National Novice (Japan)

National Novice
第21回全日本ノービス選手権大会
Oct 20-22, 2017
Shiga, Japan

Entry list: http://www.jsfresults.com/National/2017-2018/fs_j/nationalnovice/index.htm (in Japanese only)

Result (English, w/ protocol): http://www.jsfresults.com/non_responsive_toppage.htm?figure_top.htm%2CNational/2017-2018/fs_e/national_nv/index.htm

It's nice to see that there are 5 pairs of ice dancers entering Novice dance category!

National Novice is underway (Oct 22/23), results from 1st day competitions:

NvB - ladies:
1. Sarah Honda 76.47 (3Lz/2A-3T/2F/3S/3T-2T-2Lotano)
2. Momoka Hatasaki 72.75 (3S/3T/2Lz-2T-2Lo/2F/2A-2T)
3. Yui Kuboyama 70.17 (3S/2A-2T/2A/2Lz/2F-2T-2Lo)

Photos of top 3 by Fuji figure skating club twitter account (@online_on_ice ): https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/921732494621229057

NvA - men's:
1. Kao Miura 108.39 (3F-3T/2A-1Lo-3S/3S/3Lz/3F/3Lo)
2. Haru Kakiuchi 88.18 (3T-3T/2A/3S/2Lo/2Lz-2T-2Lo/2F)
3. Shunsuke Nakamura 87.79 (2A-2T/3S/3F/3Lzfall/2Lo-2A+SEQ/3T)

Photos of top 3 by Fuji figure skating club twitter account (@online_on_ice ):
https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/921756078680915969

Ice Dance:
1. Mai KASHINO & Yuhi KASHINO 42.67
(others to be added)
Photo of the winning couple: https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/921702737665966081

1. Sarah Honda 76.47 (3Lz/2A-3T/2F/3S/3T-2T-2Lotano)

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Sarah Honda is Marin Honda's little sister and she can perform a triple lutz cleanly at age 10.

The final results have been updated in post#1 (with link to the English result page).

The top 3 from NvA ladies:
1. Hanna YOSHIDA
2. Rika TEJIMA
3. Kinayu YOKOI

Here's a video introducing the top 3 NvA ladies. They're all from Aichi County (and bronze medalist Kinayu is Yuhana Yokoi's younger sister):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65skp3

It has also been announced that the top 3 NvA men and top 4 NvA ladies, plus the winning dancing team will be invited to attend National Jr. Congratulations!

sailormoon said:

Sarah Honda is Marin Honda's little sister and she can perform a triple lutz cleanly at age 10.

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Impressive!!