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Native name 加藤利緒菜 Former skating club Kansai SC Former coach Mie Hamada		Choreographer Phillip Mills Country represented Japan Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) Name Riona Kato

Born February 7, 1998 (age 26) ( 1998-02-07 ) Osaka, Japan Former choreographer Miki Sakagami, Larisa Ge Similar People Miyu Nakashio, Miyabi Oba, Rika Hongo, Takahiko Kozuka
Training locations Cathedral City Skating club Nagaodani High School Former training locations Lake Arrowhead, Osaka

Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2015 Senior Ladies Practice Riona KATO FS Run-Through

Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2015 Senior Ladies Practice Riona KATO SP Run-Through

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 Riona Kato Photos All Japan Medalist On Ice 2012 Zimbio

Riona Kato was born in Osaka, Japan. She trained in gymnastics as a child.

Career

Riona Kato Riona Kato Pictures 82nd All Japan Figure Skating

On the ice from the age of two years and eight months, Riona Kato was encouraged by her aunt, Yukari Kato, a skating coach. 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. 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

Riona Kato Riona Kato Pictures Photos amp Images Zimbio

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. 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.