Marin Honda

is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 World Junior champion, the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2016–17 Japanese Junior National bronze medalist. She is the former junior world record holder for the free program. Personal life Marin Honda was born on August 21, 2001, in Kyoto, Japan, the third born of five children. She has an elder brother, Taichi, an elder sister, Maho, and two younger sisters, Miyu and Sara. With the exception of Maho, all of her siblings are figure skaters, and Miyu is also a popular child actress in Japan. Honda previously studied and trained at Kansai University Middle School, which has an ice rink. In 2018, Honda moved to California with her brother, Taichi, to train with Rafael Arutyunyan. Honda is a member of team RF and looks up to 2006 Olympic Champion Shizuka Arakawa. She enrolled in Meiji University's School of Political Science and Economics in spring 2020. Career Honda began skating at the age of two after following her older brother, Taichi, into figure skating.