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Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi- Hedican (born July 12 1971) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 figure skater
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
 and the 1992 Olympic Champion
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skating resultsThe venue was the Halle Olympique located next to the Th??tre des C?r?monies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville....
 in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
 in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an United States Figure skating who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the United States Figure Skating Championships and 1987 World Junior Figure Skating Championships....
. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco-area TV station KNTV (NBC 11
NBC 11

There are multiple stations that use the name NBC 11. These include:*KNTV in San Francisco, California*KVLY-TV in Fargo, North Dakota*KCBD in Lubbock, Texas...
) during the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006....
.

On May 20, 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the United Kingdom series Strictly Come Dancing, distributed by BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the BBC....
 with pro dance partner Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas

Mark Alexander Corky Ballas, Jr. is a performer. His parents are Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas. At a young age, he moved to London, England, where he began his performing career....
, defeating finalist couple Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor (American football)

Jason Paul Taylor is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft....
 and Edyta Sliwinska
Edyta Sliwinska

Edyta Sliwinska is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars ....
.






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Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi- Hedican (born July 12 1971) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 figure skater
Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....
 and the 1992 Olympic Champion
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skating resultsThe venue was the Halle Olympique located next to the Th??tre des C?r?monies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville....
 in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
 in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two national titles in 1989 and 1990 as a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an United States Figure skating who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the United States Figure Skating Championships and 1987 World Junior Figure Skating Championships....
. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Yamaguchi was a local commentator on figure skating for San Francisco-area TV station KNTV (NBC 11
NBC 11

There are multiple stations that use the name NBC 11. These include:*KNTV in San Francisco, California*KVLY-TV in Fargo, North Dakota*KCBD in Lubbock, Texas...
) during the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006....
.

On May 20, 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the United Kingdom series Strictly Come Dancing, distributed by BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the BBC....
 with pro dance partner Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas

Mark Alexander Corky Ballas, Jr. is a performer. His parents are Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas. At a young age, he moved to London, England, where he began his performing career....
, defeating finalist couple Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor (American football)

Jason Paul Taylor is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft....
 and Edyta Sliwinska
Edyta Sliwinska

Edyta Sliwinska is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars ....
. The judges commented that she was the most consistent competitor of any dancer in any season of the show. According to the host of the show, she had the highest scores of any competitor in the show's history.

Biography

Kristi Yamaguchi was born on July 12, 1971 in Hayward
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, to Jim Yamaguchi, a dentist, and Carole Doi, a medical secretary, who is of Japanese and Filipino descent. Kristi is Yonsei
Yonsei (fourth-generation Nikkei)

Yonsei is a Japanese diaspora term used in countries, particularly in North America and in Latin America, to specify the great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants ....
 (fourth-generation Nikkei
Japanese diaspora

The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as , are Japanese people emigrants from Japan and their Kinship to other parts of the world....
). Her paternal grandparents and maternal great-grandparents immigrated to the United States from Japan.

Kristi's grandparents were sent to an internment camp
Japanese American internment

Japanese American internment refers to the forcible relocation and internment of approximately 110,000 Japanese people and Japanese Americans to housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps", in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor....
 during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, where her mother was born. Kristi and her siblings, Brett and Lori, grew up in Fremont, California
Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, California; it was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: #Centerville, #Irvington, #Mission San Jose, #Niles, and #Warm Springs....
, where Kristi attended Mission San Jose High School
Mission San Jose High School

Mission San Jose High School , is a public, co-educational, four-year secondary school located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California, USA....
 her freshman year and transferred to Willow Glen High School
Willow Glen High School

Willow Glen High School is a public high school in the Willow Glen, California neighborhood of San Jose, California, California, within the San Jose Unified School District....
 in San Jose, California
San Jose, California

San Jose or San Jos? is the List of cities in California city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States....
, where she graduated but she did not attend college. Yamaguchi began skating as a child, as physical therapy for her club feet.

Pairs career

With Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo

Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an United States Figure skating who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the United States Figure Skating Championships and 1987 World Junior Figure Skating Championships....
 she won the junior title at the U.S. championships in 1986. Two years later, Yamaguchi won the singles and, with Galindo, the pairs titles at the 1988 World Junior Pair Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skating compete for the title of World Junior Champion....
; Galindo had won the 1987 World Junior Championship in singles. In 1989 Yamaguchi and Galindo won the senior U.S. championships pairs title and won again in 1990.

