Riona Kato

Riona Kato
Personal information
Native name 加藤利緒菜
Country represented Japan
Born (1998-02-07) February 7, 1998
Osaka, Japan
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Coach Yukari Kato, Anthony Liu
Former coach Mie Hamada
Choreographer Phillip Mills
Former choreographer Miki Sakagami, Larisa Ge
Skating club Nagaodani High School
Former skating club Kansai SC
Training locations Cathedral City, California
Former training locations Lake Arrowhead, California
Osaka
Began skating 2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 168.38
2014 NHK Trophy
Short program 61.84
2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Free skate 117.51
2014 NHK Trophy

Riona Kato (Japanese: 加藤利緒菜, born February 7, 1998) is a Japanese figure skater. She has won four senior international medals.

Personal life

Riona Kato was born in Osaka, Japan.[1] She trained in gymnastics as a child.[2]

Career

On the ice from the age of two years and eight months, Riona Kato was encouraged by her aunt, Yukari Kato, a skating coach.[2] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011.

In 2013, Kato began training in California, coached by Anthony Liu as well as her aunt.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 JGP in Slovakia. Her first senior international was the Triglav Trophy at the end of the 2013–14 season, where she placed 4th.

2014–15 season

Kato began the 2014–15 season by winning two senior medals, silver at the Asian Trophy and bronze at a Challenger Series event, the U.S. Classic.[3] Making her Grand Prix debut, she finished 5th at the 2014 NHK Trophy and earning a personal best of 117.51 in the freeskate. She then went on to finish 7th at the 2015 Japanese Championships.

2015–16 season

For the 2015-16 Grand Prix series, Kato was assigned to compete at 2015 Rostelecom Cup.[4]

She started her season by finishing 5th at the 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[5]
  • Cherry on the Ice Wall
    (from Bahrein)
    by Princesses of Violin
    choreo. by Miki Sagakami, Phillip Mills
2014–2015
[1]
2013–2014
[6]
2011–2012
[7]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[3]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
GP NHK Trophy5th
GP Rostelecom Cup10th
CS Nepela Trophy5th
CS U.S. Classic3rd
CS Warsaw Cup10th
Asian Trophy2nd2nd
Printemps2nd
Triglav Trophy4th
International: Junior[3]
JGP Czech Republic4th
JGP Latvia11th
JGP Slovakia3rd
Printemps1st J
National[8]
Japan Champ.6th13th7th20th23rd
Japan Jr. Champ.25th2nd7th
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Riona KATO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Gallagher, Jack (December 2, 2014). "Kato made impact in first outing at senior Grand Prix". The Japan Times.
  3. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Riona KATO". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16- Ladies" (PDF). ISU Prod. ISU. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Riona KATO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Riona KATO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Riona KATO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.
  8. ↑ "加藤 利緒菜/KATO Riona" (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014.
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