Mako Yamashita

[puremagic]

Mako Yamashita (Japanese: 山下真瑚選手) - is a Japanese figure skater. She was born on 31 December 2002 in Nagoya, Japan. Yamashita 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 of the ISU Junior Grand Prix events, and the 2017–18 Japanese junior national silver medalist.

She is coached by Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi.

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Biographical links

ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054890.htm

Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Yamashita

Rinkresults.com entry: http://rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=11870

Tracings.net entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_Yamashita

Social media

Instagram: https://instagram.com/yamashita__mako

Personal Best Scores under +5/-5 GOE​

SP	66.30	ISU GP Skate Canada International 2018
FS	136.76	ISU GP Skate Canada Inthernational 2018
TS	203.06	ISU GP Skate Canada International 2018

Personal Best Scores under +3/-3 GOE​

SP	66.79	ISU World Junior Championships 2018
FS	128.38	ISU World Junior Championships 2018
TS	195.17	ISU World Junior Championships 2018

Programs and Videos​

2025/2026
SP: The Lark Ascending (choreographer: Kenji Miyamoto)
FS: La vie en rose (choreographer: Akiko Suzuki)

2024/2025
SP: Hindi Sad Diamonds (from Moulin Rouge)
FS: Creep

2023/2024
SP: She is Like The Swallow
FS: Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai OST

2022/2023
SP: "Rise Up" by Andra Day
FS: Sunset Boulevard soundtrack by Franz Waxman

2021/2022
SP: "Angel" by Katherine Jenkins
FS: "Sayuri"

2021 Japanese Nationals

SP: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k-VfMxKvbZ4​

FS: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag9cAs0WTdE​

2020/2021
SP: "Una voce poco fa" (from The Barber of Seville) by Gioacchino Rossini; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
FS: "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perry

2020 Japanese Nationals

SP: https://youtu.be/tdOVw5pg0hg​

2020 NHK Trophy

SP: https://youtu.be/vE_3WvBir5Q​

FS: https://youtu.be/XUhOY61D9R4​

2019/2020
SP: "Una voce poco fa" (from The Barber of Seville) by Gioacchino Rossini; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
FS: Scent of a Woman (soundtrack) by Thomas Newman; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
EX: "Over the Rainbow" performed by Grace VanderWaal

2019-20 Japanese Nationals

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QPbT9mvXvk​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkWbTSv1YxA​

2019 Skate America

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftL7KHSFhRc​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvttwmfEvhY​

2019 NHK Trophy (geoblocked in USA)

SP: https://youtu.be/NnMUiuIGrtg​

FS: https://youtu.be/lTEd1eCPnp0​

2019 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSX0S5LhUQc​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QdTmXH9FqE​

2018/2019
SP: "Una voce poco fa" (from The Barber of Seville) by Gioacchino Rossini; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
FS: "Madame Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
EX: "Nocturne" by Secret Garden

2018/19 Japan Championships

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0978G7o2U90​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvWJsx7PT80​

2018 GP Rostelecom Cup

SP: no video found​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snC_ZdGM7Ng (fancam)​

2018 GP Skate Canada

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i64sqT6FYQ​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0_IUcjOI7Q​

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2018 SC Lombardia Trophy

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4jTMmICgmM / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStjr6Z7dQM​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nee5C6E9x0​

2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy

SP: no video found​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpyIt6EzipQ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8NRWyXwavA​

2017/2018
SP: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddie Mercury, performed by Maksim Mrvica; choreo. by Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi
FS: "Madame Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini; choreo by Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
Ex: "Nocturne" by Secret Garden

2018 World Junior Championship

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd2PXEsAH_Y​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6wveM9Pn8A​

Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVYhybIwXcM​

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2017/18 Japan Championships

SP: no video found​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czSC7DxPlDA​

2017/18 Japan Junior Championships

SP: no video found​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlv1JkIsxFQ​

JGP Zagreb 2017:

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aqBRipL7O4​

FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdRly4XZdfY​

Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W8UnIiENEc​

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JGP Salzburg 2017:

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp18ADZIDjE​

FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgLcM3lNIiQ​

2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxWoiIiw9ZY​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6SR69uvrQw​

2016/2017
SP: "Nocturne" by Secret Garden
FS: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddie Mercury, performed by Maksim Mrvica; choreo. by Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi

JGP Tallin 2016:

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VMTnRf_zM​

FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4sR6Rq8-o​

JGP Yokohama 2016:

