Rion Sumiyoshi

Rion Sumiyoshi is one of those skaters who makes you do a double-take — she's 156 cm tall, born in 2003, and she steps onto the ice like she owns the whole rink. Figure skating looks graceful from the stands, but behind every clean rotation is a lifetime of falls, bruises, and early mornings at a freezing rink. What strikes me about her is how compact her frame actually works in her favor — the spins are sharper, the rotations snap faster. She's still young enough that we're probably not even close to seeing her ceiling, and that's the exciting part. I find myself quietly rooting for skaters like her, the ones who carry the grind invisibly and let the ice do the talking.

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Rion Sumiyoshi is a Japanese figure skater born on August 15, 2003, in Tokyo. Standing at 156 cm, she competes as a figure skater and is active on Instagram under the handle rion3344. She was the first Japanese woman to land a quadruple toe loop, signed with Oriental Bio in 2022, graduated from Meiji University in 2026, and is a six-time Grand Prix medalist and the 2025 World University Games champion.

Name (English)

Rion Sumiyoshi

Name (Japanese)

住吉りをん

Reading

すみよし りをん

Born

August 15, 2003 (age 23)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

156cm

Occupation

Figure Skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rion3344/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%8F%E5%90%89%E3%82%8A%E3%82%92%E3%82%93
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56599465

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Figure Skater

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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