Ryuichi Kihara
| Ryuichi Kihara | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Japan |
| Born |
August 22, 1992 Ichinomiya, Aichi |
| Residence | Tōkai, Aichi |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Miu Suzaki |
| Former partner | Narumi Takahashi |
| Coach |
Yuka Sato Jason Dungjen Sergei Petrovski |
| Former coach |
Hiroshi Nagakubo Y. Naruse M. Kawaume Yuko Hongo Masako Ogino |
| Choreographer | Marina Zueva |
| Former choreographer | Yuko Hongo |
| Skating club | Kinoshita Club |
| Former skating club | Chukyo University |
| Training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Former training locations |
Nagoya Toyota, Aichi |
| Began skating | 1996 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 141.41 2013 Rostelecom Cup |
| Short program | 49.54 2013 NHK Trophy |
| Free skate | 92.77 2013 Rostelecom Cup |
Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一 Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese figure skater. As a single skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist. With former partner Narumi Takahashi, he is a two-time Japanese national pairs skating champion (2014, 2015).
Kihara finished 10th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. He competed in single skating through January 28, 2013.
On January 30, 2013, the Japanese skating federation confirmed that Kihara would compete in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi, the 2012 World bronze medalist, and they would be coached by Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen. They trained in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They represented Japan together at the 2014 Olympics and placed 19th. The pair split in March 2015.
In June 2015, it was announced that Kihara had teamed up with former single skater Miu Suzaki, with whom he would continue to train in Michigan.
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