Japanese name | |
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Kanji | 無良崇人 |
Kana | むら たかひと |
Takahito Mura | |||||||||||||||||||
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Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan |
February 11, 1991 ||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Nagoya | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Takashi Mura, Chie Mura | ||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Naoki Shigematsu | ||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Jeffrey Buttle, Charlie White | ||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Jamie Isley, Tom Dickson, Nanami Yoshida, Eiji Iwamoto | ||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Hirota SC | ||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | Chukyo University | ||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | Okayama | ||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||||||||
Combined total | 268.43 2016 Four Continents |
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Short program | 89.08 2016 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 179.35 2016 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Takahito Mura (無良 崇人 Mura Takahito?, born February 11, 1991) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a four-time Japan Championships bronze medalist and 2008 Japan Junior champion.
Takahito Mura was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan. His father, Takashi, competed internationally in both singles and pairs, and his mother also competed in figure skating. In 2013, he married his wife and had a daughter, Kanna.
Mura placed fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. He won two medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in 2006 and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed just off the podium. He made his senior international debut at the 2008 Finlandia Trophy, which he won.
Mura won his first senior Grand Prix medal, gold, at the 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard. In the 2013-14 season, he was assigned to the 2013 Skate Canada and 2013 NHK Trophy. He placed tenth and sixth at his events. Mura finished sixth at the Japanese Nationals and was assigned to the 2014 Four Continents Championships where he won the gold.