Japanese Nationals 20-24.12.2023

[Hedwig]

｜Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site｜

www.jsfresults.com

Schedule

/https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2023-2024/fs_j/national/12-06_schedule.pdf

 

[Hedwig]

Entries Men

1	Shoma UNO	Toyota Motor Corporation
2	DAIYA EBIHARA	Meijijingugaien FSC
3	KOSHO OSHIMA	Meiji Univ
4	Sakura ODAGAKI	Nihon Univ
5	Haru Kakiuchi	Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C.
6	Yuma KAGIYAMA	OrientalBio Cyukyo Univ.
7	Takeru Amine KATAISE	KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB
8	KEISUKE KADOWAKI	Hosei
9	Yuto KISHINA	KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB
10	RYOTA KITAMURA	Nihon Univ
11	Kazuki KUSHIDA
12	Haruya SASAKI	KYOTO UNIV.F.S.C
13	Shun SATO	AIM SERVICES Meiji Univ.
14	MINATO SHIGA	Hosei
15	Koshiro SHIMADA	KINOSHITA GROUP
16	Takumi SUGIYAMA
17	Tudoi Suto	ID Gakuen High School
18	Seigo Tauchi	Fuji FC
19	Sena TAKAHASHI	Kinoshita Academy
20	Tatsuya TSUBOI	Sysmex
21	Kazuki TOMONO	UENOSHIBA SKATE CLUB
22	RIO NAKATA	TOKIO INKARAMI
23	SHUNSUKE NAKAMURA	Kinoshita Academy
24	Taiga NISHINO	Kanagawa FSC
25	Kazuki HASEGAWA	Science Univ of Tokyo
26	Lucastsuyoshi HONDA	Kinoshita Academy
27	KAO MIURA	OrienntalBioMeguroNU.HS
28	Sena MIYAKE	KANKU SKATING CLUB
29	Sota YAMAMOTO
30	Nozomu YOSHIOKA	Hosei

 

[Hedwig]

Entries Women (how come there are 30 men but only 28 women?)

Women - Entry

#	Competitor	Club
1	Yuna Aoki	Nihon Univ
2	Nana ARAKI
3	Maaya ISHIDA	St.Paul's
4	RENA UEZONO	LYS
5	Maria Egawa	Meiji Univ
6	MIYABI OBA	TOKAI TOKYO FH
7	Mana KAWABE
8	Ikura KUSHIDA	Kinoshita Academy
9	Chikako Saigusa	Nihon Univ
10	Kaori SAKAMOTO	Sysmex
11	AYUMI SHIBAYAMA	Kinoshita Academy
12	Mao SHIMADA	Kinoshita Academy
13	Sae SHIMIZU	Kinoshita Academy
14	Yuna SHIRAIWA	KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB
15	Natsu SUZUKI	KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB
16	Rion Sumiyoshi	OrientalBio Meiji Univ.
17	YO TAKAGI	YOKYO JOSHI GAKUIN
18	Mone CHIBA	Kinoshita Academy
19	Wakaba HIGUCHI	NOEVIR
20	Marin HONDA	JAL
21	Rino Matsuike
22	Mai MIHARA	Sysmex
23	Saki MIYAKE
24	Haruna MURAKAMI	Kinoshita Academy
25	Mako YAMASITA
26	Kinayu YOKOI
27	Hana YOSHIDA	Kinoshita Academy
28	RINKA WATANABE	TOKIOINKARAMI HOSEI Univ.

 

[Hedwig]

Pairs

#	Competitor	Club
1	Yuna NAGAOKA Sumitada MORIGUCHI	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Academy
2	Riku MIURA Ryuichi KIHARA	KINOSHITA GROUP KINOSHITA GROUP

 

[Hedwig]

Ice Dance

#	Competitor	Club
1	AKARI KINOSHITA Takahiko TAMURA	Keio University Mita Skating Club
2	Yuri KUNIMURA Kaiji SAKABE	RINKAI FIGURE SC OSAKAUNIV OF ECONOMICSISC
3	Misato KOMATSUBARA Takeru KOMATSUBARA
4	AYANO SASAKI Yosimitu IKEDA	Nihon Univ SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI
5	Azusa TANAKA Shingo NISHIYAMA	OrientalBio OrientalBio
6	Utana YOSHIDA Masaya MORITA	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Academy

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[Hedwig]

Here is an article about the selection process. Winner in Men and Women is guaranteed a spot and then we have the whole usual Japanese selection process about the whole season.

