Takahito Mura

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Takahito Mura
Japanese name
Kanji無良崇人
Kanaむら たかひと
Takahito Mura
2014 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Takahito Mura IMG 3894.JPG
Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1991-02-11) February 11, 1991 (age 30)
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Home townNagoya
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachTakashi Mura, Chie Mura
Former coachHiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Naoki Shigematsu
ChoreographerMassimo Scali, Charlie White
Former choreographerJamie Isley, Tom Dickson, Nanami Yoshida, Eiji Iwamoto, Jeffrey Buttle
Skating clubHirota SC
Former skating clubChukyo University
Training locationsOkayama
Began skating1994
RetiredMarch 16, 2018[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total268.43
2016 Four Continents
Short program89.08
2016 Four Continents
Free skate179.35
2016 Four Continents
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Medal record
Representing  Japan
Figure skating: Men's singles
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei Men's singles
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Astana-Almaty Men's singles

Takahito Mura (無良 崇人, Mura Takahito, born February 11, 1991) 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.[2]

Personal life[]

Takahito Mura was born in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.[3] His father, Takashi, competed internationally in both singles and pairs, and his mother also competed in figure skating.[4] In 2013, he married his wife and had a daughter, Kanna.[5][6]

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.[7] 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
2017–18
[8][9][10][11]
  • Farrucas - Zapateado (Flamenco)
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    (different music cut from the 2014-15 season)
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    choreo. by Charlie White
  • Farrucas - Zapateado (Flamenco)[12]
2016–17
[3]
  • Zapateado (flamenco)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
  • The Lady Is a Tramp
    by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
2015–16
[13][14][15][16]
  • Dark Eyes
    choreo. by Charlie White
2014–15
[6][17]
  • Carmen
    by Georges Bizet
  • Violin Concerto
    by Felix Mendelssohn
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Love Never Dies
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Feeling Good
    performed by Michael Bublé
2013–14
[18]
  • Minnie the Moocher
    by Cab Calloway
  • Jumpin' Jack
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • Love Never Dies
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2012–13
[19]
  • Shōgun
    by Maurice Jarre
  • Talking to the Moon
    by Bruno Mars
2011–12
[20]
  • Red Violin
    (Concierto de Aranjuez)
    by Ikuko Kawai
  • Neutron Star Collision
    by Muse
2010–11
[21]
  • Slow Dancing in the Big City
2009–10
[22]
  • Fur Elise
    by Ludwig van Beethoven
    performed by Josh Vietti
2008–09
[23]
  • The Feeling Begins
    by Peter Gabriel
  • Kojiki
    by Kitaro
2007–08
[24][25]
  • Art on Ice
    by Edvin Marton
  • Violin Concerto
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Emperor Concerto
    by Ludwig van Beethoven
2006–07
[26]
  • Art on Ice
    by Edvin Marton
2005–06
[27]
  • Sabre Dance
    by Aram Khachaturian
  • Violin Concerto

Competitive highlights[]

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

International[28]
Event 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Worlds 15th 8th 16th
Four Continents 5th 8th 1st 7th 5th 12th
GP Final 5th
GP Bompard 1st 5th
GP NHK Trophy 5th 6th 6th 3rd 3rd
GP Skate America 10th 7th
GP Skate Canada 8th 10th 1st 8th 12th
CS Lombardia 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd 7th
Asian Games 2nd 4th
Challenge Cup 1st
Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st
Merano Cup 1st
Nepela Trophy 2nd WD
NRW Trophy 4th
Printemps 3rd 2nd
Triglav Trophy 1st
International: Junior[28]
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
International: Novice[28]
Skate Helena 1st
Mladost Trophy 1st 2nd
National[29]
Japan Champ. 8th 8th 5th 3rd 10th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd
Japan Junior 18th 13th 12th 2nd 2nd 1st
Japan Novice 3rd B 1st B 1st A 1st A
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.

References[]

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  7. ^ "Entries Men 2013/14 - All 6 Events". ISU.
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