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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi smile during a press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023, at which they announced their retirement from competitive skating.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi smile during a press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023, at which they announced their retirement from competitive skating.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: Ice dance duo Muramoto, Takahashi retire

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose for photographers after their retirement press conference in Tokyo on May 2, 2023.

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Figure skating: World Team Trophy exhibition gala

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the closing exhibition gala for the World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on April 16, 2023.

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Figure skating: World Team Trophy exhibition gala

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the closing exhibition gala for the World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on April 16, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (back) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance in the six-nation World Team Trophy figure skating competition at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 14, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Team Trophy

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance in the ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 13, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (top) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 26, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japan's Kana Muramoto (up) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance program during the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 25, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance program during the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 25, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 24, 2023.

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Figure Skating: World Championships

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance at the world figure skating championships at Saitama Super Arena in the eastern Japan city of Saitama on March 24, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi acknowledge spectators after performing in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance rhythm dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto (front) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023.

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Figure skating: Four Continents

Japanese ice dancers Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (facing camera) perform their free dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 12, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (top) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Exhibition gala after Japan national c'ships

Ice dance duo Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform during the exhibition gala at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the national figure skating championships.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose after winning the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose after winning the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi wave to spectators after winning the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi pose after winning the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi are pictured after performing in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (top) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform in the ice dance free dance of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 24, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (R) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Figure skating: Japanese national championships

Kana Muramoto (L) and Daisuke Takahashi perform their rhythm dance in the ice dance competition of Japan's national figure skating championships at Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in the Osaka Prefecture city of Kadoma, western Japan, on Dec. 22, 2022.

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Retired figure skater Takahashi to study in U.S.

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows retired Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who plans to study in the United States for at least a year from April 2015.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, smile while speaking to reporters after their performance at an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, wave to the crowd during the finale of an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (front), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, perform during an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Retired figure skater Takahashi cited by Kurashiki

OKAYAMA, Japan - Retired figure skater Daisuke Takahashi (R), Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist, receives a special merit award from Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2014, handed to him by Kurashiki Mayor Kaori Ito (L). Takahashi hails from the western Japanese city.

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Former world champ Takahashi hangs up skates

OKAYAMA, Japan - Former world champion and Vancouver Olympic men's bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi tells a press conference in his hometown Okayama on Oct. 14, 2014, that he is retiring from competitive figure skating.

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Former world champ Takahashi hangs up skates

OKAYAMA, Japan - Former world champion and Vancouver Olympic men's bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi tells a press conference in his hometown Okayama on Oct. 14, 2014, that he is retiring from competitive figure skating.