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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, 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 2022/2023 | |||||||||||
| The Fire Within by Jennifer Thomas, Kimberley StarKey, arranged by Cedric Tour | |||||||||||
| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2022/2023 | |||||||||||
| Titanic 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 | ||||||||
| Season Best Total Score | 192.43 | 26.11.2022 | ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 | ||||||||
| Season Best Score Short Program | 64.07 | 25.11.2022 | ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 | ||||||||
| Season Best Score Free Skating | 128.36 | 26.11.2022 | ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022 | ||||||||
| 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | ||||
| 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 | 11.S | ||||
| S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice | |||||||||||
| International Competition | Year | Place | International Competition | Year | Place | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| ISU GP Skate Canada International 2019, Kelowna, BC | 2019 | 2. | ISU GP Skate Canada International 2022, Mississauga, ON | 2022 | 5. | ||||||
| ISU GP NHK Trophy 2019, Sapporo | 2019 | 2. | ISU GP Grand Prix Espoo 2022, Espoo | 2022 | 4. | ||||||
| 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. She missed the 2021/22 season due to injury. Coach Brian Orser is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist, representing Canada. | |||||||||||
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