{"id":44712,"date":"2018-07-13T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T01:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/?p=44712"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T05:14:33","slug":"from-philosopher-on-ice-to-waseda-researcher-tatsuki-machida-sets-his-sights-on-figure-skatings-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/feature-en\/2018\/07\/13\/44712\/","title":{"rendered":"From &#8220;Philosopher on Ice&#8221; to Waseda Researcher, Tatsuki Machida sets his sights on figure skating&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44713 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10-940x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tatsuki Machida, a figure skater who competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and World Figure Skating Championships, was central in figure skating\u2019s boom in popularity. Machida suddenly announced his retirement from figure skating in December 2014 and in April 2015 enrolled in Waseda University\u2019s Graduate School of Sports Sciences. He completed his master\u2019s degree and is continuing his research as a PhD student.<\/p>\n<p>Machida underwent intense figure skating training from the age of three and now researches copyright law and cultural economy within the world of artistic sports, which encompasses, among others, figure skating, rhythmic gymnastics, and artistic swimming.<\/p>\n<p>Why did Machida decide to embark on the path of a researcher following his competitive career? And what are the \u201cpressing matters\u201d of the figure skating world which have caught his attention?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iua3fGsFoy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/feature-en\/2018\/07\/13\/44678\/\">Tatsuki Machida[1st part]#1 &#8220;I have absolutely no regrets about retiring&#8221; A decision informed by life and the figure skating world<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Tatsuki Machida[1st part]#1 &#8220;I have absolutely no regrets about retiring&#8221; A decision informed by life and the figure skating world&#8221; &#8212; \u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u30a6\u30a3\u30fc\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/feature-en\/2018\/07\/13\/44678\/embed\/#?secret=dAf1yRctF5#?secret=Iua3fGsFoy\" data-secret=\"Iua3fGsFoy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jCfCTmP7TE\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/feature-en\/2018\/07\/13\/44695\/\">Tatsuki Machida[1st part]#2 Athlete numbers, eating disorders, expression and technique Pressing matters of the figure skating world<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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&#8212; \u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u30a6\u30a3\u30fc\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/feature-en\/2018\/07\/13\/44702\/embed\/#?secret=YLfnL2dHN3#?secret=xjWH4Ou2mx\" data-secret=\"xjWH4Ou2mx\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/news\/2018\/08\/06\/45717\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u30102nd part\u3011A figure skater finds fulfillment in academia Tatsuki Machida\u2019s message to athletes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tatsuki Machida, a figure skater who competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and World Figure Skating Championship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3614,"featured_media":42462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[71,73,91,220,245,251],"class_list":["post-44712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-en","tag-sports-en","tag-research-en","tag-alumni-en","tag-obog-en","tag-news-en","tag-special-issue-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44712"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75318,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44712\/revisions\/75318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}