Mariko Kihara

Mariko Kihara
Personal information
Native name	木原 万莉子
Country represented	Japan
Born	September 4, 1997 Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Mie Hamada, Yamoto Tamura
Choreographer	Tom Dickson
Former choreographer	Catarina Lindgren
Skating club	Kyoto Daigo FSC
Training locations	Takatsuki, Osaka
Began skating	2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	163.19 2015 NHK Trophy
Short program	54.96 2015 NHK Trophy
Free skate	108.23 2015 NHK Trophy

Mariko Kihara (born September 4, 1997) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won three senior internationals – the 2014 Coupe du Printemps, 2015 Bavarian Open, and 2016 Triglav Trophy.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 [1]	Sakura Sakura by Kennzaburou Hirai and Akira Miyagawa choreo. by Tom Dickson	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Tom Dickson	Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez
2014–2015 [2]	Tango by Doug Wieselman Tormenta by René Dupéré	Maria de Nazareth by Olivier Libouty Dance of the Young Moorish Slaves (from Aida) by Giuseppe Verdi

Competitive highlights

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

International[3]
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
GP NHK Trophy				10th
CS Nebelhorn				6th
Bavarian Open			1st
Printemps		1st
Triglav Trophy				1st
International: Junior[3]
JGP Czech Rep.			4th
JGP Hungary			6th
National[4]
Japan Champ.		8th	8th	10th
Japan Jr. Champ.	10th	4th
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew

References

1. "Mariko KIHARA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. "Mariko KIHARA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015.
3. "Competition Results: Mariko KIHARA". International Skating Union.
4. "木原 万莉子/KIHARA Mariko" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015.

External links

Media related to Mariko Kihara at Wikimedia Commons

• Mariko Kihara at the International Skating Union