Skaters
Daisuke Murakami
Born:
January 15, 1991
Birthplace:
Kanagawa, Japan
Height:
5' 5"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Gardena, Calif.
Training Town:
Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
Club:
Yoshindo Tokyo
Coach:
Frank Carroll, Kumiko Sato, Jun Ge
Choreographer:
Lori Nichol, Larisa Ge
Began skating at age 9 ... Moved with his family to the U.S. as a young child and competed for the U.S. until the 2007-08 season before switching to Japan ... Won the 2006 U.S. junior pewter medalist ... Twice received the Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship ... Enjoys sports, movies and reading.
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2012 Season NotesSP Music: "The Feeling Begins" by Peter Gabriel
FS Music: Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer -
2011 Season NotesSP Music: "Toccata and Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Vanessa-Mae
FS Music: Music from the Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack by Maurice Jarre -
2010 Season NotesSP Music: Music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
FS Music: Music form the soundtrack of The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams -
2009 Season NotesSP Music: "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky
FS Music: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Sergei Rachmaninoff -
2007 Season NotesSP Music: Music from the Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack by Henry Mancini
FS Music: Music from the soundtrack of The Vision of Escaflowne by Yoko Kanno -
2006 Season NotesSP Music: "Korobushka" by Bond
FS Music: Music from the West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein -
2005 Season NotesSP Music: "Hava Nagila" by various artists
FS Music: Music from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt -
2004 Season NotesSP Music: "Sing Sing Sing" by Louis Prima
FS Music: Music from the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and John Williams -
2003 Season NotesFS Music: Music from the soundtrack of Iron Monkey by Richard Yuen and James L. Venable
- 2012 - Ondrej Nepela Memorial - 2nd
2012 - Japanese Championships - 6th
2011 - Merano Cup - 1st
2011 - Skate America - 6th
2011 - Ondrej Nepela Memorial - 1st
2011 - Japanese Championships - 7th
2010 - Japanese Championships - 19th
2010 - Skate America - 5th
2010 - Finlandia Trophy - 5th
2009 - Japanese Championships - 5th
2009 - Japanese Junior Championships - 3rd
2009 - NHK Trophy - 9th
2009 - Finlandia Trophy - 7th
2008 - Japanese Junior Championships - 5th
2007 - U.S. Championships - 15th
2006 - World Junior Championships - 11th
