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Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese pair skater. With his skating partner, Riku Miura, he is the 2022 World silver medalist, 2022 Skate Canada International champion, the 2021 CS Autumn Classic champion, and the 2020 Japanese national champion. They also earned a bronze medal at the team event during the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Ryuichi Kihara
Kihara in 2018
Personal information
Native name	木原 龍一
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1992-08-22) August 22, 1992 (age 30) Ichinomiya, Aichi
Residence	Tōkai, Aichi
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner	Riku Miura
Former partner	Narumi Takahashi Miu Suzaki
Coach	Bruno Marcotte Meagan Duhamel Brian Shales
Former coach	Yuka Sato Jason Dungjen Sergei Petrovski Hiroshi Nagakubo Yoriko Naruse Miho Kawaume Yuko Hongo Masako Ogino
Choreographer	Julie Marcotte
Former choreographer	Valérie Saurette Allie Hann-McCurdy Marina Zoueva Yuko Hongo
Skating club	Kinoshita Club
Former skating club	Chukyo University
Training locations	Oakville, Ontario
Former training locations	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Nagoya Toyota, Aichi
Began skating	1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	216.16 2022 NHK Trophy
Short program	78.25 2022 NHK Trophy
Free skate	141.04 2022 Winter Olympics
Medal record Representing  Japan Pairs' figure skating Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team World Championships 2022 Montpellier Pairs World Team Trophy 2021 Osaka Team

He previously competed with Narumi Takahashi and Miu Suzaki, representing Japan at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, respectively.

As a singles skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist.

Personal life

Kihara was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi.

He enjoys playing baseball in his spare time.[1]

Career

Single skating

Kihara began learning to skate in 1996.[2] He finished 10th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. He competed in singles through January 28, 2013.

Partnership with Takahashi

On January 30, 2013, the Japanese skating federation confirmed that Kihara would compete in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi, the 2012 World bronze medalist, and they would be coached by Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen.[3][4] They trained in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[5] They represented Japan together at the 2014 Olympics and placed 19th.

The pair split in March 2015.[6]

2016–2017 season: Debut of Suzaki/Kihara

In June 2015, Japanese media reported that Kihara had teamed up with former single skater Miu Suzaki, with whom he would continue to train in Michigan.[7] In December, they received the bronze medal at the Japan Championships. They did not appear internationally in their first season together.

2016–2017 season

After winning their first international medal (bronze) at the Asian Open Trophy in early August 2016 in Manila, Suzaki/Kihara took silver at the Japan Championships in December. Ranked twelfth in the short program and fourteenth in the free skate, they finished thirteenth overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, held in February in Gangneung, South Korea.

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

Suzaki/Kihara began their season with silver at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2017. Making their Grand Prix debut, they finished eighth at the 2017 NHK Trophy in November. They won their first national title at the 2017–18 Japan Championships, and were assigned to Japan's lone pairs spot at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. In February, they competed at the Olympics in both the team event and the individual event.[8] They placed 21st in the latter and missed the free skate. They concluded their season at the 2018 World Championships, where they placed 24th, again missing the free skate.

2018–2019 season: End of Suzaki/Kihara

In October 2018, Suzaki/Kihara placed tenth at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. They placed eighth at the 2018 Grand Prix Helsinki, their first Grand Prix event of the season. They also placed eighth at the 2018 NHK Trophy, their second assignment. They won a second national title at the 2018–19 Japan Championships. Due to a concussion sustained by Kihara in training, the pair withdrew from the 2019 Four Continents Championships and the home 2019 World Championships in Saitama.[9] They announced the end of their partnership in early April 2019.[10]

2019–2020 season: Debut of Miura/Kihara

In August 2019, it was announced that Kihara had teamed up with Riku Miura and that the pair would train in Oakville, Ontario at the Skate Oakville Skating Club under Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel, and Brian Shales.[1]

Miura/Kihara made their international competitive debut at 2019 NHK Trophy, where they finished fifth.[11] They were the only pair competing at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, and had two falls in the short program.[12] The free skate proved more successful, allowing them to claim the Japanese national title and assignments to the ISU championships in the second half of the season.[13]

After an eighth-place finish at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Miura/Kihara were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[14]

2020–2021 season

Miura/Kihara was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.[15] Making their season and Worlds debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, they placed tenth.[16] As Japan's only pair, they were named to the team for the 2021 World Team Trophy. On April 8, he was named as team captain. They finished third in both segments, helping Team Japan to the bronze medal.[17][18][19]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

