Ryuichi Kihara

Ryuichi Kihara
Kihara with Takahashi in 2013
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992
Ichinomiya, Aichi
Residence Tōkai, Aichi
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner Miu Suzaki
Former partner Narumi Takahashi
Coach Yuka Sato
Jason Dungjen
Sergei Petrovski
Former coach Hiroshi Nagakubo
Y. Naruse
M. Kawaume
Yuko Hongo
Masako Ogino
Choreographer Marina Zueva
Former choreographer Yuko Hongo
Skating club Kinoshita Club
Former skating club Chukyo University
Training locations Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Former training locations Nagoya
Toyota, Aichi
Began skating 1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 157.27
2018 Four Continents
Short program 57.74
2018 Winter Olympics
Free skate 100.32
2018 Four Continents

Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese figure skater. 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. In 2013, he began competing in pairs with Narumi Takahashi. They became two-time Japanese national champions (2014, 2015) before parting ways. In 2015, he teamed up with Miu Suzaki.

Career

Single skating

Kihara began learning to skate in 1996.[1] 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.[2][3] They trained in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[4] They represented Japan together at the 2014 Olympics and placed 19th.

The pair split in March 2015.[5]

2016–2017 season: New partnership with Suzaki

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.[6] 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 12th in the short program and 14th in the free skate, they finished 13th overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships, held in February in Gangneung, South Korea.

2017–2018 season

Suzaki/Kihara began their season with silver at the Asian Open Trophy in August 2017. Making their Grand Prix debut, they finished 8th at the 2017 NHK Trophy in November.

Programs

With Suzaki

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[8]

With Takahashi

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[9]
  • That's Entertainment
  • Love is Here to Stay
  • I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
2013–2014
[4]

Single skating

Season Short program Free skating
2012–2013
2011–2012
[10]
2010–2011
[11]
  • Tango De Los Exilados
    by Walter Taieb
2009–2010
[12]
  • The Man in the Iron Mask
    by Nick Glennie-Smith

Competitive highlights

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

Pair skating with Suzaki

International[13]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics21st
World Champ.24th
Four Continents13th8th
GP NHK Trophy8thTBD
CS Finlandia TrophyTBD
Asian Open Trophy3rd2nd
National[14]
Japan Champ.3rd2nd1st

Pair skating with Takahashi

International[15]
Event 2013–14 2014–15
Winter Olympics18th
World Championships17th19th
Four Continents Champ.10th
GP Rostelecom Cup7th
GP NHK Trophy7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy7th
Lombardia Trophy7th
Nebelhorn Trophy11th
National[16]
Japan Championships1st1st
Team events
Winter Olympics5th T
T = Team result

Single skating

International[17]
Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12
Challenge Cup7th
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds10th
JGP Austria10th
JGP Belarus9th
JGP Estonia4th
JGP Germany3rd
JGP Poland3rd
New Zealand WG2nd J
National[18]
Japan12th12th
Japan Junior16th9th8th2nd3rd
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Skater Takahashi pairs up with Kihara". Jiji-Daily Yomiuri. January 31, 2013. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 "Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "木原龍一は須崎海羽、クリス・リードは村元哉中とペア" (in Japanese). sponichi.co.jp. June 18, 2015. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ "木下グループ presents スターズ・オン・アイス 2018 (Special)". TBS 2. 21 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Ryuichi KIHARA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 27, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Competition Results: Miu SUZAKI / Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union.
  14. ↑ "須﨑 海羽/SUZAKI Miu 木原 龍一/KIHARA Ryuichi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Competition Results: Narumi TAKAHASHI / Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. 1 2 "Competition Results: Ryuichi KIHARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  18. ↑ "木原 龍一 KIHARA Ryuichi" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
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