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| Date of birth: | 21.07.2002 | Rika KIHIRA |
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| Place of birth: | Nishinomiya | ||||||||||
| Height: | 155 cm | JPN |
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| Home town: | Champéry | ||||||||||
| Profession: | high school student | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | dance | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 2007 / Toyota Motor Corporation | ||||||||||
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| Coach: | Stéphane Lambiel, Mie Hamada | ||||||||||
| Choreographer: | Benoit Richaud, Stéphane Lambiel | ||||||||||
| Practice low season: | 20 h/week Champéry/SUI | ||||||||||
| Practice high season: | 18 h/week Champéry/SUI | ||||||||||
| Music Short Program as of season 2020/2021 | |||||||||||
| The Fire Within by Jennifer Thomas | |||||||||||
| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2020/2021 | |||||||||||
| International Angel of Peace: O Virtus Sapientae by Hildgard of Bingen performed by Maya Beiser Beirut Taxi (from “Syriana” soundtrack) by Alexandre Desplat Wings of the Eagle by Uttara-Kuru Caravan on the Move (from “Caravans”) by Mike Batt Mother Tongue by Dead Can Dance Sacred Stones by Sheila Chandra In A Moment of Greatness by Larry Groupé |
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| Personal Best Total Score | 233.12 | 08.12.2018 | ISU Grand Prix Final 2018/2019 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Short Program | 83.97 | 11.04.2019 | ISU World Team Trophy 2019 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Free Skating | 154.72 | 10.11.2018 | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018 | ||||||||
| 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | ||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||
| World Championship | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||
| Four Continents | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| World Juniors | 8 | ||||||||||
| National Championship | 11.J | 11.J | 3.S, 1.J | 2.S | 1.S | 1.S | |||||
| S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice | |||||||||||
| International Competition | Year | Place | International Competition | Year | Place | ||||||
| ISU GP Internationaux de France 2018, Grenoble | 2018 | 1. | ISU GP Skate Canada International 2019, Kelowna, BC | 2019 | 2. | ||||||
| ISU Grand Prix Final 2018/2019, Vancouver | 2018 | 1. | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2019, Sapporo | 2019 | 2. | ||||||
| Challenge Cup 2019, Den Haag | 2019 | 1. | ISU Grand Prix Final 2019/2020, Torino | 2019 | 4. | ||||||
| ISU CS Autumn Classic International 2019, Oakville | 2019 | 1. | Challenge Cup 2020, Den Haag | 2020 | 1. | ||||||
| Kihira has landed the quad Salchow and triple Axels in competition and is the first woman to land a triple Axel-triple toeloop combination in competition (at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December 2017). Coach Stephane Lambiel is the 2005 and 2006 World Champion and 2006 Olympic silver medalist, representing Switzerland. | |||||||||||
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