Japanese → English transcript

Hello, everyone. I am Riku Miura. I am Ryuichi Kihara.

Yes… so many emotions welled up inside me.

Makihara-san was actually crying from the very beginning.

But even so, we were able to share a lot of what we were feeling.

I feel like it was truly a wonderful time.

Yes, honestly, I really had not planned on crying.

But even before it started, all kinds of feelings came flooding in.

My tears just would not stop.

I am genuinely so happy that a place like this was prepared for us at the end.

I truly feel happy about it from the bottom of my heart.

And I really want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has supported us.

From the time we first formed our team, we received so much support.

Thanks to that, we were able to keep running all the way to the end.

All the many letters,

and all the messages on social media, we were able to read so many of them.

Each and every word you wrote gave us so much strength.

We are really grateful. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much for all the support you have given us.

There were times when we felt like our hearts were about to break.

But there were many times when your strength was what pushed us forward.

These seven years were truly years that we ran through together with all of you.

Thank you very much.

From here on, we will be active as professionals.

We are not retiring as skaters yet.

I believe there will be more days

when we can see you again than during our competitive years.

We would be very happy if you would keep cheering for us.

To me, BikuRyu

is one of the reasons I was able to grow.

Forming a pair,

not only in terms of pair technique,

but also in terms of feelings and in the mental side of things,

I think I was able to grow a great deal.

I am deeply grateful that by forming this pair, I was able to grow as a person.

BikuRyu is BikuRyu.

It might be a relationship that cannot really be put into words

Like trust and supporting each other

Absolutely everything is packed into it

We wrapped all of that together into Bikuryu

That is all

Thank you very much

Thank you very much