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4C0uhoFIQ​

FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euasHIoDNDg​

2016 Coupe du Printemps

SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbp_UMIGOXM​

FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEj61bH8GA​

Competitive History​

Competition	No
2025-2026
2025 Kinoshita Group Cup	6
2025 Kinoshita Summer Cup	6
2024-2025
2025 Challenge Cup	3
2024 Japanese Nationals	6
2024 Gensan Summer Cup	7
2024 Kinoshita Trophy	5
2023-2024
2023 Japanese Nationals	8
2023 Western Sectionals	1
2023 Chubu Regional	3
2023 Gensan Summer Cup	7
2022/2023
2022 Japanese Nationals	16
2022 Japanese Western Sectionals	4
2021/2022
2021 Japanese Championships	13
Western Section Championships 2021	3
2021 Chubu Regional	6
2020/2021
2020 Japan Championships	13
2020 NHK Trophy	5
2020 Japan Open	1
2019/2020
2019 Japanese National Championships	11
NHK Trophy 2019	5
Western Section Championships 2019	6
Skate America 2019	12
27th Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2019	6
2018/2019
2018/19 Japan Championships	6
2018 GP Rostelecom Cup	7
2018 GP Skate Canada	2
2018/19 Chubu Regional Championships	1
2018 SC Lombardia Trophy	3
2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy	3
2017/2018
2018 World Junior Championship	3
2017/18 Japan Championships	10
2017/18 Japan Junior Championships	2
2017/18 Western Section Championships	2
2017 JGP Zagreb	2
2017 GP Cup of Austria, Salzburg	3
2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy	4
2016/2017
2016/17 Japan Junior Championships	16
2016/17 Western Section Championships	8
2016 JGP Tallinn Cup	3
2016 JGP Yokohama	3
2016 Coupe du Printemps	2
2015/2016
2015/16 Japan Junior Championships	9
2015/16 Japan Novice Championships	2
2014/2015
2014/15 Japan Novice Championships	14
2014/15 Chubu Regional Championships	2
2013/2014
2013/14 Japan Novice Championships	3
2013/14 Chubu Regional Championships	1
2012/2013
2012/13 Japan Novice Championships	15
2012/13 Chubu Regional Championships	3

Galas/Exhibitions​

May 2019 - Prince Ice World - "Over the Rainbow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POms3ZTP564

July 2018 - Dreams On Ice 2018 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVv5rNmorE

 

[Tulipstar]

She is a great skater. Let's see if she makes it to the GPF.

She seemed to hesitate on the podium about how high she should hold her medal

 

[Arriba627]

Thank you puremagic! Mako certainly deserves her own thread. Do you happen to know what her other JGP event is? I'm assuming she would definitely have a second one.

 

[puremagic]

Thank you puremagic! Mako certainly deserves her own thread. Do you happen to know what her other JGP event is? I'm assuming she would definitely have a second one.

Of course Mako has a second spot. She will skate in Zagreb, Croatia. (27.09 - 30.09)

 

[Arriba627]

Nice job in the SP today at Worlds by Mako. She's in 3rd, so I hope she can keep a place on the podium! Good luck in the FS And look at Fluffy with her. Honestly, that woman is amazing. She is all over the World! Wonder when she leaves for Milan. Protocols from the SP. http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/wjc2018/wjc2018_JuniorLadies_SP_Scores.pdf

 

[Arriba627]

Congratulations to Mako on her bronze medal for Jr. Worlds! And a thank you to Team Yamada/Fluffy for taking such good care of her. All the best for a great season next year! <3

 

[idontknow]

makoooo congrats.i am shoook she get bronze really shook .next season please shine again.

 

[idontknow]

i hope mako learn 3 axel too. maybe coach yamada can talk to midori to teach mako 3 axel??
couse mako jump is so nice .or this summer maybe mako and yura go to chicago (i mean team yamada go to chicago to learn new jump??)

 

[Latremu]

Congratulations to Mako getting the bronze!

By the way, I support this. Give her the Russian PCS! [emoji23] Not quite sure why she's in that picture, but okay...
https://twitter.com/empresswenjing/status/972543134323367936?s=19

 

[skatingformylife]

Gongrats to Mako for her bronze medal! I was at the arena and got so excited for her. She did really well and held it together, skating after Sasha. I'm not so sure what exactly happened for her to end up in the picture of Team Tutberidze, but they all skated to the exit of the rink and the coaches came to take the picture. She was there with them and she seemed a bit lost, not knowing exactly what to do and Sergei told her something and invited her to take a picture with them. I thought that it was really nice.

 

[randomfan]

Yay Mako!

 

[daphenaxa]

The part of her FS at 2:50 from the transitions into her double axel into spread eagle into the footwork is so so nice! Beautiful choreography and so in music. Loved it!!! https://youtu.be/8ZDedLV3NSc?t=2m50s

also the entry into the triple sal https://twitter.com/yp1_ydct/status/972526148952272897

 

[Arriba627]

Very nice clip of Mako from her recent ice show appearance. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlDoWinDgya/?taken-by=feimeicheng

Congratulations on receiving Sk Can and Rostelecom GP assignments. I'm looking forward to seeing her at Sk Can.

 

[Arriba627]

Darn - just learned Mako Yamashita has withdrawn from The Ice. Hope she isn't injured.

 

[saphire]

^I am hoping it is not because of injury too. The statement was vague of why she withdrew.

 

[Arriba627]

^I am hoping it is not because of injury too. The statement was vague of why she withdrew.

I meant to put the link to the statement but forgot and then couldn't remember where I'd read it. I loved her program, but I thought she seemed super nervous while performing. I figured it was just ice skating show nerves, but maybe she was uneasy due to injury.

ETA -- There was no explanation about why she cancelled. Found the announcement on THE ICE official web site.

 

[Arriba627]

So before she has her 2 GP assignments, Mako has Asian Open and Lombardia. Busy, busy!

 

[Arriba627]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlnYsqJDtYn/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=12floe1jq5b83. Thank you to feimeicheng for posting info about Mako's programs for the upcoming season. She will have a new SP, Una Voce Poco Fa, and will keep her Madame Butterfly FS from last season. I enjoyed her MB program so was happy to hear that. Both choreographed by Coach Fluffy.

 

[Latremu]

Practice at Asian Trophy
https://twitter.com/19903638A/status/1025392962182819840?s=19

 

[Yuii Murasaki]

https://twitter.com/Yuii_Murasaki/status/1026137348407361537

I went to see Mako live on Sunday at Asian Trophy.
She has so much potential. It was a shame she did not do well there. Hope to see her starting well at GPS.