Dr. Riko Konno

About

Dr. Riko Konno is an adjunct physician at Kato Ladies Clinic (KLC) in Shinjuku, Tokyo, who joined the clinic’s minimal-stimulation and natural-cycle IVF team in 2024. She represents the new generation of KLC physicians trained directly inside Japan’s leading mild-stimulation program.

She graduated from the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine in Okinawa in 2019, completed residency training at Aokei Central General Hospital in Saitama, and then spent time at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Tokyo, one of the country’s largest community referral hospitals, before moving into fertility practice at KLC.

Dr. Konno supports patients across monitoring, insemination and ART cycles, working within KLC’s philosophy of gentler, more natural treatment that uses the lowest effective medication dose.

Clinical Expertise

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): cycle support from natural-cycle and mild-stimulation protocols through egg retrieval and embryo transfer
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI): microscopic injection of a single sperm into an egg for male-factor infertility and fertilization problems
• Female infertility care: evaluation and treatment of ovulation disorders, endometriosis and tubal factors
• Reproductive medicine consultations: cycle-by-cycle planning within KLC’s year-round clinic schedule

Why Choose Dr. Riko Konno

Dr. Konno’s residency at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center covered high-acuity general obstetrics and gynecology, training that matters for fertility patients who also carry conditions such as fibroids, adenomyosis or thyroid disease. She holds the JSOG Board-Certified Specialist qualification, so her ART practice follows national society standards for safety and ethics.

Within KLC she works exclusively on the mild-stimulation and natural-cycle side of IVF, an approach that attracts patients who want to avoid the physical burden of conventional high-dose protocols. As a female physician in her early clinical years, she is frequently chosen by patients who want an up-to-date peer perspective on family-building decisions.

Professional Affiliations

Board-Certified Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG). Credentials are verifiable on the Kato Ladies Clinic physician team page.

Suitable For

• Patients pursuing IVF or ICSI treatment: continuity within KLC’s mild-stimulation program, from ovarian monitoring through transfer.
• Women seeking infertility evaluation: structured assessment of the common female-factor causes, explained in plain language at an unhurried pace.
• Patients who prefer consultation with a female physician: a comfortable first-consult option for patients who want to discuss menstrual, sexual health or fertility history with a woman doctor.