Kao Miura

is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2023 and 2026 Four Continents champion, the 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist, a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, and the 2025–26 Japanese national bronze medalist.

At the junior level, he is the 2023 World Junior Champion and the 2021–22 Japan junior national champion.

Personal life Miura was born on 8 June 2005, in Tokyo, Japan. His mother, a doctor, raised him and his younger sister on her own after Miura's father passed away from cancer when he was seven years old.

His hobbies include watching anime and baseball matches.

After graduating from Meguro Nihon University High School, Miura enrolled into Meiji University School of Political Science and Economics in 2024. He has also expressed interest in learning English to better communicate with skaters from outside of Japan.

Career

Early years Miura began skating in 2009. As the 2017 Japanese national novice champion, he was invited to skate in the gala at the 2017 NHK Trophy.

2019–20 season: Junior international debut Miura made his Junior Grand Prix debut at Latvia and finished in seventh place. At 14, he became the youngest Japanese skater to land a quadruple toe loop in international competition with a successful attempt at the event's free skate. He was subsequently himself forced to withdraw due to a left quadriceps injury, and was replaced by Kazuki Tomono. Despite this, he managed to deliver two strong programs, including a personal best short program, and won the bronze medal. Following the gala exhibition, where Miura performed his Beauty and the Beast free program from the 2022–23 figure skating season, Miura was awarded with the "Best Performance Award."

Prior to the 2024–25 Japan Championships, Miura sustained an injury to his left thigh and had to take painkillers prior to competing. He placed fourth in the short program but only ninth in the free skate, finishing eighth overall.

Although assigned to the 2025 Universiade, Miura withdrew due to his nagging thigh injury. In late February, Miura competed at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, where he finished sixth overall. Prior to Skate Canada, Miura elected to scrap his Last Samurai free program and instead go back to his Umbrellas of Cherbourg program from the previous season, stating that after the Grand Prix de France he could no longer to listen to his intended program music.

The skater rebounded at his next event, the 2025 Skate Canada International, edging out teammate Kazuki Tomono for the bronze medal and scoring a new season's best in both the free skate and combined total score. "I’m happy to be sort of released from my nightmarish Grand Prix of France,” he said. “And it’s been almost a year since I was able to do a good free program."

The following month, Miura won the 2026 Four Continents Championships by a narrow margin of 0.11 points over South Korea's Junhwan Cha. "I was thinking about how I started this season," Miura reflected. "At my first free skate this season, I got 104 points. Looking back on that, I feel like I've fought through, I've trained and I've persevered. There were some frustrating moments, but I gave it my all and I've fought it until now."

On 8 February, while in Italy preparing for the Olympics, the outer part of Miura's right skating boot broke while landing a jump. Because of this unexpected incident, he inserted stiff material into the outer side of the boot before securing it with several types of tape. Two days later, Miura had a disastrous short program of the Men's singles event, where he doubled a planned quad Salchow and fell on a quad toe attempt. As a result, he placed twenty-second in the short program, managing to advance to the competition's free skate segment. On 13 February, Miura skated a significantly stronger free skate, placing tenth in that segment and moving up to thirteenth place overall.

In March, Miura completed his season at the 2026 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Due to several errors in the short program, he placed twenty-fifth and did not advance to the free skate segment.

Programs Season Short program Free skate Exhibition 2019–20 "Rise" "The Bells of Notre Dame" 2026–27 "Love Story" "Gopher Mambo" Jekyll & Hyde

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level