Kaori Sakamoto Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Kaori Sakamoto is a Japanese figure skater who has won the ‘Gold’ medal at the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, and the Japan Figure Skating Championships (2018-19). She had also won the ‘Silver’ medal at the Japan Figure Skating Championships (2017-18), the GP Skate America championship (2017, 2018), the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps event; as well as the ‘Bronze’ medal at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki and the 2015 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. At the team level, she had earned a ‘Gold’ medal at the 2018 Japan Open (2nd in the individual competition) and a ‘Silver’ medal at the 2019 ISU World Team Trophy (3rd in the individual competition). She was ranked at number 5 at the end of the 2018-19 season and 6th at the end of the 2019-20 season in the official ladies’ singles rankings issued by the International Skating (ISU).

Born Name

Kaori Sakamoto

Nick Name

Superfly

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Osaka Bay, Japan

Residence

Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Osaka Bay, Japan

Nationality

Education

Kaori, after her high school graduation, had joined the Kobe Gakuin University in her hometown of Kobe.

Occupation

Figure Skater

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 3 in or 160 cm

Weight

49 kg or 108 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Japanese)

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Affable smile
• Gleaming face
• Shoulder-length, straight hair

Brand Endorsements

Kaori has been sponsored by the Japanese healthcare company Sysmex Corporation.

Kaori Sakamoto Favorite Things

• Hobby – Origami
• Sport – Swimming

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Kaori Sakamoto Facts

1. Like most competitive figure skaters, Kaori had started getting trained in the sport from a very early age. She had started in 2004, when she was just 4 years old, in her hometown of Kobe.
2. At the junior level, she had won the ‘Gold’ medal at the 2016 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Japan, the 2013 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, the 2014 International Challenge Cup, and the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships in the 2016-17 season.
3. She had also won the ‘Silver’ medal at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships in the 2014-15 season, the 2015 ISU JGP Latvia and the 2016 ISU JGP France; as well as the ‘Bronze’ medal at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Final in the 2016-17 season.
4. At the novice tier of competition, she had won the ‘Gold’ medal at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships in the 2012-13 season as well as the ‘Silver’ medal at the 2013 Triglav Trophy in the ‘International: Advanced Novice’ tier.
5. A stress fracture in her right shinbone that she had sustained in October 2015 had heavily curtailed her 2015-16 competitive season. When she returned to training about a month later, she had to practice skating without the ability to execute any jumps or loops.
6. She had also suffered from the flu in 2017 at a critical time in her career. She had been brought in as a replacement for her injured compatriot at the 2017 Asian Winter Games but had to herself withdraw from the competition due to the viral infection.

Featured Image by Kaori Sakamoto / Instagram