Risa Shoji

Shoji in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1996-07-05)5 July 1996 (age 29) Tokyo, Japan
Home town	Tokyo
Height	1.59 m (5 ft2+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Coach	Christy Krall, Reiko Kobayashi
Skating club	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
Began skating	2002

Risa Shoji (庄司 理紗,Shōji Risa; born July 5, 1996) is a Japanese formerfigure skater. She won four medals on theISU Junior Grand Prix series (one gold, three silver) and placed fifth at the2011 World Junior Championships.

Risa Shoji began skating in 2002. Debuting on theISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2010, she won medals at both of her assignments — silver in the Czech Republic and gold in Japan. At theJGP Final, her final score was the same as bronze medalistLi Zijun of China but the tie-breaker placed Shoji in fourth. She finished fifth in her senior national debut at theJapan Championships and then fifth at theWorld Junior Championships.

In the2011–12 JGP season, Shoji took silver at both of her assignments, Australia and Estonia. She finished sixth at her second JGP Final, sixth at the2012 Winter Youth Olympics, and 20th at the2012 World Junior Championships. In 2012, Shoji left her coach Naoki Shigematsu and competed at the 2012 Japanese National Championships without a coach.^{[citation needed]}

• QR = Qualifying round

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