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Figure skating: Retiring Miura, Kihara eye big future for pairs in Japan
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (726+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Olympic pairs figure skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara revealed Tuesday they decided to retire immediately after winning gold at February's Milan Cortina Winter Games, but they vowed to keep raising the profile…...
In Photos: Japan figure skater Kaori Sakamoto ends career at World Championships in Prague
4+ week, 1+ day ago (50+ words) 9/15" Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the Java Script is deactivated on your browser. Also in The Mainichi...
Figure skating: Kagiyama 2nd, Sato 3rd as Malinin wins men's world title
4+ week, 2+ day ago (206+ words) March 29, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) PRAGUE (Kyodo) -- Yuma Kagiyama took silver and Shun Sato bronze as U. S. star Ilia Malinin bounced back from his Olympic disappointment by winning his third consecutive men's figure skating world championship in Prague on Saturday. Japanese teammates Kagiyama…...
Figure skating: Shimada wins record 4th straight junior world championships
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (176+ words) March 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TALLINN, Estonia (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mao Shimada won her fourth straight figure skating junior world championships on Saturday, becoming the first skater to achieve the feat across all the disciplines at the tournament. The 17-year-old was top after…...
Olympics: Japan's Miura, Kihara win pairs figure skating at Winter Games
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) February 17, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) MILAN (Kyodo) -- Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won the gold medal in pairs figure skating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday, jumping four places from the short program with a stellar free skate performance....
Olympics: Japan's Kagiyama second in men's figure skating short program
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) February 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) MILAN (Kyodo) -- Japan's Beijing Games silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama made a solid start in his bid for men's figure skating gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Tuesday but has work to do if he is…...
Olympics: Japan pursues U. S. in figure skating team final as Kagiyama stars
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (304+ words) February 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) MILAN (Kyodo) -- Japan began the figure skating team event final in second at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday after its qualifying round concluded with a crowd-pleasing men's short program battle between Yuma Kagiyama and American…...
Figure skating: ISU may scrap short program, free skate in near future
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (237+ words) January 17, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) SHEFFIELD, England (Kyodo) -- The International Skating Union is considering scrapping the current figure skating competition format featuring the short program and free skate to put more focus on the artistic side of the sport, multiple sources told…...
Figure skating icon Hanyu to perform on 15th anniversary of mega quake
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) December 11, 2025 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Figure skating icon Hazuru Yunyu will host his ice show commemorating the 15th anniversary of the devastating March 11 earthquake that struck his native northeastern Japan, organizers said Thursday. The two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist will perform…...
Figure skating: Malinin, Liu win Grand Prix Final as Japan fills podiums
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) December 7, 2025 (Mainichi Japan) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Ilia Malinin rewrote his own free skate record with a formidable performance to claim his third straight figure skating Grand Prix Final victory on Saturday as fellow American Alysa Liu narrowly prevailed in the women's…...