Rika Hongo

Rika Hongo is one of those skaters who quietly impressed me more than the headlines suggested. She came out of Sendai, trained through the incredibly deep pool of Japanese ladies skating, and still managed to hold her own on the Grand Prix circuit — winning the Rostelecom Cup in 2014 was no small thing. Two Four Continents bronze medals back-to-back in 2015 and 2016 says she could show up and deliver when it mattered. She never quite cracked the top tier at Worlds, but sixth place in 2015 in a field that competitive is genuinely respectable. What I always appreciated was the range in her program choices — Carmen, Carmina Burana, she wasn't afraid of big, dramatic material. She retired in 2021, made a fun appearance in One Piece on Ice in 2023, and honestly left at a dignified moment. Not every skater gets a clean exit like that.

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Rika Hongo is a retired Japanese figure skater born on September 6, 1996, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. She attended Chukyo University and competed as a senior-level skater representing Japan. She won the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and two Four Continents bronze medals (2015, 2016) before retiring in 2021.

Name (English)

Rika Hongo

Name (Japanese)

本郷理華

Reading

ほんごう りか

Born

September 6, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

University

Chukyo University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rika_hongo/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%E9%83%B7%E7%90%86%E8%8F%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7333998

Tags

• From Miyagi Prefecture
• Figure skater

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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