Juho Pirinen

Juho Pirinen
Juho Pirinen
	Yuka Orihara and Juho Pirinen at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy
Born	November 2, 1995; Lappeenranta, Finland
Hometown	Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Finland
Discipline	Ice dance (since 2016); Men's singles (2009–16)
Partner	Yuka Orihara (since 2019); Monica Lindfors (2016–18)
Coach	Maurizio Margaglio; Neil Brown
Skating club	Helsingin Luistelijat
Began skating	2004
Medal record
Finnish Championships

Juho Pirinen (born 2 November 1995) is a Finnish ice dancer. With his current partner, Yuka Orihara, he is the 2019–20 Finnish national champion and a four-time Finnish national silver medalist (2021–25).^[1]

With former partner Monica Lindfors, he is the 2017 Finnish national junior champion and the 2018 Finnish national bronze medalist.^[2]

Personal life

Pirinen was born on November 2, 1995 in Lappeenranta, Finland. In addition to figure skating, he enjoys photography and hiking.^[3]

Career

Early career

Pirinen began figure skating in 2004. From 2007 to 2016, he competed as a singles skater and was a five-time Finnish junior national medalist, winning three silver medals and two bronze medals. He also competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, where he finished thirty-third.^[4]

Following the end of his singles skating career, Pirinen decided to team up with Monica Lindfors and compete in the ice dance discipline. Coached by former Italian ice dancer, Maurizio Margaglio, in Helsinki, the duo won the 2016–17 Finnish Junior Championships, finished nineteenth at the 2017 World Junior Championships, and won bronze at the 2017–18 Finnish Junior Championships on the senior level. Their partnership would dissolve following the 2017–18 figure skating season.^[2]^[5]

Partnership with Orihara

2019–20 season

In spring 2019, Pirinen's coach, Maurizio Margaglio, contacted Canadian ice dance coaches, Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe, upon learning that their student, Japanese-born ice dancer, Yuka Orihara's previous partnership had dissolved. Margaglio requested that Orihara travel to Helsinki to have a try-out with Pirinen. Orihara agreed to this request and following a successful tryout, she soon moved to Finland to train with Pirinen.^[6]^[7]

Deciding to represent Finland, the duo made their international debut at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they finished eleventh. They then continued competing on the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and seventh at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy.^[8] Orihara/Pirinen would also win bronze at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup and the 2019 Santa Claus Cup.^[1]

With top Finnish ice dancing team, Turkkila/Versluis not competing at the 2019–20 Finnish Championships, Orihara/Pirinen won the event by over forty points.^[9]

Selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, the duo came in eighteenth place. They then closed their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2020 Egna Dance Trophy.^[8]^[1]

2020–21 season

Although Orihara/Pirinen were assigned to make their Grand Prix series debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

The duo would not compete for the rest of the season.^[1]

2021–22 season

Competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, Orihara/Pirinen finished fifteenth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy and twelfth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They would follow it up with a fourth-place finish and a gold medal at the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2021 NRW Trophy, respectively.^[8]^[1]

In December, Orihara/Pirinen won the silver medal at the 2021–22 Finnish Championships. They would end their season with another silver medal at the 2022 International Challenge Cup.^[1]

2022–23 season

Beginning their season on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, Orihara/Pirinen placed fourth at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial and sixth at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently finished fourth at the 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.^[8]^[1]

Debuting on the 2022–23 Grand Prix series, the duo finished eighth at the 2022 NHK Trophy and seventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.^[8]^[1]

In December, they won their second consecutive silver medal at the 2022–23 Finnish Championships. Orihara/Pirinen would then end their season by winning silver at the 2022 Bavarian Open and bronze at the 2022 International Challenge Cup.^[8]^[1]

2023–24 season

Orihara/Pirinen started the season by competing 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial and at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently took gold at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup.^[8]^[1]

Going on to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, Orihara/Pirinen finished sixth. They then won silver at the 2023–24 Finnish Championships. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, the duo finished tenth.^[8]^[1]

With Finland having two berths for ice dance at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Orihara/Pirinen would make their World Championship debut in March, coming in sixteenth place.^[11]^[8]

2024–25 season

Orihara/Pirinen began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fourth at both the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy and the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, they finished sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy and the 2024 Finlandia Trophy.^[8]

In December, Orihara/Pirinen won the silver medal at the 2025 Finnish Championships.^[8]

Following a fourth-place finish at the 2025 Sofia Trophy, Orihara/Pirinen competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. There, they scored personal bests in all competition segments and finished in seventh place overall. The following month, the pair won the silver medal at the 2025 International Challenge Cup.^[1]

Orihara/Pirinen subsequently closed the season by finishing fourteenth at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[1] Their placement, in addition with Turkkila/Versluis's eleventh-place finish won Finland two quotas for ice dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[12]^[13]

Programs

Ice dance with Orihara

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2024–2025 ^[14]	Disco Inferno by The Trammps Love to You Baby by Donna Summer Y.M.C.A. by Village People choreo. by Massimo Scali, Sini Parkkinen	A Chorus Line Opening: I Hope I Get It One One (Finale) by A Chorus Line Ensemble choreo. by Massimo Scali, Sini Parkkinen
2023–2024 ^[3]	Like a Prayer Love Song Express Yourself by Madonna choreo. by Massimo Scali, Luca Lanotte, Nicolò Tacchetto, Sini Parkkinen	When You're Good to Mama performed by Queen Latifah Nowadays performed by Renée Zellweger Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag performed by Renée Zellweger & Catherine Zeta-Jones (from Chicago) by Fred Kander & John Ebb choreo. by Massimo Scali, Luca Lanotte, Nicolò Tacchetto, Sini Parkkinen	Jet Set (from Catch Me If You Can) performed by Aaron Tveit & Company of the Original Cast
2022–2023 ^[15]	Cha Cha: I Like It Like That by Pete Rodriguez performed by The Blackout All-Stars Rhumba: Dancing with a Stranger by Sam Smith performed by Klaus Hallen Tanz Orchester Samba: La Percussion by Ottomix & Yano Samba: Instruction by Jax Jones ft. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don performed by DJ Ice choreo. by Neil Brown, Luca Lanotte, Matteo Zanni	My Jolly Sailor Bold by Ashley Serena We're Sinking by E. Shepherd Stevenson & Christopher Lloyd choreo. by Neil Brown, Luca Lanotte, Matteo Zanni	Mary Poppins Returns Overture by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman Trip a Little Light Fantastic performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda End Title Suite Overture by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
2021–2022 ^[16]	Blues: Lean on Me by Bill Withers Funk: Give Up the Funk by Parliament both performed by Glee cast (from Glee) choreo. by Neil Brown, Paola Mezzadri, Luca Lanotte, Maurizio Margaglio, Sini Parkkinen	Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Neil Brown, Paola Mezzadri, Luca Lanotte, Maurizio Margaglio, Sini Parkkinen
2020–2021 ^[17]	Mary Poppins Returns Quickstep: Overture by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman Waltz: Trip a Little Light Fantastic performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda End Title Suite Overture by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman choreo. by Paola Mezzadri, Luca Lanotte
2019–2020 ^[18]		Near Light by Ólafur Arnalds Waves by Dean Lewis choreo. by Paola Mezzadri, Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe, Neil Brown

Ice dance with Lindfors

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2017–2018	Sway Me As Matado el Corazon Samba	Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante
2016–2017 ^[19]	Tough Lover (from Burlesque) performed by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Ossi Kanervo	Amélie by Yann Tiersen choreo. by Ossi Kanervo

Competitive highlights

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series

With Orihara

Competition placements at senior level ^[1]
Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
World Championships					16th	14th
European Championships	18th				10th	7th
Finnish Championships	1st	C	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
GP Finland				7th	6th	6th	TBD
GP France		C
GP NHK Trophy				8th		6th	TBD
CS Budapest Trophy						4th
CS Denis Ten Memorial						WD
CS Finlandia Trophy	7th		12th	6th	6th
CS Lombardia Trophy	11th		15th
CS Nepela Memorial	5th			4th	6th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice			4th	4th		4th
CS Warsaw Cup			5th
Bavarian Open				2nd
Challenge Cup			2nd	3rd		2nd
Egna Dance Trophy	5th
Mezzaluna Cup					1st
NRW Trophy			1st
Santa Claus Cup	3rd
Sofia Trophy						4th
Volvo Open Cup	3rd

With Lindfors

International^[5]^[2]
Event	16–17	17–18
CS Tallinn Trophy		14th
Bavarian Open		7th
Egna Trophy		8th
International: Junior^[5]^[2]
Junior Worlds	19th
Bavarian Open	14th
Tallinn Trophy	12th
NRW Trophy	18th
National^[5]^[2]
Finnish Champ.	1st J.	3rd

Men's singles

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[4]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Cup of Tyrol							5th
Nordic Championships							7th
Santa Claus Cup							6th
Tallinn Trophy							14th
International: Junior^[4]
Junior Worlds					33th
JGP Latvia					20th
JGP Poland					20th
Bavarian Open					7th
Challenge Cup	7th					2nd
Cup of Tyrol
Nordic Championships		5th	5th		6th
Tallinn Trophy					2nd
Volvo Open Cup				5th
National^[4]
Finnish Champ.	7th	3rd J	2nd J	2nd J	2nd J	3rd J	7th

Detailed results

Ice dance with Yuka Orihara

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[1]
Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	193.94	2025 European Championships
Rhythm dance	TSS	75.70	2025 European Championships
	TES	43.32	2025 European Championships
	PCS	32.38	2025 European Championships
Free dance	TSS	118.24	2025 European Championships
	TES	67.60	2025 European Championships
	PCS	50.64	2025 European Championships

