Rion Sumiyoshi

Rion Sumiyoshi
Personal information
Native name	住吉 りをん
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 Tokyo, Japan
Home town	Tokyo
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Coach	Koji Okajima, Noriko Sato, Mio Sato
Choreographer	Noriko Sato, Cathy Reed
Former choreographer	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	174.96 2018 JGP Canada
Short program	60.62 2022 Junior Worlds
Free skate	119.89 2018 JGP Canada

Rion Sumiyoshi (住吉 りをん, Sumiyoshi Rion, born 15 August 2003) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 JGP Canada bronze medallist, 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist and 2021–22 Japanese Junior National silver medalist.

Personal life

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

Career

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.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–23	White Flowers Take Their Bath by Mari Samuelsen, Meredi, Scoring Berlin, Jonathan Stockhammer choreo. by Cathy Reed	Enchantress by Two Steps from Hell(Thomas Bergersen) choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2021–22	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	The Rose by Amanda McBroom choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand choreo. by Noriko Sato
2019–20	The Rose by Amanda McBroom choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand choreo. by Noriko Sato
2018–19	East Of Eden by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Eiji Iwamoto	Black Swan by Clint Mansell choreo. by Noriko Sato
2017–18	El Choclo coreo 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

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
GP NHK Trophy									TBD
GP Internationaux de France									TBD
Coupe du Printemps								2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds								8th
JGP Canada					3rd
JGP Latvia						8th
JGP Slovenia					4th
Asian Open					6th
International: Advanced novice
Bavarian Open			3rd
National
Japan							12th	8th
Japan Junior			13th		9th		5th	2nd
Japan Novice	15th B	15th A	1st A
A = Novice A; B = Novice B; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

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			TBD
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

External links

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