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 (most notably for Friends on Ice, Hyoen, Ice Explosion and Ice Brave) and competitive skaters. He also did the choreography and provided motion capture for the figure skating anime, Yuri on Ice.
He has choreographed for the following skaters:
Miki Ando Shizuka Arakawa Mao Asada Hana Bath Cha Jun-hwan Mone Chiba Choi Da-bin Maria Egawa Javier Fernández Yuzuru Hanyu Tomoki Hiwatashi Marin Honda Marin Honda / Shoma Uno Rika Hongo Haru Kakiuchi Takeru Amine Kataise Kim Hae-jin Kim Jin-seo Takahiko Kozuka Tatsuki Machida Yura Matsuda Rino Matsuike Akari Matsuoka Kao Miura Satoko Miyahara Sena Miyake Yuka Nagai Ami Nakai Shunsuke Nakamura Yukari Nakano Miyu Nakashio Rio Nakata Yasuharu Nanri Yuki Nishino Shingo Nishiyama Miyabi Oba Nobunari Oda Mei Okada Shotaro Omori Promsan Rattanadilok Na Phuket Kosho Oshima Kevin Reynolds Shun Sato Koshiro Shimada Risa Shoji Rion Sumiyoshi Tsudoi Suto Akiko Suzuki Yo Takagi Daisuke Takahashi Sena Takahashi Keiji Tanaka Tatsuya Tsuboi Shoma Uno Kaoruko Wada Rinka Watanabe Sōta Yamamoto Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata Mako Yamashita Nozomu Yoshioka
Additionally, Miyamoto has his own TV segment titled, KENJI's Room, on the J Sports channel, where he conducts interviews with fellow Japanese figure skaters.
Programs
With Tsuzuki Season Original dance Free dance 2005–2006 Samba Rhumba Mambo House of Flying Daggers 2004–2005 Charleston Slow foxtrot Quickstep Tango Quidam 2003–2004 Boogie-woogie Blues Boogie-woogie The Prince of Egypt
With Arikawa Season Original dance Free dance 2002–2003 Aquarellen Conan the Barbarian 2001–2002 Tango del Atardecer Fiesta de Jerez Kojiki
Results GP: Grand Prix
With Tsuzuki International Event 04–05 05–06 Four Continents Championships 9th 8th 8th Cup of Russia 11th 11th NHK Trophy 10th 9th 11th Trophée Éric Bompard 11th National Japan Championships 2nd 2nd 2nd
With Arikawa International Event 96–97 97–98 98–99 01–02 02–03 Worlds 24th Four Continents 9th 11th 8th 8th Lalique 12th NHK Trophy 9th 9th 9th 11th Sparkassen 9th Skate America 9th Skate Canada 10th Asian Games 2nd 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 22nd 16th National Japan 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st Japan Junior 1st 2nd 1st
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