Whose birthday falls closer to the end of the calendar year, Kenji Miyamoto or Yuzuru Hanyu?
Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) Kenji Miyamoto (宮本 賢二 , Miyamoto Kenji , born November 6, 1978 in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan) is a Japanese retired ice dancer who currently works as a coach and a choreographer. He teamed up with partner Rie Arikawa in 1995. Together, they are two time Japanese national champions. After Arikawa's retirement from competitive skating in 2003, Miyamoto teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki. They competed together from 2003 through 2006. They are three time Japanese national silver medalists. Miyamoto now choreographs for ice shows and for competitive programs. He has choreographed show programs for Shizuka Arakawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Akiko Suzuki, and Yuzuru Hanyu. He also did the choreography for the programs in the figure skating anime, Yuri on Ice.
Miyata Noboru Miyata Noboru (宮田 登 , October 14, 1936 - February 10, 2000) was a Japanese folklorist, and a close collaborator and friend of the historian Amino Yoshihiko. He graduated from the department of literature at Tokyo University of Education (now University of Tsukuba) in 1960, was appointed Assistant Lecturer at the Tokyo Gakugei University in 1970, and became full-time professor at the University of Tsukuba in 1980. On his official retirement he took up a professorship at Kanagawa University.