Ryuichi Kihara is a Japanese retired pair skater. He and pair partner, Riku Miura, are the 2026 Olympic pair skating champions, two-time Olympic team event silver medalists, two-time World Champions, two-time World silver medalists, two-time Four Continents champions, two-time Grand Prix Final champions, eight-time ISU Grand Prix medalists, three-time ISU Challenger Series medalists, and two-time Japanese national champions.