Daisuke Murakami | Golden Skate

Daisuke Murakami

Weathergal

Medalist
Joined
May 25, 2014
Japanese figure skater Daisuke "Dice" Murakami (村上 大介 Murakami Daisuke) was born on January 15, 1991, in Kanagawa, Japan.

Daisuke pronounces his name in this video by sabinfire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIPLFNRwvkk
and here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ErMkkRG4gM
and here in an ISU - Wait, What segment!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQXYIxsiBhE


Daisuke Murakami got on a lot of people's radars after his surprise gold medal winning performance at the 2014 NHK Trophy. His was the host pick, and it was his only GP assignment of the 2014-2015 season.

Bios​


ISU:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007654.htm

Ice Network:
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/daisuke_murakami

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Murakami_(figure_skater)

Tracings:
http://www.tracings.net/mura-dais.html


Social Media & Websites

Twitter: https://twitter.com/daisukemurakami

Instagram: https://instagram.com/diceskates

Website: http://www.daisukemurakami.com

His Snapchat: diceskater
His Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daisukemurakami

Updated August 2016

Personal Bests
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00007654.htm

Personal Best Total Score256.47ISU Four Continents Championships 2015
Personal Best Score Short Program83.47ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16
Personal Best Score Free Skating173.61ISU Four Continents Championships 2015



Programs​


2015-16
SP "Bring Him Home" from the Les Miserables soundtrack, performed by Josh Groban; choreography by Lori Nichol
FS "Anniversary" by Yoshiki; choreography by Lori Nichol

2015-16 Japanese Nationals SP
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jeppj_daisuke-murakami-2015-japanese-nationals-sp_sport


2015-16 Grand Prix Final SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gz58EYTFmo
2015-16 Grand Prix Final LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed6uyEIjT5E

2015 Trophée Bompard SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJGWe3-GEc
SP Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4J1NYctylg
Interview with Frank Carroll at TEB (Daisuke's coach)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImkKz0cFen4

2015 Skate Canada SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4KfmceobHQ
2015 Skate Canada FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAB51x1oBw
Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0QGJuTmTOY
Victory ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tEuAZSXb-k


2015 Japan Open FS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtF__zBC6Cs
Group interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqXygsFWWY

Show version of Dice's new SP from Dreams on Ice :)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uuwa5_村上大介-2015-2016-新sp-doi-2015_sport

First look.at his FS
https://instagram.com/p/5tju7Ym7SJ/

2015 Golden West SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mb0oYWmgsg


2014-15
SP The Wind and the Lion by Jerry Goldsmith
FS Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff

2015 Four Continents Championships SP British Eurosport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgOvskjZfy4
2015 Four Continents Championships FS by sabinfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gh5ljymcMk

2014-15 Japanese Nationals FS
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dhoqt_村上大介-daisuke-murakami-2014-japanese-nationals-fs_sport

2014 NHK SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i11VwLankTw
2014 NHK FS British Eurosport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhl4O7LE5s

2014 US International Classic SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiBoHVRYNA
2014 US International Classic FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdZUHiCKa8

2013-14
SP Once Upon A Time In Mexico soundtrack by Robert Rodriguez
FS Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer

2013 Cup of Merano SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkhe1iiKGw
2013 Cup of Merano FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzGo_mEBeo

2012-13
SP Bolero for Violin and Orchestra Bynum Walter Taieb
FS soundtrack of The Mission by Ennio Morricone

2012 NHK SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8msjdl_ongY
2012 NHK FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDDKWixHDjM

2012 Nepela FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sppEMqYOI4

2011-12
SP The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel
FS Gladiator soundtrack by Hans Zimmer

2011 Skate America FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyokVgfbeRc

2011 Triglav Trophy SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ii5QWZOlIA
2011 Triglav Trophy FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNCpW1GarJo

2011 Nepela SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NRHGpnMAg
2011 Nepela FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjSDDAW099w

2011 Golden West SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeyKS9ZJIEQ

2010-11
SP Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Vanessa-Mae
FS Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack by Maurice Jarre

