Haru Kakiuchi

{{Short description|Japanese figure skater (born 2006)}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Haru Kakiuchi |image= |imagesize= |caption= |native_name= 垣内珀琉 |native_name_lang= ja |fullname= |altname= Kakiuchi Haru |country= {{JPN}} |birth_date= {{birth date and age|2006|04|18}} |birth_place= Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |hometown= Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |height= {{height|m=1.72}} |coach= Sayaka Yodo, Keiji Tanaka, Utako Nagamitsu |skating club= Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C. |beganskating= 2010 |retired= }}

{{nihongo|'''Haru Kakiuchi'''|垣内珀琉|Kakiuchi Haru|born 18 April 2006}} is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2023 JGP Hungary bronze medalist and 2023 Challenge Cup silver medalist on the Junior level.

== Personal life == Kakiuchi was born on April 18, 2006, in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.<ref name=ISU-2324/> As hobbies, Kakiuchi enjoys listening to classical music as well as collecting rocks, old coins, and ukiyo-e.<ref name=YOG-profile/>

He is currently a student at N High School.<ref name=mainichi23/>

== Career == === Early career === Kakiuchi began figure skating in 2010 at the age of three after his mother, Kaori, encouraged him as a way to help overcome his shyness.<ref name=ISU-2324/><ref name=kobe23/> That same year, Kakiuchi began training at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka after being invited by Mie Hamada to train there as her student.<ref name=kobe23/>

He won the silver medal on the novice b level at the 2016–17 Japan Championships. The following season, Kakiuchi won the silver medal at the 2017–18 Japan Novice A Championships and placed twenty-first at the 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships.<ref name=SS-HK/>

After finishing fifth at the 2018–19 Japan Novice A Championships, Kakiuchi moved back to his hometown of Nishinomiya and began training at the Hyogo Nishinomiya Figure Skating Club with Sayaka Yodo and Keiji Tanaka becoming his new coaches.<ref name=kobe23/><ref name=SS-HK/> He would place eighteenth at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships and thirteenth at both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships.<ref name=SS-HK/><ref name=JSF-HK/><ref name=fuji-HK/>

=== 2022–2023 season === Making his junior international debut, Kakiuchi competed on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix, finishing eighth at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic.<ref name=ISU-2223/> He went on to finish sixth in the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships. Due to his top eight finish, Kakiuchi was selected to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Senior Championships.<ref name=top822/>

He went on to compete at the Japan Eastern Sectional Championships, winning the gold medal. At the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, Kakiuchi finished fifth and was selected to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Senior Championships due to this top eight finish.<ref name=JSF-HK/><ref name=top822/> At those championships, Kakiuchi finished eighteenth.<ref name=fuji-HK/>

Kakiuchi closed his season by winning silver on the junior level at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.<ref name=ISU-HK/>

=== 2023–2024 season === Competing on the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Kakiuchi began his season by finishing seventh at the 2023 JGP Austria and winning bronze at the 2023 JGP Hungary.<ref name=ISU-HK/>

He then finished fourth at the 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships. With this result, combined with his placements on the Junior Grand Prix series, Kakiuchi was selected to represent Japan at both the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2024 World Junior Championships.<ref name=fuji-HK/><ref name=YOTeam/><ref name=JW24Team/> He was also selected to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Senior Championships due to his top eight finish at the junior championships.<ref name=noms2324/> He finished eighteenth at the latter event.<ref name=JSF-HK/><ref name=fuji-HK/><ref name=ISU-HK/>

He went on to finish seventh at the Youth Olympics and seventeenth at the World Junior Championships.<ref name=ISU-HK/>

=== 2024–25 season === Kakiuchi began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fourth at 2024 JGP Thailand and eighth at 2024 JGP Slovenia.<ref name=ISU-HK/>

In late November, he competed at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships, where he finished sixth.<ref name=SS-HK/> This result allowed him to qualify for the senior championships, where he finished seventeenth.<ref>{{cite web |title=The follow junior skaters have qualified for Senior Nationals: |url=https://x.com/skatejapanews/status/1858256898115473778 |website=X |publisher=Skate Japan News |access-date=18 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=ISU-HK/>

=== 2025–26 season === Kakiuchi opened his season by making his senior international debut at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup, where he finished in eleventh place. He was selected as the host pick to compete at the 2025 NHK Trophy, however, one month before the event, he sprained his ankle while practicing a quadruple Lutz jump. Despite this, Kakiuchi opted to compete albeit lowering the technical difficulty of his jumping passes. He ultimately finished the event in twelfth place.<ref name=SS-HK/><ref>{{cite web |title=GPデビューの垣内珀琉けがの影響も「楽しくて仕方なくて」 NHK杯 |url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20251107/k00/00m/050/330000c |website=Mainichi |publisher=Mainichi |access-date=11 November 2025}}</ref>

In late December, he finished eighteenth at the 2025–26 Japan Championships.<ref name=SS-HK/>

