Here are the five teams who competed in dance at Japanese Nationals in 2017-18:
1 Kana MURAMOTO/Chris Reed
2 Misato KOMATSUBARA/Timothy Koleto
3 Rikako FUKASE/Aru TATENO
4 Yuka ORIHARA/Kanata MORI
5 Mio IIDA/Kenta ISHIBASHI
Muramoto/Reed have been assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, 2018 Olympics and 2018 World Championships. Komatsubara/Koleto and Fukase/Tateno have also been assigned to Four Continents.
At the 2018 Four Continents Championships, Muramoto/Reed came third, becoming the first non-Canadian or American team to medal at that event.
Here are the teams who competed in dance at Japanese Junior Nationals. None of them competed on the JGP this season.
1. 矢 島 榛 乃 / 嶋 崎 大 暉 - Haruno Yajima / Daiki Shimazaki
2. 平 山 姫里有 / 東 健 太 - Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Higashi
3. 高 浪 歩 未 / 池 田 喜 充 - Ayami Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
4. 柏 野 茉 衣 / 柏 野 雄 飛 - Mai Kashino / Yuhi Kashino
5. 小 田 美 礼 / 山 内 良 斗 - Mirei Oda / Ryouto Yamauchi
WD 野 中 理紗子 / 鈴 木 雄 大 - Risako Nonaka / Yudai Suzuki
Muramoto/Reed's Fan Fest can be found here
I'll add more information on the other senior teams in the next couple of posts.
August 9th 2018 Update
Muramoto/Reed have just announced their split. Both want to continue with new partners. Orihara/Mori split earlier this year. This leaves three teams who competed at senior Nationals: Komatsubara/Koleto, Fukase/Tateno, and Iida/Ishibashi. Junior champions Yajima/Shimazaki have moved up to senior domestically.
1 Kana MURAMOTO/Chris Reed
2 Misato KOMATSUBARA/Timothy Koleto
3 Rikako FUKASE/Aru TATENO
4 Yuka ORIHARA/Kanata MORI
5 Mio IIDA/Kenta ISHIBASHI
Muramoto/Reed have been assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships, 2018 Olympics and 2018 World Championships. Komatsubara/Koleto and Fukase/Tateno have also been assigned to Four Continents.
At the 2018 Four Continents Championships, Muramoto/Reed came third, becoming the first non-Canadian or American team to medal at that event.
Here are the teams who competed in dance at Japanese Junior Nationals. None of them competed on the JGP this season.
1. 矢 島 榛 乃 / 嶋 崎 大 暉 - Haruno Yajima / Daiki Shimazaki
2. 平 山 姫里有 / 東 健 太 - Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Higashi
3. 高 浪 歩 未 / 池 田 喜 充 - Ayami Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
4. 柏 野 茉 衣 / 柏 野 雄 飛 - Mai Kashino / Yuhi Kashino
5. 小 田 美 礼 / 山 内 良 斗 - Mirei Oda / Ryouto Yamauchi
WD 野 中 理紗子 / 鈴 木 雄 大 - Risako Nonaka / Yudai Suzuki
Muramoto/Reed's Fan Fest can be found here
I'll add more information on the other senior teams in the next couple of posts.
August 9th 2018 Update
Muramoto/Reed have just announced their split. Both want to continue with new partners. Orihara/Mori split earlier this year. This leaves three teams who competed at senior Nationals: Komatsubara/Koleto, Fukase/Tateno, and Iida/Ishibashi. Junior champions Yajima/Shimazaki have moved up to senior domestically.