Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| World Championships |
| 1 | Mixed Normal Hill Team | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 1011.0 |
| 2 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 251.0 |
| 6 | Normal Hill Individual | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 195.0 |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | Overall |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 |
| 2012/2013 | 1 |
| 2011/2012 | 3 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | NH-Individual | Large Hill Individual | NH-Team |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 10 x 1st | - | 1 x 1st |
| 2012/2013 | 8 x 1st | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 1st | - | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Hinzenbach, AUT | 245.2 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Hinzenbach, AUT | 231.7 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Zao, JPN | 127.5 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Zao, JPN | 110.8 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Sapporo, JPN | 237.1 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Sapporo, JPN | 254.5 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Chaikovsky, RUS | 232.6 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Hinterzarten, GER | 239.9 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Hinterzarten, GER | 266.8 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013/2014 | Lillehammer, NOR | 286.0 |
| 1 | Ladies' Normal Hill Team | 2013/2014 | Lillehammer, NOR | 942.1 |
| Youth Olympic Games |
| 1 | Individual | 2012 | Innsbruck, AUT | 269.3 |
| 5 | Team | 2012 | Innsbruck, AUT | 576.0 |
| Junior World Championships |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2014 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 262.9 |
| 1 | Ladies' Normal Hill Team | 2014 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 919.0 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013 | Liberec, CZE | 268.0 |
| 1 | Normal Hill Individual | 2012 | Erzurum, TUR | 276.5 |
| 1 | Ladies' Normal Hill Team | 2012 | Erzurum, TUR | 968.0 |
| 5 | Ladies' Normal Hill Team | 2013 | Liberec, CZE | 726.5 |
| 6 | Normal Hill Individual | 2011 | Otepaa, EST | 235.5 |
LegendNH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified
- Occupation: Student
- Coach: Hiroya Takanashi [father] (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Aug 2013)
- Languages Spoken: Japanese
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe began serious training at age eight. (saratakanashi.com, 31 Aug 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportShe was influenced by her father and older brother to try the sport. "I was frightened at first, but once I jumped, I found it was fun. It is just like being a bird." (sankei.jp.msn.com, 05 Mar 2013; bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)
AmbitionsTo win a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (liberec2013.cz, 20 Jan 2013)
HeroUS ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"I don't think I can feel more pleasure than the moment when I manage to do my best jump while feeling pressure." (nbcsports.com, 02 Feb 2014)
AwardsShe was awarded a sport merit medal by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in August 2013. (saratakanashi.com, 31 Aug 2013)
GeneralBALLET BALANCE
She puts her sense of balance required in ski jumping down to ballet training sessions she attended as a child. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)
WORLD FIRST
At the end of the 2012/13 season she became the youngest individual winner of an overall skiing World Cup title. (bbc.co.uk, 08 Oct 2013)
INCREASED ATTENTION
She says it was initially tough for Japanese women to break into the sport. "I do think though, that maybe even because of my success, the popularity of women's ski jumping is increasing and slowly nearing the men's." (liberec2013.cz, 20 Jan 2013)
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