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Rie Arikawa

{{short description|Japanese ice dancer and coach}}

{{Infobox figure skater

| name = Rie Arikawa

| image =

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| country = {{JPN}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|16|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan

| height = {{height|m=1.57}}

| beganskating = 1984

| retired = 2003

| discipline = Ice dance

}}

{{nihongo|Rie Arikawa|有川 梨絵|Arikawa Rie|extra=born January 16, 1981 in Kyoto}} is a Japanese ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Kenji Miyamoto, she won two Japanese national titles and competed at seven ISU Championships.

Career

Arikawa began learning to skate in 1984.

= Partnership with Miyamoto =

She teamed up with Kenji Miyamoto no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, where they finished 22nd. The following season, they placed second at the Japan Junior Championships. They regained their national junior title before placing 16th at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Advancing to the senior ranks, Arikawa/Miyamoto competed at their first Grand Prix events and became the national silver medalists in the 1998–1999 season. They took silver at the Asian Winter Games in South Korea and placed 9th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada.

In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea. Making their only World Championships appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall in Nagano, Japan.

Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, the Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France.

= Post-competitive career =

Arikawa has coached ice dancers Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion and Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto.

Programs

; with Miyamoto

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Original dance

! Free dance

2002–2003

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2001–2002

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  • {{small|Tango:}} Tango del Atardecer
    {{small| by Lalo Schifrin }}
  • {{small|Flamenco:}} Fiesta de Jerez
    {{small| by Carmen Amaya }}

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Results

GP: Grand Prix

;with Miyamoto

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International
Event

! {{tooltip|95–96|1995–1996}}

! 96–97

! 97–98

! 98–99

! {{tooltip|99–00|1999–2000}}

! {{tooltip|00–01|2000–2001}}

! 01–02

! 02–03

align=left | Worlds24th
align=left | Four Continents9th11th8th8th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Lalique12th
align=left | {{small|GP}} NHK Trophy9th9th9th11th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Sparkassen9th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Skate America9th
align=left | {{small|GP}} Skate Canada10th
align=left | Asian Gamesbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds22nd16th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | National
align=left | Japanbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Japan Juniorbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1st

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001854.htm |title= Rie ARIKAWA / Kenji MIYAMOTO: 2001/2002 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20020812202445/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001854.htm |archivedate= August 12, 2002 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001854.htm |title= Rie ARIKAWA / Kenji MIYAMOTO: 2002/2003 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20030608192840/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001854.htm |archivedate= June 8, 2003 |url-status= unfit }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014049.htm |title= Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171017213058/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014049.htm |archivedate= October 17, 2017 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103082.htm |title= Misato KOMATSUBARA / Timothy KOLETO |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171025214107/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103082.htm |archivedate= October 25, 2017 |url-status= live }}

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External links

  • {{isu name | id=00001854 | name= Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto }}
  • [http://www.tracings.net/arik-miya.html Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto] at Tracings.net

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Category:Japanese female ice dancers

Category:Living people

Category:1981 births

Category:Asian Games medalists in figure skating

Category:Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games

Category:Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Category:Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games

Category:Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games

Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan

Category:Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade

Category:Figure skaters from Kyoto

Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen