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Mako Yamashita

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Mako Yamashita
Yamashita at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Native name山下 真瑚
Born (2002-12-31) December 31, 2002 (age 21)
Nagoya, Japan
HometownNagoya, Japan
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryJapan Japan
CoachMachiko Yamada
Yuko Hongo
Soshi Tanaka
Skating clubChukyo University
Began skating2009
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia Singles

Mako Yamashita (Japanese: 山下 真瑚; born December 31, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 Skate Canada silver medalist and a two-time medalist at the ISU Challenger Series. On the junior level, she is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, a four-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the 2017–18 Japanese junior national silver medalist.[4]

Personal life

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Yamashita was born on 31 December 2002 in Nagoya, Japan.[5]

As of 2023, she is a student at Chukyo University.[6]

Career

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2016–2017 season

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Yamashita won two bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

2017–2018 season

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In September 2017, Yamashita won the bronze medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Salzburg, Austria behind Anastasia Tarakanova (Russia) and Lim Eun-soo (South Korea). She then won the silver medal at her next JGP event, held in Zagreb, Croatia, behind Sofia Samodurova (Russia).

In March 2018, Yamashita won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

2018–2019 season: Senior debut

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Yamashita performing at 2018 Skate Canada International

In August 2018, Yamashita won the bronze medal at the 2018 CS Asian Trophy, behind Lim Eun-soo and Yuna Shiraiwa. In September, she also won the bronze medal at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Sofia Samodurova.

In October, Yamashita debuted on the ISU Grand Prix series in the 2018–19 season. She won the silver medal at 2018 Skate Canada behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and ahead of Evgenia Medvedeva, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist. She then competed at 2018 Rostelecom Cup, where she placed seventh.

2019–2020 season

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Yamashita began the season with a sixth place at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She finished twelfth out of twelve skaters at the 2019 Skate America.[7] Yamashita fared better at the 2019 NHK Trophy, where she placed fifth.[8]

At the 2019–20 Japanese Championships, Yamashita was fifth in the short program but dropped to eleventh place overall after finishing sixteenth in the free skate.[9]

2020–2021 season

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Yamashita was invited to be a part of Team Red at the Japan Open after the withdrawal of Marin Honda.[10] Competing domestically, she placed sixth at Western Sectionals.[11]

With the COVID-19 pandemic prompting the ISU to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location to limit international travel, Yamashita was assigned to compete at the 2020 NHK Trophy as part of a field of Japanese skaters and South Korea's You Young. She placed third in the short program.[12] In the free skate, Yamashita attempted a quad Salchow in international competition for the first time, landing it with a full downgrade, as well as making errors on two other jumps. She dropped to fifth place overall.[13]

Yamashita placed thirteenth at the 2020–21 Japan Championships.[14]

2021–2022 season

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Yamashita placed thirteenth for the second consecutive year at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[14]

2022–2023 season

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Competing at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, Yamashita placed sixteenth.[14]

2023–2024 season

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At the 2023–24 Japan Championships, Yamashita unexpectedly placed second in the short program, albeit nearly nine points behind segment leader Kaori Sakamoto.[6] She dropped to eighth overall after the free skate, but said that she felt her stamina in that segment was improving.[15] She closed the season with a bronze medal at the 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup.[14]

2024–2025 season

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Yamashita started the season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy.[14]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
[17][18]
2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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2018–2019
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2017–2018
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2016–2017
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  • Bohemian Rhapsody
    performed by Maksim Mrvica
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

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Yamashita on the podium at 2018 Skate Canada International

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

International[14]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
GP NHK Trophy 5th 5th
GP Rostelecom 7th
GP Skate America 12th
GP Skate Canada 2nd
CS Asian Open 3rd
CS Lombardia 3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela 6th
Asian Open 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup 3rd
National[26]
Japan Champ. 10th 6th 11th 13th 13th 16th 8th
Team Events
Japan Open 2nd T
1st P
TBD = Assigned
T = Team Result; P = Personal Result; Medals awarded for team result only.

