Some fans assume/hope that Sota changed his coach to Onishi, but so far there has been no official announcement about that. The sentence "この日は幼少時のコーチだった大西勝敬コーチからアドバイスをもらった。" means "On that day he (Sota) received advice from Yoshinori Onishi coach who used to be his coach when he was little. It only implies Onishi was there with Sota and gave advice to Sota on that particular day.
This TV guide interviews with skaters are essentially the same as previously reported by other media but a little bit more detailed. Sota said a few months after he moved to kansai, NTC (National Training Center) was changed to Kanku (Kanku Ice Arena), and his training environment improved. He now trains at Kanku, Nishinomiya and Rinkai. Rinkai is where Onishi coaches, so it seems possible that Sota gets coached by Onishi on a temporary basis while Hayashi is unavailable. We still don't know whether it's a long-term coaching relationship.
Personally I would like him to change his coach to Onishi. For one thing Onishi has much more coaching experience than Hayashi and Onishi guided Machida to Olympics, and for another, assuming Sochi is back to Kishiwada in Osaka prefecture, Rinkai rink is much closer to his home. Nishinomiya rink is located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture and it takes 1.5 hours from Kishiwada station, while Kanku and Rinkai are within 30 minutes. Especially these days Japan has seen a rapid surge in coronavirus cases and a long distance commute should be kept to a minimum out of caution, IMO.
This TV guide interviews with skaters are essentially the same as previously reported by other media but a little bit more detailed. Sota said a few months after he moved to kansai, NTC (National Training Center) was changed to Kanku (Kanku Ice Arena), and his training environment improved. He now trains at Kanku, Nishinomiya and Rinkai. Rinkai is where Onishi coaches, so it seems possible that Sota gets coached by Onishi on a temporary basis while Hayashi is unavailable. We still don't know whether it's a long-term coaching relationship.
Personally I would like him to change his coach to Onishi. For one thing Onishi has much more coaching experience than Hayashi and Onishi guided Machida to Olympics, and for another, assuming Sochi is back to Kishiwada in Osaka prefecture, Rinkai rink is much closer to his home. Nishinomiya rink is located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture and it takes 1.5 hours from Kishiwada station, while Kanku and Rinkai are within 30 minutes. Especially these days Japan has seen a rapid surge in coronavirus cases and a long distance commute should be kept to a minimum out of caution, IMO.