Kaho Minagawa

Born in 1997 and starting rhythmic gymnastics at four, she put in years of unglamorous early-morning training behind every single ribbon toss you saw on screen. I'll catch the sport on TV occasionally and every time I'm convinced the athletes are operating on a different physical plane than the rest of us. Two national junior titles, a place at the Rio Olympics and an Asian Championships silver read like someone who kept her head down and did the work, and that quiet seriousness is honestly more compelling than a packed PR profile.

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Kaho Minagawa is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast born on August 20, 1997, in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. Standing 170 cm tall, she represented Japan in the individual all-around at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. She won the all-around silver medal at the 2017 Asian Championships and graduated from Kokushikan University.

Name (English)

Kaho Minagawa

Name (Japanese)

皆川夏穂

Reading

みながわ かほ

Born

August 20, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

170cm

Occupation

Rhythmic Gymnast

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9A%86%E5%B7%9D%E5%A4%8F%E7%A9%82
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17466487

Tags

• From Chiba Prefecture
• Rhythmic Gymnast

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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