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Rino Matsuike

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Rino Matsuike
Matsuike performing her free skate at 2024–25 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Native name
松生 理乃
Born (2004-10-10) October 10, 2004 (age 21)
Nagoya, Japan
Home townNagoya
Height1.51 m (4 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Japan
CoachMachiko Yamada
Yuko Hongo
Soshi Tanaka
Skating clubChukyo University
Began skating2012

Rino Matsuike (/ˈriːnoʊ mætsuˈiːkeɪ/ REE-noh mat-soo-EE-kay; Japanese: 松生 理乃, IPA: [matsɯꜜike ɾiꜜno]; born October 10, 2004) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a five-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (two silver, three bronze) 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.

On the junior level, she is the 2020–21 Japanese junior national champion and the 2019 JGP Latvia bronze medalist.

Personal life

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Matsuike was born on October 10, 2004, in Nagoya. After graduating from Chukyo High School, she enrolled into Chukyo University in 2021, where she currently studies at the Department of Sports Management. She has also studied Korean as a second language at the university.[1][2]

Career

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Early career

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Matsuike began skating in 2012 at the age of eight.[1] A fan of Mao Asada, Matsuike then joined the Nagoya Sports Center to train under Asada's former coaches, Machiko Yamada and Mihoko Higuchi.[2]

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

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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

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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

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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

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Matsuike during her free skate at 2023 Skate Canada International

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

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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]

Matsuike during practice at the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final

2024–2025 season

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Matsuike began her season at the 2024 Skate Canada International, placing tenth after the short program after a downgrade on her double Axel and fall and downgrade on her triple lutz. However, she came back in the free skate with a score of 139.85, placing first in the free program segment ahead of three-time world champion and teammate Kaori Sakamoto and taking the silver medal overall. Her rise of eight placements was the highest jump in placements seen at an ISU Grand Prix, matching that previously achieved by Amber Glenn and Jeremy Abbott.[21] “I’m really full of happiness to make the podium,” Matsuike said. “I made some serious mistakes in the short program and my placement was such that I wasn’t expecting to make the podium.[21] Matsuike later shared that after her "heartbreaking" short program, her mother had sent her a Line message, telling her to "always love yourself," which in turn helped give her the strength to deliver a strong free program.[22] Following the event, Christopher Tin, the musician who composed Matsuike's free program music, praised her performance on his social media accounts.[23]

Matsuike performing a spiral at the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final

At the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, her second Grand Prix assignment, Matsuike placed fourth after the short program following a fall on her triple flip. However, she placed first in the free skate and second overall, narrowly missing out on the gold medal to compatriot Hana Yoshida by 0.26 points.[24][25][26] “I was indeed very nervous, but I tried not to think about the Final too much and just skate," she said after the free skate. I am very happy now."[27]

Matsuike's two silver medal results on the Grand Prix series allowed her to qualify for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France.[28] She competed at the Grand Prix Final in December and finished in sixth place after receiving under-rotation calls on four of her jumping passes in the free skate.[29] Matsuike said that she "really felt like I am still lacking" but that she hoped to make good use of the experience looking forward to the Japan Figure Skating Championships later in the month.[30] After the free skate, she said: "Yesterday I was not anxious at all, but today I was quite stressed, so I think I was a little stiff. I’m a little disappointed that some of my jumps were unstable, and I think I still have progress to make. But I tried my best to skate confidently. I want to do my best at the Japan Championships."[29]

Two weeks later, she competed at the 2024–25 Japan Championships, finishing in fifth place.[26][31] Matsuike was subsequently named to the Four Continents team.[32] She was also selected as the first alternate for the 2025 World Championship team.[33]

In January, Matsuike competed at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in eleventh place.[26]

2025–2026 season

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Matsuike opened her season by finishing eighth at the 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy. The following month, she competed at the 2025 Cup of China, finishing in sixth place overall.[26]

In November, Matsuike took bronze at 2025 Finlandia Trophy, her fifth Grand Prix medal. "Before coming to Helsinki, I wasn't able to really build the practice that I wanted," she said after the free skate. "But this performance gave me the confidence. I really enjoyed hearing audience cheers here at this arena and I hope my performance left something in audience heart."[34]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2025–2026
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2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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Competitive highlights

