Emi Machida

is a toji, or master sake brewer in Japan. Machida is the first toji in her family, who have owned the Machida Brewery in Gunma for over 130 years. Machida is also an active member of the Women's Sake Industry Group. Machida's featured sake is the Junmai 60 Wakamizu (純米60 若水). Her other well-known brand is the Liao Sei. Machida was the oldest daughter in her family of three sisters. After graduating from the local girl's high school, After working in an unsatisfying career for three years, in 2000 she decided to go into the family business, Machida Brewery,

When she married in 2001, her husband, Akiya, adopted her surname and joined the family business. Since the first win, Machida has won seven gold medals at the Annual Japan Sake Awards, as well as three gold medals in 2008 from the "Excellence Award of the Kanto Shinetsu Tax Bureau Liquor Review Committee", the "National Shuzo Kaikai" prize, and the "Honorable Examination of Gunma Prefecture".