Risako Mitsui

Risako Mitsui is the kind of athlete who makes you stop and think — wait, she does both? Artistic swimming and competitive swimming, at once? That's not just being good at the sport; that's living in two completely different water worlds and making them both yours. Born in Shinjuku in 1993, right in the thick of Tokyo's urban chaos, she carved out this quiet, fluid identity that feels almost like the opposite of the city she grew up in. I've always thought artistic swimmers get criminally underrated — it takes the lung capacity of a competitive swimmer and then asks you to look elegant while doing it. At 168cm she's got the frame for it, and I imagine watching her cut through the water is genuinely something. The fact that she balanced all of this while studying at Nihon University keeps her grounded for me — she's not just an athlete, she's someone who clearly committed hard to the whole picture.

Risako Mitsui is a Japanese athlete born on September 23, 1993, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, who competes in both artistic swimming and competitive swimming. Standing 168 cm tall, she trained at Nihon University. She is active on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) under her own name.

Name (English)

Risako Mitsui

Name (Japanese)

三井梨紗子

Reading

みつい りさこ

Born

September 23, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster (酉)

Origin

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Height

168cm

Occupation

Artistic swimming athlete / Competitive swimmer

University

Nihon University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/risako.mitsui/
• Xhttps://x.com/risakomitsui
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E4%BA%95%E6%A2%A8%E7%B4%97%E5%AD%90

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Artistic swimming athlete
• Competitive swimmer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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