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
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Partner	Riku Miura
Coach	Bruno Marcotte Meagan Duhamel
Skating club	Kinoshita Club
Began skating	1996
Medal record Representing  Japan Pairs' figure skating Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team[a][1] World Championships 2023 Saitama Pairs 2022 Montpellier Pairs 2024 Montreal Pairs Four Continents Championships 2023 Colorado Springs Pairs 2024 Shanghai Pairs Grand Prix Final 2022–23 Torino Pairs World Team Trophy 2021 Osaka Team 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 two-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2021 CS Autumn Classic champion, 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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