is a Japanese-Australian figure skater.
As a single skater for Japan, she is the 2023 JGP Linz silver medalist and the 2021–22 Japan Novice A bronze medalist.
Murakami also briefly competed in the pairs discipline for Japan with Sumitada Moriguchi. Together, they are the 2022 JGP Poland I bronze medalists and the 2022–23 Japan champions at both the senior and junior levels.
Personal life Haruna Murakami was born on 30 July 2008 in Perth, Australia to a Japanese mother and Hong Kongese father. She lived there for the first eight years of her life before moving to Japan to pursue her figure skating career.
Career Skating for Japan Early career Murakami began figure skating in 2013.
She won the bronze medal at the 2021–22 Japan Novice Championships and placed twenty-fifth at the 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships.
2022–23 season: Pair skating with Sumitada Moriguchi At the suggestion of her coach, Mie Hamada, Murakami decided to try pairs skating, teaming up with fellow Hamada student, Sumitada Moriguchi. While Hamada remained their singles coach, they were simultaneously coached by former Japanese pairs skater, Narumi Takahashi, while also working with Bruno Marcotte and Brian Shales. Murakami/Moriguchi made their debut as a pair team on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix, pacing fourth at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and third at the 2022 JGP Poland I.
Competing at the 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships, Murakami/Moriguchi won the gold medal. Murakami also competed in the women's singles event, where she finished eighth.
Although initially listed as alternates to compete at the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy, they were ultimately called up to compete due to the withdrawal of Canadian pair team Kemp/Elizarov. At the Final, Murakami/Moriguchi placed fifth in the short program and third in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall. They went on to compete at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, which they won after reigning national champions Miura/Kihara were forced to withdraw due to flight delays. Murakami also competed in the women's singles event at Nationals and finished seventeenth.
Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Murakami/Moriguchi finished fourth after placing sixth in the short program and fourth in the free skate. Murakami went on to compete at the 2023 Triglav Trophy on the junior level, where she won the silver medal behind Mao Shimada.
Following the season, it was announced that Murakami/Moriguchi had parted ways due to Moriguchi no longer being age eligible to compete on the junior level and Murakami being age ineligible to compete on the senior level for another three years. Murakami stated that she planned to focus on singles skating for the following season.
2023–24 season Murakami made her Junior Grand Prix debut as a singles skater at the 2023 JGP Austria, where she finished second in the short program, third in the free skate, and won the silver medal. She subsequently came thirteenth at the 2023 JGP Hungary.
At the 2023–24 Japan Championships, Murakami finished sixth at the junior level and nineteenth at the senior level.
2024–25 season Murakami started the season by finishing sixth at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships. This result ensured her qualification to compete at the senior championships, where she finished in seventeenth place.
2025–26 season Murakami began the season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. In late August, she finished fourth at 2025 JGP Turkey after placing third in both the short and free program competition segments. The following month, Murakami competed at 2025 JGP Azerbaijan, where she finished tenth.
In late November, she competed at the 2025–26 Japan Junior Championships, where she finished in eighth place overall. With this placement, Murakami was invited to compete at the senior national championships, where she finished in twenty-first place.
Skating for Australia
2026–27 season In April 2026, it was announced that Murakami had made the decision to begin competing for her birth country of Australia. In June of that year, Murakami shared that she had made a coaching change and was now splitting her time between training at the Kansai Airport Ice Arena under Utako Nagamitsu and at the Healthpia Kurashiki Ice Arena under Yusuke Hayashi.
Murakami made her international debut for Australia at the 2026 Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia, finishing in fourteenth place.
Programs Singles skating Season Short program Free skating 2026–2027 Vogue Tree of Life Suite Meraviglia 2025–2026 The Sound of Silence Titanic Southampton An Irish Party in Third Class Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave My Heart Will Go On 2024–2025 Dance Monkey Mulan Ancestors Honor to Us All Mulan Rides into Battle 2023–2024 Australia Welcome to Australia (Overture) Faraway Downs Waltzing Matilda 2022–2023 Just Wave Hello
With Moriguchi Season Short program Free skating 2022–2023 Le Corsaire I Want to Hold Your Hand All My Loving All You Need Is Love
Competitive highlights
Singles skating for Australia
Singles skating for Japan
Pair skating with Sumitada Moriguchi for Japan International: Junior Event 22–23 Junior Worlds 4th Final 4th Czech Republic 4th Poland 3rd National Japan Championships 1st Japan Junior Championships 1st
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold. Single skating Senior level
2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total December 19–22, 2024 2024–25 Japan Championships 19 57.26 15 122.95 17 180.21 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 23 53.13 19 105.73 19 158.86 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 15 59.23 19 104.53 17 163.76
Junior level 2025–26 season Date Event SP FS Total November 22–24, 2025 2025–26 Japan Junior Championships 7 60.42 8 111.94 8 172.36 September 24–27, 2025 2025 JGP Azerbaijan 12 51.23 10 106.68 10 157.91 August 27–30, 2025 2025 JGP Turkey 3 64.10 3 122.10 4 186.22 2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total November 15–17, 2024 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships 8 59.06 7 118.53 6 177.59 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total November 17–19, 2023 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships 5 62.30 8 106.18 6 168.48 September 20–23, 2023 2023 JGP Hungary 10 57.51 11 97.11 13 154.62 August 30–September 2, 2023 2023 JGP Austria 2 62.66 3 105.71 2 168.37 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total April 13–16, 2023 2023 Triglav Trophy 2 63.16 2 120.55 2 183.71 November 25–27, 2022 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships 8 57.52 6 106.13 8 163.65 2021–22 season December 19–21, 2021 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships 25 47.36 – 25 47.36
Pair skating With Moriguchi 2022–23 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships Junior 6 55.69 4 99.02 4 154.71 December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships Senior 1 54.21 1 107.86 1 162.07 December 8–11, 2022 2022–23 JGP Final Junior 5 46.80 3 102.23 4 149.03 November 25–27, 2022 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships Junior 1 52.72 1 96.36 1 149.08 September 28–October 1, 2022 2022 JGP Poland I Junior 4 47.94 2 92.41 3 140.35 August 31–September 3, 2022 2022 JGP Czech Republic Junior 5 42.34 3 87.50 4 129.84
References
External links
MURAKAMI Haruna at Japan Skating Federation