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Rika Kihira

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Native name
  
紀平 梨花

Began skating
  
2007

Country represented
  
Japan

Training locations
  
Takatsuki, Osaka

Height
  
1.49 m

Training location
  
Takatsuki

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Born
  
21 July 2002 (age 14) (
2002-07-21
)

Skating club
  
Kansai University Kaisers FSC

Combined total
  
194.242016 JGP Slovenia

Short program
  
66.782016 JGP Czech Skate

Choreographers
  
Jeffrey Buttle, Tom Dickson

Similar
  
Kaori Sakamoto, Marin Honda, Yuna Shiraiwa, Mie Hamada, Yuna Aoki

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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Personal life

Kihira was born on July 21, 2002 in Nishinomiya, Japan.

Career

Rika Kihira Kihira makes history with triple axel at Slovenia JGP The Japan Times

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.

Rika Kihira 2016 ISU Junior Grand Prix Ostrava Ladies Free Skate Rika KIHIRA

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

Rika Kihira Kihira shows great potential in Junior Grand Prix debut The Japan

Rika Kihira 2016 ISU Junior Grand Prix Ljubljana Ladies Short Program Rika

References

Rika Kihira Wikipedia


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