MACHIDA Rui

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.62/5'3''

Place of birth: ASAHIKAWA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women JPN Japan	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #09 JPN Japan 74 FRA France 70	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #22 USA United States 86 JPN Japan 69	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #33 NGR Nigeria 83 JPN Japan 102	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #43 JPN Japan 86 BEL Belgium 85	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Semifinal #48 JPN Japan 87 FRA France 71	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Gold Medal Game #52 USA United States 90 JPN Japan 75	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Bengaluru, IND
1	Women	2017	Bengaluru, IND

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

Fujitsu Red Wave [Japan] since 2011

Burke Toews [club], CAN; Tom Hovasse [national], USA

Position style:

Point guard (wjbl.org, 29 Aug 2014)

National league:

Women's Japan Basketball League [JPN] (japanbasketball.jp 19 Apr 2016)

She began playing basketball at age eight. (basketballking.jp, 24 Jan 2020; sports.jp.fujitsu.com, 31 Jul 2011)

Her father Shigenori Machida was a coach for a mini basketball team, and some of her friends were already playing the sport. (sports.yahoo.co.jp, 06 Jul 2021; yomiuri.co.jp, 08 May 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (uhb.jp, 01 Jul 2021)

She was named among the All-Star Five Players of the Women's Japan Basketball League in the 2014/15, 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20 seasons. (wjbl.org, 03 May 2020, 09 Apr 2019; jiji.com, 15 Mar 2016; sankei.com, 21 Jun 2015)

She was named Top Assists Leader for the Women's Japan Basketball League in the 2014/15, 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20 seasons. (wjbl.org, 29 Apr 2020; sankei.com, 21 Jun 2015)

She received the Rookie of the Year Award for the 2011/12 Women's Japan Basketball League season. (cager.co.jp, 12 Apr 2012)

She was named among the All-Star Five Players at the 2011 U19 World Championships in Chile. (sankei.com, 21 Jun 2015)

General Interest

General
NAME ORIGIN
Her name, Rui, was inspired by Brazilian-born Japanese footballer Ramos Ruy because her parents were fans of him. (yomiuri.co.jp, 08 May 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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