== Programs == {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2025–2026 <ref name=ISU-2526/> | * Love the Hell Out of You {{small| by Lewis Capaldi choreo. by Guillaume Cizeron }} | rowspan=2 | * I giorni: Andante {{small|by Ludovico Einaudi performed by Daniel Hope, Jacques Ammon, & Kammerorchester Berlin }} * Violin Concerto No. 2, Movement III {{small| by Philip Glass performed by Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel }} |- ! 2024–2025 <ref name=ISU-2425/><ref name=PR2425/> | rowspan=2 | * Caruso {{small|by Lucio Dalla performed by Joseph Calleja choreo. by Kohei Yoshino }} |- ! 2023–2024 <ref name=ISU-2324/><ref name=fuji-HK/> | rowspan=2 | * Wake Me Up {{small|by Avicii performed by Avicii & Simply Three choreo. by Misao Sato }} |- ! 2022–2023 <ref name=fuji-HK/><ref name=ISU-2223/> | * Libertango {{small|by Astor Piazzolla performed by Taro Hakase choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto }} |- ! 2021–2022 <ref name=2122SP/><ref name=2122FP/> | * Buzoku {{small|by DRUM TAO }} | * La campanella {{small| (from ''Grandes Études de Paganini'') by Franz Liszt performed by Nobuyuki Tsujii }} |}

== Competitive highlights == {{smalldiv| *GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series *JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series *CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series *TBD – Assigned *WD – Withdrew from competition }} {{Figure skating competitive highlights |level=senior|ref={{r|SS-HK}} |season1=2022–23|season2=2023–24|season3=2024–25|season4=2025–26 |{{FS placements|4|Japan Championships|p1=18th|p2=18th|p3=17th|p4=18th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|GP}} NHK Trophy|p4=12th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Kinoshita Group Cup|p4=11th}} }} {{Figure skating competitive highlights |level=junior|ref={{r|SS-HK}} |season1=2017–18|season2=2019–20|season3=2020–21|season4=2021–22|season5=2022–23|season6=2023–24|season7=2024–25 |{{FS placements|7|Winter Youth Olympics|p6=7th}} |{{FS placements|7|{{nowrap|World Junior Championships}}|p6=17th}} |{{FS placements|7|Japan Championships|p1=21st|p2=20th|p3=13th|p4=14th|p5=6th|p6=4th|p7=6th}} |{{FS placements|7|{{small|JGP}} Austria|p6=7th}} |{{FS placements|7|{{small|JGP}} Czech Republic|p5=8th}} |{{FS placements|7|{{small|JGP}} Hungary|p6=3rd}} |{{FS placements|7|{{small|JGP}} Slovenia|p7=8th}} |{{FS placements|7|{{small|JGP}} Thailand|p7=4th}} |{{FS placements|7|Challenge Cup|p5=2nd}} }}

== Detailed results == {{Figure skating personal bests |ref={{r|SS-HK}} |209.50|2024 JGP Thailand |69.99|2024 JGP Thailand |36.89|2024 JGP Thailand |33.94|2023 JGP Austria |139.51|2024 JGP Thailand |71.02|2024 JGP Thailand |68.49|2024 JGP Thailand }}

Current personal best scores are highlighted in '''bold'''. === Senior level === {{Figure skating detailed results |season=2025–26|ref={{r|SS-HK}} |Sep 5–7, 2025|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup|11|65.67|9|138.16|11|203.83 |Nov 7–9, 2025|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2025 NHK Trophy|12|61.59|12|124.81|12|186.40 |Dec 18–21, 2025|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2025–26 Japan Championships|15|70.68|17|128.88|18|199.56 }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="5" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | 2024–25 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | December 19–22, 2024 | 2024–25 Japan Championships | align=center | 17 70.52 | align=center | 15 132.75 | align=center | 17 203.27 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | 2023–24 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | December 20–24, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Championships | align=center | 21 64.58 | align=center | 14 131.72 | align=center | 18 196.30 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | 2022–23 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | December 21–25, 2022 | 2022–23 Japan Championships | align=center | 21 61.42 | align=center | 18 126.55 | align=center | 18 187.97 |}

=== Junior level === {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2024–25 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | November 15–17, 2024 | 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 15 58.05 | align=center | 6 129.88 | align=center | 6 187.93 |- | October 2–5, 2024 | 2024 JGP Slovenia | align=center | 7 68.07 | align=center | 8 126.31 | align=center | 8 194.38 |- | September 11–14, 2024 | 2024 JGP Thailand | align=center | 5 '''69.99''' | align=center | 4 '''139.51''' | align=center | 4 '''209.50''' |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2023–24 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | February 26–March 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | align=center | 16 65.49 | align=center | 13 127.33 | align=center | 17 192.82 |- | January 27–29, 2024 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | align=center | 8 61.11 | align=center | 5 124.77 | align=center | 7 185.88 |- | November 17–19, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 3 68.64 | align=center | 5 129.33 | align=center | 4 197.97 |- | September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Hungary | align=center | 4 66.95 | align=center | 3 133.87 | align=center bgcolor=cc9966| 3 200.82 |- | August 30–September 2, 2023 | 2023 JGP Austria | align=center | 4 69.39 | align=center | 11 111.12 | align=center | 7 180.51 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2022–23 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | February 23–26, 2023 | 2023 International Challenge Cup | align=center | 2 59.15 | align=center | 1 115.00 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2 174.15 |- | November 25–27, 2022 | 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 6 63.39 | align=center | 10 117.34 | align=center | 6 180.73 |- | August 31–September 3, 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | align=center | 8 64.58 | align=center | 9 113.43 | align=center | 8 178.01 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2021–22 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | November 19–21, 2021 | 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 13 56.00 | align=center | 16 93.46 | align=center | 14 149.46 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2020–21 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | November 21–23, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 13 57.32 | align=center | 13 102.52 | align=center | 13 159.84 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2019–20 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | November 15–17, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 18 47.88 | align=center | 20 84.97 | align=center | 20 132.85 |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | 2017–18 season |- ! Date ! Event ! SP ! FS ! Total |- | November 24–26, 2017 | 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships | align=center | 22 41.86 | align=center | 20 88.38 | align=center | 21 130.24 |}

== References == {{Reflist|refs

<ref name=ISU-HK>{{cite web |title=Competition Results – Haru KAKIUCHI (JPN) |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00104491.htm |website=International Skating Union |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-2223>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |title= Haru KAKIUCHI: 2022/2023 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220902135513/http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |archive-date= 2 September 2022 |url-status= dead |access-date= 27 January 2024 }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-2324>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |title= Haru KAKIUCHI: 2023/2024 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240106071944/http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |archive-date= 6 January 2024 |url-status= dead |access-date= 27 January 2024 }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-2425>{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |title= Haru KAKIUCHI: 2024/2025 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240912094459/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |archive-date= 12 September 2024 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-2526>{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |title= Haru KAKIUCHI: 2025/2026 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250904094459/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104491.htm |archive-date= 4 September 2025 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=2122SP>{{cite web |title=垣内珀琉 SP 2021 西日本ジュニア |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbcj-jsuGw&ab_channel=yuseiseisato |website=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=2122FP>{{cite web |title=垣内珀琉 FS 2021 西日本ジュニア |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEY82QaOPAE&ab_channel=yuseiseisato |website=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=JSF-HK>{{cite web |title=垣内珀琉 |url=http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=BQhTsDeHKLA%3D |website=Japan Skating Federation |publisher=Japan Skating Federation |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=fuji-HK>{{cite web |title=垣内珀琉 Haru KAKIUCHI |url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure/skater/HaruKAKIUCHI.html |website=Fuji TV |publisher=Fuji TV |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=SS-HK>{{cite web |title=JPN–Haru KAKIUCHI |url=http://www.skatingscores.com/jpn/men/haru_kakiuchi/ |website=Skating Scores |publisher=Skating Scores |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=top822>{{cite web |title=激闘を勝ち抜き🙌男女8名とペア1組が全日本選手権推薦出場🎉 |url=http://www.twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1596875428840755200 |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |access-date=26 January 2024}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>

<ref name=YOTeam>{{cite web |title=YOG 2024 |url=http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/yog2024_fs.pdf |website=Japanese Skating Union |publisher=Japanese Skating Union |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=JW24Team>{{cite web |title=JUNIOR WORLDS ASSIGNMENTS✨ |url=http://www.twitter.com/skatejapanews/status/1738932068153999573 |website=Twitter |publisher=Twitter |access-date=26 January 2024}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>

<ref name=noms2324>{{cite web |title=Nominee 2023 |url=http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/nominee_2023.pdf |website=Japan Figure Skating Federation |publisher=Japan Figure Skating Federation |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=mainichi23>{{cite web |last1=毎日 |first1=新聞 |title=「恥ずかしくない演技を」フィギュア・垣内選手、西宮市長訪問／兵庫 |url=http://www.mainichi.jp/articles/20231227/ddl/k28/050/263000c |website=Mainichi |publisher=Mainichi |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=kobe23>{{cite web |title=＜スポットライト＞フィギュア垣内選手 17歳、世界の銀盤へ「４回転」武器に表彰台狙うジュニアGP |url=http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/hanshin/202308/0016648720.shtml |website=Kobe NP |publisher=Kobe NP |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=YOG-profile>{{cite web |title=Haru KAKIUCHI |url=http://www.olympics.com/gangwon-2024/en/results/figure-skating/athlete-profile-n1002565-haru-kakiuchi.htm |website=Olympics |publisher=Olympics |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=PR2425>{{cite web |title=フィギュア 2024-2025男子新プログラム一覧【鍵山優真・三浦佳生・佐藤駿等】 |url=https://figureskatejapan.com/data/new-program-men2024-2025.html#google_vignette |website=Skate Japan |publisher=Skate Japan |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{ISU figure skater|00104491}} * [https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/figure/player/detail.php?id=BQhTsDeHKLA%3D#name01 Haru Kakiuchi] at Japan Skating Federation * {{SkatingScores|jpn/men/haru_kakiuchi}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{instagram|harukakiuchi418}}

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