Native name 紀平 梨花 Began skating 2007 Country represented Japan | Height 1.49 m Training location Takatsuki | |
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Skating club Kansai University Kaisers FSC Short program 66.782016 JGP Czech Skate Similar | ||
2016 isu junior grand prix ljubljana ladies free skate rika kihira jpn
Rika Kihira (Japanese: 紀平 梨花; born July 21, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 JGP Slovenia champion. Kihira is one of seven ladies competitors to land the triple axel in an international competition.
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- 2016 isu junior grand prix ljubljana ladies free skate rika kihira jpn
- 2016 isu junior grand prix ostrava ladies short program rika kihira jpn
- Personal life
- Career
- Competitive highlights
- References
2016 isu junior grand prix ostrava ladies short program rika kihira jpn
Personal life
Kihira was born on July 21, 2002 in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Career
Kihira began learning to skate in 2007. In the 2015–16 season, she competed on the advanced novice level, winning gold at the Triglav Trophy.
Kihira made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in the 2016–17 season. In early September, she won the silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic, with a total score 0.08 less than Anastasiia Gubanova of Russia. Later that month, she outscored World junior champion Marin Honda by 15.49 points for the gold in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Kihira landed a triple Axel jump in the free skate. She has qualified to the 2016–17 JGP Final in Marseille, France.
She is coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura in Takatsuki, Osaka.
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
