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Figure Skaters Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Announce Engagement

Gold medal-winning ice-skating duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, known as Riku-Ryu, announced their engagement on their websites on Sunday.

Japanese gold medal-winning ice-skating duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, widely known as "Riku-Ryu," have announced their engagement. The couple, hailing from Hyogo and Aichi Prefectures respectively, paired up in 2019. Their historic win at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics earlier this year marked Japan's first-ever gold medal in pair skating. In April, the pair made the announcement of their retirement from competitive skating.

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