Daisuke Murakami (figure skater)
| Daisuke Murakami | |
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Daisuke Murakami at 2010 Skate America
photo by David Carmichael |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Japan |
| Former country(ies) represented | United States (until end of 2006–07 season) |
| Born |
January 15, 1991 Kanagawa, Japan |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Coach |
Frank Carroll Kumiko Sato |
| Former coach |
Tammy Gambill Nikolai Morozov |
| Choreographer | Lori Nichol |
| Former choreographer | Jeffrey Buttle, Nikolai Morozov |
| Skating club | Aomori FSC |
| Training locations | Los Angeles, California |
| Began skating | 2000 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 256.47 2015 Four Continents |
| Short program | 83.47 2015 Grand Prix Final |
| Free skate | 173.61 2015 Four Continents |
| Japanese name | |||||
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| Kanji | 村上 大介 | ||||
| Kana | むらかみ だいすけ | ||||
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| Romanization | Murakami Daisuke |
Daisuke "Dice" Murakami (村上 大介 Murakami Daisuke?, born January 15, 1991, in Kanagawa) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 NHK Trophy champion, 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and 2009 Japan Junior bronze medalist.
Earlier in his career, he represented the United States, winning a bronze medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2006 U.S. junior national pewter medal. In 2011, Murakami became the first to land the quad salchow jump in the men's category at the Japan Championships.
Daisuke "Dice" Murakami was born on January 15, 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan. His family moved to the United States in 2000 after winning a green-card lottery to become US residents.
Murakami is a two-time recipient of the Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship, which is a scholarship program created to help young American figure skaters.
Murakami began skating at age ten, soon after moving to the U.S. He began competing on the juvenile level in 2001.
Representing the U.S., Murakami made his international debut in April 2004 at the Triglav Trophy, where he won the novice men's title. He received his first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in autumn 2004. In the 2006–07 season, he won the bronze medal at his JGP event in Mexico.
Murakami made no international appearances during the 2007–08 season due to his switch to Japan. He was released at the start of the following season but could not compete at his first JGP assignment, in Mexico, due to a paperwork problem. He placed fourth at his next JGP event, in South Africa.
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