| Country: | Japan |
| Weight Class: | +78 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 9 |
| Worlds Year: | 2001 |
| Regionals Type: | AS |
| Regionals Rank: | 3 |
| Regionals Year: | 2000 |
| Olympics Rank: | 3 |
| Olympics Year: | 2000 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
| Updated: | 2 June 2023 |
is a Japanese judoka.
Yamashita is from Takayama, Gifu and began judo when she was in second grade.[1] After graduating from Tohwa University, she began working for the Osaka Prefectural Police.[1] In 2000, Yamashita won the All-Japan Championships and the and was chosen to represent Japan in the Olympic Games held in Sydney. There she defeated Christine Cicot by Osotogari to win a bronze medal.
Yamashita retired after the competition in 2003.
- All-Japan University Championships (Openweight only) 2nd
- All-Japan University Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- Universiade (Openweight) 2nd
- Asian Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- Fukuoka International Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 1st
- All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 1st
- Fukuoka International Championships (+78 kg) 3rd
- All-Japan Championships (Openweight only) 2nd
- All-Japan Weight Class Championships (+78 kg) 2nd