）。その指導に就く父、鍵山正和コーチ（51）の哲学に迫る連載「鍵山正和　～哲～」の第2回は、6月の福岡での練習風景から、その指導のルーツをたどります。米国を拠点にする篠原泰良（17）へのジャンプ指導にも、スケーターとして歩んできた道のりが刻まれていました...

U.S. Figure Skating today announced the 120 qualifiers who will compete at the 2023 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships set for Jan. 23-29 in San Jose, California.

羽生結弦選手や宇野昌磨選手らに刺激を受けながら、学業に励む10代。

Inspired by standouts Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno and others, the teenager strives for greatness in the sport while pursuing ambitious educational goals.