Riku MIURA

Japan

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 17 Dec 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Place of birth: TAKARAZUKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: OAKVILLE, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Pair Skating JPN MIURA Riku / KIHARA Ryuichi	7
	Team Event JPN MIURA Riku / KIHARA Ryuichi
	Team Event JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Pair Skating	2021	Stockholm, SWE

Four Continents Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Pair Skating	2020	Seoul, KOR
10	Pair Skating	2018	Taipei City, TPE

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Pair Skating	2018	Sofia, BUL
13	Pair Skating	2017	Taipei City, TPE
14	Pair Skating	2019	Zagreb, CRO

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Pair Skating	2021/22	Las Vegas, NV, USA
3	Pair Skating	2021/22	Tokyo, JPN
5	Pair Skating	2019/20	Sapporo, JPN

World Team Trophy
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Team	2019	Fukuoka, JPN
3	Team	2021	Osaka, JPN

Hobbies:

Collecting perfume, karate. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

University student

Education:

Studies at Chukyo University, Chukyo University, School of Health and Sport Sciences since 2020. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Kinoshita Group

Coach:

Bruno Marcotte (CAN)
Meagan Duhamel (CAN)
Brian Shales (CAN)

Other sports:

She practiced karate and rhythmic gymnastics. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Debut:

2019 Grand Prix NHK Trophy (Pair skating - 5th), with Kihara
2017 Golden Spin Zagreb (Pair skating - 6th), with Ichihashi

Choreographer:

Julie Marcotte (CAN)

National team:

2016

Start:

2006

Reason:

She watched the anime "Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas" where characters seemed having fun skating and she wanted to try it herself. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Ambition:

To win an Olympic medal. To attend a cooking class. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Training:

Trains with her partner in Canada and Japan.

Memorable:

Winning the silver medal at the ISU Grand Prix Skate America 2021. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Hero:

Figure skaters Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (CHN), 2018 Olympic silver medallists and 2017 and 2019 World champions. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Influence:

Figure skaters Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (CHN), 2018 Olympic silver medallists and 2017 and 2019 World champions. "The way they are and their skating is beautiful. I thought I wanted to be like them." (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Ritual:

Plays video games with her partner before competitions. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Philosophy:

"Right state of mind leads to result." (Athlete, Jan 2022)

General Interest

MIURA/KIHARA
Teamed up with Ryuichi Kihara in 2019 at the suggestion of coach Bruno Marcotte. (IFS Magazine, Dec 2021)

PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIP
Competed with Shoya Ichihashi from 2016-18. They finished 10th at the 2018 Four Continents Championships and competed at world junior championships 2017-19 with their best result coming 10th in 2018.

Milestones

Ranked 10th in her debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm (with Ryuichi Kihara).

Won silver and bronze in her two Grand Prix events in 2021 (with Kihara), becoming the first pair skaters to earn medals for Japan at the ISU Grand Prix in 10 years. Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran had won silver at the 2011 NHK Trophy.

2016 Bavarian Open (International junior debut - Pair skating - 7th, with Ichihashi)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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