Rinka Watanabe

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Rinka Watanabe ( Japanese: 渡 辺 倫 果 ) is a Japanese skater. She was born on 19 July 2002 in Chiba, Japan.

She is the 2024 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2022 Skate Canada champion and the 2022 Lombardia Trophy champion.

Rinka qualified for the 2021 Japanese Championships by winning Eastern Sectionals.

Biographical Information

ISU Bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054893.htm

Rinkresults: http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=6268

ISU Personal Bests

Personal Best Total Score	213.14	Lombardia Trophy 2022
Personal Best Score Short Program	72.58	ISU Grand Prix Final 2022-23
Personal Best Score Free Skating	146.31	Lombardia Trophy 2022

Programs & Videos​

2023-24
SP: Music from Avatar: The Way of Water, choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
FS: Brotsjor by Olafur Arnald; Goliath by Woodkid; Meeting Laua (Perfume - The Story of a Murderer) by Johnny Klinek, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer; November by Max Richter, Alexander Balanescu

2022-23
SP: El Tango De Roxanne (Moulin Rouge soundtrack) by Sting, performed by Ewan McGregor, Jose Feliciano
FS: Music from "Jin" (TV Series)

2021-22
SP: "Heartlines" by Florence and the Machine
FS: "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff

2021 Japanese Championships
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NKO5BJgC6Ok
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LOFjOot1pbU

2018-19
SP: Mendelssohn: "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25, MWV O7: III. Presto - Molto allegro e vivace," performed by Kurt Masur, Helen Huang, New York Philharmonic
FS: "The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, TH 13: Pas d'action. Adagio" performed by Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia

2018 Japanese Championships
SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v6QGQeSIaAQ
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0fk1iJtpz84

2019 Coupe du Printemps
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQpOpcvvI2s

2017-18
FS: "Nut Rocker"

2017 Japanese Junior Championship's
FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZtbUq_180

2015-16
SP:
FS: Ladies in Lavender (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Joshua Bel

2016 Coupe du Printemps
FS: https://youtu.be/7AsJ1updzAM

2015 Japanese Junior Nationals
FS: https://youtu.be/k7zzouqaKpg

Competitive History​

Competition	No
2023-24
2024 Four Continents	3
2023 Japanese Nationals	6
2023 Cup of China	2
2023 Skate Canada	6
2023 Finlandia Trophy	2
2023 Tokyo Regional	6
2022-23
2023 World Championships	10
2023 Four Continents	5
2023 Japanese Nationals	12
2022-23 Grand Prix Final	4
2022 NHK Trophy	5
2022 Skate Canada	1
2022 Lombardia Trophy​	1
2021-22
World Junior Championships 2022	10
2022 Coupe du Printemps	1
2021 Japanese Championships	6
Eastern Section Championships 2021	1
Tokyo Regional Championships 2021	2
2020-21
Japan Championships 2020
Eastern Section Championships 2020	3
Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Championships 2020	1
2919-20
Eastern Section Championships 2019	16
Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Championships 2019	3
2018-19
Coupe du Printemps 2019	1
Japan Championships 2018	18
Japan Junior Championships 2018	4
Eastern Section Championships 2018	5
Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Championships 2018	3
2017-18
Bavarian Open 2018	2
Japan Championships 2017	19
Japan Junior Championships 2017	5
Eastern Section Championships 2017	1
Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Championships 2017	1
2016-17
Tokyo Regional Championships 2016
2015-16
Coupe du Printemps 2016	1
Japan Junior Championships 2015	13
Japan Novice Championships 2015
Tokyo Regional Championships 2015
2014-15
Japan Junior Championships 2014
Japan Novice Championships 2014
Tokyo Regional Championships 2014
2013-14
Japan Novice Championships 2013
Tokyo Regional Championships 2013
2012-13
Japan Novice Championships 2012
Tokyo Regional Championships 2012

Galas and Exhibitions

2013 NHK Exhibition

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Photos from Lombardia.

SP:


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Japan's Rinka Watanabe 渡辺 倫果 takes a few minutes to talk to Golden Skate before she takes the ice in her Grand Prix debut at 2022 Skate Canada tomorrow for the Short Program! She was first interested in Figure Skating after watching Shizuka Arikawa when she was three. She loves Daisuke Takahashi's step sequences as well, and she's excited that she will be seeing him soon in Sapporo.

She talks about her previous training locations and how she returned to Japan to work on her basic skating skills, how happy she was to reach her goal of over 200 points at Lombardia Trophy, her goal to become a better skater, her unique hobby of collecting Bathynomus giganteus figures, and more.

The 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy Champion will compete again at NHK Trophy later this next month!

 

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Rinka's SP at Skate Canada, from the ISU YouTube channel, so geoblocking may apply.

 

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Congratulations to Rinka on winning her first senior GP!

Free skate video below, from the ISU YouTube channel, geoblocking may apply.

 

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Rinka's FS next season is choreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne.

 

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Happy birthday Rinka! She spent her 21st birthday practicing for the ONE PIECE on ice show, and the cast celebrated her birthday