Satoko Miyahara (宮原 知子, Miyahara Satoko; born March 26, 1998) is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is the 2015 World silver medalist, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2016 Four Continents champion, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist (2014, 2015), a two-time Grand Prix Final silver medalist (2015, 2016), a two-time Skate America champion (2017, 2018), the 2015 NHK Trophy champion, a four-time CS U.S. Classic champion (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019), the 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion (2014–17).
On the junior level, she is the 2012 JGP U.S. champion, the 2011 JGP Poland silver medalist, the 2012 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, and a two-time Japanese junior national champion (2012, 2013).
She placed fourth at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Miyahara was born on March 26, 1998, in Kyoto, Japan. Her parents are both doctors. She moved with her family to Houston, Texas, when she was four years old, as her parents were doing research at the University of Texas, and had returned to Kyoto by the age of seven.
Miyahara began to learn English during her time in the United States, although she was reluctant to speak it at school, and she did not become fully fluent before returning to Japan. She would later describe English as a focal point in her life along with figure skating, and she made further efforts to improve her English by attending English lessons in Japan and speaking to skaters from other countries.
In February 2016, Miyahara graduated from Kansai University High School. She graduated from Kansai University in the spring of 2021, having studied in the Faculty of Literature and majoring in British and American Literature and English.
Standing five feet tall, she is known to her fan base as the "Tiny Queen". Miyahara said that she likes the nickname as "I tend to shrink and feel like I am not good enough. 'Tiny Queen' brings the feeling that I should be proud of myself and show my best."
In August 2023, Miyahara reflected on her retirement and the "deep friendship" she established with Stéphane Lambiel's team in Champéry, Switzerland.
In September 2024, Miyahara became a board member of the Japan Skating Federation.
Miyahara began skating while she was living in the United States at age four, and she came under the guidance of Mie Hamada in Kyoto, Japan at the age of seven.
2011–2012 season: Junior international debut
Miyahara became eligible for junior international competition in the 2011–2012 season. She won a silver medal at her Junior Grand Prix debut in Gdańsk, Poland, and finished fifth at her second event in Milan, Italy. Miyahara then won the Japan junior title and placed sixth on the senior level. She was fourth at her first World Junior Championships. Miyahara was invited to skate in the gala at the 2012 World Team Trophy as the Japanese junior national champion.
2012–2013 season: First senior national podium
In the 2012–2013 season, Miyahara won gold and bronze medals at her JGP events in the United States and Turkey, respectively. Miyahara then won the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships, before placing fifth at the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia.
Miyahara won her first senior national medal, a bronze, at the Japanese Championships, finishing ahead of Akiko Suzuki. She ended her season at the 2013 World Junior Championships where she finished seventh.
2013–2014 season: Senior international debut
Miyahara started the 2013–2014 season by winning the Asian Trophy. Debuting on the senior Grand Prix, she finished fifth at the 2013 NHK Trophy, having placed sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. At the 2013 Rostelecom Cup, she was sixth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall.
At the Japanese Championships, Miyahara placed fourth in the short, fifth in the free, and fourth overall, behind Akiko Suzuki, Kanako Murakami, and Mao Asada. She was selected to compete at the 2014 Four Continents Championships, where she won the silver medal behind teammate Kanako Murakami after placing fourth in the short and second in the free.