Overview
- On Monday, Sept. 14, Olympic champions Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi appeared at a Shiseido Elixir event in Tokyo, their first public outing since announcing their engagement in August.
- At the Shiseido event they featured in the brand’s commercial, performed their signature lift on stage, and took part in a segment reading letters to their future selves.
- Nagoya’s mayor announced that the pair will serve as torch‑relay runners for the Nagoya leg of the Asian Games on Sept. 16, running a roughly 2‑kilometer route from the city museum to Mizuho Park.
- The duo retired from competitive skating in April and this summer produced the couple‑focused ice show THE DESTINY, which sold out across its run and sustained their commercial profile.
- Both athletes said they plan to move into coaching to build Japan’s pairs program, a shift that could raise the sport’s profile and draw resources and students to pairs skating nationwide.