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Rui Machida

Rui Machida is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL). She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

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Rui Machida
Machida in 2026
No. 10 – Fujitsu Red Wave
PositionPoint guard
LeagueWomen's Japan Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1993-03-08) 8 March 1993
Hokkaido, Japan
Listed height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Listed weight126 lb (57 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–presentFujitsu Red Wave
2022–2023Washington Mystics
Stats at Basketball Reference 
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wuhan Japan
Gold medal – first place 2017 India
Gold medal – first place 2019 India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
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Rui Machida (町田瑠唯; born 8 March 1993) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL). She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics12 and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.34

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she set an Olympic record with 18 assists in Japan's 87–71 semifinals win against France.5

Career

She participated at the 2015 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, 2017 Women’s Asia Cup, and 2019 Women’s Asia Cup.6

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Washington 36 2 12.9 .310 .206 .667 1.1 2.6 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.8
Career 1 year, 1 team 36 2 12.9 .310 .206 .667 1.1 2.6 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Washington 2 0 5.5 .667 .500 .000 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
Career 1 year, 1 team 2 0 5.5 .667 .500 .000 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
References

References

  1. "Rui Machida". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Rui MACHIDA". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. "Rui MACHIDA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. "Basketball MACHIDA Rui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Accessed 20 August 2021.
  6. "Rui Machida: From third-string point guard to Olympic record-breaker". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
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