Machiko Kinoshita Yamada (山田 満知子, Yamada Machiko, born June 26, 1943) is a figure skating coach and former Japanese competitive figure skater.

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Machiko Kinoshita Yamada
Native name	山田満知子
Born	(1943-06-26) June 26, 1943 (age 80) Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Figure skating career
Country	Japan

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Yamada was born on June 26, 1943 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

She began figure skating at the age of seven. Yamada won several domestic competitions during her time as a figure skater. She also competed in pairs with Takatsugu Hashiguchi and the pair won the Japanese National silver medal.^[2]

Following her retirement from competitive figure skating, Yamada became a figure skating coach as well as married and had a daughter.^[1]

Her alma mater is Kinjo Gakuin University.^[3]

Long-time pupil, Midori Ito, lived with Yamada following her parents' divorce as a child and stayed with her for the duration of her competitive figure skating career.^[4]

Yamada currently coaches at the Grand Prix Tokai Figure Skating Club in Nagoya.^[2]

Her current students include:

• Mako Yamashita^[5]
• Rino Matsuike^[6]
• Sōta Yamamoto^[7]
• Kaoruko Wada^[8]

Her former students have included:

• Emi Watanabe^[2]
• Midori Ito^[9]
• Mihoko Higuchi^[10]
• Yoshie Onda^[11]
• Yukari Nakano^[12]
• Mao Asada^[13]
• Mai Asada^[14]
• Kumiko Koiwai
• Kanako Murakami^[15]
• Shoma Uno^[16]