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IKUMA HORISHIMA

Ikuma Horishima competes at an event in February 2023.
MORE SPORTS / Freestyle skiing
Mar 8, 2024
Horishima becomes first Japan man to win World Cup moguls season title
Horishima finished behind Canada's Mikael Kingsbury on Friday but pipped the 2018 Olympic gold medalist in this season's overall rankings.
Ikuma Horishima celebrates on top of the podium after his 15th career World Cup victory, in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Freestyle skiing
Dec 3, 2023
Ikuma Horishima wins World Cup moguls season opener
The bronze medalist at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics picked up his 15th career World Cup victory with 82.68 points.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2022
Resilient Ikuma Horishima earns measure of redemption with bronze medal
'I had mixed feelings, though. I was the one who messed up (at the start), but at the same time, I felt I'd achieved something great.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022
Ikuma Horishima wins Japan's first medal in Beijing with bronze in men's freestyle moguls
Moguls skier Ikuma Horishima scores 81.48 points to finish behind gold medalist Walter Wallberg of Sweden and silver medalist Mikael Kingsbury of Canada.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022
Ikuma Horishima misses out on first chance to qualify for men's moguls final
Although Horishima said ideally he would have qualified directly to conserve energy, he is confident he can execute in the second qualification stage.
Japan Times
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Jan 8, 2022
Anri Kawamura, 17, claims second mogul World Cup title
After grabbing her maiden win on Dec. 11 at the season's second meet, Kawamura topped the podium again in the sixth event after edging 2018 Olympic champion Perrine Laffont of France.
Japan Times
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Feb 7, 2020
Ikuma Horishima wins World Cup moguls event
Ikuma Horishima won his second World Cup men's moguls event of the season Thursday.
Japan Times
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Dec 14, 2019
Ikuma Horishima triumphs in men's moguls at World Cup meet in China
Ikuma Horishima won the men's moguls Saturday at the freestyle skiing World Cup in China for his first victory of the season.
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Mar 2, 2019
Ikuma Horishima places first in World Cup moguls event in Kazakhstan
Ikuma Horishima won the men's moguls Saturday at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Shymbulak, Kazakhstan, for his first victory of the season.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 29, 2018
Junko Hoshino aims for medal at 2019 world championships
Moguls skier Junko Hoshino, who failed to make the national team for the Pyeongchang Olympics, is determined to get back into the spotlight and is eyeing a medal at a future world championships.
Japan Times
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Mar 3, 2018
Ikuma Horishima triumphs in men's moguls at World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture
Ikuma Horishima defeated newly crowned Pyeongchang Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury to win the men's moguls Saturday at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup held at Lake Tazawa ski resort in Akita Prefecture.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 9, 2018
Ikuma Horishima leads Japanese duo into men's moguls final
Ikuma Horishima led a strong showing by the Japanese team during the first qualifying session for the men's moguls final at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Japan Times
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Mar 9, 2017
Horishima claims gold at freestyle ski worlds
Debutant Ikuma Horishima on Wednesday became the first Japanese man to capture moguls gold at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.
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Feb 18, 2017
Moguls maestro Kingsbury records 39th career triumph
Ikuma Horishima could only manage sixth place as Canadian star Mikael Kingsbury posted an all-time record 39th freestyle career win in the men's moguls at a World Cup event on Saturday.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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