Rina Kishi


Rina Kishi is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2023 World Championships and finished 11th in the all-around. She represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Kishi began gymnastics when she was three years old. As a junior, she competed on the balance beam at the 2019 All-Japan Team Championships and helped her club place 10th. In 2022, at her first All-Japan Championships, Kishi placed 11th in the all-around, and she finished 12th at the NHK Trophy.
Kishi became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2023. She won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2023 All-Japan Championships. She then placed second in the all-around at the 2023 NHK Trophy and was selected to make her international debut at the 2023 World Championships. While there, she helped Japan secure an Olympic berth with an eighth-place finish. Individually, Kishi qualified for the all-around final and finished in 11th place. After the World Championships, she competed at the 2023 All-Japan Team Championships and helped her club place sixth while earning the highest score in the all-around.
Kishi began the 2024 season with a second-place finish at the All-Japan Championships. She then finished second in the all-around to Shoko Miyata at the 2024 NHK Trophy and was selected for the Olympic team alongside Miyata, Haruka Nakamura, Mana Okamura, and Kohane Ushioku. At the 2024 Olympics, Kishi placed 8th with the Japanese team. She also qualified for the all-around final, finishing in 11th place, and the floor exercise final, finishing in 7th place.
At the 2025 Asian Championships, Kishi competed for Japan along with teammates Aiko Sugihara, Saki Kawakami, and Haruka Nakamura. They won the silver medal as a team. As an individual, Kishi qualified for and competed in the uneven bars final, finishing in fourth place.
Kishi represented Japan at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. She qualified for the all-around final, where she finished in 6th place. She also competed in the floor exercise final and secured a 5th place finish.