Mako Yamashita

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
Yamashita at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Native name	山下 真瑚
Country represented	Japan
Born	(2002-12-31) December 31, 2002 Nagoya, Japan
Home town	Nagoya, Japan
Height	1.51 m (4 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
Choreographer	Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
Skating club	Chukyo High School SC
Former skating club	Grand Prix Tokai SC
Training locations	Nagoya
Began skating	2009
Season's bests	15 (2018–19)[1] 24 (2017–18)[2] 33 (2016–17)[3]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	203.06 2018 Skate Canada
Short program	66.30 2018 Skate Canada
Free skate	136.76 2018 Skate Canada
Medal record Representing  Japan Figure skating: Ladies' singles World Junior Championships 2018 Sofia Ladies' singles

Personal life

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

Career

2016–2017 season

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

2017–2018 season

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).

Yamashita at the 2018 World Junior Championships podium

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

2018–2019 season: Senior debut

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

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.[5] Yamashita fared better at the 2019 NHK Trophy, where she placed fifth.[6]

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.[7]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020 [8][9]	Una voce poco fa by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Scent of a Woman by Thomas Newman choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Over the Rainbow performed by Grace VanderWaal
2018–2019 [10]	Una voce poco fa by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Nocturne by Secret Garden
2017–2018 [11]	Bohemian Rhapsody performed by Maksim Mrvica choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Mihoko Higuchi	Nocturne by Secret Garden
2016–2017 [12]	Nocturne by Secret Garden	Bohemian Rhapsody performed by Maksim Mrvica

Competitive highlights

Yamashita (right) with Alexandra Trusova (center) and Alena Kostornaia (left) at the 2018 World Junior Championships podium

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[13]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
GP NHK Trophy								5th
GP Rostelecom							7th
GP Skate America								12th
GP Skate Canada							2nd
CS Asian Open							3rd
CS Lombardia							3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela								6th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds						3rd
JGP Austria						3rd
JGP Croatia						2nd
JGP Estonia					3rd
JGP Japan					3rd
Asian Open						4th
National[14]
Japan						10th	6th	11th
Japan Junior				9th	16th	2nd
Japan Novice	15th B	3rd B	14th A	2nd A
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned

Detailed results

Senior level

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

Junior level

Yamashita at the 2018 World Junior Championships

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

2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	3 66.79	3 128.38	3 195.17
December 21–24, 2017	2017–18 Japan Championships	Senior	15 57.80	10 125.54	10 183.34
November 24–26, 2017	2017–18 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	1 65.13	2 124.90	2 190.03
September 27–30, 2017	2017 JGP Croatia	Junior	2 65.22	2 110.53	2 175.75
August 31–September 2, 2017	2017 JGP Austria	Junior	3 64.49	3 116.55	3 181.04
August 2–5, 2017	2017 Asian Open Trophy	Junior	4 54.45	4 114.35	4 168.80
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 18–20, 2016	2016–17 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	22 42.28	12 97.53	16 139.81
September 28 – October 2, 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	Junior	2 62.65	3 121.41	3 184.06
September 7–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	Junior	2 64.86	4 117.57	3 182.43
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
November 21–23, 2015	2015–16 Japan Junior Championships	Junior	12 51.40	9 107.81	9 159.21
October 23–25, 2015	2015–16 Japan Novice Championships	Novice	–	2 99.91	2 99.91

• Personal best highlighted in bold.

References

1. "Season Best Score 2018/2019". International Skating Union.
2. "Seasons Best Score 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
3. "Seasons Best Score 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
4. "Mako Yamashita". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
5. Slater, Paula (October 20, 2019). "Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut". Golden Skate.
6. Slater, Paula (November 23, 2019). "Kostornaia wins second consecutive Grand Prix gold in Sapporo". Golden Skate.
7. Gallagher, Jack (December 21, 2019). "Rika Kihira displays confidence, elegance en route to first senior national title". Golden Skate.
8. "Mako YAMASHITA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019.
9. "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.
10. "Mako YAMASHITA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.
11. "Mako YAMASHITA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017.
12. "Mako YAMASHITA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
13. "Competition Results: Mako YAMASHITA". International Skating Union.
14. "Mako Yamashita". statsonice.com. Retrieved 2017-09-20.

External links

• Mako Yamashita at the International Skating Union