Kyoko Ina

Kyoko Ina
Ina and Zimmerman in 2001.
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1972-10-11) October 11, 1972 (age 44)
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Partner	John Zimmerman
Former partner	Jason Dungjen
Former coach	Tamara Moskvina, Igor Moskvin, Peter Burrows
Former choreographer	Alexander Zhulin, Artur Dmitriev
Skating club	SC of New York
Retired	2002
Medal record Representing  United States Pairs' Figure skating World Championships 2002 Nagano Pairs Four Continents Championships 2001 Salt Lake City Pairs 2000 Osaka Pairs

Kyoko Ina (伊奈 恭子, Ina Kyōko^?, born October 11, 1972) is a Japanese-American figure skater. With partner John Zimmerman, she is the 2002 World bronze medalist and a three-time (2000–2002) U.S. national champion. The pair also competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. With previous partner Jason Dungjen, Ina was a two-time (1997 & 1998) U.S. champion and competed at the 1994 and 1998 Olympics.

Kyoko Ina was born in Tokyo, Japan, but raised in New York. Her grandfather, Katsuo Okazaki, was an Olympic runner (and Japanese Foreign Minister between 1952 and 1954), her grandmother, Shimako Okazaki, was a tennis player, and her mother, Yoshi Ina, competed as a swimmer and a sculler.

Ina started skating at the rink at Rockefeller Center at the age of three or four. She skated singles and pairs for Japan in the Junior ranks, but eventually decided to compete solely for the United States.

Her first American partnership was with Jason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching of Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman in Monsey, New York. They placed 4th at the 1998 Winter Olympics but withdrew from the 1998 World Championships after an accident during a practice session – while practicising a triple twist, Ina's arm hit Dungjen's forehead, fracturing the browbone above his right eye. Their partnership ended following that season.