Masaya Morita

is a Japanese ice dancer who currently competes with Utana Yoshida. Together, they are 2026 Olympic team event silver medalists, the 2025 Asian Winter Games champions, and two-time Japanese national champions (2024–25, 2025–26).

With his former partner, Nao Kida, he is a two-time Japan junior national champion (2021–22, 2022–23) and the 2022 JGP Czech Republic bronze medalist. They also competed at two World Junior Championships (2022, 2023).

Personal life Morita was born on November 16, 2003.

Kida/Morita debuted as a team at the 2020–21 Japan Novice Championships, where they won the gold medal. Subsequently, the team finished eighth at 2022 JGP Poland.

Yoshida/Morita made their international competitive debut on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished in fifth place.

Going on to compete at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, Yoshida/Morita won the gold medal. They subsequently competed at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in eighth place.

Selected to compete for Team Japan at the 2025 World Team Trophy, Yoshida/Morita placed sixth in all segments of the ice dance event and Team Japan won the silver medal overall.

They subsequently competed at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, placing fifth overall. Selected as host picks at the 2025 NHK Trophy, Yoshida/Morita finished the event in tenth place overall.

In late December, Yoshida/Morita competed at the Japan Championships, winning their second consecutive national title. The following month, they finished seventh at the 2026 Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. The following day, they placed fifth in the free dance. "Since yesterday, including today, everyone really delivered amazing performances," noted Yoshida. "We also got in the rink today hoping to follow that flow as well. We think we were able to do that, even if just a little." With their combined placements, Team Japan won the silver medal overall.

The following month, Yoshida/Morita competed at the 2026 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. They earned a personal best in the rhythm dance segment and placed fifteenth thus qualifying for the free dance. Yoshida/Morita went on to place eighteenth in the free dance to finish in nineteenth place overall.

Programs

Ice dance with Utana Yoshida Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2026–2027 Danse Macabre Carnival Chant Batería 2025–2026 Stomp to My Beat Butterfly Stomp to My Beat Rise of the Phoenix X-X Rise of the Phoenix

Violin Fantasy on Puccini’s Turandot I Wanna Dance 2024–2025