Results in the 2019-20 season ^[1]
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 13-15, 2019	2019 CS Lombardia Trophy	11	57.94	10	90.54	11	148.48
Sep 20-21, 2019	2019 CS Nepela Memorial	5	67.01	6	99.92	5	166.93
Oct 11-13, 2019	2019 CS Finlandia Trophy	7	62.19	7	95.53	7	157.72
Nov 5-10, 2019	2019 Volvo Open Cup	3	67.48	3	96.89	3	164.37
Dec 2-8, 2019	2019 Santa Claus Cup	2	70.16	5	96.42	3	166.58
Dec 13-15, 2019	2020 Finnish Championships	1	70.15	1	102.75	1	172.90
Jan 20-26, 2020	2020 European Championships	16	64.49	19	91.59	18	156.08
Feb 7-9, 2020	2020 Egna Dance Trophy	5	70.76	6	97.99	5	168.75

Results in the 2021-22 season ^[1]
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 9-12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	15	57.98	16	86.82	15	144.80
Oct 7-10, 2021	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy	13	61.18	12	97.33	12	158.51
Oct 20-24, 2021	2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	4	62.84	6	92.38	4	155.22
Nov 4-7, 2021	2021 NRW Trophy	3	60.79	1	102.20	1	162.99
Nov 18-20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	6	71.56	5	105.21	5	176.77
Dec 17-19, 2021	2022 Finnish Championships	2	70.69	2	105.63	2	176.32
Feb 24-27, 2022	2022 Challenge Cup	2	65.31	2	104.08	2	169.39

Results in the 2022-23 season ^[1]
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2022	2022 CS Nepela Memorial	4	62.34	3	102.98	4	165.32
Oct 6-9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	6	68.81	5	101.36	6	170.17
Oct 19-23, 2022	2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	4	64.50	4	96.16	4	160.66
Nov 18-20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	9	66.47	8	101.98	8	168.45
Nov 25-27, 2022	2022 Grand Prix of Espoo	8	69.13	6	104.04	7	173.17
Dec 16-18, 2022	2023 Finnish Championships	2	74.73	2	106.44	2	181.17
Jan 31 - Feb 5, 2023	2023 Bavarian Open	2	72.52	3	105.37	2	177.89
Feb 23-26, 2023	2023 Challenge Cup	3	69.06	2	108.11	3	177.17

Results in the 2023-24 season ^[1]
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 28-30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	7	65.62	6	105.91	6	171.53
Oct 6-8, 2023	2023 CS Finlandia Trophy	6	67.93	4	106.80	6	174.73
Oct 20-22, 2023	2023 Mezzaluna Cup	1	73.76	1	115.25	1	189.01
Nov 17-19, 2023	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo	7	69.52	6	107.21	6	176.73
Dec 15-17, 2023	2024 Finnish Championships	2	75.80	2	110.47	2	186.27
Jan 8-14, 2024	2024 European Championships	10	68.59	9	111.12	10	179.71
Mar 18-24, 2024	2024 World Championships	17	68.66	16	107.33	16	175.99

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[1]
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 11-13, 2024	2024 CS Budapest Trophy	5	70.25	4	108.25	4	178.50
Oct 16-20, 2024	2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	4	71.24	3	109.24	4	180.48
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	7	67.34	6	107.94	6	175.28
Nov 15-17, 2024	2024 Finlandia Trophy	8	72.56	6	111.08	6	183.64
Dec 13-15, 2024	2025 Finnish Championships	2	77.21	2	114.87	2	192.08
Jan 7-12, 2025	2025 Sofia Trophy	4	66.81	2	108.17	4	174.98
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	8	75.70	6	118.24	7	193.94
Feb 13–16, 2025	2025 Challenge Cup	2	70.81	2	112.68	2	183.49
Mar 25-30, 2025	2025 World Championships	11	73.98	14	110.74	14	184.72

References

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External links

Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen at the International Skating Union
Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen at SkatingScores.com
Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen at the International Skating Union
Monica Lindfors/Juho Pirinen at SkatingScores.com
Juho Pirinen on Instagram

[SS-YOJP-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[SS-MLJP-2] "Monica Lindfors / John Pirinen". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[ISU-2324-3] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023.

[SS-JP-4] "Juho Pirinen". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[ISU-MLJP-5] "Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen: Competition Results". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[yle-6] "Yuka Orihara, 23, harkitsee luopuvansa Japanin kansalaisuudesta, jotta saisi Suomen passin – taustalla unelma olympialaisista". YLE. YLE. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[asahi22-7] 坂上, 武司. "国境を越える折原裕香　「五輪ドリームより、自分の可能性を信じて」". Asahi. Asahi. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[ISU-YOJP-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: Competition Results". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[9] "2019/20 Finnish National Championships - Senior Dance". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[10] "The ISU was informed of the cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Internationaux de France, that was scheduled to take place from November 13-15, 2020 in Grenoble (FRA)". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

[11] "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[12] "2025 World Championships - Ice Dance Final Results". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 23 May 2025.

[13] "ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE" (PDF). International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[ISU-2425-14] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2024.

[ISU-2223-15] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022.

[ISU-2122-16] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.

[ISU-2021-17] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.

[ISU-1920-18] "Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2020.

[ISU-1617-19] "Monica Lindfors / Juho Pirinen: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.

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