is a Japanese

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choreographer, coach, and former competitive

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. He skated with

Rie Arikawa is a Japanese ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Kenji Miyamoto, she won two Japanese national titles and competed at seven ISU Championships. Career Arikawa began learning to skate in 1984. Partnership with Miyamoto She team ...

, winning two Japanese national titles, and then with Nakako Tsuzuki. During his career, he competed at a total of ten ISU Championships.

Career

Miyamoto began learning to skate in 1988.

Partnership with Arikawa

He teamed up with

no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the 1996 World Junior Championships in

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, Australia, where they finished 22nd. The following season, they placed second at the Japan Junior Championships. They regained their national junior title before placing 16th at the

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, Canada. Advancing to the senior ranks, Arikawa/Miyamoto competed at their first Grand Prix events and became the national silver medalists in the 1998–1999 season. They took silver at the

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in South Korea and placed 9th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada. In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at the

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, South Korea. Making their only

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appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall in

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, Japan. Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at the

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, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, the

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, China. They were coached by

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, Romain Haguenauer in

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, France.

Partnership with Tsuzuki

Later in 2003, Miyamoto formed a partnership with Nakako Tsuzuki. During their three-season partnership, they competed together at six Grand Prix events and placed in the top ten at three

. They were coached by

, France. They both retired from competitive skating following the 2005–2006 season.

Post-competitive career

Miyamoto became a choreographer for ice shows and competitive skaters. He has choreographed for

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, as well as the figure skating anime ''

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''.

Programs

With Tsuzuki

With Arikawa

Results

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With Tsuzuki

With Arikawa

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyamoto, Kenji Japanese male ice dancers Figure skating choreographers 1978 births Living people People from Himeji, Hyōgo Asian Games medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade