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Haruka Imai (born August 31, 1993) is a Japanese figure skater. She has
won eight senior international medals and competed at three Four Continents
Championships,
placing as high as fourth. She is the 2008 Japanese Junior national
champion.
Imai began skating at age 9. In the 2008–09 season, Imai began competing on
the Junior Grand Prix series. She won her JGP event in Belarus and went on
to win the Japanese Junior title. She was 16th at the 2009 World Junior
Championships. In 2009, Imai won bronze at her sole JGP event, in Hungary.
She placed 6th on the senior level at the Japan Championships and was
assigned to the 2010 Four Continents Championships, where she placed 5th. In
2010, Imai won gold at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial and debuted on the senior
Grand Prix series, placing 5th at the 2010 Skate Canada International and
6th at the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard.
In summer 2011, Imai sustained a stress fracture in her foot, keeping her
off the ice for about two months. In September 2011, she moved to Detroit to
be coached by Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen.[2] She won bronze at the 2012
Nebelhorn Trophy. Imai returned to Japan in 2013, joining Rumiko Michigami.
She won gold at the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy. At the Japan Championships,
Imai finished 5th.