2010 Skate America SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1H3HA7rsoA
2010 Skate America FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaXLdXD-Ylo

2010 Finlandia FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmcUMN4t8bQ

2009-10
SP West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
FS soundtrack of The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams

2009 NHK SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLm-30GhAFM
2009 NHK FS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QkcejWm0s

2009 Finlandia SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKwhHLOm7OM
2009 Finlandia FS
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SNIQMQs2Ct0

2008-09
SP Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
FS Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff

2008 Nationals SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx56JyFg2qI

2006-07
SP Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack by Henry Mancini
FS soundtrack of The Vision of Escaflowne by Yoko Kanno

2005-06
SP Korobushka by Bond
FS West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

2004-05
SP Hava Nagila by various artists
FS Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt

2003-04
SP Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima
FS Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and John Williams

2002-03
FS soundtrack of Iron Monkey by Richard Yuen and James L. Venable




COMPETITIVE HISTORY​


CompetitionSPLPFinal
Season 2015-2016​
2016 Japanese National Championships487 (214.56)
2016 Grand Prix Final566 (235.49)
2015 Trophée Eric Bompard3Cancel3 (80.24)
2015 Skate Canada133 (252.25)
Season 2014-2015​
2015 Coupe du Printemps111 (216.73)
2015 Four Continents Championships634 (256.47)
2015 Japanese National Championships487 (202.08)
2014 NHK Trophy311 (246.07)
2014 U.S. International Classic233 (204.67)
Season 2013-2014​
2014 Coupe du Printemps121 (186.47)
2014 Japanese National Championships13910 (205.86)
2013 Merano Cup212 (222.89)
2014 Japan Eastern Sectional211 (210.01)
2014 Tokyo Block 3 Regional111 (212.58)
Season 2012-2013​
2013 Triglav Trophy333 (177.43)
2013 Japan Eastern Sectional111 (200.83)
2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial332 (206.99)
Season 2011-2012​
2012 Japanese National Championships956 (203.41)
2011 Merano Cup111 (196.76)
2012 Japan Eastern Sectional111 (214.74)
2011 Skate America396 (193.32)
2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial131 (213.37)
Season 2010-2011​
2011 Triglav Trophy222 (212.03)
2011 Winter Universiade253 (202.83)
2011 Japanese National Championships787 (198.71)
2010 Skate America545 (203.00)
2010 Finlandia Trophy255 (183.03)
Season 2009-2010​
2010 Japanese National Championships201519 (154.90)
2009 NHK Trophy989 (181.04)
2009 Finlandia Trophy597 (177.87)
Season 2008-2009​
2009 AEGON Junior Challenge Cup121 (178.46)
2009 Japanese National Championships475 (187.50)
2009 Japanese Junior National Championships243 (173.45)
2008 JGP Skate Safari 244 (168.06)
Season 2007-2008
Daisuke sat out this season, and from the 2008-2009 season on, competed for Japan rather than for the US.
Season 2006-2007​
2007 U.S. National Championships171515 (157.17)
2007 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectionals322 (163.39)
2006 JGP Chinese Taipei Cup 244 (156.18)
2006 JGP Mexico243 (148.50)
Season 2005-2006​
2006 World Junior Championships14911 (152.17)
2006 U.S. Junior National Championships1044 (153.97)
2006 Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals111 (169.09)
2006 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals211
Season 2004-2005​
2005 U.S. Pacific Coast Junior Sectionals656
2005 U.S. Southwest Pacific Junior Regionals122
2004 JGP Harbin81011 (131.11)
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo322
Season 2003-2004​
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy211
2004 U.S. Novice National Championships322
2004 U.S. Pacific Coast Novice Sectionals232
2004 U.S. Southwest Pacific Novice Regionals111

Exhibitions​


2016 The Ice, "The Prayer"
https://youtu.be/EuqbmmUkDkA

2015 Four Continents Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzPcH4WycEc

2014 NHK Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O6cP5SA3Zk

2011 Dreams on Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKONvYK1W9M

2009 Dreams on Ice Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7f8TxsbBFE

2008 Home of Champions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBKClLE-LU

Golden Skate Threads and Articles

Dec. 2014 Thread discussing a Q&A with Daisuke
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?53523-Daisuke-Murakami-Q-and-A
The Q&A is at
http://www.figureskating-online.com/daisuke-murakami.html

