Biography
Rick Kihira is a talented athlete from Japan, who conquered figure skating fans with a complex program at the world stages of the Grand Prix. Easy riding and pure jumps made it inaccessible by the number of points for rivals.Childhood and youth
Future figure skater was born under the sign of the zodiac cancer, July 21, 2002. She has a simple family - Father Kisumi Kijira works in the office, Mika's mother - in the supermarket. There is an older sister MO, who studied at the actress and in the past, also had a relation to figure skating.
The girl first hit the ice at 5 years old. Rick began to train in the city of Nisinomy, after which he was translated into secondary school at the University of Kansai in Osaka. In the free time, Kijira was engaged in ballet, gymnastics and piano.
After school, Kijira went to master the humanitarian sciences at the University of Vasae, where he entered the correspondence department.
Figure skating
An athlete, despite the young age, has a number of achievements that put it in one row with the strongest figure skater. Ricka became the most young single in the history of figure skating, which was able to clean the Triple Axel. At that time she was 14 years old.Ricks along with coaches try to keep a given high bar. Therefore, Kijira becomes the first figure skater, which in an arbitrary program performed 8 triple jumps. Her sports biography began under the leadership of MIE Hamada and Yamat Tamura, famous specialists in global figure skating.
The debut of Kihira took place in the 2016/2017 season at the Grand Prix stage among juniors in the Czech Republic, where she ranked 2nd. At the following competitions in Slovenia Rica won a gold medal.
Season 2017/2018 began with gold at the Asian Cup in Hong Kong. The judges rated Axel in 3 turns. At the next stage, the Grand Prix among juniors in Latvia Rica was after the short program only the 6th due to the torn Triple Lutz. But the athlete gathered and brilliantly completed an arbitrary program, as a result of the 2nd place.
In the final of the Grand Prix among juniors, the Japanese Nagoy Rica performed a combination of a triple axel and a triple jump and became the first athlete in female figure skating, which performed such a bundle of complex elements. However, it took only 4th place, without cheating a jump.
At the Japanese Championship, 2018, Kijira won the bronze medal. But by virtue of age, he continued to perform at competitions among juniors, without showing high results (she has 8th place). With the transition to adult figure skating, in the 2018/2019 season, the Japanese athlete demonstrated the seriousness of his intentions to win. At the Tournament Ondrej Nepela Trophy series "Challenger" at Kijira Gold.
At the stage of the Grand Prix, at the NHK Trophy 2018 tournament, the figure skater in the overall event won another gold medal, having pushed the champion of Japan Satoko Miyahar and the world champion Elizabeth Tuktamyshev. In Grenoble, at the InterMationaux de France tournament, Rica again became the first. But the athlete remained unhappy with the rental due to mistakes, which she told in an interview.
In the final of the Grand Prix 2018/2019 in Canada, the Japanese figure skater delivered a world record, typing 82.51 points in a short program. Prior to that, the record belonged to Russian woman Alina Zagitova, which at the Moscow stage of the Grand Prix received 80.78 points. On the same competition, the Japanese was used for the first time as a track to an arbitrary program, the work of the "Beautiful Storm" performed by Jennifer Thomas.
During a press conference, on the basis of the final, the Grand Prix in Vancouver declared the desire to participate in the winter Olympiad of 2022 in Beijing. At the same time, the athlete clarified that Russian figure skaters consider the main competitors for themselves.
On the edge of the foul passed for an athlete championship four continents - 2019. After receiving the injury, she managed to gather and brilliantly perform the winning gold.
Updating the scarlet repertoire each time it becomes a discovery for the public. So, on the show Fantasy On Ice Rica introduced a new short program "Breakfast in Baghdad", which was delighted with the audience.
At World Cup 2019, Kihira was the main contender for gold. But failed, taking only 4th place. Such cases for Japanese are not uncommon. With them, she struggles with their own method: in front of the performance examines the platform and several times mentally rolling the program.
The rank of champion Kijira confirmed on the championship of four continents on figure skating next year. Ricka showed the best result in an arbitrary program and was awarded the gold medal, leaving behind Koreank Yong Yu and an American Bradie tennell.
Personal life
Now Ricky has many fans in different countries of the world. So, Russian fans created a group in Vkontakte dedicated to the favorite figure skater. Kihira leads pages in "Instagram" and "Twitter", where it is presenting a photo and numbers from the competition. After the demonstration performances, the ice turns out to be in soft toys, gifts and bouquets of colors.
About the personal life of the girl, in particular - whether she meets with someone from the peers, is unknown. Wine - loaded working schedule.
Kihira pays great attention to the diet (the growth of the figure skater is 154 cm with weight of 43 kg), as well as constant training. The working day of the figure begins in 3 nights.
Rick Kihira now
In 2020, Brian Orser connected Kihira to the coaching team, but with him an athlete managed to work for a long time due to the entered flight restrictions. The public treasured rumors about the transition of Japanese figure skater to the Academy of Yevgeny Plushenko. The coach itself did not rule out such an opportunity, but their communication was brightened to several online advice. In addition, Rica managed to be parted with Stefan Lambiel. He helped Japanese to master the Cascade of Lutz-Rittberger, which is also called "Zagitovsky".The result was not forced to wait. Already at the Japan Championship - 2021 Kihira, brilliantly coped with the jump, which is called a four Salkhov. Having typically for 2 rolled products of 234.24 points, it became a two-time champion of the country.
In March 2021, the Figurist went to Stockholm to the World Cup of Figure Skating, being one of the faversal of the championship. Kihira presented the national team of Japan, which also entered the singles Yudzur Khani, Syom Uno, Yuma Caglia, Miyajara Satoka, Kaori Sakamoto and "Greenhouses" Rica Miura and Ryati Kihara.
On a speech with a short program, Rica showed itself not as impressive as she would like to her, giving up 1.92 points Anna Shcherbakova from Russia. On the 3rd place was another Russian - Elizabeth Tuktamysheva. For a short program of 2021, a Japanese was used by the Pianist Track Jennifer Thomas The Fire Within.
Achievements
- 2016-1017 - winner of the Grand Prix stage in Slovenia among juniors
- 2016-1017 - Silver Prix Prix Prize winner in the Czech Republic among juniors
- 2017-2018 - Silver Prix Prix Prix Prize winner in Latvia among juniors
- 2017-2018 - Bronze medalist of the Grand Prix stage in Italy among juniors
- 2017-2018 - Bronze medalist of Japan Championship
- 2018-2019 - Silver winner of the Japan Championship
- 2018-2019 - Winner in Challenger, an open international tournament in Slovakia
- 2018-2019 - the winner of the NHK Trophy Grand Prix stage
- 2018-2019 - Grand Prix Stage winner of the InterNationaux de France
- 2018-2019 - winner of the final Grand Prix
- 2020 - Golden winner of the Championship of Four Continents