Murakami started in Stavanger for the first time in the Speed Skating World Cup in January 2016 and finished 18th and third in the B group over 500 m and 33rd place in the B group over 1000 m. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he became the Japanese 500 m champion in Nagano . In January 2017 in Berlin he achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup with second place over 500 m. At the 2017 World Single Distance Championships in Gangwon , he came 11th and at the Winter Asian Games 2017 in Obihiro, 21st place over 500 m. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season he came second and third at the World Cup in Tomakomai over 500 m. This was followed by third places over 500 m at the World Cups in Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Heerenveen . At the individual distance world championships in Inzell in 2019 , he finished fifth over 500 m. In March 2019, he finished third in both 500m runs at the World Cup finals in Salt Lake City and finally came in fifth in the overall 500m World Cup.
Personal bests
500 m 34.10 sec. (installed on March 10, 2019 in Salt Lake City)
1000 m 1: 10.41 min. (installed on December 29, 2019 in Nagano)
1500 m 1: 55.79 min. (installed on February 12, 2016 in Nagano)
Japan