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Matsuike (left) on the podium with the other medalists at 2024 Skate Canada International

Senior results

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Competition placements at senior level [17]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Four Continents Championships 5th 11th
Grand Prix Final 6th
Japan Championships 4th 7th 13th 17th 5th TBD
GP Cup of China 6th
GP Finland 2nd 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 3rd 6th
GP France 7th
GP Skate Canada 3rd 2nd
GP Skate America WD
GP Rostelecom Cup 8th
CS Lombardia Trophy 8th
Challenge Cup 1st
Japan Open 2nd
(2nd)

Junior results

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Competition placements at junior level [17]
Season 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Japan Championships 8th 9th 1st
JGP Latvia 3rd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [45]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 202.21 2022 Four Continents Championships
Short program TSS 66.41 2019 JGP Latvia
TES 38.18 2019 JGP Latvia
PCS 31.45 2023 Skate Canada
Free skating TSS 142.05 2022 Four Continents Championships
TES 76.57 2022 Four Continents Championships
PCS 66.55 2023 Skate Canada

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

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Results in the 2020–21 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 27–29, 2020 Japan 2020 NHK Trophy 4 65.74 2 133.23 3 198.97
Dec 24–27, 2020 Japan 2020–21 Japan Championships 7 65.57 4 139.17 4 204.74
Results in the 2021–22 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 3, 2021 Japan 2021 Japan Open — — 2 135.12 2 —
Nov 12–14, 2021 Japan 2021 NHK Trophy 7 63.24 5 122.83 6 186.17
Nov 26–28, 2021 Russia 2021 Rostelecom Cup 7 62.98 8 121.38 8 184.36
Dec 22–26, 2021 Japan 2021–22 Japan Championships 6 72.31 7 126.46 7 198.77
Jan 18–23, 2022 Estonia 2022 Four Continents Championships 8 60.16 3 142.05 5 202.21
Feb 24–27, 2022 Netherlands 2022 Challenge Cup 1 74.21 1 150.13 1 224.34
Results in the 2022–23 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 8 59.50 – – – WD
Nov 4–6, 2022 France 2022 Grand Prix de France 9 57.68 6 118.84 7 176.52
Dec 21–25, 2022 Japan 2022–23 Japan Championships 20 56.01 13 123.84 13 179.85
Results in the 2023–24 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 27–29, 2023 Canada 2023 Skate Canada International 3 66.29 3 132.33 3 198.62
Dec 20–24, 2023 Japan 2023–24 Japan Championships 12 58.97 15 115.37 17 174.34
Results in the 2024–25 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 25–27, 2024 Canada 2024 Skate Canada International 10 52.31 1 139.85 2 192.16
Nov 15–17, 2024 Finland 2024 Finlandia Trophy 4 64.82 1 134.38 2 199.20
Dec 5–8, 2024 France 2024–25 Grand Prix Final 5 62.63 6 126.39 6 189.02
Dec 19–22, 2024 Japan 2024–25 Japan Championships 5 70.79 5 133.21 5 204.00
Feb 19–23, 2025 South Korea 2025 Four Continents Championships 13 55.07 9 122.03 11 177.10
Results in the 2025–26 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 11–14, 2025 Italy 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy 7 63.30 8 107.33 8 170.72
Oct 24–26, 2025 China 2025 Cup of China 6 65.91 6 122.15 6 188.06
Nov 21–23, 2025 Finland 2025 Finlandia Trophy 6 61.26 3 131.95 3 193.21

Junior results

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Results in the 2018-19 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 23–25, 2018 Japan 2018–19 Japan Junior Championships 7 53.62 10 97.00 8 150.62
Results in the 2019-20 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 4–7, 2019 Latvia 2019 JGP Latvia 4 66.41 2 126.62 3 193.03
Nov 14–17, 2019 Japan 2019–20 Japan Junior Championships 3 61.91 14 94.79 9 156.70
Results in the 2020-21 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 21–23, 2020 Japan 2020–21 Japan Junior Championships 1 69.06 1 129.32 1 198.38

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