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.
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
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
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
2020 NHK Trophy
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
2019 Skate America
2019 NHK Trophy (geoblocked in USA)
2019 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
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
2018 GP Rostelecom Cup
2018 GP Skate Canada
2018 SC Lombardia Trophy
2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy
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
2017/18 Japan Championships
2017/18 Japan Junior Championships
JGP Zagreb 2017:
JGP Salzburg 2017:
2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy
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:
JGP Yokohama 2016:
2016 Coupe du Printemps
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
She is coached by Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi.
Biographical linksISU 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
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 |
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
2024/2025SP: 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
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
2020 NHK Trophy
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
2019 Skate America
2019 NHK Trophy (geoblocked in USA)
2019 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
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
2018 GP Rostelecom Cup
SP: no video found
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snC_ZdGM7Ng (fancam)
2018 GP Skate Canada
2018 SC Lombardia Trophy
2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy
SP: no video found
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
2017/18 Japan Championships
SP: no video found
2017/18 Japan Junior Championships
SP: no video found
JGP Zagreb 2017:
Medal ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W8UnIiENEc
JGP Salzburg 2017:
2017 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy
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:
JGP Yokohama 2016:
2016 Coupe du Printemps
Competitive History
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
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