Junior results

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Yamashita at the 2018 World Junior Championships podium

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior[14]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18
Junior Worlds 3rd
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Japan 3rd
Asian Open 4th
National[26]
Japan Junior 9th 16th 2nd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [26]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 203.06 2018 Skate Canada
Short program TSS 66.30 2018 Skate Canada
TES 35.99 2019 NHK Trophy
PCS 30.89 2018 Skate Canada
Free skating TSS 136.76 2018 Skate Canada
TES 71.67 2018 Skate Canada
PCS 65.09 2018 Skate Canada
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [26]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 195.17 2018 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS 66.79 2018 World Junior Championships
TES 38.59 2018 World Junior Championships
PCS 28.20 2018 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS 128.38 2018 World Junior Championships
TES 70.27 2018 World Junior Championships
PCS 58.11 2018 World Junior Championships

Senior level

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Yamashita at 2019 Skate America

Personal best highlighted in bold.

2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 5–6, 2024 2024 Asian Open Trophy 5
54.69 		1
131.44 		2
186.13
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 15–18, 2024 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
69.85 		3
109.54 		3
179.39
December 20–24, 2023 2023–24 Japan Championships 2
69.92 		12
122.23 		8
192.15
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–25, 2022 2022–23 Japan Championships 22
54.98 		15
117.98 		16
172.96
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 22–26, 2021 2021–22 Japan Championships 12
61.84 		13
117.77 		13
179.61
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 24–27, 2020 2020–21 Japan Championships 4
67.28 		13
118.28 		13
185.56
November 27–29, 2020 2020 NHK Trophy 3
67.56 		7
118.57 		5
186.13
October 3, 2020 2021 Japan Open – 1
126.94 		2T/1P
126.94
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 18–22, 2019 2019–20 Japan Championships 5
66.64 		16
104.11 		11
170.75
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 5
65.70 		5
123.55 		5
189.25
October 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 12
46.21 		11
96.19 		12
142.40
September 19–21, 2019 2019 CS Nepela Memorial 7
55.99 		6
107.55 		6
163.54
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 20–24, 2018 2018–19 Japan Championships 9
62.94 		5
134.20 		6
197.14
November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 9
51.00 		7
110.22 		7
161.22
October 26–28, 2018 2018 Skate Canada International 3
66.30 		2
136.76 		2
203.06
September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 5
55.33 		3
126.89 		3
182.22
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 6
50.97 		3
112.48 		3
163.45
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 21–24, 2017 2017–18 Japan Championships 15
57.80 		10
125.54 		10
183.34

Junior level

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Yamashita at the 2018 World Junior Championships

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 3
66.79 		3
128.38 		3
195.17
November 24–26, 2017 2017–18 Japan Junior Championships 1
65.13 		2
124.90 		2
190.03
September 27–30, 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 2
65.22 		2
110.53 		2
175.75
August 31–September 2, 2017 2017 JGP Austria 3
64.49 		3
116.55 		3
181.04
August 2–5, 2017 2017 Asian Open Trophy 4
54.45 		4
114.35 		4
168.80
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 18–20, 2016 2016–17 Japan Junior Championships 22
42.28 		12
97.53 		16
139.81
September 28–October 2, 2016 2016 JGP Estonia 2
62.65 		3
121.41 		3
184.06
September 7–11, 2016 2016 JGP Japan 2
64.86 		4
117.57 		3
182.43
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 21–23, 2015 2015–16 Japan Junior Championships 12
51.40 		9
107.81 		9
159.21

References

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  3. ^ "Seasons Best Score 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "Mako Yamashita". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  5. ^ a b "Mako YAMASHITA: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 6, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Gallagher, Jack (December 23, 2023). "Kaori Sakamoto Takes Big Lead in Short Program at Japan Championships". Japan Forward. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Slater, Paula (October 20, 2019). "Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ Slater, Paula (November 23, 2019). "Kostornaia wins second consecutive Grand Prix gold in Sapporo". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ Gallagher, Jack (December 21, 2019). "Rika Kihira displays confidence, elegance en route to first senior national title". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ "Japan Open 2020". TV Tokyo. September 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "2020 JAPAN OPEN & NATIONALS UPDATE". International Figure Skating.
  12. ^ Slater, Paula (November 27, 2020). "Sakamoto soars to lead at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
  13. ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Sakamoto claims ladies' title at 2020 NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
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  15. ^ Slater, Paula (December 25, 2023). "Kaori Sakamoto flies to fourth national title". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
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  22. ^ "山下 真瑚 ｜ スケート∞リンク ～フジスケ～". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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  24. ^ "Mako YAMASHITA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017.
  25. ^ "Mako YAMASHITA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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