As a pairs team, Yamaguchi and Galindo were unusual in that they were both accomplished singles skaters, which allowed them to consistently perform difficult elements like side by side Triple Flip jump
Flip jump

The flip jump is a figure skating jump which takes off a backward inside edge with a toe pick assist, and lands on the backward outside edge of the opposite foot....
s, which are still more difficult than side by side jumps performed by current top international pairs teams. They also jumped and spun in opposite directions, Yamaguchi counter-clockwise, and Galindo clockwise, which gave them an unusual look on the ice. In 1990, Yamaguchi decided to focus solely on singles. Galindo went on to have a successful singles career as well, winning the 1996 U.S. championships and the 1996 World bronze medal.

Singles career

In 1991, Yamaguchi moved to Edmonton
Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
, Alberta
Alberta

Alberta is one of Canada Canadian Prairies Provinces and territories of Canada. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S....
 to train with coach Christy Ness. There, she took psychology courses at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta

The University of Alberta is a Public university research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the top universities in Canada....
. The same year Yamaguchi placed second to Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding

Tonya Maxene Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Figure Skating Championships....
 at the U.S. championships, her third consecutive silver medal at Nationals. The following month in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Yamaguchi won the 1991 World Championships
World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
. That year the American ladies team, consisting of Yamaguchi, Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan

Nancy Kerrigan is a two time United States Olympic Games figure skating medalist and 1993 United States Figure Skating Championships....
, became the only national ladies team to have its members place first, second and third at Worlds. In 1992, Yamaguchi won her first U.S. title and gained a spot to the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville
Albertville

Albertville is a commune in France in the Savoie Departments of France in the Alps in southeastern France. The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Joining her on the U.S. team were again Kerrigan and Harding. While competitors Harding and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
’s Midori Ito
Midori Ito

is a former Japanese figure skater. She is the World Figure Skating Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics. In 1988, she became the first woman to land a axel jump in competition....
 were consistently landing the difficult triple axel jump in competition, Yamaguchi instead focused on her artistry and her triple-triple combinations in hopes of becoming a more well-rounded skater. Both Harding and Ito fell on their triple axels at the Olympics (though Ito successfully landed the jump later on in her long program after missing it the first time), allowing Yamaguchi to win the gold, despite errors in her free program, including putting a hand to the ice on a triple loop
Loop jump

The Loop jump is a figure skating jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same edge. For a jump with counterclockwise rotation, this is the right back outside edge....
 and a double salchow
Salchow jump

The salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air....
 instead of a planned triple. Yamaguchi went on to successfully defend her World title that same year.

Endorsements

Though Yamaguchi won the gold medal, she would be overshadowed in publicity and endorsements by Nancy Kerrigan who later endured the highly publicized attack staged by associates of teammate Harding. Yamaguchi never expressed any dissatisfaction with her lack of endorsements as she had one of the most successful professional skating careers since Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie

Sonja Henie was a Norway figure skating and actress. She is a three-time List of Olympic medalists in figure skating , a ten-time World Figure Skating Championships and a six-time European Figure Skating Championships ....
, performing with such shows as Champions on Ice
Champions on Ice

Champions on Ice was a touring ice show in the United States. The show featured a large cast of both professional and Olympic-eligible figure skating along with novelty acts such as skating acrobatics....
 and Stars on Ice
Stars on Ice

Stars on Ice is a touring figure skating show produced by IMG . It was originally conceived in 1986 as a vehicle for IMG client Scott Hamilton , who had been released from his contract with Ice Capades, after being told that male skaters do not sell tickets....
 for over ten years. Yamaguchi received endorsements deals from Wendy's
Wendy's

Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers is an international Chain store of fast food restaurants founded by Dave Thomas & John T. Schuessler on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio....
 and DuraSoft Colors contact lenses, but not high-profile, multimillion-dollar deals with corporate giants like Campbells, Disney or Pepsi
Pepsi

Pepsi is a Carbonation that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. It is sold in retail stores, restaurants, cinemas and from vending machines....
. Some suspected that her Asian heritage may have put her at a disadvantage. Bill Imada, whose firm advises companies on marketing to Asian Americans observes that for marketers "People like Kristi Yamaguchi don't represent, at least with marketers, the wholesome all-American image".

