Rika Hongo

Rika Hongo
Personal Information
Country Represented	Japan
Native Name	本郷理華
Born	September 6, 1996 Sendai
Alma Mater	Chukyo University
Age	29 years
Club	Howa Sports Land
Languages	English, Japanese
Career Info
Former Coaches	Hiroshi Nagakubo, Joanne McLeod, Megumu Seki, Miho Kawaume, Neil Wilson, Yoriko Naruse, Yuko Hongo
Former Choreographers	Akiko Suzuki, Kenji Miyamoto, Miho Kawaume, Misha Ge, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Yuko Hongo
Former Training Locations	Nagoya Burnaby, BC, Canada
Began Skating	2001
Physical Description
Height	166 cm (5' 5")
Gender	Female
Eye Color	Brown
Ethnicity	British/Japanese
Personal International Bests
SP	69.89 - 2016 World Figure Skating Championships
FS	129.97 - 2015 Cup of China
Total	199.15 - 2016 World Figure Skating Championships

Rika Hongo (Japanese: 本郷理華; born September 6, 1996) is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and 2015 Finlandia Trophy champion. Additionally, she is the 2015 Japanese National silver medalist, and the 2015 Four Continents Championships bronze medalist.

Programs

Season	Short Program	Freeskate
2020-2021	The Song for My Brother (from Crash Landing on You) by Hye-Seung Nam & Sang-Hee Park choreo. by Yuko Hongo	I - Making of Cyborg (from Ghost in the Shell) by Kenji Kawai Mesa (from Blade Runner 2049) by Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2019-2020	(planned, but did not compete) Kill Bill: Ironside by Quincy Jones Battle Without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	(planned, but did not compete) Ghost in the Shell by Clint Mansell & Lorne Balfe choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2018-2019	Kill Bill: Ironside by Quincy Jones Battle Without Honor or Humanity by Tomoyasu Hotei Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Child of Nazareth by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2017-2018	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Frida by Elliot Goldenthal choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2016-2017	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Reel Around the Sun (from Riverdance) by Bill Whelan choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
		Initial FS: Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre choreo. by Akiko Suzuki
2015-2016	Incantation (from Quidam) by Benoît Jutras choreo. by Akiko Suzuki	Reel Around the Sun (from Riverdance) by Bill Whelan choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2014-2015	Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam, Riccardo Drigo, & Cesare Pugni choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Carmen by Georges Bizet choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2013-2014	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto	Miss Saigon  by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2012-2013	Bacchanale (from Samson and Delilah) by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Miho Kawaume & Yuko Hongo	Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky choreo. by Miho Kawaume & Yuko Hongo
2006-2007	N/A	The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers

Exhibitions

Season	Music
2017-2018	Black Pink medley choreo. by Misha Ge
2015-2016	Let's Get Loud by Gloria Estefan & Flavio Santander performed by Jennifer Lopez
2014-2015	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
	Thriller  by Rod Temperton performed by Michael Jackson

ISU Results

(Season bests highlighted in bold)

2018-2019 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
November 2 - 4	2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki	11 51.11	7 105.48	10 156.59
October 5 - 7	2018 Finlandia Trophy	15 46.54	16 87.12	16 133.66

