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jimeonji

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Date: January 16, 2015
venue: Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium (Tokyo)

Entries (completed):
Evan Lysacek
Nobunari Oda
Johnny Weir
Evgeni Plushenko
Takeshi Honda
Jeffrey Buttle

Miki Ando
Joannie Rochette
Kimmie Meissner
Irina Slutskaya
Sarah Meier
Laura Lepisto

This competition has happened once before in 2012 - Shizuka Arakawa and Jeffrey Buttle won their events respectively.

tickets/cast info: http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0011170P002079492P0050001P006001
official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/event/mwo2015/

(hope I posted this in the right place!)
 
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dorispulaski

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When and where in Japan is it being held?

And what are the criteria to be an entry?
 
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jimeonji

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dorispulaski said:
When and where in Japan is it being held?

And what are the criteria to be an entry?
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venue: Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium (Tokyo)
date: January 16, 2015
will update the OP.
As far as I know, there's no set criteria other than that the skaters should be retired and have won medals (as the name suggests, lol).
 
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seabm7

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dorispulaski said:
When and where in Japan is it being held?

And what are the criteria to be an entry?
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I found this catalog in an IMG website. Page 3 has the information on MWO 2015. My impression is the invitation list included here was their initial plan. You would notice that there is already some changes in the invited ladies' list:

http://imgprogramming.com/media/1501/img_figure_skating_2014-15.pdf

Invited men are: Daisuke Takahashi (Japan), Evgeni Plushenko (Russia), Nobunari Oda (Japan),
Evan Lysacek (U.S.), Johnny Weir (U.S.) and Takeshi Honda (Japan)

Invited ladies are: Miki Ando (Japan), Akiko Suzuki (Japan), Carolina Kostner (Italy), Joannie
Rochette (Canada), Alena Leonova (Russia) and Kimmie Meissner (U.S.)
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Invited men are: Daisuke Takahashi (Japan), Evgeni Plushenko (Russia), Nobunari Oda (Japan),
Evan Lysacek (U.S.), Johnny Weir (U.S.) and Takeshi Honda (Japan)

Invited ladies are: Miki Ando (Japan), Akiko Suzuki (Japan), Carolina Kostner (Italy), Joannie
Rochette (Canada), Alena Leonova (Russia) and Kimmie Meissner (U.S.)
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Oh boy... :popcorn:
 
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azcalder

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Does anyone have the most updated English list of the competitors? All the articles I've found are written in Japanese.
 
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dorispulaski said:
... And what are the criteria to be an entry?
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The thing is that the event actually is an invitational, although the name bills it as an open.

The announcement sheds very little light on how the entries are chosen:
ENTRIES
The eligible skaters will be invited through respective ISU Members.
The ISU Member that the ineligible skaters formerly represented will be notified of their participation.
http://isuprod.blob.core.windows.net/media/179194/2015-mwo-announcement.pdf​

azcalder said:
Does anyone have the most updated English list of the competitors? All the articles I've found are written in Japanese.
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The event poster and website have photos of the competitors, if they will reassure you:
 
Esopian

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I just found out about this and I'm so excited for this event! This competition seems like a gain no matter who wins, because all of them get prize money in the end (and more recognition than they already have). ;)
 
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