Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara lead the world championship
The tournament kicked off at night in Japan.
Japanese sports couple Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara after the short program takes first place at the World Championships in Saitama.
Skaters earned 80.72 points.
In second place are the Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Fraser (74.64), in third are Sarah Conti and Niccolò Machii from Italy (73.24).