Ryuichi Kihara
Ryuichi Kihara | |
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![]() Kihara with Suzaki in 2018 | |
Native name | 木原 龍一 |
Born | Ichinomiya, Aichi | August 22, 1992
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 |
Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese figure skater, who presently competes in pairs with partner Riku Miura. He previously competed with Narumi Takahashi and Miu Suzaki, representing Japan at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, respectively.
As a single 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 of 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]
Programs
With Miura
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2019–2020 [1] |
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With Suzaki
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2018–2019 [2] |
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2017–2018 [14] |
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2016–2017 [16] |
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2015–2016 |
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With Takahashi
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2014–2015 [18] |
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2013–2014 [5] |
Single skating
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2012–2013 |
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2011–2012 [19] |
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2010–2011 [20] |
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2009–2010 [21] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pair skating with Miura
International[22] | |
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Event | 19–20 |
Four Continents | 8th |
NHK Trophy | 5th |
National[22] | |
Japan Champ. | 1st |
Pair skating with Suzaki
International[23] | ||||
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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[24] | ||||
Japan Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
Pair skating with Takahashi
International[25] | ||
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Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
Winter Olympics | 18th | |
World Championships | 17th | 19th |
Four Continents Champ. | 10th | |
GP Rostelecom Cup | 7th | |
GP NHK Trophy | 7th | |
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 7th | |
Lombardia Trophy | 7th | |
Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | |
National[26] | ||
Japan Championships | 1st | 1st |
Team events | ||
Winter Olympics | 5th T | |
T = Team result |
Single skating
International[27] | |||||||||||
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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[27] | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 10th | ||||||||||
JGP Austria | 10th | ||||||||||
JGP Belarus | 9th | ||||||||||
JGP Estonia | 4th | ||||||||||
JGP Germany | 3rd | ||||||||||
JGP Poland | 3rd | ||||||||||
New Zealand WG | 2nd J | ||||||||||
National[28] | |||||||||||
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)
2019–20 season | |||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
March 16 – 22, 2020 | 2020 World Championships | TBD | |||
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 | NHK Trophy | 6 62.41 |
6 117.53 |
5 179.94 |
References
- ^ a b c "Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Skater Takahashi pairs up with Kihara". Jiji-Daily Yomiuri. January 31, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ フィギュア:高橋・木原の新ペア、佐藤有香コーチに師事 [Takahashi / Kihara pair skating team learns from Yuka Sato]. Mainichi (in Japanese). January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "羽生 フィギュア国別対抗戦出場決定!最高の演技で締める". Yahoo Japan (in Japanese). March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Athlete Profile - Ryuichi KIHARA". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019.
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- ^ "フィギュア平昌五輪代表・須崎木原組がペア解消". daily.co.jp (in Japanese). April 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 23, 2019). "Sui and Han reign at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 19, 2019). "Rika Kihira leads ladies at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 21, 2019). "Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018.
- ^ "木下グループ presents スターズ・オン・アイス 2018 (Special)". TBS 2. 21 April 2018.
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(help) - ^ "Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
- ^ "須﨑 海羽 / 木原 龍一 | スケート∞リンク ~フジスケ~". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 27, 2009.
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- ^ "Competition Results: Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
- ^ "須﨑 海羽/SUZAKI Miu 木原 龍一/KIHARA Ryuichi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Competition Results: Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017.
- ^ "髙橋 成美/TAKAHASHI Narumi 木原 龍一/KIHARA Ryuichi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ "木原 龍一 KIHARA Ryuichi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
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External links
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- 1992 births
- Japanese male single skaters
- Japanese male pair skaters
- Living people
- People from Ichinomiya, Aichi
- Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of Japan
- Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games competitors for Japan