Rino Matsuike (松生 理乃, Matsuike Rino, born October 10, 2004) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a two-time ISU Grand Prix bronze medalist and finished fifth at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, winning a small bronze medal for her free skate. She is also the 2022 International Challenge Cup Champion.
| Rino Matsuike | |
|---|---|
 Matsuike at the 2023 Skate Canada International | |
| Native name | 松生 理乃 |
| Born | October 10, 2004 Nagoya, Japan |
| Hometown | Nagoya |
| Height | 1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Coach | Machiko Yamada Yuko Hongo |
| Skating club | Chukyo University Senior HS |
| Began skating | 2012 |
On the junior level, she is the 2020–21 Japanese junior national champion and the 2019 JGP Latvia bronze medalist.
Personal life edit
Matsuike was born on October 10, 2004, in Nagoya. As of 2020, she is a student at Chukyo University's senior high school.[1] Matsuike admires Mao Asada and training mate Mako Yamashita.[2]
Career edit
Early career edit
Matsuike began skating in 2012. She trains under Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi in her hometown of Nagoya.
Matsuike competed at the Japan Novice Championships twice, finishing 14th in 2016–17 and 11th in 2017–18. She moved up to juniors the following year, finishing eighth at the 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships.[3]
2019–2020 season edit
Matsuike made her junior international debut at 2019 JGP Latvia, winning the bronze medal behind Lee Hae-in and Daria Usacheva. She is the first Japanese lady to medal in her junior international debut since Rika Kihira in 2016–17.[4] Matsuike was scheduled to compete at 2019 JGP Italy, but withdrew due to injury.[5][6]
At the 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships in November, Matsuike was third in the short program but 14th in the free skate to fall to ninth overall.[7] As a result, she did not qualify for the senior Championships and did not make the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics or the 2020 World Junior Championships teams.
2020–2021 season edit
Due to the cancellation of the Junior Grand Prix, Matsuike opened her season on the domestic qualifying circuit. She won the Chubu Regionals and the Western Sectionals en route to the 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships title.[8] Matsuike won by nearly ten points over Hana Yoshida and Mao Shimada. Her win would have qualified her for a spot on the 2021 World Junior Championships team, but the event was cancelled.[9]
Matsuike made her senior international debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy, winning bronze behind Kaori Sakamoto and Wakaba Higuchi. She called the event "a real confidence booster" and "that it [was] an honor to be skating here at NHK Trophy, so [she] wanted to enjoy every moment."[10] Matsuike aimed to further develop her skills after competing alongside the seniors, but her performance drew praise from international commentators, including Ted Barton.[9]
Matsuike made her senior Japan Championships debut, placing seventh in the short program after a fall on a non-element but otherwise executing the program cleanly.[11] She was fourth in the free skate, receiving an under rotation on one jump and an edge call on her triple flip, and rose to fourth place overall.[12] As a result of her placement, Matsuike was named first alternate for the 2021 World Championships team, pending her attainment of senior TES minimums.
2021–2022 season edit
Matsuike was assigned as a host pick to the 2021 NHK Trophy, where she finished in sixth place. She had begun attempting a triple Axel in competition that season at Japanese domestic competitions, but due to recovery from injury, did not attempt one at NHK.[13] She was eighth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, her second Grand Prix. She expressed "many regrets about both of my programs" but said that she was focused on increasing her technical difficulty in the future to compete with the top Russian skaters.[14]
At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, Matsuike placed seventh. She was named as third alternate for the Japanese Olympic team and assigned to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships.[15] A poor short program left Matsuike in eighth place at Four Continents going in the free skate, after falling on a triple flip attempt and stepping out of her jump combination. She went on to skate a clean free skate, other than an edge call on the triple flip, placing third in that segment and winning a bronze small medal. She rose to fifth overall. Matsuike reflected on her season, saying she had had "a lot of regrets" about earlier events and the short program, but that "I was crying and really under pressure, but I was able to push myself, and today's performance was good." She expressed a hope of adding more difficult technical content in the following season.[16] Matsuike finished the season at the International Challenge Cup, winning the gold medal.[17]
2022–2023 season edit
After placing eighth in the short program at the 2022 Skate America, Matsuike withdrew before the free skate due to illness.[18] She then went on to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, where she subsequently finished in seventh place. Matsuike came thirteenth at the 2022–23 Japan Championships.[17]
2023–2024 season edit
Originally without a Grand Prix assignment, Matsuike was assigned to the 2023 Skate Canada International after the withdrawal of compatriot Rika Kihira. Despite dealing with some underrotation calls on her jumps, she finished third and won her second Grand Prix medal.[19] Matsuike said that while there had been mistakes, "overall I put it all together. I wasn't even supposed to be at an event like this and I was just happy to be here and be in good health."[20] Matsuike finished seventeenth at the 2023–24 Japan Championships.[17]
Programs edit
Competitive highlights edit
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[17] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Four Continents | 5th | ||||||||
| GP Skate America | WD | ||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 3rd | ||||||||
| GP France | 7th | ||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 3rd | 6th | |||||||
| GP Rostelecom Cup | 8th | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 1st | ||||||||
| International: Junior[17] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | C | ||||||||
| JGP Italy | WD | ||||||||
| JGP Latvia | 3rd | ||||||||
| National[3] | |||||||||
| Japan Champ. | 4th | 7th | 13th | 17th | |||||
| Japan Junior | 8th | 9th | 1st | ||||||
| Japan Novice | 14th A | 11th A | |||||||
| Western Sect. | 4th J | 4th J | 1st J | ||||||
| Chubu Reg. | 7th B | 4th A | 3rd A | 6th J | 1st J | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |
| Team Events | |||||||||
| Japan Open | 2nd T 2nd P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: A = Novice A; B = Novice B; J = Junior | |||||||||
Detailed results edit
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU Personal bests highlighted in bold.
