2024-25 Japanese Men's Figure Skating

[figureskatingandrainbows]

National Team
As of Strengthening Athletes page released April 24, athletes may be added or removed based on GP/international assignments or retirement
Special
Shoma Uno (ISU, JSF, GS thread, seeded)
Yuma Kagiyama (ISU, JSF, GS thread, seeded)
Kao Miura (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Shun Sato (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Sota Yamamoto (ISU, JSF, GS thread, seeded)
Rio Nakata** (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
A
Nozomu Yoshioka (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Tatsuya Tsuboi (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Shunsuke Nakamura (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Kazuki Tomono (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Tsudoi Suto* (ISU, JSF)
B
Koshiro Shimada (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Takeru Amine Kataise (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Haru Kakiuchi* (ISU, JSF)
Sena Miyake (ISU, JSF, GS thread)
Seigo Tauchi** (ISU, JSF)
Taiga Nishino** (ISU, JSF)
Daiya Ebihara** (ISU, JSF)
Sena Takahashi**
Other Skaters
Ryoga Morimoto* (ISU)
Ryusei Kikuchi (ISU)
Shuntaro Asaga
Hayato Okazaki**

*denotes likely junior
**denotes junior age-ineligible
--Seeded skaters are the top 3 finishers at Nationals. They automatically qualify for the next years' Nationals. Non-seeded skaters must compete at Regional and Sectional Championships in order to qualify, but may be exempted if an international competition overlaps with Regionals/Sectionals

 

[surimi]

It makes me glad to see 'seeded' next to Sota's name
Does anyone know if retired skaters like Haruya get their funding until a new list is released?

 

[KiraraChin]

Thank you for creating this thread! Just a heads up Sumitada already announced that he is now fully focusing on Pairs so he is no longer competing in singles as of the 2024-25 season.

 

[KiraraChin]

JSF released their funding list for 2024-25

Special Reinforcement Group

Men: Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Sota Yamamoto, Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Rio Nakata

Group A

Men: Kazuki Tomono , Tatsuya Tsuboi, Nozomu Yoshioka, Shunsuke Nakamura, Tsudoi Suto

Group B

Men: Sena Miyake, Koshiro Shimada, Takeru Amine Kataise, Haru Kakiuchi, Taiga Nishino, Seigo Tauchi, Daiya Ebihara, Sena Takahashi

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Rio Nakata adds another quad to his arsenal (he's been training a 4S in addition to his 4T) - A 4Lo:

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Possibly OT~

Tomoki Kimura will now be training at Kinoshita Academy
I'm posting about this because I'm SUPER curious about this switch
For anyone unfamiliar with him, he was based in Tokyo, competed in Men's Singles (Junior) but had recently begun searching for an
Ice Dance partner
My initial thought was he might've switched camps after teaming up with Nao Kida but she's no longer listed as a Kinoshita trainee
I could be wrong but I just don't think he would have been accepted to continue in Singles
I'm anticipating a new Dance or Pair team ...Haruna?...Ayumi?

EDIT: Or maybe he'll be Kinoshita Academy's first Solo Dance trainee?