Riku Miura
Quick Facts
Biography
Riku Miura (Japanese: 三浦 璃来; born December 17, 2001) is a Japanese pair skater, who currently competes with Ryuichi Kihara.Miura/Kihara are the reigning Japanese national champions in pair skating.She previously competed with Shoya Ichihashi.
Personal Life
Miura was born in Takarazuka, Hyōgo.
She enjoys doing karate in her spare time. Her figure skating idol is Sui Wenjing.
Career
Partnership with Ichihashi
With her skating partner, Shoya Ichihashi, she has represented Japan at four ISU Championships. The two finished tenth at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, and at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Their partnership ended in July of 2019.
Partnership with Kihara
2019–20 season
In August of 2019, it was announced that Miura had teamed up with Ryuichi Kihara and that the pair would train in Oakville, Ontario at the Skate Oakville Skating Club under Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel, and Brian Shales.
Miura/Kihara made their international competitive debut at 2019 NHK Trophy, where they finished fifth.They were the only pair competing at the 2019–20 Japan Championships, and had two falls in the short program.The free skate proved more successful, allowing them to claim the Japanese national title and assignments to the ISU championships in the second half of the season.
Programs
(with Kihara)
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2019–2020 |
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(with Ichihashi)
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2018–2019 |
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2017–2018 |
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2016–2017 |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pairs with Kihara
International | |
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Event | 19–20 |
Worlds | TBD |
Four Continents | TBD |
NHK Trophy | 5th |
National | |
Japan Champ. | 1st |
Pairs with Ichihashi
International | ||||
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Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
Four Continents | 10th | |||
CS Golden Spin | 6th | |||
International: Junior | ||||
Junior Worlds | 13th | 10th | 14th | |
JGP Austria | 7th | |||
JGP Canada | 4th | |||
JGP Latvia | 10th | |||
JGP Poland | 10th | |||
Bavarian Open | 7th | |||
Toruń Cup | 1st | |||
National | ||||
Japan Champ. | 3rd | |||
Japan Jr. Champ. | 1st | 1st | ||
Team events | ||||
World Team Trophy | 2nd T 6th P | |||
Ladies' singles
National | |||
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Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
Japan Novice Championships | 28th N | ||
Kinki Regional | 12th N | 5th N | 21st J |
Detailed Results
(with Kihara)
2019–20 season | |||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
March 16 – 22, 2020 | 2020 World Championships | TBD | |||
February 4 – 9, 2020 | 2020 Four Continents Championships | 9 57.45 | |||
December 18-22, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Championships | 1 53.95 | 1 116.16 | 1 170.11 | |
November 22–24, 2019 | 2019 NHK Trophy | 6 62.41 | 6 117.53 | 5 179.94 |