Making their Japan Championships debut, Muramoto/Takahashi placed second in the rhythm dance, less than four points behind Komatsubara/Koleto. They were third in the free dance after Takahashi fell out of a lift and made a number of other errors, but won the silver medal overall due to Fukase/Cho also making errors. They were named as first alternates to the World team. In February, they were forced to withdraw as alternates due to an knee injury from Muramoto, and were replaced by bronze medalists Fukase / Zhang.