Miyabi Akiya

Akiya took up the sport at the age of three, when she saw older students doing rhythmic gymnastics next to her in the kindergarten gym. Her mother enrolled her in a trial lesson, which Akiya enjoyed, so she enrolled in further lessons.^[2]

She made her international debut at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She competed with ball and ribbon and took 36th and 16th place, respectively, along with 29th in teams (with teammates Alisa Kochemazova and Alicia Tan).^[3] At the national level, she became the Australian junior all-around champion.^[2]

In 2024 she became a senior. She competed at the World Cup in Sofia, where she was 32nd in the all-around, 33rd with hoop, 36th with ball, 32nd with clubs and 30th with ribbon.^[4] In May, she competed in the Oceanian Championships in Budapest, taking silver behind Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva.^[5][6] With that result, she was named the reserve gymnast for the Paris Olympics.^[7]

In April 2025, she took part in the World Cup in Baku, finishing 30th in the all-around, 41st with hoop, 35th with ball, 25th with clubs and 26th with ribbon.^[8] The following week, at the next World Cup stage in Tashkent, she improved on her scores and was 24th in the all-around, 27th with hoop, 17th with ball, 18th with clubs and 27th with ribbon.^[9][10] In May, she was selected for the Oceanian Championships in Singapore,^[11] where she was crowned the continental champion ahead of Havana Hopman and Polina Leonova.^[12][13][14]