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Rion Sumiyoshi (住吉 りをん, Sumiyoshi Rion, born 15 August 2003) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist and 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist. Earlier in her career, she won bronze at the 2018 JGP Canada and silver at the 2021–22 Japanese Junior Championships.

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Rion Sumiyoshi
Personal information
Native name	住吉 りをん
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 (age 19) Tokyo, Japan
Home town	Tokyo
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Coach	Koji Okajima, Noriko Sato, Mio Sato
Choreographer	Cathy Reed, Shae-Lynn Bourne
Former choreographer	Noriko Sato, Kenji Miyamoto, Eiji Iwamoto
Skating club	OrientalBio Meiji Univ.
Former skating club	Komaba Gakuen Hich School, Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
Training locations	Tokyo
Began skating	2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	194.34 2022 Grand Prix de France
Short program	64.10 2022 Grand Prix de France
Free skate	130.24 2022 Grand Prix de France

Personal life

Sumiyoshi was born on 15 August 2003 in Tokyo, Japan. She enjoys cooking.[1]

Career

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Early years

Sumiyoshi began skating in 2007. She won the 2016–17 Japan Novice A Championships and then placed thirteenth at the 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships. She was invited to skate in the gala at the 2016 NHK Trophy as the reigning Japanese national novice champion. Sumiyoshi won a bronze medal at 2017 Bavarian Open in advanced novice level, Group I.

2018–19 season

Sumiyoshi made her junior debut at the 2018 Asian Open and finished in sixth place. She was assigned for 2018 JGP Canada and 2018 JGP Slovenia.

At her first Junior Grand Prix circuit in Canada, Sumiyoshi had a fall at the beginning of her short program and fell after under-rotating her triple Toe. She had a clean free skate despite an under-rotation on a jump combination and won the bronze medal behind Russia's Anastasia Tarakanova and Anna Shcherbakova. She placed fourth at 2018 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana and was the third alternative for 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. Sumiyoshi finished ninth at 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships.

2019–20 season

Sumiyoshi competed at the 2019 JGP Latvia. She missed her jump combination and finished eighth in the short. In the free, she struggled after landing the first triple Flip and then fell on the second one. Her double Axel-triple Toe and triple Salchow-double Toe were under-rotated. Sumiyoshi finished in eighth place.

2020–21 season

She competed at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships and placed fifth. She was invited to 2020–21 Japan Championships and finished in twelfth place.

2021–22 season

At 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, Sumiyoshi was first after the short. However, she ended in the second place. At 2021–22 Japan Championships, she attempted a quad Toe in the free skate, but the jump was marked as under-rotated and Sumiyoshi had a fall. She finished in eighth place.

Sumiyoshi was sent to 2022 Coupe du Printemps, her first international competition as a senior skater. She attempted the quad Toe unsuccessfully, but won the silver medal behind Japan's Rinka Watanabe. A month later, she was selected to represent Japan at 2022 Junior World Championships. She missed her jump combination in the short program, but qualified to the free in ninth position. Sumiyoshi attempted the quad Toe once again, falling and landing it on a quarter. She finished in eighth placed.

2022–23 season

During the 2022–23 figure skating season, Sumiyoshi made her senior debut on the ISU Grand Prix series. She was assigned to the Grand Prix de France and the NHK Trophy.

At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, she won the bronze medal behind Loena Hendrickx and Kim Ye-lim.[2]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–23 [1]	White Flowers Take Their Bath by Mari Samuelsen, Meredi, Scoring Berlin, Jonathan Stockhammer choreo. by Cathy Reed	Enchantress by Two Steps from Hell choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Better When I'm Dancin' by Meghan Trainor
2021–22 [1]	Je Suis Malade by Alice Dona, Serge Lama performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Noriko Sato	Mulan by Harry Gregson-Williams, Samel Kim choreo. by Cathy Reed	The Rose by Amanda McBroom choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2020–21 [3]	The Rose by Amanda McBroom choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand choreo. by Noriko Sato
2019–20 [4]	The Rose by Amanda McBroom choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand choreo. by Noriko Sato
2018–19 [5]	East Of Eden by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Noriko Sato
2017–18	El Choclo performed by Cello Project choreo. by Akiko Suzuki	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Noriko Sato	Friend Like Me
2016–17	American Patrol by F. W. Meacham		American Patrol by F. W. Meacham

Competitive highlights

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

2018–19 season to present

International[6]
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
GP NHK Trophy					TBD
GP France					3rd
Printemps				2nd
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds				8th
JGP Canada	3rd
JGP Latvia		8th
JGP Slovenia	4th
Asian Open	6th
National[7]
Japan			12th	8th
Japan Junior	9th		5th	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Earlier career

International: Advanced novice
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
Bavarian Open			3rd
National[7]
Japan Junior			13th
Japan Novice	15th B	15th A	1st A

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior level

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 17–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy			TBD
November 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France	5 64.10	3 130.24	3 193.34
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–20 March 2022	2022 Coupe du Printemps	2 61.47	2 116.55	2 178.02
22–26 December 2021	2021–22 Japan Championships	7 67.39	11 121.77	8 189.16
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
24–27 December 2020	2020–21 Japan Championships	11 62.62	10 123.46	12 186.08

Junior level

2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
13–17 April 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	9 60.62	8 113.96	8 174.58
19–21 November 2021	2021–22 Japan Junior Championships	1 65.34	3 114.91	2 180.25
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
21–23 November 2020	2020–21 Japan Junior Championships	3 59.96	5 110.41	5 170.37
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
4–7 September 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	8 56.74	8 104.32	8 161.06
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
23–25 November 2018	2018–19 Japan Junior Championships	10 52.81	8 97.57	9 150.38
3–6 October 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	5 59.80	4 111.85	4 171.65
12–15 September 2018	2018 JGP Canada	7 55.07	3 119.89	3 174.96
1–5 August 2018	2018 Asian Open Trophy	6 50.61	6 95.35	6 145.96
2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–20 November 2016	2016–17 Japan Junior Championships	11 52.13	13 95.51	13 147.64

Novice level

2016–17 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
14–19 February 2017	2017 Bavarian Open, Group I	3 36.90	1 82.10	3 119.00
21-23 October 2016	2016–17 Japan Novice A Championships	–	1 108.25	1 108.25
2015–16 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
23-25 October 2015	2015–16 Japan Novice A Championships	–	15 72.65	15 72.65

References

External links

• Rion SUMIYOSHI at the International Skating Union
• SUMIYOSHI Rion at the Japan Skating Federation
• Rion Sumiyoshi on Instagram

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