Miura/Kihara spent the period after the World Team Trophy training in Japan and the United States, before returning to Canada in September upon the reopening of the borders. They began their season at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where they won both segments of competition, as well as set new personal bests, to take the gold medal overall.[20]

At their first Grand Prix assignment of the season, the 2021 Skate America, Miura/Kihara again scored new personal bests in both segments of competition, as well as overall. Despite placing third in both the short program and the free skate, due to shifting ordinals from their competitors the team won the silver medal between Russian competitors Tarasova/Morozov in first and Boikova/Kozlovskii in third. Their medal marks the first medal for Japan in the pairs event on the Grand Prix circuit since 2011.[21][22] Competing at the 2021 NHK Trophy at home for their second event, they were third in both programs to take the bronze medal. They finished less than four points behind silver medalists Tarasova/Morozov, a gap more than accounted for by jump and throw errors by Miura. She noted issues in training, and expressed dissatisfaction that she had been unable to fix the problem, but that they were nevertheless satisfied to have achieved their goal of winning a medal.[23] Miura/Kihara's results qualified them to the Grand Prix Final, but it was subsequently cancelled due to restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant.[24]

Due to the Omicron variant, Miura/Kihara did not travel to Japan to participate in the 2021–22 Japan Championships, but were instead named directly to the Japanese Olympic team. They began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Japanese entries in the Olympic team event. They placed fourth in the short program, securing seven points for the Japanese team.[25] Skating the free segment as well, they finished in second place there, taking nine points for the Japanese team, which went on to win the bronze medal. This was the first time that Japan had taken a medal in the team event, and Miura/Kihara's presence as a strong pair team was widely cited as the biggest factor in Japan's increased competitiveness.[26] In the pairs event, Miura doubled her triple jump attempt in the short program, as a result of which they placed eighth in the segment.[27] In the free skate, they finished fifth in the segment, rising to seventh place overall.[28]

Days after the Olympics concluded, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. As well, the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier. As those countries' athletes comprised the entirety of the top five pairs at the Olympics, this had a huge impact on the field, and Miura/Kihara entered as medal favourites.[29] In the short program, Miura put a hand down after stepping out on their throw triple Lutz, but they finished third in the segment, taking a bronze small medal.[30] They had a rough free skate, with errors on both jumping passes and Miura falling on a throw triple loop. They still finished third in that segment as well, but took the silver medal overall. They became the second Japanese pair team to win a World medal. Miura opined afterward "now we secure the medal, but I don't think our performance was worth winning a medal today. We regret our performance today, so next season I want to push ourselves hard and to the very end and we want to practice hard."[31] Their coach, Bruno Marcotte, countered that "I told them to look at their silver medals and think: 'This is the result of all the work you did, all the competitions, the year and a half that you had to stay in Canada, away from your families, because of COVID-19. These medals represent all of that.'"[32]

2022–23 season

In July, Miura suffered an injury to her left shoulder while skating in a Japanese ice show during the off-season, which kept the pair from training until September. Despite this Miura/Kihara managed to win gold at their first Grand Prix event, the 2022 Skate Canada, becoming the first Japanese pair team to ever do so.[33][34] Their free skate program earned praise from Sleeping at Last, the artist of the program's music.[35]

Programs

With Miura

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [36]	You'll Never Walk Alone by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II performed by Marcus Mumford and Elvis Presley choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Atlas: Two by Sleeping at Last choreo. by Julie Marcotte	I Lived by OneRepublic
2021–2022 [37]	Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen performed by k.d. lang choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Woman by Shawn Phillips choreo. by Julie Marcotte	I Lived by OneRepublic
2020–2021 [38]			Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
2019–2020 [1]	Nocturnal Animals by Abel Korzeniowski choreo. by Allie Hann-McCurdy	Fix You by Coldplay choreo. by Valérie Saurette	Million Reasons by Lady Gaga

With Suzaki

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2018–2019 [2]	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo	Turn to Stone by Ingrid Michaelson choreo. by Yuka Sato, Jeremy Abbott
2017–2018 [39]	Yuri on Ice by Taro Umebayashi choreo. by Yuka Sato	Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo	Yuri on Ice[40] by Taro Umebayashi
2016–2017 [41]	Out of the Garage by Daniel Pemberton Mission: Impossible choreo. by Yuka Sato	Star Wars by John Williams choreo. by Yuka Sato Duel of the Fates Across the Stars	Mission: Impossible choreo. by Yuka Sato
2015–2016 [42]	Let it go choreo. by Yuka Sato	Star Wars by John Williams choreo. by Yuka Sato Duel of the Fates Across the Stars	Move Together

With Takahashi

Season	Short program	Free skating
2014–2015 [43]	Bossa Nova Baby by Elvis Presley	That's Entertainment Love is Here to Stay I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
2013–2014 [5]	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber	Violin Concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
2011–2012 [44]	Tango De Los Exilados by Walter Taieb	Violin Concerto by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
2010–2011 [45]	Tango De Los Exilados by Walter Taieb	The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith
2009–2010 [46]	Speed by Mark Mancina	The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Miura

International[47]
Event	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics			7th
Worlds	C	10th	2nd
Four Continents	8th
GP Final			C	TBD
GP NHK Trophy	5th		3rd	1st
GP Skate America			2nd
GP Skate Canada		C		1st
CS Autumn Classic			1st
National
Japan Champ.	1st		WD
Team events
Olympics			3rd T
World Team Trophy		3rd T 3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Pairs with Suzaki

International[48]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
Olympics			21st
Worlds			24th	WD
Four Continents		13th	8th	WD
GP Finland				8th
GP NHK Trophy			8th	8th
CS Finlandia Trophy				10th
Asian Open Trophy		3rd	2nd
National[49]
Japan Champ.	3rd	2nd	1st	1st
Team events
Olympics			5th T
WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Takahashi

International[50]
Event	13–14	14–15
Olympics	18th
Worlds	17th	19th
Four Continents		10th
GP Rostelecom Cup		7th
GP NHK Trophy		7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		7th
Lombardia Trophy	7th
Nebelhorn Trophy	11th
National[51]
Japan Championships	1st	1st
Team events
Winter Olympics	5th T
T = Team result

Single skating

International[52]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
Challenge Cup										7th
International: Junior[52]
Junior Worlds									10th
JGP Austria									10th
JGP Belarus								9th
JGP Estonia										4th
JGP Germany									3rd
JGP Poland										3rd
New Zealand WG								2nd J
National[53]
Japan									12th	12th	12th
Japan Junior			28th		17th	16th	9th	8th	2nd	3rd
Japan Novice	6th B	1st B	3rd A	9th A
J = Junior level

Detailed results

With Miura

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 8–11, 2022	2022–23 Grand Prix Final			TBD
November 17–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	1 78.25	1 137.91	1 216.16
October 28–30, 2022	2022 Skate Canada	1 73.39	1 138.63	1 212.02
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	3 71.58	3 127.97	2 199.55
February 18–19, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	8 70.85	5 141.04	7 211.89
February 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics – Team event	4 74.45	2 139.60	3T
November 12–14, 2021	2021 NHK Trophy	3 73.98	3 135.44	3 209.42
October 22–24, 2021	2021 Skate America	3 72.63	3 135.57	2 208.20
September 16–18, 2021	2021 CS Autumn Classic International	1 72.32	1 131.74	1 204.06
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 15–18, 2021	2021 World Team Trophy	3 65.82	3 130.83	3T/3P 196.65
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	8 64.37	10 120.04	10 184.41
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 4 – 9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	9 57.45	8 110.05	8 167.50
December 18–22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	1 53.95	1 116.16	1 170.11
November 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	6 62.41	6 117.53	5 179.94

References

External links

• Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara at the International Skating Union
• Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara at the International Skating Union
• Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara at the International Skating Union
• Ryuichi Kihara at the International Skating Union

На других языках

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[de] Ryūichi Kihara

Ryūichi Kihara (jap. 木原 龍一 .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Kihara Ryūichi; * 22. August 1992 in Tōkai) ist ein japanischer Eiskunstläufer, der im Paarlauf antritt. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2022 in Peking gewann er im Teamwettbewerb zusammen mit dem japanischen Team die Bronzemedaille. Er vertrat Japan ebenfalls bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2014 und 2018.

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- [en] Ryuichi Kihara

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[fr] Ryuichi Kihara

Ryuichi Kihara (en japonais : 三浦 璃来), né le 22 août 1992 à Ichinomiya, est un patineur artistique japonais.

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[ru] Кихара, Рюити

Рюити Кихара (яп. 木原 龍; род. 22 августа 1992, Итиномия, Айти[2]) ― японский фигурист, выступающий в парном катании с Рику Миура. Вместе они — бронзовые призёры зимних Олимпийских игр в Пекине в командном соревновании (2022), серебряные призёры чемпионата мира (2022), чемпионы Японии (2020).

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