Pairs
Date of birth: 17.12.2001
Riku MIURA
Place of birth: Takarazuka, Hyogo
Height: 145 cm
JPN
Home town: Oakville CAN
Profession: university student
Hobbies: watching anime
Start sk. / Club: 2006 / Kinoshita Group
Internet / Social Media contact: Instagram: riku9111
Twitter: miurariku1217
Internet / Social Media contact (Couple):  
Former Partners: Shoya ICHIHASHI
Date of birth: 22.08.1992
Ryuichi KIHARA
Place of birth: Tokai City
Height: 174 cm
JPN
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
Internet / Social Media contact (Couple):  
Former Partners: Miu SUZAKI, Narumi TAKAHASHI
Coach: Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne, Marie-France Dubreuil
Practice low season: 15 h/week Oakville/CAN
Practice high season: 15 h/week Oakville/CAN
Music Short Program as of season 2024/2025
Paint It Black by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
 
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2024/2025
Adiós by Benjamin Clementine
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 144.35 21.03.2024 ISU World Championships 2024
Season Best Total Score 214.23 19.10.2024 ISU GP Skate America 2024
Season Best Score Short Program 77.79 18.10.2024 ISU GP Skate America 2024
Season Best Score Free Skating 137.55 09.11.2024 ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024
                                                      
17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25
Olympic Games 21(2)        7       
World Champ. 24(2)      10  2  1  2   
European Champ.                
Four Continents 10(1)/8(2)    8      1  2   
World Juniors 10(1)  14(1)             
National Champ. 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 2021, Tokyo 2021 3. ISU CS Autumn Classic 2023, Montreal 2023 2.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2022, Mississauga, ON 2022 1. ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2024, Bergamo 2024 2.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022, Sapporo 2022 1. ISU GP Skate America 2024, Allen, TX 2024 1.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2022/23, Torino 2022 1. ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024, Tokyo 2024 2.
Miura/Kihara are silver medalists in the Team Event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 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).
The couple missed most of the first half of the 2023/24 season as Miura recovered from a back injury. Coach Meagan Duhamel is the 2015 and 2016 World Pairs Champion (with Eric Radford), representing Canada.
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