Haruna Murakami
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 Murakami/Moriguchi at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final | ||||||
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| Native name | 村上 遥奈 | |||||
| Born | July 30, 2008 | |||||
| Home town | Uji, Kyoto | |||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Australia (since 2026)  Japan (until 2026) | |||||
| Discipline | Women's singles (since 2018) Pair skating (2022–23) | |||||
| Coach | Mie Hamada, Satsuki Muramoto, Hiroaki Sato | |||||
| Skating club | Kinoshita Academy | |||||
| Began skating | 2013 | |||||
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Haruna Murakami (村上 遥奈, Murakami Haruna; born July 30, 2008) is a Japanese-Australian figure skater.
As a single skater for Japan, she is the 2023 JGP Linz silver medalist and the 2021–22 Japan Novice A bronze medalist.
Murakami also briefly competed in the pairs discipline for Japan with Sumitada Moriguchi. Together, they are the 2022 JGP Poland I bronze medalists and the 2022–23 Japan champions at both the senior and junior levels.
Murakami was born on 30 July 2008 in Perth, Australia to a Chinese (Hong Kong) father and Japanese mother.[1] She lived there for eight years and then moved to Japan to be coached by Mie Hamada.[2]
Career
Early career
Murakami began figure skating in 2013.
She won the bronze medal at the 2021–22 Japan Novice Championships and placed twenty-fifth at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships.[3]
2022–23 season: Partnership with Moriguchi
At the suggestion of her coach, Mie Hamada, Murakami decided to try pairs skating, teaming up with fellow Hamada student, Sumitada Moriguchi. While Hamada remained their singles coach, they were simultaneously coached by former Japanese pairs skater, Narumi Takahashi, while also working with Bruno Marcotte and Brian Shales.[4][5] Murakami/Moriguchi made their debut as a pair team on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix, pacing fourth at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and third at the 2022 JGP Poland I.[6]
Competing at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, Murakami/Moriguchi won the gold medal. Murakami also competed in the women's singles event, where she finished eighth.[6]
Although initially listed as alternates to compete at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy, they were ultimately called up to compete due to the withdrawal of Canadian pair team Kemp/Elizarov.[7] At the Final, Murakami/Moriguchi placed fifth in the short program and third in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall. They went on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, which they won after reigning national champions Miura/Kihara were forced to withdraw due to flight delays.[8][6] Murakami also competed in the women's singles event at Nationals and finished seventeenth.[6]
Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Murakami/Moriguchi finished fourth after placing sixth in the short program and fourth in the free skate.[6] Murakami went on to compete at the 2023 Triglav Trophy on the junior level, where she won the silver medal behind Mao Shimada.[9]
Following the season, it was announced that Murakami/Moriguchi had parted ways due to Moriguchi no longer being age eligible to compete on the junior level and Murakami being age ineligible to compete on the senior level for another three years. Murakami stated that she planned to focus on singles skating for the following season.[10]
2023–24 season
Murakami made her Junior Grand Prix debut as a singles skater at the 2023 JGP Austria, where she finished second in the short program, third in the free skate, and won the silver medal.[11] She subsequently came thirteenth at the 2023 JGP Hungary.[9]
At the 2023–24 Japan Championships, Murakami finished sixth at the junior level and nineteenth at the senior level.[9]
2024–25 season
Murakami started the season by finishing sixth at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships. This result ensured her qualification to compete at the senior championships, where she finished in seventeenth place.[12][13]
2025–26 season
Murakami began the season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. In late August, she finished fourth at 2025 JGP Turkey after placing third in both the short and free program competition segments. The following month, Murakami competed at 2025 JGP Azerbaijan, where she finished tenth.[12]
In late November, she competed at the 2025–26 Japan Junior Championships, where she finished in eighth place overall.[12] With this placement, Murakami was invited to compete at the senior national championships, where she finished in twenty-first place.[14][12]
In late April, it was announced that Murakami had made the decision to begin competing for her birth country of Australia.[15]
Programs
Singles skating
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2025–2026 [16] |
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| 2024–2025 [17] |
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| 2023–2024 [18][19] |
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| 2022–2023 [3] |
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With Moriguchi
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2022–2023 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
Singles skating
| Season | 2025–26 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| Japan Championships | 17th | 19th | 17th | 21st |
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| Japan Championships | 25th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 8th |
| JGP Austria | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Azerbaijan | 10th | ||||
| JGP Hungary | 13th | ||||
| JGP Turkey | 4th | ||||
| Triglav Trophy | 2nd |
Pair skating with Sumitada Moriguchi
| International: Junior[6] | |
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| Event | 22–23 |
| Junior Worlds | 4th |
| JGP Final | 4th |
| JGP Czech Republic | 4th |
| JGP Poland | 3rd |
| National | |
| Japan | 1st |
| Japan Junior | 1st |