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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 two-time Japanese national champions (2019–20, 2024–25). 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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