# Ryuju Hino

Ryuju Hino (日野 龍樹, Hino Ryūju, born 12 February 1995) is a Japanese former figure skater. He has won five senior international medals, seven ISU Junior Grand Prix medals – including bronze at the 2012–13 JGP Final, and two (2011, 2012) Japanese national junior titles.

## Career

Hino won gold and silver medals during the 2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final where he finished 5th. He won the Japanese Junior Championships.
During the 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix season, Hino won bronze in France and silver in Austria and qualified for the 2012 JGP Final in Sochi, Russia. At the final, Hino edged out American skater Jason Brown for the bronze medal. Hino won his second junior national title at the 2012 Japanese Junior Championships.
In the 2013–14 JGP season, Hino won two silver medals at his events in Mexico and Belarus. Having qualified for his third JGP Final, he finished sixth in Fukuoka, Japan. He won his first senior international medal, bronze, at the 2014 Triglav Trophy.
He announced his retirement after the 2020–2021 season.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2020–2021 | Symphonie n° 3 ut mineur op.78, avec orgue by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Kohei Yoshino | Second movement, Piano Concerto No. 1 by Philip Glass choreo. by Kohei Yoshino | |
| 2019–2020 | Symphonie n° 3 ut mineur op.78, avec orgue by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Kohei Yoshino | Carmen by Georges Bizet choreo. by Kohei Yoshino | |
| 2018–2019 | Addicted to Love by Rachel Portman choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin | La Bohème by Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto | |
| 2017–2018 | Addicted to Love by Rachel Portman choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin | Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil) by Benoît Jutras choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin | Criminal |
| 2016–2017 | Artsakh by Ara Gevorgyan choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin } | Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil) by Benoît Jutras choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin | |
| 2015–2016 | Artsakh by Ara Gevorgyan choreo. by Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin | King Arthur by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto | |
| 2014–2015 | Lunatico by Gotan Project choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto | King Arthur by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto | |
| 2013–2014 | TaTaKu (best of Kodo) by Tetsuro Naito, Motofumi Yamaguchi | Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev | |
| 2012–2013 | TaTaKu (best of Kodo) by Tetsuro Naito, Motofumi Yamaguchi | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Michael Kamen | |
| 2011–2012 | Russian Sailors' Dance by Reinhold Glière | The Matrix Revolutions by Don Davis, Ben Watkins | |
| 2010–2011 | Russian Sailors' Dance by Reinhold Glière | Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus | |
| 2007–2008 | Sabre Dance (from Gayane) by Aram Khachaturian | | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | | | | |
| CS Finlandia | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 11th | | 10th | | |
| CS Nebelhorn | | | | | | | | | | 10th | | | | | | |
| CS Ondrej Nepela | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | | | |
| Asian Trophy | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | |
| Bavarian Open | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 4th | | | | |
| Challenge Cup | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | | 5th | | | |
| Gardena | | | | | | 6th | | | | | | | | | | |
| Merano Cup | | | | | | | | | | 1st | | | | | | |
| Printemps | | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| Triglav Trophy | | | | | | | | | 3rd | | | | | | | |
| Universiade | | | | | | | | | | 8th | | 6th | | | | |
| International: Junior ||||||||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | | | | | | | 9th | 10th | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Final | | | | | | | 5th | 3rd | 6th | | | | | | | |
| JGP Austria | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Belarus | | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| JGP France | | | | | | 5th | | 3rd | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Japan | | | | | | 12th | | | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Latvia | | | | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | | |
| JGP Mexico | | | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| JGP Romania | | | | | | | 2nd | | | | | | | | | |
| International: Novice ||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Trophy | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gardena | | | | 1st | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mladost Trophy | | | 2nd | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| National ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Champ. | | | | | 18th | 13th | 10th | 10th | 12th | 9th | 8th | 4th | 7th | 14th | 13th | 11th |
| Japan Junior | | | 10th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | | | | | | | |
| Japan Novice | 6th B | 1st B | 1st A | 3rd A | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Team Events ||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Open | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd T 3rd P |
| TBD = Assigned T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. ||||||||||||||||||