Miyu Ito
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| Born | 15 May 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skateboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Regular-footed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miyu Ito (born 15 May 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. She is a World Skateboarding Championship and Asian Games bronze medalist.
Early life
Ito was born in Kaminoyama, Yamagata, Japan on 15 May 2007. She started snowboarding as a second grade elementary student, and was given a skateboard to practice in the off-season when she was in the third grade.[2]
Ito’s debut tournament was in the Japan Championship when she was a fourth grade student.[2]
Career
National Championship
Ito won her first national championship at age 15 in November 2022, having placed third the year before. She beat Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Kaedena Nakayama to take the championship. Earlier that year, she had placed second in the Japan Open event[2]
Asian Games
In September 2023, Ito competed at the 2022 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the street event with a score of 221.59.[3]
World Championships
In September 2024, she competed at the World Skateboarding Championship. During the open qualifier round she had the second-highest score of 70.85 points.[4] During the finals she won a bronze medal with a score of 249.53.[5][6]
X Games
Ito made her X Games debut in Ventura, California in June 2024, and became the first rookie in history to win a gold medal in the women's skateboard street event.[7]
In October 2024, weeks after her World Championships bronze medal, Ito competed again at the X Games in Chiba, Japan and won a silver medal in the street event.[8]
In June 2025, Ito once again took silver in the street event at the Osaka X Games.[9]
Olympic qualifying struggles
Following the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, Ito was ranked in the top-ten of the world street skateboarding rankings, however, Japan already met its quota of three skaters, and as a result she didn't qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Miyu Ito". xgames.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "15歳の伊藤美優が初優勝 男子顔負けの大技で高得点 スケートボードマイナビ日本選手権 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex スポーツ". スポニチ Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "2023 Asian Games: Day 4". The Japan News. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Merrell, Chloe (10 September 2024). "World Skate Games Italia 2024: Nakayama Funa leads 29 into women's quarter-finals on opening day in Rome". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Jiwani, Rory; Merrell, Chloe (14 September 2024). "Rayssa Leal defies Japanese challenge to regain women's street skateboarding world crown". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Skateboarding: Toa Sasaki wins Japan's 3rd men's street world title". Kyodo News. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Historic records broken at X Games Ventura 2024". surfertoday.com. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Alley, Blair (21 September 2024). "X Games Chiba 2024 Day Two Recap & Results (Cordano's Tricks!)". skateboarding.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (21 June 2025). "伊藤美優、銀メダル獲得も「（優勝した）クロエとは差がある」／Xゲーム". サンスポ (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ Kano, Shintaro (29 May 2024). "Olympic Qualifier Series: No easy way out from Budapest to Paris for Japan's skateboarders". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Skateboarding: Japanese face tight final battle for Olympic spots". Kyodo News. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.