Yo Takagi

Yo Takagi (髙木 謠) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2024 Youth Olympic bronze medalist and the 2023 JGP Japan silver medalist.

Personal life
Takagi was born on December 15, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan.

She is currently a student at Tokyo Joshi Gakuin Senior High School.

Early career
Takagi began skating in 2012. She originally trained at the Meiji Jingu Gaien Figure Skating Club in Tokyo before relocating to Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture to train at the MF Figure Skating Academy following its opening in 2021. There, her coaches became Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue, and Akane Seo.

She made her debut at the 2021–22 Japan Junior National Championships, finishing tenth.

The following season, Takagi finished seventh at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships. Due to this top eight finish, she was selected to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Senior Championships. She would ultimately place twenty-first at those championships. Takagi also went on to win the silver medal at the 2022 Coupe du Printemps on the junior level.

2023–24 season
Takagi began the season by debuting on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2023 JGP Thailand, finishing fourth. She went on to compete at the 2023 JGP Japan in Osaka, winning the silver medal behind Mao Shimada. Following the event, Takagi said, "I'm happy because I didn't think I would get a personal best. I learned that I was able to persevere and not give up even when I failed." With these results, Takagi was named as the first alternate to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Competing at the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships, Takagi finished fourth. With this result, combined with her placements on the Junior Grand Prix series, Takagi was selected to represent Japan at both the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics as well as the first alternate to the 2024 World Junior Championships. She was also selected to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Senior Championships due to her top eight finish at the junior championships. At the senior championships, Takagi finished twenty-third.

During the 2024 Youth Olympics, Takagi scored a personal best in the short program, finishing second in that segment of the competition behind Shimada, and narrowly ahead of South Korean Shin Ji-a. In the free skate, she landed four clean triple jumps, having singled a planned triple lutz, and finished fifth in the segment. However, she maintained a podium placement, winning the bronze medal behind Shimada and Shin.

Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.