Shizuka Arakawa
(Japanese: 荒 川 静香, Shizuka Araka wa?, Born. December 29, 1981 in Tokyo) - Japanese figure skater, world champion in the individual riding in 2004. It would represe nt a third of the country, after Midori Ito and Yuka Sato, who ma naged to win the title. At the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy won the gold medal. After the 2006 Olympics ended their sporting careers. Arakawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and grew up in Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region.