Mayuko Oka
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 岡万佑子 |
| Full name | Mayuko Oka |
| Born | 13 September 2009 |
| Home town | Kyoto, Japan |
| Height | 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Coach | Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto |
| Skating club | Kinoshita Academy |
| Began skating | 2015 |
Medal record | |
Mayuko Oka (Japanese: 岡万佑子; born 13 September 2009) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2026 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2025 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey gold medalist and the 2025-26 Japan Junior Championships silver medalist.[1]
She has performed the Triple Axel successfully in domestic competition.
Mayuko Oka was born on 13 September 2009 in Hokkaido, Japan.[1]In her final year of Junior High School Oka moved to Kyoto with her mother to trained at Kinoshita Academy under Mie Hamada and her team.[2]
Career
Early career
Oka began skating at age of six in 2015, she trained with Mami Yamada in her early career before switching to Kinoshita Academy.[3]
At the advanced novice level, she is the 2023 national silver medalist and based on this result Oka was invited to compete at 2022-23 Japan Junior Championships where she finished fifteenth.[4]
Following Season, Oka made her junior domestic debut and placed ninth at 2023-24 Japan Junior Championships.
2024–2025 season
Oka finished seventh at 2024-25 Japanese Junior Championships and sixteenth at 2024-25 Japan Championships.[5] In January, she finished second at the Japan Winter Sport Festival.[6]
2025–2026 season: International debut, World Junior bronze medalist
Oka debuted internationally at the 2025 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey where she won the gold medal at her Grand Prix debut, furthermore, earning her technical minimums required for the World Junior Championships.[7] A month later, she placed second and won the silver medal at the 2025 Junior Grand Prix in Azerbaijan.[8] These two medals garnered Oka enough points to qualify for the 2025-26 Junior Grand Prix Final in December.[9]
Oka competed at the 2025-26 Japanese Junior Championships in November 2025. She placed eighth in the short program segment and first in the free skate after landing a successful Triple Axel, finishing the event in second overall and earning the silver medal.[10][11]
In December, Oka finished in third in the short program at the 2025-26 Grand Prix Final, she dropped to sixth overall after falling on her triple Axel attempt and underrotating her triple-triple jump combination in the Free Skate.[12] Just two weeks later, she competed at the senior national championships, where she placed sixth overall after landing two successful Triple Axels in both Segments.[13]
Oka made her World Junior championship debut at the 2026 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She achieved a personal best score in the short program segment and placed second, accumulating 69.77 points. After her short program she shared with media, “I wasn’t super nervous for my debut at Junior Worlds. I was determined to perform with a strong mindset and I wanted to achieve my personal best, and I was able to do that by one point, so I’m very, very happy about it.”.[14] In the free skate, Oka finished in fourth place after falling on her triple Axel and errors on her triple Lutz. Her combined scores led her to finish in third place overall and win the bronze medal behind Hana Bath and training mate, Mao Shimada.[15] “I had some mistakes on my jumps, but I was able to enjoy my performance until the end. I was able to stay calm and focused. This was my first Junior Worlds, so my goal was to give it my all and constantly challenge myself to improve. I realised that focusing on my own performance was the most important thing" she shares.[16]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 |
choreo by. Kaitlyn Weaver, Kana Muramoto |
by Carolin Shaw choreo by. Kaitlyn Weaver, Kana Muramoto |
