Rika Hongo
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Hongo in December 2014
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| Native name | 本郷理華 | |||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Japan | |||||||||||||||
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September 6, 1996 Sendai, Japan |
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| Home town | Nagoya | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Coach | Hiroshi Nagakubo, Yoriko Naruse, Miho Kawaume | |||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Akiko Suzuki, Shae-Lynn Bourne | |||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Kenji Miyamoto, Miho Kawaume, Yuko Hongo | |||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Howa Sports Land Skating Club | |||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Nagoya | |||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2001 | |||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 199.15 2016 Worlds |
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| Short program | 69.89 2016 Worlds |
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| Free skate | 129.97 2015 Cup of China |
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Rika Hongo (Japanese: 本郷理華, born September 6, 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a two-time (2015–16) Four Continents bronze medalist, 2014 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2015 Finlandia Trophy champion, and 2014–15 Japanese national silver medalist.
Rika Hongo was born on September 6, 1996 in Sendai, Japan. Her mother, Yuko, is a former figure skater. Her father is from the United Kingdom. In 2015, Hongo attended Chukyo University.
Hongo began skating in 2001. She moved to Nagoya at age nine to train under coach Hiroshi Nagakubo.Shizuka Arakawa is her idol.
Hongo debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2012–13 season. She won a silver medal in Courchevel, France and placed fifth in Croatia. Along with Satoko Miyahara, she was selected to represent Japan at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy. Hongo placed seventh in the short program, tenth in the free skate, and finished ninth overall.
Hongo started the 2013–14 season with a fourth-place finish at JGP Mexico and then won a bronze medal at JGP Belarus. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she placed eleventh in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and eighth overall. Making her senior international debut, Hongo won gold at the 2014 Triglav Trophy, her final event of the season.
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