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Rion Sumiyoshi

Rion Sumiyoshi (住吉 りをん, Sumiyoshi Rion, born 15 August 2003) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a four-time ISU Grand Prix medalist and the 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.

Rion Sumiyoshi
Native name住吉 りをん
Born (2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 (age 20)
Tokyo, Japan
HometownTokyo
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan Japan
CoachKoji Okajima, Noriko Sato, Mio Sato
Skating clubOrientalBio Meiji Univ.
Began skating2007

Personal life edit

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

She currently studies at Meiji University's School of Commerce.[2] She also enjoys cooking.[1]

Career edit

Early years edit

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 and 2017 World Team Trophy as the reigning Japanese national novice champion. Sumiyoshi won a bronze medal at 2017 Bavarian Open in the advanced novice level, Group I.

2018–19 season edit

Sumiyoshi made her junior debut at the 2018 Asian Open and finished in sixth place.[3] She was assigned to make her Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2018 JGP Canada in Richmond. Sumiyoshi fell twice in the short program, once on footwork and once on her jump combination, ranking seventh in that segment. 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.[4] She was fourth at 2018 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana and was the third alternate for 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final.[3]

Sumiyoshi finished ninth at 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships, concluding her season.[3]

2019–20 season edit

In her lone Junior Grand Prix appearance for the year, Sumiyoshi finished eighth at the 2019 JGP Latvia. She did not compete for the remainder of the season.[3]

2020–21 season edit

With the COVID-19 pandemic greatly limiting junior competition internationally, Sumiyoshi competed at the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships and placed fifth. She was invited to 2020–21 Japan Championships and finished in twelfth place.[3]

2021–22 season edit

In light of the pandemic, the Japan Skating Federation opted not to send junior skaters out internationally in the fall of 2021. As a result, Sumiyoshi did not have the opportunity to compete on the Junior Grand Prix.[5] At 2021–22 Japan Junior Championships, Sumiyoshi was first after the short program but won the silver medal overall after a third-place free skate.[3] At 2021–22 Japan Championships, she finished in eighth place.[6]

Sumiyoshi was sent to 2022 Coupe du Printemps, her first international competition as a senior skater, winning the silver medal behind fellow Japanese skater Rinka Watanabe.[3]

In light of her junior national silver medal and senior nationals placement, Sumiyoshi had been assigned to finish her season at the 2022 World Junior Championships.[7] These were soon disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In response to the invasion, the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at ISU championships.[8] With the Russian women having dominated the women's discipline in recent years, their absence significantly altered the field at Junior Worlds.[9] However, due to both the invasion and concerns related to the Omicron variant, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and were later moved to mid-April in Tallinn, Estonia.[10] Competing in Tallinn, Sumiyoshi qualified to the free skate in ninth position.[11] She rose to eighth place in the free skate.[12]

2022–23 season edit

During the 2022–23 figure skating season, Sumiyoshi made her senior debut on the ISU Grand Prix series. At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, she won the bronze medal behind Loena Hendrickx and Kim Ye-lim. She attempted a quad toe loop in the free skate but was unsuccessful. She revealed afterward that "I started practicing the quad toe last summer, and at that point, my success rate was not very good. This year, I was really able to elevate my success rate is about half in terms of landing or stepping out."[13][14] She gained a second Grand Prix assignment, the 2022 NHK Trophy, as one of her federation's host picks. Competing in Sapporo, Sumiyoshi was third in the short program with a new personal best of 68.01 despite a quarter underrotating call on her jump combination.[15] She fell twice in the free skate, including on her downgraded quad attempt, placing fourth in that segment but remaining third overall by a margin of 4.12 points over American Audrey Shin. She reflected, "considering that this is my first senior Grand Prix and I got third place in both competitions, I am happy. However, regarding my performance today, there were so many regrettable points."[16] Sumiyoshi said she was focused on preparing for the national championships.[17]

Sumiyoshi finished fourteenth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships.[3] Named to the Japanese team for the 2023 Winter World University Games, she came fourth at the event, nine points back of bronze medalist Kim.[18]

2023–24 season edit

Sumiyoshi was given two assignments on the Grand Prix, starting with a return to the Grand Prix de France, this time in Angers. She placed fifth in the short program after falling on her opening double Axel. In the free skate, Sumiyoshi successfully landed a ratified quadruple toe loop for the first time in competition. She went on to double an attempted triple Salchow, and landed another triple jump on the quarter, but won the free skate with 136.04 points, rising to third overall to claim her third Grand Prix bronze medal. She finished 1.04 points behind silver medalist Nina Pinzarrone of Belgium, saying afterward she was "most happy about the quad toe because I've been working on it," adding that "there were some small mistakes, I think I showed great growth that I was able to put it all together."[19] She was the first Japanese woman to land a quad toe loop, 14th woman to land a quad internationally, and the first woman to land a quad internationally in the 2023–24 season.[20][19] At the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, Sumiyoshi finished narrowly second in the short program behind reigning World champion Kaori Sakamoto. She struggled in the free skate, underrotating her quad attempt and landing only three clean triple jumps. in addition to a fall, but remained second overall despite finishing third in the segment. She admitted to being "a little disappointed about my performance today."[21]

At the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final in the short program, Sumiyoshi received a quarter underrotation call on the second half of her jump combination and doubled a planned triple Lutz, finishing fifth there. Numerous free skate errors, including a tripled quad attempt, dropped her to sixth place.[22] Sumiyoshi performed poorly in the short program at the 2023–24 Japan Championships, placing seventeenth.[23] She rose to tenth after the free skate.[24]

Programs edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–24
[25][26]
2022–23
[27]
2021–22
[1]
2020–21
[28]
2019–20
[29]
2018–19
[30]
2017–18
  • Friend Like Me
2016–17

Competitive highlights edit

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

2018–19 season to present edit

International[3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP Final 6th
GP Finland 2nd
GP France 3rd 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
World University Games 4th
Printemps 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup 1st
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds 8th
JGP Canada 3rd
JGP Latvia 8th
JGP Slovenia 4th
Asian Open 6th
National[31][32]
Japan 12th 8th 14th 10th
Japan Junior 9th 5th 2nd
Eastern Sect. 2nd J 1st J 1st J
Tokyo Reg. 1st J 1st J 2nd 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

Earlier career edit

International: Advanced novice
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Bavarian Open 3rd
National[31][32]
Japan Junior 13th
Japan Novice 15th B 15th A 1st A
Eastern Sect. 9th J
Tokyo Reg. 13th B 9th B 3rd A 1st A 3rd J
Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B; J = Junior

Detailed results edit

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior level edit

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 15-18, 2024 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup 2
66.53 		2
122.68 		1
189.21
December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 17
56.70 		9
128.52 		10
185.22
December 7–10, 2023 2023–24 Grand Prix Final 5
58.63 		6
121.76 		6
180.39
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 2
68.65 		3
121.56 		2
190.21
November 3–5, 2023 2023 Grand Prix de France 5
61.72 		1
136.04 		3
197.76
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 13–15, 2022 2023 Winter World University Games 4
72.58 		5
118.90 		4
191.48
December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 17
57.38 		14
120.65 		14
178.03
November 17–20, 2022 2022 NHK Trophy 3
68.01 		4
125.11 		3
193.12
November 4–6, 2022 2022 Grand Prix de France 5
64.10 		3
130.24 		3
194.34
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–20, 2022 2022 Coupe du Printemps 2
61.47 		2
116.55 		2
178.02
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 7
67.39 		11
121.77 		8
189.16
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 11
62.62 		10
123.46 		12
186.08

Junior level edit

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

Novice level edit

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

References edit

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