 

[Karen-W]

Pairs

#	Competitor	Club
1	Yuna NAGAOKA Sumitada MORIGUCHI	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Academy
2	Riku MIURA Ryuichi KIHARA	KINOSHITA GROUP KINOSHITA GROUP

Wasn't it reported that MiuKih WD from J-Nats?

 

[Frau Muller]

Ice Dance

#	Competitor	Club
1	AKARI KINOSHITA Takahiko TAMURA	Keio University Mita Skating Club
2	Yuri KUNIMURA Kaiji SAKABE	RINKAI FIGURE SC OSAKAUNIV OF ECONOMICSISC
3	Misato KOMATSUBARA Takeru KOMATSUBARA
4	AYANO SASAKI Yosimitu IKEDA	Nihon Univ SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI
5	Azusa TANAKA Shingo NISHIYAMA	OrientalBio OrientalBio
6	Utana YOSHIDA Masaya MORITA	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Academy

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How about my favorite ice dancers (Sr or Jr) this season: KISHIMOTO & TAMURA…aka “Mr Roboto”? Too young for seniors???

Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA (JPN) | Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance| Gdansk 2023 | #JGPFigure

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[miffy]

What happened to Yunoki and Ichihashi?

 

[Karen-W]

What happened to Yunoki and Ichihashi?

He retired before Japanese Nats last season.

 

[Tak]

Entries Women (how come there are 30 men but only 28 women?

Nikkan Sports reported today that "After internal discussions within the JSF, considering skating ability and performance contents of the candidates, it was decided to invite only 7 skaters from Juniors."
It is perceived within JPN skating fans, this was determined since JSF did not want Ami Nakai (because of her hip injury) to compete in JPN Senior Nationals. JSF could have invited Mayuko Oka who was 9th and above Ami, but she skates in Hokkaido, one of weakest Blocks (Kinki, Tokyo and Chubu are strongest) in Japan, so she was also not invited.
Considering the names listed in "Selection Document" issued by JSF, perhaps they wanted to name for the third slot for Junior Worlds, Ikura Kushida (Mie Hamada, Kinki) or Yo Takagi (MF Academy, Tokyo) or Rino Matsuike (Machiko Yamada, Chubu).
IMHO, both Mayuko and Ami skated much better at Junior Nationals than bottom four senior skaters selected at East or West Japan Sectionals.
I do understand that JSF is in a real predicament, since current crop of Junior skaters are so good and that they want to avoid being forced to send 12th! at Senior Nationals to the Worlds again.

 

[YukiNieve]

You can watch live the opening ceremony and the draw here (you need VPN) starting around 4:30AM EST:

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Some practice clips (Tuesday) have been posted by the Fuji Television's X account:

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice

 

[Tak]

The print media is beginning to report on the "closed" official practices of top contenders. According to Mainichi Shinbun and various Sports papers;
Shoma Uno: In the SP Run through, landed 4F, 4T+3T and 3A. He said his condition was neither too good or bad, just so, so. All he wants to do is his best, and willing to accept whatever the results may be.
Yuma Kagiyama: Landed 4S and other jumps. He wants to improve on his results last season when he was still recovering from injury.
Kao Miura: He has recovered from gastro problems he suffered in China during GPF, but he has not been able to recover 3kg he lost due to the illness, although he has been devouring one pound steaks. Landed most of his jumps smoothly. He landed 4Lo, during Run-through, which surprised him somewhat. He said that this jump is still unpredictable in practice, but he can nail it once the music comes on. He is not certain if he will incorporate 4Lo in his program at Nationals.
Kazuki Tomono: It is reported he had a good practice session, landing most of his jumps.

 

[Wyliefan]

Kao Miura: He has recovered from gastro problems he suffered in China during GPF, but he has not been able to recover 3kg he lost due to the illness, although he has been devouring one pound steaks.

Poor guy! Although I have to say I'd enjoy that dietary regimen ...

 

[YukiNieve]

Kao Miura was no show for today's (Thursday) practice.
I hope that he is OK.

 

[Karen-W]

Do we have any links for the broadcast? I know I'll need a VPN and I certainly am not likely to pull an all-nighter for the singles, but I'm quite interested in both dance and pairs and, IIRC, their competitions take place in the late evening for those of us on the West Coast.

I really want to see if KoKo gets beat again, and I want to see if Nagaoka/Moriguchi look better than they did at NHK.

