Rie Arikawa
Born	(1981-01-16)January 16, 1981 (age 44) Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Discipline	Ice dance
Began skating	1984
Retired	2003

Rie Arikawa (有川 梨絵,Arikawa Rie, born January 16, 1981 inKyoto) is a Japaneseice dancing coach and former competitor. WithKenji Miyamoto, she won twoJapanese national titles and competed at sevenISU Championships.

Arikawa began learning to skate in 1984.^[1]

She teamed up withKenji Miyamoto no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the1996 World Junior Championships inBrisbane, 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 the1998 World Junior Championships inSaint 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 theAsian Winter Games in South Korea and placed 9th at the1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada.

In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at theFour Continents Championships inJeonju, South Korea. Making their onlyWorld Championships appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall inNagano, Japan.

Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at theAsian Winter Games inAomori, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, theFour Continents Championships inBeijing, China. They were coached byMuriel Zazoui,Pasquale Camerlengo,Romain Haguenauer inLyon, France.^[1]

Arikawa has coached ice dancersEmi Hirai /Marien De La Asuncion^[2] andMisato Komatsubara /Timothy Koleto.^[3]

with Miyamoto

GP:Grand Prix

with Miyamoto

• Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto at theInternational Skating Union
• Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto at Tracings.net

• Japanese female ice dancers
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• 1981 births
• Asian Games medalists in figure skating
• Figure skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
• Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
• Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games
• Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games
• Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
• Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade
• Figure skaters from Kyoto
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen

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