Pairs |
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| Date of birth: | 17.12.2001 | Riku MIURA |
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| Place of birth: | Takarazuka, Hyogo | ||||||||||
| Height: | 146 cm | JPN |
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| Home town: | Oakville CAN | ||||||||||
| Profession: | university student | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | collecting cosmetics & perfume | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 2006 / Kinoshita Group | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact: | Instagram: riku9111 Twitter: miurariku1217 |
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| Former Partners: | Shoya ICHIHASHI | ||||||||||
| Date of birth: | 22.08.1992 | Ryuichi KIHARA |
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| Place of birth: | Tokai City | ||||||||||
| Height: | 174 cm | JPN |
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| Home town: | Oakville CAN | ||||||||||
| Profession: | full time athlete | ||||||||||
| Hobbies: | baseball, soccer | ||||||||||
| Start sk. / Club: | 1996 / Kinoshita Group | ||||||||||
| Internet / Social Media contact: | Instagram: kihara_ryuichi Twitter: ryuichi_kihara |
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| Former Partners: | Miu SUZAKI, Narumi TAKAHASHI | ||||||||||
| Coach: | Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel, Brian Shales | ||||||||||
| Choreographer: | Julie Marcotte | ||||||||||
| Former Coach: | Jason Dungjen, Yuka Sato | ||||||||||
| Practice low season: | 13 h/week Oakville, Canada | ||||||||||
| Practice high season: | 13 h/week Oakville, Canada | ||||||||||
| Music Short Program as of season 2023/2024 | |||||||||||
| I put A Spell On You by Kandace Springs, Slotkin Hawkins |
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| Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2023/2024 | |||||||||||
| Une chance qu’on s’a by Celine Dion, Jean-Pierre Ferland Amour infini by Karl Hugo |
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| Personal Best Total Score | 224.16 | 15.04.2023 | ISU World Team Trophy 2023 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Short Program | 80.72 | 22.03.2023 | ISU World Championships 2023 | ||||||||
| Personal Best Score Free Skating | 143.69 | 15.04.2023 | ISU World Team Trophy 2023 | ||||||||
| Season Best Total Score | 188.05 | 15.09.2023 | ISU CS Autumn Classic 2023 | ||||||||
| Season Best Score Short Program | 59.13 | 14.09.2023 | ISU CS Autumn Classic 2023 | ||||||||
| Season Best Score Free Skating | 128.92 | 15.09.2023 | ISU CS Autumn Classic 2023 | ||||||||
| 16/17 | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | ||||
| Olympic Games | 21(2) | 7 | |||||||||
| World Champ. | 24(2) | 10 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| European Champ. | |||||||||||
| Four Continents | 13(2) | 10(1)/8(2) | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| World Juniors | 13(1) | 10(1) | 14(1) | ||||||||
| National Champ. | 1.J(1)/2.S(2) | 3.S(1),1.J(1)/1.S(2) | 1.S(2) | 1.S | |||||||
| S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice | |||||||||||
| (1): Riku MIURA / Shoya ICHIHASHI (JPN), (2): Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA (JPN) | |||||||||||
| International Competition | Year | Place | International Competition | Year | Place | ||||||
| ISU GP NHK Trophy 2019, Sapporo | 2019 | 5. | ISU GP Skate Canada International 2022, Mississauga, ON | 2022 | 1. | ||||||
| ISU CS Autumn Classic International 2021, Pierrefonds Montreal, QC | 2021 | 1. | ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022, Sapporo | 2022 | 1. | ||||||
| ISU GP Guaranteed Rate Skate America 2021, Las Vegas | 2021 | 2. | ISU Grand Prix Final 2022/23, Torino | 2022 | 1. | ||||||
| ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021, Tokyo | 2021 | 3. | ISU CS Autumn Classic 2023, Montreal | 2023 | 2. | ||||||
| Miura/Kihara teamed up in 2019 and are the first Japanese Pair Skaters to win the ISU World title, the ISU Four Continents title (both in 2023) and the ISU Grand Prix Final title (in 2022). They were the first Japanese Pair in ten years to win medals at the ISU World Championships (silver in 2022) and Grand Prix (silver and bronze in 2021). Kihara is a three-time Olympian (2022 with Miura, 2018 with Miu Suzaki and 2014 with Narumi Takahashi). Coach Meagan Duhamel is the 2015 and 2016 World Pairs Champion (with Eric Radford), representing Canada. | |||||||||||
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