is a Japanese

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. She is the 2014 Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2014

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silver medalist, and

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silver medalist. At the Junior level, she is the 2012 JGP Germany silver medalist, 2013 JGP Estonia bronze medalist, and the 2010 Japanese Junior national bronze medalist.

Career

Oba started skating at age 10. Oba made her international debut at the 2010 Cup of Nice. Competing on the senior level, she finished 7th. After winning the bronze medal at the 2010–11 Japanese Junior Championships, she was assigned to the 2011 World Junior Championships, where she finished 8th. The following season, she received her first

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assignment. In the 2012–13 season, Oba won her first JGP medal, silver, competing at an event in

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and placed 4th in her other JGP assignment in Turkey. Nationally, Oba placed 6th on the junior level and 11th as a senior. She ended her season with her first senior international medal, also silver, at the

. In the 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix, Oba placed 7th in Poland and then won a bronze medal in

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. She ended her season with another senior international silver medal at the 2014

. In the 2014–15 season, Oba made her senior

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debut at the

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, where she placed 6th with a personal best free skate and total score.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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References

External links

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Miyabi Oba
at SkatingScores.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oba, Miyabi 1995 births Living people Japanese female single skaters People from Tokoname Figure skaters from Aichi Prefecture Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade 21st-century Japanese sportswomen