# Miura and Kihara: From Pairs Skating Partnership to Olympic Success - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2092036484656169198 - Source language: Japanese - Target language: English - Duration: 3:04 - Published: 2026-08-25 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/ja/%E4%B8%89%E6%B5%A6%E7%92%83%E6%9D%A5-%E6%9C%A8%E5%8E%9F%E9%BE%8D%E4%B8%80%E3%83%9A%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%90%E6%88%90%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E4%BA%94%E8%BC%AA-%E3%81%91%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%AE%E9%97%98%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success) This would drastically change their destiny. [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=5) It was the moment he casually threw Miura into the air. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=14) From the feeling when we first skated, I was convinced in an instant that our timing was in sync. [0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=19) We were in sync without even trying. The best partners whose chemistry was natural and effortless. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=28) It was a moment both of them felt instinctively. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=33) Seeing the smiles on their faces, I thought, "Oh my goodness, this is going to be something special." [0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=42) Having decided to form a pair, in less than a month, they moved their training base to the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=53) And just four months after forming, they competed in the All Japan Championships. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=61) I wasn't feeling very well, so I was just working on this quest. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=68) After that, in order to get perfectly in sync, their warm-up start times, rest timings, and even meal timings were all aligned, they say. [1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=79) - How is your diet in Toronto? - We cook properly for ourselves. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=86) - Any dishes you make often? [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=89) I often make curry. - Pressure cooker. Cooker. [1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=95) Does Kihara make it? Rather than Kihara making it, it's the pressure cooker. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=103) He always says things like that. - I won't share any with you. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=106) I'm sorry. - It's delicious. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=111) Before long, the two of them made their breakthrough. [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=116) Contributing to a team medal at the Beijing Olympics, they placed seventh, the first ever for a Japanese pair. [2:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=130) But a series of injuries struck the pair. [2:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=137) It dislocated. It dislocated. How? How did you hurt it in daily life? [2:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=147) Miura's repeated dislocations. Kihara was sidelined from practice for months due to lumbar spondylolysis. [2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=157) Last year, our positions were reversed, so while being the injured one is tough, the other person also had it tough, I realized. [2:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=169) I realized that this year. [2:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=172) How much I was supported— that's what I realized this year. [2:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9OgZgkHcMxVl/en/miura-and-kihara-from-pairs-skating-partnership-to-olympic-success?t=179) Through hardship, the two realized how important they were to each other.