page_title: Kanako Murakami
section_title: 2012–13 season
hierarchical_section_title: Kanako Murakami / Career / 2012–13 season
caption_attribution_description: Simple English: The ladies podium at the 2013 Four Continents Championships. From left: Akiko Suzuki (2nd), Mao Asada (1st), Kanako Murakami (3rd)
context_page_description: Kanako Murakami is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 Four Continents champion, 2010 World Junior champion, 2009–10 JGP Final champion, and a four-time Japanese national medalist.
context_section_description: Murakami started her season with bronze at the 2012 Skate Canada International and finished 4th at her next event, the 2012 Cup of Russia. She placed second at the 2012–13 Japan Championships.
  She won the bronze medal in her third appearance at the 2013 Four Continents Championships with fellow Japanese medalists Mao Asada and Akiko Suzuki taking the gold and silver medal respectively.
  Murakami finished 4th at the 2013 World Championships setting a personal best score of 189.73 points.
caption: Murakami (right) with Mao Asada (center) and Akiko Suzuki (left) at the 2013 Four Continents Championships podium
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