Tatsuki Machida
Machida at the2014 World Championships
Born	(1990-03-09)March 9, 1990 (age 35) Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Japan
Skating club	Kansai University SC
Began skating	1993
Retired	December 28, 2014 (competitive skating), October 6, 2018 (professional skating)
Medal record
World Championships 2014 Saitama Singles Four Continents Championships 2010 Jeonju Singles Japan Championships 2013–14 Saitama Singles

Tatsuki Machida (町田 樹,Machida Tatsuki) (born March 9, 1990) is a Japanese retiredfigure skater. He is the2014 World silver medalist, the2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the2013–14 Japanese national silver medalist. Machida is the winner of fourGrand Prix events — the2012 Cup of China,2013 Skate America,2013 Rostelecom Cup, and2014 Skate America.

Tatsuki Machida was born inKawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1] He studied literature atKansai University inOsaka.^[2] In 2015, he began a Master's program insport management atWaseda University's Graduate School of Sciences.^[3][4][5]

In 2011, Machida moved to the U.S. to train atLake Arrowhead, California's Ice Castle, where he was coached mainly by Anthony Liu.^[6][7]

Machida won his first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the2012 Skate America. He won his first senior GP title at the2012 Cup of China, where he beat former World championDaisuke Takahashi. These results qualified him for theGrand Prix Final, where he finished sixth overall.

At the2013 Skate America, Machida won 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. At2013 Rostelecom Cup, Machida was second after the short program behindMaxim 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 qualified for theGrand 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 the2013–14 Japan Figure Skating Championships, securing a spot on the Japanese Olympic and World teams for the first time.

At the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi, Machida placed 11th in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fifth overall.^[2] Machida significantly improved his personal best short program score at the2014 World Championships inSaitama, Japan and ranked first in the segment. He placed second in the free skate and was awarded the silver medal, finishing behindYuzuru Hanyu by a margin of 0.33 of a point.

For the 2014–15 season, Machida was assigned to the2014 Skate America and2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.^[8] Skating to his second Skate America title, he placed first in the short and free programs, setting personal bests in both, and won by 30 points over the second-place finisher,Jason Brown of the United States. It was Machida's fourth GP title. At the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard, he placed second in both the short program and the free program to finish second overall behind Maxim Kovtun. This qualified him for theGrand Prix Final for the third consecutive year. After finishing second in the short program, he struggled in the long program, finishing sixth in that segment and overall. Machida finished fourth at the2014–15 Japan Championships and was selected for the2015 World team.^[3] However, he announced his retirement from competitive skating to focus on his studies, andTakahito Mura was given his World spot.^[5][9]

In June 2018, Machida announced that his final appearance as a show skater would be Japan Open 2018 and Carnival on Ice 2018 on October 6, 2018. After his retirement, his focus would be on his studies.^[10]

It has been reported that Machida was the inspiration for the character of Yuri Katsuki in the 2016 figure-skatinganimeYuri on Ice, due to the similarities between Machida's real-life career and Katsuki's fictional career. The series author, Mitsurō Kubo, is a fan of Tatsuki.^[11]

• GP:Grand Prix; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

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• Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade

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