{"id":26327,"date":"2015-04-27T11:57:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=26327"},"modified":"2015-04-28T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T01:31:43","slug":"aiming-for-the-worlds-top-10-national-elite-athlete-and-full-time-student-moemi-kikuchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/26327","title":{"rendered":"Aiming for the world&#8217;s top 10 &#8211; National elite athlete and full time student, Moemi Kikuchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Dedicating all of my energy towards my studies and skating<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/en-news\/26327\/attachment\/1361_%e3%81%b4%e3%83%bc%e3%81%b7%e3%82%8b%ef%bc%88%e8%8f%8a%e6%b1%a0%e8%90%8c%e6%b0%b4%e3%81%95%e3%82%93%ef%bc%89%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e5%b7%ae%e3%81%97%e6%9b%bf%e3%81%88\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26329\" alt=\"1361_\u3074\u30fc\u3077\u308b\uff08\u83ca\u6c60\u840c\u6c34\u3055\u3093\uff09\u30ab\u30c3\u30c8\u5dee\u3057\u66ff\u3048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5bfa3f43b7a060625f734d99879076d8-360x270.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5bfa3f43b7a060625f734d99879076d8-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/04\/5bfa3f43b7a060625f734d99879076d8-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Moemi Kikuchi is a short track speed skater. Despite her frequent overseas trips and daily training as a national elite athlete, she spares no effort in her studies, seminar, and classes which are held five days a week from first to fourth period. \u201cSince I am a student of Waseda, one of Japan&#8217;s leading universities, I want to do my best academically as well. I want to do everything that time and my environment permits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Moemi says it is difficult to juggle athletics and studies, commenting \u201chardships make up 90% of skating.\u201d What motivates her to continue skating despite such circumstances is encouragement from family and those close to her. \u201cFor a long time, skating was something I felt obliged to do. However, I realized that it is thanks to the support from those around me that I am able to continue skating. For this reason, I want to repay them by doing my best, which means winning races.\u201d Moemi has a clear vision for the future. \u201cI have set my sights high. My goal is to win a medal in the 2018 Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics. To accomplish this, I want to become a top 10 skater in the world short track ranking within a year. I believe the best way to accomplish a goal is to utilize one&#8217;s strengths. I want to develop my strengths to where I cannot lose to anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moemi is currently a fourth year student at the School of Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<h4>Moemi Kikuchi<\/h4>\n<p>Originally from Nagano, Moemi Kikuchi graduated from Nagano Prefectural Nozawa-kita High School. She grew up in a skating family, with four of the five daughters being successful skaters. Her achievements include taking gold in the Women\u2019s 1,000 m in the All Japan Single Distances Short Track Skating Championship and being chosen as a member of Japan\u2019s national short track team for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. She is a member of the Waseda University Skate Club. She not only goes running before going to university but also does training after classes. With such a busy schedule, Moemi finds the best way for her to take a break is to have her hair done by one of her sisters who is a hairdresser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicating all of my energy towards my studies and skating \u00a0Moemi Kikuchi is a short track speed skater. 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