2017-2018 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
February 22 - 25	2018 International Challenge Cup	2 62.07	3 106.72	2 168.79
November 10 - 12	2017 NHK Trophy	4 65.83	7 122.00	7 187.83
October 27 - 29	2017 Skate Canada	6 61.60	6 114.74	6 176.34
September 21 - 23	2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	2 66.49	2 123.49	2 189.98
2016-2017 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 27 - April 2	2017 World Championships	12 62.55	18 107.28	16 169.83
March 10 - 12	2017 Coupe du Printemps	1 59.27	1 103.29	1 162.56
February 23 - 26	2017 Asian Winter Games	2 60.98	4 100.39	4 161.37
February 14 - 19	2017 Four Continents Championships	9 59.16	13 108.26	10 167.42
November 18 - 20	2016 Cup of China	6 63.63	6 118.12	5 181.75
October 28 - 30	2016 Skate Canada	4 65.75	8 105.44	6 171.19
September 29 - October 1	2016 Skate Canada Autumn Classic	4 60.33	4 110.01	4 170.34
2015-2016 Season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 28 - April 3	2016 World Championships	7 69.89	8 129.26	8 199.15
February 16 - 21	2016 Four Continents Championships	4 64.27	5 117.51	3 181.78
November 20 - 22	2015 Rostelecom Cup	6 63.45	5 115.67	5 179.12
November 6 - 8	2015 Cup of China	2 65.79	1 129.97	2 195.76
October 9 - 11	2015 Finlandia Trophy	1 65.75	1 121.70	1 187.45
2014-2015 season
Date	Competition	SP	FS	Total
March 23 - 29	2015 World Championships	5 62.17	5 122.41	6 184.58
February 15 - 19	2015 Four Continents Championships	3 61.28	3 116.16	3 177.44
December 11 - 14	2014-15 Grand Prix Final	5 61.10	5 115.03	6 176.13
November 14 - 16	2014 Rostelecom Cup	2 59.85	1 118.15	1 178.00
October 31 - November 2	2014 Skate Canada	5 59.10	5 112.37	5 171.47
October 9 - 12	2014 Finlandia Trophy	3 52.11	3 101.60	3 153.71
August 7 - 10	2014 Asian Open Trophy	1 57.91	2 110.98	1 168.89

2013-2014 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
April 2 - 6	2014 Triglav Trophy	Senior	1 57.71	1 95.61	1 153.32
March 10 - 16	2014 World Junior Championships	Junior	11 51.47	7 106.41	8 157.88
September 25 - 28	2013 JGP Belarus	Junior	5 50.10	5 94.87	3 144.97
September 4 - 7	2013 JGP Mexico	Junior	6 48.09	3 99.48	4 147.57
2012-2013 Season
Date	Competition	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 25 - March 3	2013 World Junior Championships	Junior	7 52.15	10 90.47	9 142.62
October 22 - 25	2012 JGP France	Junior	3 53.16	2 96.22	2 149.38
October 3 - 6	2012 JGP Croatia	Junior	6 45.93	4 95.04	5 140.97

Medal Record

(In chronological order)

Type	Competition	Season	Level
Silver	2018 International Challenge Cup	2017-18	Senior
Silver	2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy	2017-18	Senior
Gold	2017 Coupe du Printemps	2016-17	Senior
Bronze	2016 Team Challenge Cup	2015-16	Senior
Bronze	2016 Four Continents Championships	2015-16	Senior
Silver	2015 Cup of China	2015-16	Senior
Gold	2015 Finlandia Trophy	2015-16	Senior
Gold	2015 Summer Cup	2015-16	Senior
Bronze	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Senior
Silver	2015 Japan Championships	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2014 Rostelecom Cup	2014-15	Senior
Bronze	2014 Finlandia Trophy	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2014 Asian Open Trophy	2014-15	Senior
Gold	2014 Triglav Trophy	2013-14	Senior
Gold	2014 Japan Junior Championships	2013-14	Junior
Bronze	2013 JGP Belarus	2013-14	Junior
Bronze	2013 Japan Junior Championships	2012-13	Junior
Silver	2012 JGP France	2012-13	Junior
Gold	2012 Chubu Regional	2011-12	Junior

Small Medal Record

(Only awarded at ISU Championships)

Type	Competition	Season	Program	Level
Bronze	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Freeskate	Senior
Bronze	2015 Four Continents Championships	2014-15	Short Program	Senior

Social Media

Instagram: rika_hongo

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika_Hongo

https://www.statsonice.com/skater/Rika/Hongo/

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013638.htm

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/本郷理華