Rui Machida (町田瑠唯; born 8 March 1993) is a Japanese
basketball
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player who plays for the
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference ...
of the
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and
Fujitsu Red Wave
The Fujitsu Red Wave are a basketball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League.
Notable players
* Miwa Kuribayashi
* Rui Machida
*Ai Mitani
*Moeko Nagaoka
* Yōko Nagi
* Monica Okoye
*Mio Shinozaki
* Ayumi ...
of the
Women's Japan Basketball League
The Women's Japan Basketball League is the premier women's basketball league in Japan.
History
Chanson Cosmetics was a dominant team in the early 1990s, winning 6 championships in a row.
Teams
Teams :
* Aisin Wings
* Chanson V-Magic
* Denso ...
(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.
At the
2020 Summer Olympics, she set an Olympic record with 18 assists in Japan's 87–71 semifinals win against
France
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.
Career
She participated at the 2015 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, 2017 Women’s Asia Cup, and 2019 Women’s Asia Cup.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
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2022
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Playoffs
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Japanese women's basketball players
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players of Japan
Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in basketball
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Point guards
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Washington Mystics players
Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players
21st-century Japanese women