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]
| Mako Yamashita | ||||||
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_(4).jpg) Yamashita at the 2018 Junior Worlds | ||||||
| Native name | 山下 真瑚 | |||||
| Born | December 31, 2002 Nagoya, Japan | |||||
| Hometown | Nagoya, Japan | |||||
| Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Japan | |||||
| Coach | Machiko Yamada Yuko Hongo Soshi Tanaka | |||||
| Skating club | Chukyo University | |||||
| Began skating | 2009 | |||||
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Personal life
editYamashita was born on 31 December 2002 in Nagoya, Japan.[5]
As of 2023, she is a student at Chukyo University.[6]
Career
edit2016–2017 season
editYamashita won two bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
2017–2018 season
editIn 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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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
editYamashita 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
editYamashita 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
editYamashita placed thirteenth for the second consecutive year at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[14]
2022–2023 season
editCompeting at the 2022–23 Japan Championships, Yamashita placed sixteenth.[14]
2023–2024 season
editAt 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
editYamashita started the season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Asian Open Trophy.[14]
Programs
editCompetitive highlights
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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 |
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| TBD = Assigned T = Team Result; P = Personal Result; Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||||
Junior results
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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
edit| 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 |
| 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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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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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 | |
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