Miku Nihira

is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. She currently skips her own team, known in Japan as the Hokkaido Bank curling team.

Career Nihira began curling in 2014 after being selected as one of the first group of students for the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery Development Project.

Nihira joined Team Hokkaido Bank in 2021. Playing third on the team, skipped by Momoha Tabata, Nihira won a bronze medal at the 2022 Japan Curling Championships.

Nihira skipped the Japanese team, which also consisted of Tabata, Yuina Miura, Mikoto Nakajima and Yui Ueno, at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships. There, she led the team to a 7–2 round robin record. In the playoffs, the team defeated Norway (skipped by Torild Bjørnstad) in the semifinal before losing to Switzerland (Xenia Schwaller) in the final, settling for a silver medal.

Following juniors, the rink had a strong 2024–25 curling season on the women's tour, winning the Ice Gold Cup, the Argo Graphics Cup, the Saville Shootout, the Red Deer Curling Classic and the Saville U25 Challenge events. The team made their Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event, where they lost in the semifinals to their compatriots, Sayaka Yoshimura (Team Fortius). The team made their Tier 1 Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Canadian Open, where the finished with a win-less 0–4 record. At the next slam, the 2024 National, they improved to a 1–3 record. before bowing out in the quarter finals to team Anna Hasselborg, who earned the right to select Team Tabata as they playoff opponent in a draft.

Personal life She attended the Hokkaido University of Education. Before curling, Nihira competed in karate for 10 years.

Grand Slam record

Event 2024–25 2025–26 Masters QF QF Tour Challenge T2 Q The National Q Q Canadian Open Q SF Players' Q Q