My parents are super excited that they've produced an Olympian. I don't think they ever would have imagined this would happen in a million years, so I hope I represent not only Team U.S.A., but the Japanese-American culture and my family as well.
I was always getting in trouble for whispering in class.
Pre-competition rituals include nap time, because when competition rolls around, I'm a sloth. I also FaceTime my dogs.
Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.
You can train to be ready for the nerves, and we simulate it all the time, but it's never the same when it actually matters.
Education is more important than skating. I want to keep up with my schoolwork and my skating.