is a Japanese ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Kenji Miyamoto, she won two Japanese national titles and competed at seven ISU Championships.
Career Arikawa began learning to skate in 1984.
Partnership with Miyamoto She teamed up with Kenji Miyamoto no later than 1995. After winning the Japanese junior title, they were sent to the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, 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 the 1998 World Junior Championships in Saint 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 the Asian Winter Games in South Korea and placed 9th at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Canada.
In the 2001–2002 season, Arikawa/Miyamoto won their first senior national title and then placed 8th at the Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea. Making their only World Championships appearance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall in Nagano, Japan.
Arikawa/Miyamoto repeated as national champions the following season. In February 2003, they won the bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games in Aomori, Japan, and placed 8th at their final competition, the Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France.
Post-competitive career Arikawa has coached ice dancers Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion and Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto.
Programs with Miyamoto
Season Original dance Free dance 2002–2003 Aquarellen Conan the Barbarian 2001–2002 Tango del Atardecer Fiesta de Jerez Kojiki
Results GP: Grand Prix
with Miyamoto International Event 96–97 97–98 98–99 01–02 02–03 Worlds 24th Four Continents 9th 11th 8th 8th Lalique 12th NHK Trophy 9th 9th 9th 11th Sparkassen 9th Skate America 9th Skate Canada 10th Asian Games 2nd 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 22nd 16th National Japan 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st Japan Junior 1st 2nd 1st
References
External links
Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto at Tracings