Rio Nakata
Nakata performing his free skate at the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Native name | 中田璃士 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Nakata Rio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 2008 Cardiff, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Chiba, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Makoto Nakata Kensuke Nakaniwa Momoe Nagumo Aya Tanoue Niina Takeno | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Tokio Inkarami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rio Nakata (中田璃士, Nakata Rio; born 8 September 2008) is a Welsh–Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time Junior World champion (2025, 2026), the 2024–25 Japan national silver medalist, the 2024 Junior World silver medalist, the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a five-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, a two-time Japanese Junior national champion (2024-25), and the 2023–24 Japanese Junior national silver medalist.