{"id":13641,"date":"2026-03-15T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:48:49","slug":"fresh-off-their-olympic-gold-medal-win-pair-skating-stars-riku-miura-and-ryuichi-kihara-have-fans-doing-a-double-take-after-revealing-a-surprising-detail-about-their-life-off-the-ice-during-a-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=13641","title":{"rendered":"Fresh off their Olympic gold medal win, pair skating stars Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara have fans doing a double take after revealing a surprising detail about their life off the ice. During a recent interview, the champions casually mentioned that they\u2019ve actually been living under the same roof for quite a while \u2014 something many fans didn\u2019t realize. But it was one small story about their everyday routine together that really got people talking."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the pair who won gold in figure skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics, appeared on TBS\u2019s THE TIME, where they shared lighthearted insights about their close partnership and daily life while training together in Toronto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU2lmHtE-sF\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1080&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Ffs-gossips.com&amp;rp=%2F15611%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2754%2C%22ls%22%3A1800%2C%22le%22%3A2737%7D\" height=\"928\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The TBS morning news program THE TIME aired on February 19 and featured a live interview with Japan\u2019s figure skating pair, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who recently captured the gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in the pairs event. Here\u2019s a translation of their comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><\/div>\n<p>Broadcasting live from a special studio in Milan, the pair discussed their teamwork and daily routines. The two reflected on their gold-medal win. Speaking two days after their historic achievement, Miura shared, \u201cI\u2019ve been receiving so many messages, and it\u2019s finally starting to feel real little by little.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><\/div>\n<p>Kihara added with a smile, \u201cI was finally able to sleep last night, and that\u2019s when it hit me\u2014 \u2013 realized that we actually won gold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s host, Shinichiro Azumi, asked, \u201cI\u2019ve heard you\u2019ve been living together in Toronto while training. Do you ever argue with one another?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5b7227f2697a98bb10602711\/d1cfbb2a-2bf6-41ec-a312-2d297cb7f557\/rikuryu+SP-8717.jpg\" alt=\"Interview - Riku Miura &amp; Ryuichi Kihara \u2014 In The Loop\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Miura smiled and replied, \u201cWe rarely have any disagreements about skating, but we do often have little arguments in our daily lives.\u201d Laughing, she added, \u201cIt\u2019s like sibling quarrels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Azumi continued with another question: \u201cHow long have you been living together?\u201d Kihara, tilting his head as if thinking, answered, \u201cHmm, I\u2019m not quite sure.\u201d Miura casually responded, \u201cWe\u2019re always together, so it just feels like the norm now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/img.olympics.com\/images\/image\/private\/t_s_16_9_g_auto\/t_s_w440\/f_auto\/primary\/emkdthkzb8zcfqddovtu\" alt=\"Japan's figure skating pair champions Miura Riku &amp; Kihara Ryuichi: 'The  world title we won is not a burden'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Azumi pressed further, asking, \u201cDo you wake up at the same time?\u201d Kihara replied, \u201cSince our practice times are the same, our wake-up times are also pretty similar.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the pair who won gold in figure skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics, appeared on TBS\u2019s THE TIME, where they shared lighthearted&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13643,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions\/13643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}