24 Facts About Rino Matsuike

Rino Matsuike is a four-time ISU Grand Prix medalist and finished fifth at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, winning a small bronze medal for her free skate.

Rino Matsuike has studied Korean as a second language at the university.

Rino Matsuike made her junior international debut at 2019 JGP Latvia, winning the bronze medal behind Lee Hae-in and Daria Usacheva.

Rino Matsuike was scheduled to compete at 2019 JGP Italy, but withdrew due to injury.

Rino Matsuike won by nearly ten points over Hana Yoshida and Mao Shimada.

Rino Matsuike made her senior international debut at the 2020 NHK Trophy, winning bronze behind Kaori Sakamoto and Wakaba Higuchi.

Rino 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.

Rino Matsuike 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.

Rino Matsuike was assigned as a host pick to the 2021 NHK Trophy, where she finished in sixth place.

Rino Matsuike 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.

Rino Matsuike was eighth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, her second Grand Prix.

Rino Matsuike 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.

Rino Matsuike was named as third alternate for the Japanese Olympic team and assigned to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships.

Rino Matsuike 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.

Rino Matsuike finished the season at the International Challenge Cup, winning the gold medal.

Rino Matsuike then went on to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, where she subsequently finished in seventh place.

Originally without a Grand Prix assignment, Rino Matsuike was assigned to the 2023 Skate Canada International after the withdrawal of compatriot Rika Kihira.

Rino 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.

Rino Matsuike's 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.

Rino 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.

At the 2024 Finlandia Trophy, her second Grand Prix assignment, Rino Matsuike placed fourth after the short program following a fall on her triple flip.

Rino 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.

Rino Matsuike was selected as the first alternate for the 2025 World Championship team.

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