Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater)

Kenji Miyamoto (宮本 賢二) is a Japanese figure skating choreographer, coach, and former competitive ice dancer. He skated with Rie Arikawa, winning two Japanese national titles, and then with Nakako Tsuzuki. During his career, he competed at a total of ten ISU Championships.

Career
Miyamoto began learning to skate in 1988.

Partnership with Arikawa
He teamed up with Rie Arikawa no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, where they finished 22nd. The following season, they placed second at the Japan Junior Championships. They regained their national junior title before placing 16th at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Advancing to the senior ranks, Arikawa/Miyamoto competed at their first Grand Prix events and became the national silver medalists in the 1998–1999 season. They took silver at the Asian Winter Games in South Korea and placed 9th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada.

In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea. Making their only World Championships appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall in Nagano, Japan.

Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, the Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France.

Partnership with Tsuzuki
Later in 2003, Miyamoto formed a partnership with Nakako Tsuzuki. During their three-season partnership, they competed together at six Grand Prix events and placed in the top ten at three Four Continents Championships. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui in Lyon, France.

They both retired from competitive skating following the 2005–2006 season.

Post-competitive career
Miyamoto became a choreographer for ice shows and competitive skaters.

He has choreographed for:
 * 🇯🇵 Yuzuru Hanyu
 * 🇯🇵 Shizuka Arakawa
 * 🇯🇵 Yukari Nakano
 * 🇯🇵 Daisuke Takahashi
 * 🇯🇵 Nobunari Oda
 * 🇯🇵 Takahiko Kozuka
 * 🇯🇵 Miki Ando
 * 🇯🇵 Mao Asada
 * 🇯🇵 Yuki Nishino
 * 🇯🇵 Akiko Suzuki
 * 🇯🇵 Tatsuki Machida
 * 🇪🇸 Javier Fernández
 * 🇯🇵 Yura Matsuda
 * 🇨🇦 Kevin Reynolds
 * 🇺🇸 Shotaro Omori
 * 🇯🇵 Shoma Uno
 * 🇯🇵 Akari Matsuoka
 * 🇯🇵 Keiji Tanaka
 * 🇯🇵 Satoko Miyahara
 * 🇯🇵 Yuka Nagai
 * 🇯🇵 Rika Hongo
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Hae-jin
 * 🇹🇭 Promsan Rattanadilok Na Phuket
 * 🇯🇵 Miyu Nakashio
 * 🇯🇵 Miyabi Oba
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Jin-seo
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Da-bin
 * 🇯🇵 Koshiro Shimada
 * 🇰🇷 Cha Jun-hwan
 * 🇯🇵 Shingo Nishiyama
 * 🇯🇵 Sena Miyake
 * 🇯🇵 Sōta Yamamoto
 * 🇯🇵 Shun Sato
 * 🇯🇵 Tatsuya Tsuboi
 * 🇯🇵 Rino Matsuike
 * 🇯🇵 Nozomu Yoshioka
 * 🇯🇵 Marin Honda
 * 🇯🇵 Kao Miura
 * 🇯🇵 Takeru Amine Kataise
 * 🇯🇵 Rinka Watanabe
 * 🇯🇵 Rion Sumiyoshi
 * 🇯🇵 Mone Chiba
 * 🇯🇵 Tsudoi Suto
 * 🇯🇵 Ami Nakai
 * 🇯🇵 Maria Egawa
 * 🇯🇵 Haruya Sasaki
 * 🇯🇵 Yo Takagi
 * 🇯🇵 Mako Yamashita
 * 🇯🇵 Rio Nakata
 * 🇯🇵 Haru Kakiuchi

Miyamoto also did the choreography for the figure skating anime Yuri on Ice.

Results
GP: Grand Prix