Interview Articles

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.

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...

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...

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.

A voice booms across the arena, announcing the next competitor. Conant sophomore, Taira Shinohara steps onto the ice, fighting the butterflies in his stomach with the excitement of competing in his first national competition. Looking around, he sees that everyone’s eyes are on him: strangers, family, friends, coaches, judges. Taking a deep breath, he glides into his routine, and after two days of competing, he takes home seventh place at the 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships...

Junior men's skater Taira Shinohara is multilingual. Although born in the U.S., he considers Japanese his native tongue, plus he's picked up the language of computer coding...

Music fills the ice rink, signaling the beginning of the routine. Immediately, Conant freshman Taira Shinohara glides into his routine for the 2020 Midwestern Sectional Juvenile Freeskate Program, flawlessly executing jumps and spins with pure elation on his face. He takes first place at the competition, bringing home another accolade to add to his bedroom shelf, already adorned with countless medals and trophies...