Rui Machida (町田瑠唯; born 8 March 1993) is a Japanese

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(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 S ...

of the

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(WJBL). She represented Japan in the

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at the

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and at the

at the

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, winning a silver medal. At the

, she set an Olympic record with 18 assists in Japan's 87–71 semifinals win against

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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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Playoffs

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machida, Rui 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