Marie Arai

Marie Arai
Native name荒井 万里絵
Born (1981-12-07) December 7, 1981 (age 42)
Sendai, Japan
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan
PartnerShin Amano
Yamato Tamura
Retiredc. 2004

Marie Arai (荒井 万里絵, Arai Marie, born December 7, 1981)[1] is a Japanese former figure skater who competed in pairs and ladies' singles. She skated in partnership with Yamato Tamura before teaming up with Shin Amano. Arai and Amano placed 20th at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[2] They are the 1998 Japanese national champions.[3]

Arai's best national result as a single skater, tenth, came at the 2001–02 Japan Championships. After retiring from competition, she became a skating coach.

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