23 Japan Nationals Men Short PBP

[Tak]

The Mens Short Program is due to start in 40 minutes or so.
Cable channel is ready and will do PBP from Flight #1.
Since English page seems not yet ready, Groupings Name and age are as follows
Group 1
1. Sena Takahashi (13)
2. Sakura Odagaki (18)
3. Seigo Tauchi (15)
4. Daiya Ebihara (15)
5. Tsudoi Suto (16)
6. Taiga Nishino (14)
RESURFACING
Group 2
1. Shunsuke Nakamura (18)
2. Kazuki Kushida (24)
3. Takumi Sugiyama (21)
4. Kazuki Hasegawa (22)
5. Minato Shiga (20)
6. Yuto Kishina (22)
Group 3
1. Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (21)
2. Haru Kakiuchi (17)
3. Haruya Sasaki (20)
4. Keisuke Kadowaki (20)
5. Ryota Kitamura (20)
6. Rio Nakata (15)
RESURFACING (Channel change to terrestrial channel coverage)
Group 4
1. Koshiro Shimada (22)
2. Tatsuya Tsuboi (21)
3. Sota Yamamoto (23)
4. Kao Miura (18)
5. Shun Sato (19)
6. Sena Miyake (21)
Group 5
1. Kosho Oshima (20)
2. Kazuki Tomono (25)
3. Takeru Amin Kataise (19)
4. Yuma Kagiyama (20)
5. Shoma Uno (26)
6. Nozomu Yoshioka (20)

 

[Gris]

"Alternate" livestream link that should work: https://live.qq.com/10012776

 

[Tak]

Coverage is starting, 6min Warm up for Group 1 ongoing.

 

[Tak]

Sena Takahashi, Kinoshita Academy (Mie Hamada)
Tucker
3Lz+3T
3A 1.26
CCamSp4
3F
FSSp4
StSq3
CComSp4
Slightly crooked in 1st Combination but everything else was good!
3A was a beaut!
68.28

 

[Tak]

Sakura Odagaki
Love Letter
3A Fall
3Lz
FComSp3
FCamSp4
3T+2T
CComSp3
StSq2
Evidently Daisuke encouraged him to keep skating and he used this music recommended by Daisuke.
54.55

 

[Tak]

Seigo Tauchi (Miki Ando) very tall skater
No music info, evidently changed mid season
3F+3T Clean
3Lz
Sp?
2A
FSSp3
StSq3
CComSp4
63.89

 

[Tak]

Daiya Ebihara (Koji Okajima) Meiji jinguu gaien
No music info. Piano piece
3A Fall
3Lz Clean
CCamSp3
3Lz+3T
StSq3
FSSp4
CComSp4
61.85

 

[Tak]

Tsudoi Suto (Kensuke Nakaniwa) MF Academy
No music info
3A
3F+3T Hand almost down but saved
CCamSp4
3Lz
FSp3
StSq4
CComSp4
Coming back from injury says the commentator.
74.61 1st!

 

[Tak]

Taiga Nishino
I want you back by Jackson 5
3A so
3Lz+3T
CSSp4
2F* Invalid Element
StSq3
FCamSp2
CComSp3
Excellent presentation, but too many mistakes today.
Bitter sweet first senior nats.
50.77

 

[Tak]

Now 1st re-surfacing.

 

[Tak]

2nd Group warm-up ongoing.

 

[Tak]

Shunsuke Nakamura (Mie Hamada) Kinoshita Academy; Junior Champion
El Conquistador
4T clean
3A Beaut!
CCamSp3
3Lz+3T Clean
FSSp4
StSq3
CComSp4
Excellently done! Standing O!
80.16 First!

