{
  "id": 2677542,
  "title": "Figure Skaters Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Announce Engagement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/figure-skaters-riku-miura-ryuichi-kihara-announce-engagement",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T23:55:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/figure-skating/20260823-345012/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Gold medal-winning ice-skating duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, known as Riku-Ryu, announced their engagement on their websites on Sunday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara announce engagement.",
    "Couple from Hyogo and Aichi Prefectures.",
    "Retire from competitive skating in April."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The engagement of Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara marks a new life chapter for the skating duo, who have already achieved historic success and ended their competitive careers.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Japanese Olympic skater duo Kihara Ryūichi and Riku Miura announce engagement in heartfelt post",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/japanese-olympic-skater-duo-kihara-ryuichi-and-riku-miura-announce",
        "published": "2026-08-23T01:30:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}