Women
Date of birth: 19.07.2002
Rinka WATANABE
Place of birth: Chiba
Height: 153 cm
JPN
Home town: Chiba
Profession: university student
Hobbies: collecting goods of Bathynomus giganteus, watching anime, collecting figures of anime
Start sk. / Club: 2006 / Hosei University
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Coach: Kensuke Nakaniwa, Makoto Nakata, Momoe Nagumo, Aya Tanoue
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne, Kenji Miyamoto
Former Coach:      
Practice low season: 19 h/week Chiba
Practice high season: 21 h/week Chiba
Music Short Program as of season 2023/2024
Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength) from "Avatar: The Way of Water" (soundtrack) by Simon Franglen
Happiness Is Simple from "Avatar: The Way of Water" (soundtrack) by Simon Franglen
Na’vi Attack (from "Avatar: The Way of Water" (soundtrack) by Simon Franglen
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2023/2024
Brotsjor by Olafur Arnald  
Goliath by Woodkid
Meeting Laura (Perfume - The Story of a Murderer) by Johnny Klinek, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer
November by Max Richter, Alexander Balanescu 
Personal Best Total Score 213.14 17.09.2022 ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2022
Personal Best Score Short Program 72.58 09.12.2022 ISU Grand Prix Final 2022/23
Personal Best Score Free Skating 146.31 17.09.2022 ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2022
Season Best Total Score 203.22 11.11.2023 ISU GP Cup of China 2023
Season Best Score Short Program 67.22 01.02.2024 ISU Four Continents Championships 2024
Season Best Score Free Skating 138.13 11.11.2023 ISU GP Cup of China 2023
16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24
Olympic Games                
World Championship             10   
European Championship                
Four Continents             5  3 
World Juniors           10     
National Championship   19.S, 5.J  18.S, 4.J    27.S  6.S  12.S  6.S 
S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International Competition Year Place International Competition Year Place
Coupe du Printemps 2022, Kockelscheuer 2022 1. ISU Grand Prix Final 2022/23, Torino 2022 4.
ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2022, Bergamo 2022 1. ISU CS Finlandia Trophy 2023, Espoo 2023 2.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2022, Mississauga, ON 2022 1. ISU GP Skate Canada International 2023, Vancouver 2023 6.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022, Sapporo 2022 5. ISU GP Cup of China 2023, Chongqing 2023 2.
Watanabe has performed the triple Axel in competition. She was nominated for the ISU Skating Awards 2023 in the category "Best Newcomer".
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