Milano Cortina 2026: Miura, Kihara Among Participants at Tokyo Parade for Winter Olympic Athletes

The Yomiuri Shimbun

17:38 JST, April 25, 2026

Ryuichi Kihara, center, lifts Riku Miura during a parade featuring Japanese athletes who took part in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics and Paralympics, in the Nihonbashi district in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday. The Miura-Kihara duo, who earned Japan’s first gold medal in pairs figure skating, and Momoka Muraoka, who won two silvers in para alpine skiing sitting events, were among the participants. The parade, the first of its kind for a Winter Games, took place over a 700-meter section of a boulevard in the district and was watched by about 50,000 people.