She later received contracts with high fashion firms like Celanese Acetate, appeared in a "Got Milk" ad, and was featured on a Wheaties
Wheaties

Wheaties, a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes, is an United States breakfast cereal introduced in 1924 and marketed by the General Mills cereal company of Golden Valley, Minnesota, Minnesota....
 Box. And in 2008, she became the first woman to drop the green flag to start the Indianapolis 500.

On July 16,2008, in a Harris Poll quoted by MarketWatch
MarketWatch

MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research....
  put Kristi Yamaguchi in the top 10 of US Favorite Female Sport Stars even after 16 years of her Olympic win. Fellow figure skater Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan

Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skating. She has won nine United States Figure Skating Championships, five World Figure Skating Championships, and two Figure skating at the Olympics....
, who also is "Asian American
Asian American

Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
" is on the list too.

Professional & Personal life

Kristi Yamaguchi turned professional after the 1992 competitive season. She toured for many years with Stars on Ice
Stars on Ice

Stars on Ice is a touring figure skating show produced by IMG . It was originally conceived in 1986 as a vehicle for IMG client Scott Hamilton , who had been released from his contract with Ice Capades, after being told that male skaters do not sell tickets....
 and was also a fixture on the pro competition circuit, where she continued to be technically competitive with the younger ladies that had only recently retired. In recent years she has cut back on her skating schedule to concentrate on family life. Since July 8, 2000 she has been married to Bret Hedican
Bret Hedican

Bret Michael Hedican is an United States professional ice hockey playercurrently playing with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League....
, a professional hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 player she initially met at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Yamaguchi and Hedican, who is currently with the Anaheim Ducks, reside in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 with their two daughters, Keara Kiyomi, born on October 1 2003 and Emma Yoshiko, born on November 17, 2005 in Raleigh.

In 1996, she established the for children. Kristi is also the author of Always Dream, Pure Gold, and Figure Skating for Dummies. She made a fitness video with the California Raisins
The California Raisins

The California Raisins were a fictional rhythm and blues musical group composed of anthropomorphism raisins. Lead vocals were sung by musician Buddy Miles....
 in 1993 called, "Hip to be Fit: The California Raisins and Kristi Yamaguchi".

As an actress, she appeared in the PBS series, Freedom: A History of Us portraying Haruko Obata, one of the first teachers of ikebana
Ikebana

is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as .More than simply putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together....
 in the San Francisco Bay Area. As herself, she appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996 to May 16, 2005....
, D2: The Mighty Ducks
D2: The Mighty Ducks

D2: The Mighty Ducks also known as The Mighty Ducks 2 is the second film in The Mighty Ducks films and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks, produced by Avnet-Kerner Productions and Walt Disney Pictures, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, and originally released to movie theatres on March 25 1994....
, Frosted Pink, and the Disney Channel original movie Go Figure
Go Figure (film)

Go Figure is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 10, 2005. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video....
. Kristi has also appeared in numerous television skating specials including the Disney special Aladdin on Ice, portraying Princess Jasmine
Princess Jasmine

Princess Jasmine is a fictional Arabian princess and the protagonist who originally appeared in the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin , followed with its two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves and Aladdin ....
.

Kristi Yamaguchi received the Inspiration Award at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards
Asian Excellence Awards

The is an annual celebration of the outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music, and the performing arts....
. Two days after her Dancing with the Stars champion crowning, she received the 2008 Sonja Henie Award from the Professional Skaters Association. Among her other awards are the Thurman Munson Award, Women's Sports Foundation
Women's Sports Foundation

The Women's Sports Foundation "is an educational nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King." Its stated mission statement is "To advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity."...
 Flo Hyman Award
Flo Hyman Award

The 'Flo Hyman Memorial Award' was conferred annually between 1987 in sports and 2004 in sports by the Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, D.C., United States, on the organization's National Girls and Women in Sports Day to the female sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have capture[d] [best]...the d...
, and the Great Sports Legends Awards. She is also a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Olympic Hall of Fame, World Skating Hall of Fame, and the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Dancing With The Stars

Yamaguchi is the 2008 season winner on ABC's reality program Dancing with the Stars 6th season paired with Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas

