Takahito Mura

Japanese name
Kanji 無良崇人
Kana むら たかひと
Takahito Mura

Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Home town Nagoya
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Takashi Mura, Chie Mura
Former coach Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Naoki Shigematsu
Choreographer Jeffrey Buttle, Charlie White
Former choreographer Jamie Isley, Tom Dickson, Nanami Yoshida, Eiji Iwamoto
Skating club Hirota SC
Former skating club Chukyo University
Training locations Okayama
Began skating 1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 268.43
2016 Four Continents
Short program 89.08
2016 Four Continents
Free skate 179.35
2016 Four Continents
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Four Continents Championships
2014 Taipei Men's singles
Asian Winter Games
2011 Astana-Almaty Men's singles

Takahito Mura (無良 崇人 Mura Takahito, born February 11, 1991) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a two-time Japan Championships bronze medalist (2009, 2013) and 2008 Japan Junior champion.[1]

Personal life

Takahito Mura was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.[2] His father, Takashi, competed internationally in both singles and pairs, and his mother also competed in figure skating.[3] In 2013, he married his wife and had a daughter, Kanna.[4][5]

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.[6] 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.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[2]
  • Zapateado
2015–16
[7][8][9][10]
2014–15
[5][11]
  • Feeling Good
    performed by Michael Bublé
2013–14
[12]
  • Love Never Dies
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2012–13
[13]
  • Shōgun
    by Maurice Jarre
2011–12
[14]
  • Neutron Star Collision
    by Muse
2010–11
[15]
  • Slow Dancing in the Big City
2009–10
[16]
2008–09
[17]
2007–08
[18][19]
2006–07
[20]
  • Art on Ice
    by Edvin Marton
2005–06
[21]
  • Violin Concerto

Competitive highlights

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

2008–09 to present

International[22]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Worlds 15th 8th 16th
Four Continents 5th 8th 1st 7th 5th
GP Final 5th
GP Bompard 1st 5th
GP NHK Trophy 5th 6th 6th 3rd 3rd
GP Skate America 10th
GP Skate Canada 8th 10th 1st 8th
CS Lombardia 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd
Asian Games 2nd
Challenge Cup 1st
Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st
Merano Cup 1st
Nepela Trophy 2nd WD
NRW Trophy 4th
Triglav Trophy 1st
National[23]
Japan Champ. 3rd 10th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 5th 3rd
Team events
World Team
Trophy 		3rd T
5th P 		3rd T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

2003–04 to 2007–08

International: Junior, Novice[22]
Event 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08
Junior Worlds 5th 8th 19th
JGP Final 4th
JGP Germany 3rd
JGP Hungary 2nd
JGP Poland 8th
JGP Romania 3rd
JGP Slovakia 5th
JGP Taiwan 3rd
Skate Helena 1st N
Mladost Trophy 1st N 2nd N
National[23]
Japan Champ. 8th 5th
Japan Junior 13th 12th 2nd 2nd 1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. ↑ http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure-japan2008/index.html
  2. 1 2 "Takahito MURA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  3. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (March 11, 2012). "Mura gains consistency". Golden Skate. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ フィギュア無良が結婚 ３月の世界選手権代表 (in Japanese). Sportsnavi. April 24, 2013. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Flade, Tatjana (December 21, 2014). "Takahito Mura skates for his family". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ "Entries Men 2013/14 - All 6 Events". ISU.
  7. ↑ Russell, Susan D. (April 22, 2015). "News Briefs From Around The Globe". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ Xiong, Wei (June 12, 2015). "Japanese stars debut programs at 'Dreams on Ice'". IceNetwork.com.
  9. ↑ Xiong, Wei (August 7, 2015). "Skating's biggest stars heat up Asada's 'THE ICE'". IceNetwork.com.
  10. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009.
  18. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008.
  19. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007.
  20. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2007.
  21. ↑ "Takahito MURA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 16, 2006.
  22. 1 2 "Competition Results: Takahito MURA". International Skating Union.
  23. 1 2 "無良 崇人/MURA Takahito" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014.

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