Ryuichi Kihara
Actor
- Born
- August 22, 1992 (age 34)
Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一, Kihara Ryūichi; born August 22, 1992) is a retired Japanese pair skater. He and pair partner, Riku Miura, are the 2026 Olympic pair skating champions, two-time Olympic team event silver medalists (2022[a], 2026), two-time World Champions (2023, 2025), two-time World silver medalists (2022, 2024), two-time Four Continents champions (2023, 2025), two-time Grand Prix Final champions (2022–23, 2025–26), eight-time ISU Grand Prix medalists (five golds, two silvers, one bronze), three-time ISU Challenger Series medalists (one gold, two silvers), and two-time Japanese national champions (2019–20, 2024–25).
Miura and Kihara are the first Japanese pair skating team to win gold at an ISU Grand Prix event, an ISU Grand Prix Final, an ISU Championships, and a Winter Olympic Games. They are also one of only few skaters to achieve a Career Golden Slam.
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He also previously competed with Narumi Takahashi and Miu Suzaki, representing Japan at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, respectively.
As a singles skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist.
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Known for
Acting5
- 2026Figure Skating Exhibition Gala | Milano Cortina 2026 as Self
- 2025Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Boston 2025 as Self
- 2023Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Saitama 2023 as Self
- 2022Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Montpellier 2022 as Self
- 2021Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Stockholm 2021 as Self