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Takahito Mura

Japanese figure skater

Summary

Japanese figure skater

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kanaむら たかひと
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Takahito Mura is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a five-time Japan Championships bronze medalist and 2007 Japan Junior champion.

Personal life

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.

Career

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.

In the 2014–15 season, Mura took silver at an ISU Challenger Series event, the Lombardia Trophy, before winning gold at his first GP assignment of the season, the 2014 Skate Canada International. His next assignment was the 2014 NHK Trophy, where he placed third overall, qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, in Barcelona, Spain.

At the Grand Prix Final, Mura finished last in the short program and fourth in the free skate, ending fifth overall. He competed in the 2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships, where he finished 5th. When Tatsuki Machida retired from figure skating, Mura was named as his replacement to represent Japan at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, along with Yuzuru Hanyu and Takahiko Kozuka. He was also selected to represent Japan at the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, where he finished seventh. At the World Championships, Mura finished in 16th place.

Post-competitive career

In October 2024 Mura joined forces with Olympic champion Shizuka Arakawa, Olympic bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi, Kana Muramoto, Kazuki Tomono, Keiji Tanaka, Yuna Aoki, Kosho Oshima, Yuto Kishina and Rena Uezono to launch the members-only official fan community F-Ske on the platform FANICON.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition2017–18
2016–17
2015–16
2014–15
2013–14
2012–13
2011–12
2010–11
2009–10
2008–09
2007–08
2006–07
2005–06

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

InternationalEvent02–0303–0404–0505–0606–0707–0808–0909–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–18International: JuniorNationalTeam events
Worlds15th8th16th
Four Continents5th8th1st7th5th12th
GP Final5th
GP Bompard1st5th
GP NHK Trophy5th6th6th3rd3rd
GP Skate America10th7th
GP Skate Canada8th10th1st8th12th
CS Lombardia2nd
CS U.S. Classic2nd7th
Asian Games2nd4th
Challenge Cup1st
Finlandia Trophy1st1st
Merano Cup1st
Nepela Trophy2ndWD
NRW Trophy4th
Printemps3rd2nd
Triglav Trophy1st
Junior Worlds5th8th19th
JGP Final4th
JGP Germany3rd
JGP Hungary2nd
JGP Poland8th
JGP Romania3rd
JGP Slovakia5th
JGP Taiwan3rd
Japan Champ.8th8th5th3rd10th5th5th3rd6th5th3rd3rd3rd
Japan Junior18th13th12th2nd2nd1st
World Team
Trophy3rd T
5th P3rd T
4th P

References

References

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