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Takahito Mura

Japanese name
Kanji 無良崇人
Kana むら たかひと
Takahito Mura
2014 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Takahito Mura IMG 3894.JPG
Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 26)
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
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
Short program 89.08
2016 Four Continents
Free skate 179.35
2016 Four Continents

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.


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