Kanako Murakami
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Murakami at the 2012 World Championships
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| Country represented | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 7, 1994 Naka-ku, Nagoya |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Mihoko Higuchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Marina Zueva, Tatiana Tarasova, Machiko Yamada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Chukyo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former skating club | GPT SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Nagoya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 196.91 2014 Four Continents |
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| Short program | 68.51 2016 Four Continents |
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| Free skate | 132.18 2014 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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| Japanese name | |||||
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| Kanji | 村上 佳菜子 | ||||
| Kana | むらかみ かなこ | ||||
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| Romanization | Murakami Kanako |
Kanako Murakami (村上 佳菜子 Murakami Kanako?, born November 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 Four Continents champion, 2010 World Junior champion, 2009–10 JGP Final champion, and a four-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2011, 2012; silver in 2013, 2014).
Murakami was born on November 7, 1994 in Naka-ku, Nagoya.
Making her first international appearance, Murakami won the silver medal in the spring girls category at the Mladost Trophy in the 2004–05 season.
In the 2005–06 season, she won silver at the 2005–06 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice B category, which is the lower of the novice levels. This medal earned her a trip to compete in the spring competition, the Gardena Spring Trophy, which she won on the novice level. Murakami competed at the 2006–07 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice A category and placed 7th, and at the 2007–08 Japan Novice Championships in the Novice A category, she placed 5th.
Murakami debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix. She won the bronze medal at her first event in Madrid, Spain. At her second event, in Sheffield, England, she won the competition. She was the 4th qualifier for the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.
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