Kaho Minagawa is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast.
18 Facts About Kaho Minagawa
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Kaho Minagawa is the 2017 Asian Championships All-around silver medalist.
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Kaho Minagawa is the first Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the World Cup series.
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Kaho Minagawa won silver in all-around at the World Club Cup, the 2011 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
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Kaho Minagawa then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine finishing 36th in the qualifications, she did not advance into the finals.
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In 2014, Kaho Minagawa started her season competing at the 2014 Grand Prix Moscow where she finished 9th in all-around and qualified to 4 event finals for the first time in the Grand Prix finishing 7th in hoop, ball and 8th clubs, ribbon.
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Kaho Minagawa then competed at the 2014 Tashkent World Cup and finished 8th in clubs and 6th in ribbon final.
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Kaho Minagawa finished 24th in all-around at the 2014 Minsk World Cup.
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At the 2014 World Cup Final in Kazan, Russia, Kaho Minagawa finished 14th in all-around behind American gymnast Jasmine Kerber.
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Kaho Minagawa then competed at the 2014 Asian Games and finished 5th in all-around ahead of teammate Sakura Hayakawa.
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In 2015, Kaho Minagawa competed at the senior international division at the Moscow Grand Prix and won the all-around silver medal.
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At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Kaho Minagawa finished 15th in the all-around.
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In 2016, Kaho Minagawa started her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 11th in the all-around.
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Kaho Minagawa finished 16th in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications and did not advance into the top 10 finals.
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Kaho Minagawa then competed at the 2017 Tashkent World Cup finishing 7th in the all-around behind Katsiaryna Halkina, Minagawa qualified 2 apparatus final placing 5th in hoop and 4th in ball.
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Kaho Minagawa finished 5th in the all-around final equaling Yoko Morino who finished 5th in all-around at the 1975 Worlds, although the competition was not attended by rhythmic powerhouses Bulgaria, East Germany, and the Soviet Union.
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In 2018 season, on March 30-April 1, Kaho Minagawa began the world cup events competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup finishing 10th in the all-around, she qualified in ball final finishing in 7th.
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Kaho Minagawa has not been chosen to represent Japan at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, after being beaten by her two younger teammates Sumire Kita and Chisaki Oiwa.