Ryuichi Kihara

Ryuichi Kihara
Kihara/Miura at the 2024 World Championships
Native name木原 龍一
Born (1992-08-22) August 22, 1992 (age 32)
Ichinomiya, Aichi
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
PartnerRiku Miura (since 2019)
Miu Suzaki (2015–2019)
Narumi Takahashi (2013–2015)
CoachBruno Marcotte
Meagan Duhamel
Skating clubKinoshita Club
Began skating1996
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 2 0
Four Continents Championships 1 1 0
Grand Prix Final 1 0 0
Japan Championships 5 1 1
World Team Trophy 0 0 2
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Saitama Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montpellier Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2024 Montreal Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Colorado Springs Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2024 Shanghai Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2022–23 Turin Pairs
Japan Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013–14 Saitama Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014–15 Nagano Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2017–18 Tokyo Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2018–19 Osaka Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019–20 Tokyo Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2016–17 Osaka Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015–16 Sapporo Pairs
World Team Trophy
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Osaka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo Team

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 six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (three golds, two silvers, one bronze), three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (one gold, two silvers), and the 2020 Japanese national champion. They also are silver medalists in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[a]

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.
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