 

[Tak]

Kazuki Kushida

3A
3Lo
CCamSp4
FSSp3
3Lz+3T
StSq2
CComSp4
Clean program. Standing O!
Daisuke encouraged Kazuki. to continue skating.
Slight ur assessed says commentator.
75.54

 

[Tak]

Takumi Sugiyama Okayama Üniversity
Eleanor Rigby
3A
3Lz+3T
CComSp4
3F
StSq3
CCamSp3
FSSp4
Another Clean Prog! Another Standing O!
71.68 fourth

 

[Tak]

Kazuki Hasegawa Science major university student
Happy

3A ur 2ft (-4.0) downgraded to 2A
3Lz+3T so
FCamSp4
CSSp4
3F. 3trurns
StSq3
CComSp4
59.25

 

[Hedwig]

Thanls so much for the pbp!

 

[Tak]

Minato Shiga (Nobuo Sato)
Chasing Cars (Vincent Zhou inspired him)
3T+3T
3Lz Fall
CCamSp3
2A
StSq2
FSSp4
CComSp2
51.60

 

[Tak]

Yuto Kishina Kasei Univ.
Diablo Lojo
3A (q assessed)
3F
FCamSp4
3Lo 3turns 3T
CSSp3
StSq3
CComSp2
Good and powerful Tango prog.
64.52 6th and makes the free.

 

[Tak]

3rd Group Intro and Warm up ongoing.

 

[Tak]

Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (Mie Hamada) switching to pairs
Guitar Rock Music
3A
3Lo
FSp4
3Lz+2T
CCamSp4
StSq3
CComSp4
Clean Prog! Standing O!
His jumps are back!
73.58 4th!

 

[Tak]

Haru Kakiuchi Hyogo Nishinomiya FSC
Caruso
4T Fall
2A
3Lz+3T
FSSp3
StSq3
CComSp4
Very balletic skater.
64.57 7th makes the free

 

[Tak]

Haruya Sasaki, Kyoto Univ The 2nd most difficult U to enter, no athletic program so he must have got in by getting through academic examination, impressive! Mie Hamada is with him.

3A Beaut!
3Lz+3T
FCamSp3
3F s.o.
CComSp4
StSq3
CSSp4
70.88 6th

 

[Hedwig]

I will do some additional pbp as well as long as I can:

Sasaki - nice triple axel
3z 3toe - the lutz was very delayed in the air - very pretty
First skater I see and as always in love with the glide of the Japanese skaters
step out of the 3 flip - very hesitant going into it.
slight stumble in the twizzles during the footwork

 

[Hedwig]

Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (Mie Hamada) switching to pairs
Guitar Rock Music
3A
3Lo
FSp4
3Lz+2T
CCamSp4
StSq3
CComSp4
Clean Prog! Standing O!
His jumps are back!
73.58 4th!

will he compete in pairs here as well or is that a plan for the future? Not a bad idea in this super competitive field.

 

[Tak]

Keisuke Kadowaki; Hosei Univ.
Asterias
3Lz+3T (q assessed according to commentator)
2A
CCamSp3
3Lo (another q)
StSq2
FSSp4
CComSp4
59.14

 

[Hedwig]

Keisuke Kadowaki

Spanish theme
3z 3toe
he skates a bit heavy on the ice
2axel
not the easy elegance of the skater before him
3loop <

 

[Tak]

Ryota Kitamura Nihon Univ. (Kensuke Nakaniwa)
3F+2T
2A s.o.
FCamSp2
3Lz s.o.
CSSp4
StSq2
CComSp2
54.24

 

[Hedwig]

Ryota Kitamura

good extension in his skating
3flip 2toe - the flip was exceptionally good
2axel s.o.
3z s.o.
he will end up more at the bottom of the pack, but I really enjoyed that!
spins were very weak, though.

 

[Hedwig]

Rio Nakata
one skater I have been waiting for

4toe, looked all wrong in the air but he sort of landed it
3axel nice
exceptional maturity for a 15-year-old
3toe3toe
strange combo
but maby the quad needs too much energy to go for a harder combo?

good for him for holding it together!

 

[Tak]

Rio Nakata JGPF Champion (Kensuke Nakaniwa)

4T s.o.
3A Beaut! +1.94
CSSp3
3T+3T
CComSp4
StSq2
FCamSp4
Shame about 4T, but respectable performance.
71.45 6th
He should be going to World Juniors with Shunsuke Nakamura and one other skater.
Good Luck at Junior Worlds!