Background
Cathy Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American.
Cathy Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American.
Japanese law required those who are dual citizens at birth to relinquish their dual citizenship, so Cathy Reed chose Japanese citizenship at the age of 22 in order to continue to represent Japan in ice dancing.
The Reeds are the 2006 United States. Novice Dance Champions, but chose to represent Japan beginning in the 2006–2007 season. The Reeds were offered a chance to compete for Japan and they took lieutenant They advanced immediately to the senior level, skipping Juniors entirely.
After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Championships.
At the 2007 Four Continents, they finished ahead of several teams who had been competing as seniors much longer. At their Grand Prix debut, the 2007 Skate America, they placed 9th.
They placed 8th at their second Grand Prix event, the 2007 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy. They repeated their 7th-place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 World Championships.
They represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The Reeds were named in the Japanese team to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. After the 2014-2015 figure skating season, Cathy retired from competitive figure skating. Reed now works as a figure skating coach and choreographer in Takatsuki, Osaka with Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura.
Her students include:
Mariko Kihara
Rika Kihara
Yuna Shiraiwa
(with Chris Reed).