Takahito Mura

Takahito Mura (無良 崇人, Mura Takahito, born February 11, 1991) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a five-time Japan Championships bronze medalist and 2007 Japan Junior champion.[2]

Japanese name
Kanji無良崇人
Kanaむら たかひと
Takahito Mura
Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Home townNagoya
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachTakashi Mura, Chie Mura
Former coachHiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Naoki Shigematsu
ChoreographerMassimo Scali, Charlie White
Former choreographerJamie Isley, Tom Dickson, Nanami Yoshida, Eiji Iwamoto, Jeffrey Buttle
Skating clubHirota SC
Former skating clubChukyo University
Training locationsOkayama
Began skating1994
RetiredMarch 16, 2018[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total268.43
2016 Four Continents
Short program89.08
2016 Four Continents
Free skate179.35
2016 Four Continents
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Four Continents Championships
2014 TaipeiMen's singles
Asian Winter Games
2011 Astana-AlmatyMen's singles

Personal life

Takahito Mura was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.[3] His father, Takashi, competed internationally in both singles and pairs, and his mother also competed in figure skating.[4] In 2013, he married his wife and had a daughter, Kanna.[5][6]

Career

Mura placed fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. He won two medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in 2006 and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed just off the podium. He made his senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy, which he won.

Mura won his first senior Grand Prix medal, gold, at the 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard. In the 2013-14 season, he was assigned to the 2013 Skate Canada and 2013 NHK Trophy.[7] He placed tenth and sixth at his events. Mura finished sixth at the Japanese Nationals and was assigned to the 2014 Four Continents Championships where he won the gold.

In the 2014–15 season, Mura took silver at an ISU Challenger Series event, the Lombardia Trophy, before winning gold at his first GP assignment of the season, the 2014 Skate Canada International. His next assignment was the 2014 NHK Trophy, where he placed third overall, qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, in Barcelona, Spain.

At the Grand Prix Final, Mura finished last in the short program and fourth in the free skate, ending fifth overall. He competed in the 2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships, where he finished 5th. When Tatsuki Machida retired from figure skating, Mura was named as his replacement to represent Japan at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, along with Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahiko Kozuka. He was also selected to represent Japan at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, where he finished seventh. At the World Championships, Mura finished in 16th place.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–18
[8][9][10][11]
  • Farrucas - Zapateado (Flamenco)
  • Farrucas - Zapateado (Flamenco)[12]
2016–17
[3]
  • Zapateado (flamenco)
2015–16
[13][14][15][16]
2014–15
[6][17]
  • Feeling Good
    performed by Michael Bublé
2013–14
[18]
  • Love Never Dies
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2012–13
[19]
  • Shōgun
    by Maurice Jarre
2011–12
[20]
  • Primavera Porteña
    by Ástor Piazzolla
  • Neutron Star Collision
    by Muse
2010–11
[21]
  • Slow Dancing in the Big City
2009–10
[22]
2008–09
[23]
2007–08
[24][25]
2006–07
[26]
  • Art on Ice
    by Edvin Marton
2005–06
[27]
  • Violin Concerto

Competitive highlights

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

2008–09 to present
International[28]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Worlds15th8th16th
Four Continents5th8th1st7th5th12th
GP Final5th
GP Bompard1st5th
GP NHK Trophy5th6th6th3rd3rd
GP Skate America10th7th
GP Skate Canada8th10th1st8th12th
CS Lombardia2nd
CS U.S. Classic2nd7th
Asian Games2nd4th
Challenge Cup1st
Finlandia Trophy1st1st
Merano Cup1st
Nepela Trophy2ndWD
NRW Trophy4th
Printemps3rd2nd
Triglav Trophy1st
National[29]
Japan Champ.3rd10th5th5th3rd6th5th3rd3rd3rd
Team events
World Team
Trophy		3rd T
5th P		3rd T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

2000–01 to 2007–08
International: Junior, Novice[28]
Event 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08
Junior Worlds 5th8th19th
JGP Final 4th
JGP Germany 3rd
JGP Hungary 2nd
JGP Poland 8th
JGP Romania 3rd
JGP Slovakia 5th
JGP Taiwan 3rd
Skate Helena 1st N
Mladost Trophy 1st N2nd N
National[29]
Japan Champ. 8th8th5th
Japan Junior 18th13th12th2nd2nd1st
Japan Novice 3rd B 1st B 1st A 1st A
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References
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