Rie Arikawa

Rie Arikawa (有川 梨絵, Arikawa Rie, born January 16, 1981 in Kyoto) is a Japanese ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Kenji Miyamoto, she won two Japanese national titles and competed at seven ISU Championships.

Rie Arikawa
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (1981-01-16) January 16, 1981
Kyoto, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
PartnerKenji Miyamoto
CoachMuriel Zazoui, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer, Bernard Ford
Skating clubMeiji Jingū Gaien FSC
Began skating1984
Retired2003
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Japan
Asian Winter Games
2003 AomoriIce dancing
1999 GangwonIce dancing

Career

Arikawa began learning to skate in 1984.[1]

Partnership with Miyamoto

She teamed up with Kenji Miyamoto no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, where they finished 22nd. The following season, they placed second at the Japan Junior Championships. They regained their national junior title before placing 16th at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Advancing to the senior ranks, Arikawa/Miyamoto competed at their first Grand Prix events and became the national silver medalists in the 1998–1999 season. They took silver at the Asian Winter Games in South Korea and placed 9th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada.

In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea. Making their only World Championships appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall in Nagano, Japan.

Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, the Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France.[1]

Post-competitive career

Arikawa has coached ice dancers Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion[2] and Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto.[3]

Programs
with Miyamoto
Season Original dance Free dance
2002–2003
[1]
2001–2002
[4]

Results

GP: Grand Prix

with Miyamoto
International
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03
Worlds24th
Four Continents9th11th8th8th
GP Lalique12th
GP NHK Trophy9th9th9th11th
GP Sparkassen9th
GP Skate America9th
GP Skate Canada10th
Asian Games2nd3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds22nd16th
National
Japan2nd3rd3rd1st1st
Japan Junior1st2nd1st

References
  1. "Rie ARIKAWA / Kenji MIYAMOTO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.
  3. "Misato KOMATSUBARA / Timothy KOLETO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017.
  4. "Rie ARIKAWA / Kenji MIYAMOTO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 12, 2002.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
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