Mark Alexander Corky Ballas, Jr. is a performer. His parents are Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas. At a young age, he moved to London, England, where he began his performing career....
. In the first three weeks, they received scores of 9, 9, and 9 for a total of 27 for their Foxtrot, Mambo, & Tango. This was the highest first and third week score in the show's history. During the fourth week, she received 10, 9, and 10 to have a total of 29, and the fifth week she received 9, 10, and 10 of having another total of 29 on the Paso Doble & Rumba. On her April 21 performance she received a perfect 30 score from the judges for her Jive. This makes her holding the 1st place spot for 6 weeks in a row, which is a new record on the show. During the seventh week, she didn't come in first. She received a 26 out of 30 for her Viennese Waltz which the judges gave her 9, 8, and 9 which gives her first 8 ever given, and her Cha-Cha-Cha was a 28 out of 30. The judges gave her 10, 8, and 10. Yamaguchi ended up with a fifty-four out of sixty which put her in second, her first time not being first on the judge's leader board. On the eighth week of competition, they received a 29 out of 30 as the judges scored 9, 10, and 10 for their quickstep and 26 out of 30 for their sassy samba with the judges scored them for 8,9, and 9. In the ninth week of competition, Kristi got her "top spot" back after two weeks. On the Tango, the judges gave her a 29 and on the Jive, 28. On the tenth week of the competition (finals), she received the highest score once again, breaking the tie with Mario Lopez for the most times a celebrity placed first place. On her "Mambo and Hip Hop" mesh Freestyle
Freestyle

Freestyle or Freestyler may refer to:* FreeStyle, a television show on HGTV* Free Style, a Korean hip hop group* Freestyle , a radio program on CBC's Radio One, hosted by Marsha Lederman and Cameron Phillips...
 to Michael Jackson's Working Day and Night, the judges gave her a perfect 30, her first since her Jive in Week 6. And on her Cha-Cha
Cha-Cha

Cha-Cha, Cha Cha, ChaCha or Chacha may refer to:*Short for the Philippines charter change*Cha-cha-cha *Cha-cha-cha *Cha Cha , a song by Latin artist, Chelo....
, she received another 30. She received all but one of the perfect 30s awarded in that season (Jason Taylor
Jason Taylor (American football)

Jason Paul Taylor is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft....
's finale dance being the other). The Cha-Cha
Cha-Cha

Cha-Cha, Cha Cha, ChaCha or Chacha may refer to:*Short for the Philippines charter change*Cha-cha-cha *Cha-cha-cha *Cha Cha , a song by Latin artist, Chelo....
 was danced back-to-back for the finals.

Performances
Week #Dance/SongJudges' scoreResult
InabaGoodmanTonioli
1Foxtrot/ "The More I See You
The More I See You

"The More I See You" is a popular music song.The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song was published in 1945 in music,...
"		999Safe
2Mambo
Mambo (dance)

Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuban origin that corresponds to mambo music.Mambo music was invented in 1930s Havana by Cachao and his contemporaries and made popular around the world by Perez Prado and Beny Mor?....
/ "Hey Baby
Hey Baby (No Doubt song)

"Hey Baby" is a pop music song written by Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Bounty Killer for No Doubt's fifth studio album Rock Steady ....
"		999Safe
3Tango
Tango (ballroom)

Ballroom tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance....
/ "Rio
Rio (song)

"Rio" is the seventh Single by Duran Duran, released on November 1, 1982.The song was the fourth and final single lifted from the band's album Rio , and was edited for its release....
"		999Safe
4Paso Doble
Paso Doble

Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the Metre march -like pasodoble music. It actually originated in southern France , but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spain bullfighting....
/ "Blue Monday
Blue Monday (New Order song)

"Blue Monday" is a dance pop song recorded in 1982 and originally released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed for further releases in 1988 and 1995....
"		10910Safe
5Rumba
Rumba (dance)

Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.First, it means Cuban event of African style, organically related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music....
/ "Say
Say (song)

"Say" is a song by John Mayer written for the Rob Reiner film The Bucket List in 2007. It was released as a single on November 20 and is the first commercial single in Mayer's career that was not originally released on one of his albums but added to the special edition re-release of his album Continuum ....
"		91010Safe
6Jive
Jive (dance)

In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance....
/ "Rip It Up
Rip It Up (Little Richard album)

