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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: | Toronto CAN | ||||||||||
| Profession: | university student | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | dance | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 2007 / Toyota Motor Corporation | ||||||||||
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| Coach: | Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Ghislain Briand, Paige Aistrop, Mie Hamada | ||||||||||
| Choreographer: | Benoit Richaud, David Wilson | ||||||||||
| Former Coach: | Stephane Lambiel, Tsuyako Yamashita, Kumi Ogata | ||||||||||
| Practice low season: | 21 h/week Toronto/CAN | ||||||||||
| Practice high season: | 21 h/week Toronto/CAN | ||||||||||
| Music Short Program as of season 2021/2022 | |||||||||||
| The Fire Within by Jennifer Thomas | |||||||||||
| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2021/2022 | |||||||||||
| Titanic (soundtrack) by James Horner | |||||||||||
| 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). She has relocated to Canada for training in 2021. Coach Brian Orser i the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist, representing Canada. | |||||||||||
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