Kana Muramoto | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||
Born |
Akashi, Hyōgo |
March 3, 1993 ||||||||||||
Home town | Kobe | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | Chris Reed | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Hiroichi Noguchi | ||||||||||||
Coach | Marina Zueva, Oleg Eipstein, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Mie Hamada, Yamato Tamura | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Jamie Isley, Kenji Miyamoto | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Arctic Edge FSC Kinoshita Club Tokyo |
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Former skating club | Kobe PFSC |
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Training locations | Canton, Michigan | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Osaka | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 1998 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 156.45 2017 World Team Trophy |
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Short dance | 63.77 2017 World Team Trophy |
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Free dance | 92.68 2017 World Team Trophy |
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Kana Muramoto (村元 哉中 Muramoto Kana?, born March 3, 1993) is a Japanese ice dancer. With Chris Reed, she is the 2017 Asian Winter Games silver medalist and a two-time Japanese national champion (2016–2017). They have competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.
Kana Muramoto was born on March 3, 1993 in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan. She is the younger sister of former figure skater Satsuki Muramoto.
Muramoto began skating in 1998. She appeared in ladies' singles through the 2013–14 season, coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura. She won the silver medal at the 2011 Triglav Trophy and bronze at the 2011 Crystal Skate of Romania.
In the 2014–15 season, Muramoto began competing in ice dancing with Hiroichi Noguchi. The two placed fourth at the 2014 Tallinn Trophy and took the bronze medal at the 2014–15 Japan Championships.
On June 17, 2015, it was announced that Muramoto had teamed up with Chris Reed to continue in ice dance and both would train under Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, and Massimo Scali in Canton, Michigan. Together, the duo are the 2015–16 Japanese national champions.