Rip It Up was Little Richard's twentieth original album, and another compilation release featuring tracks from the Vee-Jay Records vaults. Although nineteen of the tracks were previously available, this was the first time that the rerecorded Jenny, Jenny had been released, necessitating its inclusion in the album chronology....
"		101010Safe
7Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz

Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz....
/ "I'm With You
I'm with You

"I'm With You" is a Moderate Waltz song written by Canada singer Avril Lavigne and The Matrix for Lavigne's debut album, Let Go , and was Lavigne's first ballad released as a single....
"
Cha-Cha-Cha
Cha-cha-cha

Cha cha cha or Cha Cha Cha may refer to:*Cha-cha-cha , a style of Cuban dance music*Cha-cha-cha , Latin American dance*Cha-cha-ch? , a style of Cuban dance...
/ "Don't Stop the Music
Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)

"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbados pop music singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world....
"		9
10		8
8		9
10		Safe
8Quickstep
Quickstep

Quickstep is an Ballroom glossary#International Style ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat, similar to a fast Foxtrot . An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing"....
/ "Billy A Dick"
Samba/ "Volare
Volare (song)

"Nel blu dipinto di blu" , popularly known as "Volare" , is Domenico Modugno's signature song. It is the only song ever by an Italian artist to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
"		9
8		10
9		10
9		 Safe
9
Semi-finals		Tango
Tango (ballroom)

Ballroom tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance....
/ "Midnight Tango"
Jive
Jive (dance)

In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance....
/ "Nutbush City Limits
Nutbush City Limits

"Nutbush City Limits" is Tina Turner's semi-autobiographical rock song, in which she portrays Nutbush, Tennessee, the town where she was born and spent her childhood until the age of sixteen....
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Finals		Cha-Cha-Cha
Cha-cha-cha

Cha cha cha or Cha Cha Cha may refer to:*Cha-cha-cha , a style of Cuban dance music*Cha-cha-cha , Latin American dance*Cha-cha-ch? , a style of Cuban dance...
/ "Dancing on the Ceiling
Dancing on the Ceiling

Dancing on the Ceiling is Lionel Richie's third album, which was released on July 15, 1986. The title cut was the second biggest single from the album, reaching #2 in the U.S....
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Freestyle
Street dance

Street dance, also called vernacular dance is an umbrella term, used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in everyday spaces such as streets, school yards and nightclubs....
/ "Workin' Day and Night"
Jive
Jive (dance)

In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance....
/ "Rip It Up
Rip It Up (Little Richard album)

Rip It Up was Little Richard's twentieth original album, and another compilation release featuring tracks from the Vee-Jay Records vaults. Although nineteen of the tracks were previously available, this was the first time that the rerecorded Jenny, Jenny had been released, necessitating its inclusion in the album chronology....
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Competitive highlights


Singles career

Event/Season1987-19881988–19891989–19901990–19911991–1992
Winter Olympics
Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on snow or ice, such as Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice skating, bobsledding and ice hockey....
     1st
World Championships
World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
 		  6th 4th 1st 1st
World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skating compete for the title of World Junior Champion....
 1st  
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships

The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the list of national championships in figure skating of the United States....
 		  2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games

The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s....
 		  1st  
Skate America
Skate America

Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association....
 		  3rd   1st 2nd
Nations Cup
Bofrost Cup on Ice

The Bofrost Cup on Ice is a German figure skating competition. It was part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China....
 		  1st  
Trophιe Lalique   2nd
NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy

The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of single skating, single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing....
 		  2nd 2nd  


Pairs career

(with Galindo)

Event 1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990
World Championships
World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
 		 5th 5th
World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skating compete for the title of World Junior Champion....
 		 5th 3rd 1st  
U.S. Championships 5th J. 1st J. 5th 5th 1st 1st
Skate America
Skate America

Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association....
 		 5th 2nd
NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy

The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of single skating, single skating, pair skating, and ice dancing....
 		 3rd 4th
Skate Electric 1st  
  • J = Junior level


Filmography


Year Title Role
2005
2005 in film

The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
 		 Go Figure
Go Figure (film)

Go Figure is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on June 10, 2005. Walt Disney Records released the Go Figure on June 7, featuring the title track by Everlife along with a music video....
 		 Herself


External links

  • : Kristi's Always Dream Foundation
  • Athlete Profile - Yamaguchi