SKATER

Shizuka Arakawa

1981 - Today

Photo of Shizuka Arakawa

Icon of person Shizuka Arakawa

Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香, Arakawa Shizuka; born December 29, 1981) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shizuka Arakawa is the 213th most popular skater (down from 199th in 2019), the 2,537th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,013th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Skater.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Shizuka Arakawa by language

Loading...

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 213 out of 483. Before her are Roman Kostomarov, Scott Hamilton, Sasha Cohen, Dagmar Lurz, Geir Karlstad, and Marina Anissina. After her are Chen Lu, Ye Qiaobo, Maxim Staviski, Alina Zagitova, Evgeni Platov, and Robin Szolkowy.

Most Popular Skaters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 459. Before her are Dasha Zhukova, Siarhei Rutenka, Loukas Vyntra, Masamichi Yamada, Roland Linz, and Joe Taslim. After her are Yūichi Komano, Jorge Ribeiro, Peter Odemwingie, Alex Neil, Princess Akiko of Mikasa, and Ryoichi Maeda.

Others Born in 1981

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 2,537 out of 6,245. Before her are Yuya Yoshizawa (1986), Satoru Noda (1969), Aya Ueto (1985), Yutaka Baba (1986), Hikaru Fujishima (1989), and Eriko Sato (1985). After her are Yūichi Komano (1981), Shigekazu Nakamura (1958), Yoshikazu Goto (1964), Masayoshi Yoshida (1982), Kenichi Suzumura (1974), and Koji Inada (1985).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Shizuka Arakawa ranks 3. Before her are Yuzuru Hanyu (1994), and Midori Ito (1969). After her are Mao Asada (1990), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Yuka Sato (1973), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Miki Ando (1987), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Nobunari Oda (1987), Kaori Sakamoto (2000), and Daisuke Takahashi (1986).

Japanese born Skaters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous