Ryuichi Kihara
Japanese figure skater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 2023 Worlds champion, two-time World silver medalist (2022, 2024), the 2023 Four Continents champion, the 2024 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2021 CS Autumn Classic champion, and the 2020 Japanese national champion. They also are silver medalists in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[lower-alpha 1]
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Native name | 木原 龍一 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992 (age 31) Ichinomiya, Aichi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Riku Miura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bruno Marcotte Meagan Duhamel Brian Shales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Kinoshita Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.