2018-19 Japanese National Championships - General Info

[cohkaix]

2019 Japanese National Figure Skating Championships
(第87回全日本選手権大会)​

Namihaya Dome | Kadoma, Osaka, Japan
December 20-24, 2018​

• Official Site
• Schedule
• Entries/Results

 

[cohkaix]

Preliminary entry list: men
(based on results from sectional competitions and junior national, subject to further confirmation until the official entry list is announced)

NB:
S=seed skater; Ss= special exemption by JSF; Ex=exempted skater; E=east sectional; W=west sectional; J=Junior skater invitation

1. Shoma Uno (S)
2. Keiji Tanaka (S)
3. Yuzuru Hanyu (Ss)
4. Kazuki Tomono (Ex)
5. Sota Yamamoto (Ex)
6. Tsunehito KARAKAWA (E1)
7. Hiroaki Sato (E2)
8. Jun Suzuki (E3)
9. KENTO KOBAYASHI (E4)
10. Hidetsugu KAMATA (E5)
11. Yoji NAKANO (E6)
12. Ryoma KOBAYASHI (E7)
13. Reo ISHIZUKA (E8)
14. Daisuke TAKAHASHI (W1)
15. SHU NAKAMURA (W3)
16. Taichiro YAMAKUMA (W4)
17. Taichi HONDA (W5)
18. KEIICHIROH SASAHARA (W6)
19. Kazuki KUSHIDA (W7)
20. Ryuju HINO (W8)
21. Junya WATANABE (W9)
22. KOSHIN YAMADA (W10)
23. KOUSUKE NAKANO (W11)
24. Junsuke TOKIKUNI (W12)
25. Tatsuya Tsuboi (J1)
26. Shun SATO (J2)
27. Koshiro Shimada (J3)
28. Yuto Kishina (J4)
29. Yuma KAGIYAMA (J5)
30. Sena Miyake (J6)

 

[cohkaix]

Preliminary entry list: ladies
(based on results from sectional competitions and junior national, subject to further confirmation until the official entry list is announced)

NB:
S=seed skater; Ex=exempted skater; E=east sectional; W=west sectional; J=Junior skater invitation

1. Satoko Miyahara (S)
2. Kaori Sakamoto (S)
3. Rika Kihira (S)
4. Wakaba Higuchi (Ex)
5. Mai Mihara (Ex)
6. Rika Hongo (Ex)
7. Marin Honda (Ex)
8. Yuna Shiraiwa (Ex)
9. Mako Yamashita (Ex)
10. Yura Matsuda (Ex)
11. Akari Matsubara (E1)
12. Ibuki SATOH (E2)
13. Yuka NAGAI (E3)
14. Hina Takeno (W2)
15. Sui TAKEUCHI (W3)
16. Miyabi OBA (W4)
17. Saki Miyake (W5)
18. Ayaka HOSODA (W6)
19. Rin Nitaya (W7)
20. Hinano ISOBE (W8)
21. Ayumi KAGOTANI (W9)
22. Miyu Nagashio (W10)
23. Hiyori TOKURA (W11)
24. Riona KATO (W12)
25. Yuhana YOKOI (J1)
26. Nana Araki (J2)
27. Tomoe Kawataba (J3)
28. RINKA WATANABE (J4)
29. Yuna Aoki (J5)
30. Wakana NAGANAWA (J6)

 

[cohkaix]

Introducing Sr ladies: links to Fuji-TV skate twitter '@online_on_ice'

*松原 星 Akari Matsubara https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1067253043903717376
- 1st yr senior skater; will skate in National for the 1st time
- SP: 'Once upon a December' (Score: 59.73 from Eastern Sectional)
- FS: 'Caprice' (Score: 96.95 from Eastern Sectional), choreographed by Akiko Suzuki

*三宅 咲綺 Saki Miyake https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1067344648232828928
-1st yr senior skater; turning to senior as she wants to skate in all Japan Nationals
- will skate in National for the first time
-SP: 'Buzz me Blues'
-FS: 'moulin rouge'

I will move the rest of skaters' introduction to 'pre-game chat' discussion thread.

 

[milkgirl]

Does Mitsuki have any chance to be invited?

 

[cohkaix]

Does Mitsuki have any chance to be invited?

Unfortunately, he's not in the invitation list as he fell out of top 6 at Junior nationals. Without advancing to all Japan nationals, he will also miss the opportunity of getting to JWC this season. On the other hand, there will be some domestic competitions after natioanls that Mitsuki may plan to participate during the 2nd half of the season.

 

[milkgirl]

That`s not a good situation for Mitsuki. I hope he`ll come back stronger.
Thanks for your reply!

 

[DSQ]

Nice to see three couples in senior Ice Dance.

Ice Dance - Entry

1 Mio Iida/Kenta Ishibashi
2 Mimori Komatsubara/Tim Colleto
3 Hirayama Himari/Axel Ramasse Kurashiki

 

[surimi]

Unfortunately, he's not in the invitation list as he fell out of top 6 at Junior nationals. Without advancing to all Japan nationals, he will also miss the opportunity of getting to JWC this season. On the other hand, there will be some domestic competitions after natioanls that Mitsuki may plan to participate during the 2nd half of the season.

Do you also happen to know if success at these future competitions can influence fed funding? (and also, success at this past JGP) I hope that getting into the A list isn't dependent on participation at Nationals only?

 

[elektra blue]

Nice to see three couples in senior Ice Dance.
Hirayama Himari/Axel Ramasse Kurashiki

if your name is axel ramasse it's already epic and you won

 

[Sai Bon]

Apologies if this isn't the appropriate thread, but I can't find one - is there any way to watch Japanese Nationals livestream outside Japan?

 

[NoNameFace]

Apologies if this isn't the appropriate thread, but I can't find one - is there any way to watch Japanese Nationals livestream outside Japan?

From last year's experience: liveqq Chinese stream was available with Japanese Nats feed, I recall watching Men's FS and Ladies on my couch

 

[Sai Bon]

From last year's experience: liveqq Chinese stream was available with Japanese Nats feed, I recall watching Men's FS and Ladies on my couch

Thanks!

 

[champs]

Might have already been posted elsewhere but FujiTV will livestream the opening ceremony and the skating order draw starting at 18:30 on Dec 20 in Japan Time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gA4vHgqtjE

 

[cohkaix]

Thanks for the information about livestreaming of opening ceremony/ starting order drawing from FujiTV.

As for the schedule of broadcasting of the (partial) competitions, Fuji TV/BS Fuji will also be doing LIVE for both the men's and ladies' (the following time is the Japanese local time:

12/20 18:30 Opening/drawing

BS Fuji (broadcasting of the competitions starting from G1)
12/21 16：30～19：00　Ladies' SP　
12/22 16：30～19：00　Men's SP　
12/23 17：00～19：00　Ladies' FS
12/24 17：00～19：00　Men's FS

Fuji TV
12/21 19：00～21：00　Ladies' SP (Groups 4&5)
12/22 19：00～21：00　Men's SP (Groups 4&5)
12/23 19：00～21：15　Ladies' FS (Groups 4&5)
12/24 19：00～21：30　Men's FS (Groups 4&5)

Possible links (out of Japan):

Live TV Net
Liveqq Chinese stream (Links to be added)

 

[cohkaix]

Video of opening/drawing from yesterday (non geo-blocked): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyijXx-mgJQ