 

[Tak]

Some print media reports from Women's closed practice.
Kaori Sakamoto: She had some gastro problems, last weekend, which interfered with her preparation. She was quite good in run-through, till she fell exiting a spin. She got up laughing and nailed 3F+3T, immediately afterwards.
Mao Shimada: Media is beginning to hype the possibility of Junior High School girl winning the Senior Nationals, only accomplished by Midori Ito during 1984-85 Season. Mao seems much more level headed saying she only wants to do her best and learn from more seasoned skaters, here. She said she got too nervous last season at Senior Nationals, so she did not skate her best. She wants to enjoy the experience this time. She is concentrating on landing 3A during her SP. She said the success rate is not that high, yet, since she only started on this element extensively last week.
It is reported that according to submitted SP elements, Rinka, Hana and Mao will attempt 3A in SP.
One worrying news on Men, Kao Miura was no-show for Men SP practice today.

 

[ptvvibezz]

Seems like Kao isn't feeling his best today

https://twitter.com/figure365/status/1737671052329922850

 

[ptvvibezz]

Found a stream on VK, you need an account and to join/follow the page in order to watch

VK.com | VK

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[Tak]

Wow, Nagaoka/Moriguchi really did improve!
Still only 2Twist but SBS :Edited to correct:3Lo, then Throw 3S! Both were nailed!
Well Done!
56.07

 

[Karen-W]

Found a stream on VK, you need an account and to join/follow the page in order to watch

VK.com | VK

vk.com

Thanks! I got the time wrong and didn't realize this started 30 minutes ago but was able to rewind to see Nagaoka/Moriguchi.

If they'd skated like that at NHK, they'd have easily gotten the 4CCs TES mins and possibly the Worlds TES mins. Sumitada is clearly the star and such a performer, but she's a good foil for him. I do hope the JSF sends them to Bavarian Open or Challenge Cup to try and get the Worlds TES mins since it's looking less and less likely that MiuKih will compete at all this season.

 

[Tak]

The RD will start soon.
Strangely, two of the most entertaining RDs, this season will be performed here, Super Mario by Tanaka/Nishiyama and Ghostbusters by Komatsubaras.
Skate order for the 1st Group.
1. Kunimura/Sakabe
2. Komatsubaras
3. Tanaka/Nishiyama

 

[Karen-W]

The RD will start soon.
Strangely, two of the most entertaining RDs, this season will be performed here, Super Mario by Tanaka/Nishiyama and Ghostbusters by Komatsubaras.
Skate order for the 1st Group.
1. Kunimura/Sakabe
2. Komatsubaras
3. Tanaka/Nishiyama

Full Skate Order -

Group 1
1 Yuri Kunimura/Kaiji Sakabe
2 Misato Komatsubara/Takeru Komatsubara (Tim Koleto)
3 Azusa Tanaka/Shingo Nishiyama

Group 2
4 Ayano Sasaki/Yosimitu Ikeda
5 Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
6 Akari Kinoshita/Takahiko Tamura

 

[Tak]

Yuri Kunimura/Sakabe
No music info
TES tracker is being shown.
She is 27 but he is only 18 y.o.
She had disasterous Twizzles.
40.71

 

[Karen-W]

Kunimura/Sakabe - slow and really BAD twizzles - which they ended their program with yikes, but I appreciate the use of "Jesse's Girl" which has not been used at all this season, IIRC.

 

[Karen-W]

Team KoKo - well, he kept his balance through the twizzles. They're as slow as ever and I will be shocked if they're the top Japanese team in another 2 years.

 

[Tak]

Now Komatsubaras.
Ghostbusters
DiSq3 and 3
SBS Tw 4 and 4
Rot L 4
PatDSq 3
Choreo +3.00
Much better than at NHK!
70.89

 

[Karen-W]

Tanaka/Nishiyama - oh, I think I remember seeing them once earlier this year (Quebec Summer Championships, maybe?) - Super Mario music. Twizzles were a bit out of synch. They are sooo fast though! And they're utterly charming!

 

[Tak]

Tanaka/Nishiyama
Super Mario
PatDSq 2
SBS Tw 3,4
Chreo 3.75
MidSq 2,2
RotLi 4
Almost tied in TES with Komatsubaras.
Very enjoyable program!
71.08 First!

 

[Tak]

Sasaki/Ikeda
Motown?
Mid StSq 2,2
PatDSq 1
StLi4
SBSTw 4,3 -0.16 He lost his balance slightly
Choreo +0.50
51.47