Senior results edit
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 20–24, 2023 | 2023–24 Japan Championships | 12 58.97 |
15 115.37 |
17 174.34 |
| October 27–29, 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada International | 3 66.29 |
3 132.33 |
3 198.62 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 21–25, 2022 | 2022–23 Japan Championships | 20 56.01 |
13 123.84 |
13 179.85 |
| November 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 9 57.68 |
6 118.84 |
7 176.52 |
| October 21–23, 2022 | 2022 Skate America | 8 59.50 |
WD |
WD |
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 24–27, 2022 | 2022 Challenge Cup | 1 74.21 |
1 150.13 |
1 224.34 |
| January 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | 8 60.16 |
3 142.05 |
5 202.21 |
| December 22–26, 2021 | 2021–22 Japan Championships | 6 72.31 |
7 126.46 |
7 198.77 |
| November 26–28, 2021 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | 7 62.98 |
8 121.38 |
8 184.36 |
| November 12–14, 2021 | 2021 NHK Trophy | 7 63.34 |
5 122.83 |
6 186.17 |
| October 3, 2021 | 2021 Japan Open | – | 2 135.12 |
2T |
| 2020–2021 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 24–27, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Championships | 7 65.57 |
4 139.17 |
4 204.74 |
| November 27–29, 2020 | 2020 NHK Trophy | 4 65.74 |
2 133.23 |
3 198.97 |
Junior results edit
| 2020–2021 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 21–23, 2020 | 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships | 1 69.06 |
1 129.32 |
1 198.38 |
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships | 3 61.91 |
14 94.79 |
9 156.70 |
| September 4–7, 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | 4 66.41 |
2 126.62 |
3 193.03 |
| 2018–2019 season | ||||
| November 23–25, 2018 | 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships | 7 53.62 |
10 97.00 |
8 150.62 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Rino MATSUIKE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021.
- ^ Quadruple Axel 編集部 [@AxelQuadruple] (July 31, 2019). "〈ジュニア強化合宿メモ〉松生理乃選手。" [<Junior training camp memo> Rino Matsuike.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Rino MATSUIKE". RinkResults.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (September 10, 2019). "Hanyu set for season debut in Canada". Japan Times.
- ^ "Music Rotation – Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. September 28, 2019.
- ^ Jack Gallagher [@sportsjapan] (October 2, 2019). "JSFによると、#松生理乃 は今週イタリアで開催されるジュニア・グランプリを欠場しますが、これは左臀部打撲のためです。" [According to JSF #MatsuikeRino will miss the Junior Grand Prix in Italy this week because of a bruise on the left buttock.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (November 16, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe win short programs at Japan Junior Championships". Japan Times.
- ^ Matsumoto, Wataru (November 1, 2020). "松生理乃が逆転Ｖで自信、全日本Ｊｒは「優勝」目標" [Rino Matsuike is confident with a victory from behind, aims to win All Japan Jr.]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese).
- ^ a b Gallagher, Jack (November 30, 2020). "Ice Time – Sakamoto shines at difficult time for skating". jackfigure.com.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2020). "Sakamoto claims ladies' title at 2020 NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 25, 2020). "Rika Kihira takes lead to defend her crown at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 27, 2020). "Rika Kihira defends title at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 13, 2021). "Japan's Sakamoto delivers at 2021 NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 28, 2021). "Valieva takes Rostelecom Cup gold with record score". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 25, 2021). "Sakamoto reclaims title at Japanese Nationals". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "Japan's Mai Mihara reclaims Four Continents title". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b c d e "Rino MATSUIKE: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Sakamoto captures elusive gold in fifth trip to Skate America". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (October 29, 2023). "Japan's Kaori Sakamoto seizes Skate Canada gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "World Champion Sakamoto (JPN) soars to gold at Skate Canada International". International Skating Union. October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Rino MATSUIKE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 30, 2023.
- ^ "Rino Matsuike: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023.
- ^ "Rino MATSUIKE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Rino MATSUIKE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.