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. As hobbies, Kakiuchi enjoys listening to classical music as well as collecting rocks, old coins, and ukiyo-e.
He is currently a student at N High School.
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. 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.
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.
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. He would place eighteenth at the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships and thirteenth at both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships.
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. 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.
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. At those championships, Kakiuchi finished eighteenth.
Kakiuchi closed his season by winning silver on the junior level at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.
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.
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. He was also selected to compete at the 2023–24 Japan Senior Championships due to his top eight finish at the junior championships. He finished eighteenth at the latter event.
He went on to finish seventh at the Youth Olympics and seventeenth at the World Junior Championships.
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.
In late November, he competed at the 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships, where he finished sixth. This result allowed him to qualify for the senior championships, where he finished seventeenth.
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.
In late December, he finished eighteenth at the 2025–26 Japan Championships.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2025–2026 Love the Hell Out of You I giorni: Andante Violin Concerto No. 2, Movement III 2024–2025 Caruso 2023–2024 Wake Me Up 2022–2023 Libertango 2021–2022 Buzoku La campanella
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold. Senior level
2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total December 19–22, 2024 2024–25 Japan Championships 17 70.52 15 132.75 17 203.27 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 21 64.58 14 131.72 18 196.30 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 21 61.42 18 126.55 18 187.97
Junior level 2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total November 15–17, 2024 2024–25 Japan Junior Championships 15 58.05 6 129.88 6 187.93 October 2–5, 2024 2024 JGP Slovenia 7 68.07 8 126.31 8 194.38 September 11–14, 2024 2024 JGP Thailand 5 69.99 4 139.51 4 209.50 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total February 26–March 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 16 65.49 13 127.33 17 192.82 January 27–29, 2024 2024 Winter Youth Olympics 8 61.11 5 124.77 7 185.88 November 17–19, 2023 2023–24 Japan Junior Championships 3 68.64 5 129.33 4 197.97 September 20–23, 2023 2023 JGP Hungary 4 66.95 3 133.87 3 200.82 August 30–September 2, 2023 2023 JGP Austria 4 69.39 11 111.12 7 180.51 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total February 23–26, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 2 59.15 1 115.00 2 174.15 November 25–27, 2022 2022–23 Japan Junior Championships 6 63.39 10 117.34 6 180.73 August 31–September 3, 2022 2022 JGP Czech Republic 8 64.58 9 113.43 8 178.01 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total November 19–21, 2021 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships 13 56.00 16 93.46 14 149.46 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total November 21–23, 2020 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 13 57.32 13 102.52 13 159.84 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total November 15–17, 2019 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 18 47.88 20 84.97 20 132.85 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships 22 41.86 20 88.38 21 130.24
References
External links
Haru Kakiuchi at Japan Skating Federation