Other Articles and Media

Call Me Maybe lip synch- Daisuke, Maverick Eguia et. al. at 2014 Salt Lake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG-pphV5tYo

Daisuke wins 2015 Coupe du Printemps
http://www.neveitalia.it/sport/figu...lgesson-si-impongono-nella-coupe-du-printemps

Feb 2014-Daisuke pulls up to fourth at 4Cs; finishes third in FS with two quad Salchows.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/02/14/109281606/brilliant-ten-cruises-to-gold-at-four-continents

Dec 2014-Daisuke Wins NHK
FS: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/11/29/102760136/murakami-turns-in-dream-free-to-take-nhk-gold
SP: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014/11/28/102659598/mura-masters-carmen-short-leads-men-in-osaka

Dec.2014 interview
http://www.insideskating.net/tag/daisuke-murakami-daisuke-takahashi

Sept. 2014 - Daisuke pulls up to take bronze at Salt Lake
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2014...ns-third-straight-international-classic-title

Nov. 2013 Skateguard interview with Daisuke
http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2013/11/interview-with-daisuke-murakami.html

Daisuke does a quad flip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXKi3OBwNQ0

2011 Skate America Dice in an ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ErMkkRG4gM

Article about Dice at Twelve Years Old, When he was skating for USA
http://us_asians.tripod.com/articles-aa-ice-skaters.html

Dice news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INI2mUz6EVw

DEC 16 Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsUI1GmCs6I

dice news 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCez7Empsjk
 
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Interspectator

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 25, 2012
He backed it up with a New Seasons and Personal best at 4CC.
I'm really hoping that he can win more medals on the GP circuit this coming season. :cheer:
 

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
I am hoping the same!

If you check ISU standings for the season, he is ranked 10th, and breathing down Mura's eighth place for scond Japanese man., despite having only one GP assignment.


http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wr/wrmen.htm

Thanks so much for starting a thread for him:cheer:
 
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dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Daisuke is trying other quads

here he does a respectable attempt at 4F!!!
https://instagram.com/p/2sVZvem7Sv/

Don't anyone tell me quads can't be learned in your 20's.

I have added everything I could find to Weathergal's excellent OP.

If you find anything else, please post!!
 
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ice coverage

avatar credit: @miyan5605
Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 27, 2012
News from Dreams On Ice show taking place now:

https://twitter.com/pandaatlarge/status/609306391719776256

Maybe a new program ? If somebody has information let us now :)

From @pandaatlarge's full article for IN re Dreams On Ice (emphasis added):
Daisuke Murakami, winner of the NHK Trophy last year, debuted his free skate for next season, set to "Bring Him Home" from the soundtrack of Les Misérables. He opened with a beautiful triple loop but then popped a salchow into a double, and recovered with a triple flip. As it was a shortened version of his free, he skipped some elements and performed two spins and a choreographic sequence before the ending. After winning the only Grand Prix assignment he had last season and finishing fourth at the Four Continents Championships, he said that his goal this season is to make it to the Grand Prix Final and be selected for worlds.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/06/12/130204078
 

mikaboo

Medalist
Joined
Mar 6, 2014
It says on his website that "Bring Him Home" is his SP. There may have been some confusion because they didn't say if it was his SP/FS/EX yesterday, but the DOI announcer apparently introduced it as his SP today.
http://www.daisukemurakami.com/news#news-259
Both of Dice's programs are choreographed by Lori Nichol if this hasn't been known already.
ETA: I can't link to the source, but it's on his website. News from May 14th, 2015

Dice with the boys.

Dice with the girls.

Kind of late, but thanks to Weathergal and Doris for starting/updating the thread.
 
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Interspectator

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 25, 2012
Dice will have a his interview with Kenji aired in October. Stay tuned.
Impressed that he was able to do this in Japanese.
 
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