Miyu Ito

Miyu Ito (born 15 May 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. She is a World Skateboarding Championship and Asian Games bronze medalist.

Miyu Ito

Personal information
Born	(2007-05-15) 15 May 2007 (age 18)[1]
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Skateboarding
Position	Regular-footed
Event	Street
Medal record Women's street skateboarding Representing  Japan World Championships 2024 Rome Street Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Street X Games 2024 Ventura Street 2024 Chiba Street 2025 Osaka Street

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]