Tatsuki Machida

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Tatsuki Machida

Machida in 2010
Personal information
Full name Tatsuki Machida
Country represented Japan
Born (1990-03-09) March 9, 1990
Kanagawa
Home town Hiroshima
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Anthony Liu, Azumi Hata, Yoshinori Onishi
Former coach Hiroshi Koizumi
Choreographer Phillip Mills
Stephane Lambiel
Former choreographer Kenji Miyamoto, Kano Ito, Nanami Abe, Noriko Sato
Skating club Kansai University SC
Training locations Osaka
Former training locations Lake Arrowhead, California
Began skating 1993
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 265.38
2013 Skate America
Short program 91.18
2013 Skate America
Free skate 174.20
2013 Skate America
Japanese name
Kanji 町田　樹
Kana まちだ たつき

Tatsuki Machida (町田 樹 Machida Tatsuki) (born March 9, 1990) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2012 Cup of China champion, the 2013 Skate America champion, the 2013 Rostelecom Cup champion, the 2014 Japanese silver medalist and the 2007 Japanese Junior national champion.

Career

In 2011, Machida moved to the U.S. to train at Lake Arrowhead, California's Ice Castle, where he works mainly with Anthony Liu.[1][2]

Machida won his first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2012 Skate America. He won his first senior GP title at the 2012 Cup of China, where he beat former World champion Daisuke Takahashi.

At the 2013 Skate America, Machida was his second GP title. He placed first in the short and free programs, setting personal bests in both and winning by 25 points over second place finisher, Adam Rippon of the United States. At 2013 Rostelecom Cup, Machida was second after the short program behind Maxim Kovtun of Russia. However, he won the free skate by over 25 points to win the competition - over 16 points ahead of Kovtun. This meant that he he qualified for the Grand Prix Final in second overall, behind Patrick Chan of Canada. At the Grand Prix Final he recovered from a rough short program to skate a very strong long program, and finish 4th. He would finish 2nd at the Japanese National Figure Skating Championships, securing a spot on the Japanese Olympic and World teams for the first time.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
[3]
  • Byakuyako
    by Stin Kono
2012–2013
[4]
  • F.U.Y.A.
    by C2C
    choreo. by Stephane Lambiel[1]
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
    choreo. by Phillip Mills
2011–2012
[5][6]
  • Don't Stop Me Now
    by Queen
2010–2011
2009–2010
[7]
2008–2009
  • Peach〜Ashihara Story〜 （ex. 004）
    by PE'Z
    choreo. by Kano Ogiyama
  • Peach〜Ashihara Story〜 （ex. 004）
    by PE'Z
    choreo. by Kano Ogiyama
2007–2008
[8]
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
    by Andrews Sisters
    choreo. by Noriko Sato
2006–2007
[9]
  • Find love
    by Enigma
    choreo. by Kano Ogiyama
2005–2006
2004–2005

Competitive highlights

Results[10]
International
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Winter Olympics TBD
Four Continents 2nd 7th
Grand Prix Final 6th 4th
GP Cup of China 5th 1st
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Rostelecom 11th 1st
GP Skate America 3rd 1st
Asian Games 4th
Asian Trophy 1st
Golden Spin 1st
Nebelhorn 1st WD[1]
NRW Trophy 6th
Ondrej Nepela 1st
Printemps 2nd
Triglav Trophy 1st
Universiade 5th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 9th
JGP Austria 9th
JGP Czech Rep. 2nd
JGP Estonia 10th
JGP France 7th
JGP Great Britain 1st
JGP Mexico 4th
JGP Poland 7th
JGP Spain 3rd
Gardena 5th J. 1st J.
National
Japan Champ. 13th 7th 4th 6th 4th 9th 2nd
Japan Jr. Champ. 12th 5th 7th 1st 7th 2nd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level, WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flade, Tatjana (June 17, 2012). "World team aspiration for Machida". Golden Skate. 
  2. ↑ "Interview with Tatsuki Machida in Oberstdorf, September 2011". FigureSkating-Online. October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 1, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. 
  8. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. 
  9. ↑ "Tatsuki MACHIDA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. 
  10. ↑ "Competition Results: Tatsuki MACHIDA". International Skating Union. 

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