Rui Machida

{{Short description|Japanese basketball player (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Rui Machida

| image = Rui Machida.jpg

| caption = Machida in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|3|8}}

| birth_place = Hokkaido, Japan

| position = Point guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 126

| league = Women's Japan Basketball League

| team = Fujitsu Red Wave

| number = 10

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2015

| career_start = 2011

| career_end =

| years1 = 2011–present

| team1 = Fujitsu Red Wave

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2022}}–2023

| team2 = Washington Mystics

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Asia Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Wuhan|Japan}}

{{MedalGold|2017 India|}}

{{MedalGold|2019 India|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Incheon|Team}}

}}

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 Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rui-machida |title=Rui Machida |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=20 August 2016 |archive-date=25 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125221751/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rui-machida |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/olympicswomen/2016/player/Rui-Machida |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160817072341/http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/Rui-MACHIDA |url-status=live |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |title=Rui MACHIDA |publisher=FIBA |accessdate=22 August 2016}} and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.{{Cite web|title=Rui MACHIDA at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/women/2020/player/Rui-Machida|access-date=2021-08-13|website=FIBA.basketball|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Basketball MACHIDA Rui|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1313618-machida-rui.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-13|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813203635/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1313618-machida-rui.htm}}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she set an Olympic record with 18 assists in Japan's 87–71 semifinals win against France.[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/08/olympics/summer-olympics/olympic-basketball/japan-us-women-basketball/ 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.