Chris Reed (figure skater)

Chris Reed

Cathy and Chris Reed at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born (1989-07-07) July 7, 1989
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Home town Warren, Michigan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner Kana Muramoto
Former partner Cathy Reed
Coach Marina Zueva, Oleg Eipstein, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns
Former coach Galit Chait Moracci, Alexei Gorshkov, Tyler Myles, John Kerr, Inese Bucevica, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Nikolai Morozov, Valter Rizzo, Andrew Stroukoff, Susan Kelley
Choreographer Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali
Former choreographer Igor Shpilband, Patti Wilcox, Galit Chait, Inese Bucevica, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club Arctic Edge FSC
Kinoshita Club Tokyo
Former skating club Kawagoe Figure Skating Club
Training locations Canton, Michigan
Former training locations Hackensack, New Jersey
Began skating 1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 151.18
2016 U.S. Classic
Short dance 61.10
2016 U.S. Classic
Free dance 91.18
2016 Skate America
Japanese name
Kana クリス・リード

Chris Reed (born July 7, 1989) is a Japanese ice dancer. With his sister Cathy Reed, he is a seven-time Japanese national champion (2008–11, 2013–15). With Kana Muramoto, he is the 2016 CS U.S. Classic silver medalist and the 2016 Japanese national champion.

Personal life

Chris Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[1] His mother is Japanese and his father is American.[2] Reed has two skating siblings – his elder sister, Cathy, with whom he competed with in ice dancing, and his younger sister Allison Reed, who is also an ice dancer.[2]

Partnership with Cathy Reed

The Reeds won the novice ice dancing title at the 2006 U.S. Championships. They decided to represent Japan beginning in the 2006–07 season.[3] While novice national champions are usually given a chance to compete on the Junior Grand Prix, Cathy Reed was too old at the time of their win to compete as a junior internationally. The Reeds accepted an offer to compete for Japan, advancing immediately to the senior level.

After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Championships. At the 2007 Four Continents, they placed ahead of several teams who had been competing a seniors much longer.

Making their Grand Prix debut, the Reeds placed 9th at the 2007 Skate America and 8th at the 2007 NHK Trophy. They won the Japanese national championships. They repeated their 7th-place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 Worlds. They represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[2]

The Reeds were named in the Japanese team to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

After the 2014–15 figure skating season, his sister retired from competitive figure skating.

Partnership with Kana Muramoto

On June 17, 2015, it was announced that Chris Reed had teamed up with Kana Muramoto and that the duo would train under Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, and Massimo Scali in Canton, Michigan.[4][5] Together, they are the 2015–16 Japanese national champions.

Programs

With Kana Muramoto

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–16
[1]
  • Walltz: Wiener Café
    by Robert Stolz
  • March: Olympiamarsch
    by Robert Stolz
  • March: UNO March
    by Robert Stolz

With Cathy Reed

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2014–15
[6]
  • Flamenco: El Cid: Farruca
    by Thomas Hickstein, Elva La Guardia
  • Paso Doble: Gato Montes
    by Hugo Montenegro
2013–14
[7]
  • Ona Hei
    (from Total War: Shogun 2)
    by Jeff van Dyck
  • Bitter Sweet Water
    (from Hell Girl Mitsuganae)
    by Hiromi Mizutani
  • Good Death
    (from Total War: Shogun 2)
    by Jeff van Dyck
  • Ona Hei
    (from Total War: Shogun 2)
    by Jeff van Dyck
2012–13
[8]
  • The Prayer
    by Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli
2011–12
[9]
  • La Llama
    by Chris Ice
  • Whatever Happens
    by Michael Jackson
  • Drums
    by Basic J
  • Chale Chalo
    (from Lagaan)
    by A. R. Rahman
  • Mon Amour
    by David Visan
  • Chale Chalo
    (from Lagaan)
    by A. R. Rahman
2010–11
[10]
Original dance
2009–10
[11]		 Japanese:
  • Sakura
  • Kodo
2008–09
[12]
  • Charleston: Money, Money
    (from Cabaret soundtrack)
2007–08
[13]
  • Prayer in the Night
    (modern arrangement of
    Handel's Suite No. 4)
2006–07
[14]
  • Prayer in the Night
2005–06
[15]
2003–05
[16]
2001–02
[16]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kana Muramoto for Japan

International[17]
Event 2015–16 2016–17
Worlds 15th
Four Continents 7th
GP NHK Trophy 7th TBD
GP Skate America 8th
CS U.S. Classic 2nd
MNNT Cup 2nd
National[18]
Japan Champ. 1st

With Cathy Reed for Japan

International[19]
Event 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Olympics 17th 21st
Worlds 16th 16th 15th 13th 24th 20th 18th 22nd
Four Continents 7th 7th WD 7th
GP NHK Trophy 8th 8th 7th 7th 7th 5th 6th 6th
GP Skate America 9th 7th
Golden Spin 4th 5th
Nebelhorn Trophy 4th
NRW Trophy 2nd
MNNT Cup 2nd
Asian Games 2nd
National[19][20]
Japan Champ. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st WD 1st 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 5T
World Team
Trophy 		3rd T
4th P 		3rd T
6th P
WD: Withdrew
T: Team result; P: Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Cathy Reed for the United States

National
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
U.S. Championships 1st N
Eastern Sectionals 10th N 5th N 1st N
North Atlantic Regionals 1st N
N: Novice level

References

  1. 1 2 "Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 D'Alessandro, Dave (February 23, 2010). "Zaretsky, Reed siblings make Jersey proud in Olympic ice dancing". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ Mittan, Barry (December 27, 2006). "U.S. Novice Champs to Compete for Japan". SkateToday.
  4. ↑ Muramoto, Kana. "New Partnership". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "木原龍一は須崎海羽、クリス・リードは村元哉中とペア". Sponichi (in Japanese). Sponichi. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 1, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Cathy REED / Chris REED: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007.
  15. ↑ "2006 U.S. Championships: Cathy Reed / Chris Reed" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
  16. 1 2 "Programs". Official website of Cathy and Chris Reed at ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Competition Results: Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED". International Skating Union.
  18. ↑ "村元 哉中 / MURAMOTO Kana and クリス リード / Chris REED". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Competition Results: Cathy REED / Chris REED". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ "キャシー リード / Cathy REED and クリス リード / Chris REED". Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015.

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