2022-23 Japanese Women's Figure Skating

[RatedPG]

New international assignments from JSF:

Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup (April 12-16, Slovenia)
Senior Men: Nozomu Yoshioka, Sumitada Moriguchi
Senior Women: Hana Yoshida, Yuna Aoki (!)
Junior Men: Shunsuke Nakamura, Rio Nakata
Junior Women: Mao Shimada, Haruna Murakami

Source: https://twitter.com/SponichiF/status/1635875763479265282

It's a mix of MF Academy skaters (Yuna Aoki, Rio Nakata) + Kinoshita Academy (everyone else).

OMG! Yuna Aoki is getting international exposure. I’m so happy for her

 

[rabidline]

Japan's assignment for World Team Trophy, to be held on April 13-16, at Tokyo:

Men: Shoma Uno, Kazuki Tomono
Women: Kaori Sakamoto (Team Captain), Mai Mihara
Pairs: Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara
Ice Dance: Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi
Worlds top 2 finishers for both Men and Women.
Source: https://twitter.com/figure365/status/1640211396112814082

 

[surimi]

Are there any points for Triglav/Narcisa Trophy? I was trying to spot Yuna Aoki in the World Standings, but I didn't. It looks like WS points would be useful to her then.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Are there any points for Triglav/Narcisa Trophy? I was trying to spot Yuna Aoki in the World Standings, but I didn't. It looks like WS points would be useful to her then.

Yes, there are WS points for all (currently just senior) international competitions. As long as Yuna places in the top 5 she will get WS points.

However, Yuna's main goal is not going to be WS points. Even winning is only going to give her 250 points, which would put her in 161st place on the World Standing list. Her goal will be to have a good competition in order for JSF to send her out to international competitions next season.

 

[cohkaix]

Updates:
For summer (domestic) domestic competitions 2023 -

Gensan Summer Cup 2023: Aug 11~14
2023 Kinoshita Trophy Figure Skating Tournament: Aug 11~12

 

[yesterday]

 

[surimi]

Has Wakaba indicated if she plans to return to competitions? I'd be happy to see her back.

 

[cohkaix]

So it's not just the 3 will enter Chukyo U, this is also related to Chukyo:

フィギュア次世代シンデレラガール候補・櫛田育良 中京大中京へ入学 「英語を頑張りたい」

　浅田真央さんや宇野昌磨選手も通ったスケートの名門校で入学式が行われ、次世代のシンデレラガール候補が抱負を語りました。

www.nagoyatv.com

Ikura Kushida will enter Chukyo High. She'll enroll in the new 'correspondence school' (e.g. online learning program). So she'll keep on training at Kinoshita.

 

[yesterday]

Great weekend in Slovenia (Triglav Trophy).
Does anyone know why JSF chose this smaller comp to send 8 skaters in total?

SENIOR WOMEN
Result

FPl.	Name	Club	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Hana YOSHIDA	JPN	JPN	211.46	1	1
2	Yuna AOKI	JPN	JPN	185.92	2	2

JUNIOR WOMEN
Result

FPl.	Name	Club	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Mao SHIMADA	JPN	JPN	212.32	1	1
2	Haruna MURAKAMI	JPN	JPN	183.71	2	2

 

[RafaelAstro]

Hana Yoshida has one of the most beautiful triple axels I've ever seen, it's amazing how it looks better and better with time, I remember it was small when she was first doing it when she was 14 but she have been improving it since then. I hope she comes stronger next season, this one she was good but very inconsistent especially with her lutz, if she is going to be fully senior next season with two grand prix assigments she can be a good contender for gpf, wish her the best

 

[surimi]

Pleased to see Yuna Aoki having an assignment. Are there any videos? I hope she and Kushida can get a fall event, although I suspect they won't get Challengers. I also hope Wakaba comes back next season.

 

[yesterday]

Videos

Hana SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_qH3Q1Slg
Yuna SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M2u0lI38oQ

Hana FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaIUZRU0io
Yuna FP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFxCNyY-qNY

 

[yesterday]

Mana took part in a camp in Switzerland where among others, Naoki Rossis mom Rieko held a ballet class.

 

[n1co]

Bloom on Ice today. I hope there will be some video later.（＞人＜ ）

 

[cohkaix]

Bloom on Ice today. I hope there will be some video later.（＞人＜ ）

I recall that there's online LIVE with BoI, and it's with Zaiko, so should be watchable if you purchase the access:

Update: link in the following -

木下グループ presents Bloom On Ice 2023

l-tike.zaiko.io

But unfortunately the access is not available from overseas...I wonder if a VPN will solve the problem.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Had a Bloom On Ice online viewing ticket for the first show on Saturday but messed up and missed most of the performances
But I did manage to record all of the performances from the first Sunday show
(the later Saturday and Sunday shows didn't work well with my work schedule)

Video quality isn't very good but I can cut and start uploading performances tomorrow after work

In the meantime, here's some info about new programs debuted/performed
Off thread topic, but I'm going to include a couple of Men's programs as well

Novice A Girls
Hanano Suzuki (Emerald Tiger; New FS)
3F(so) 3S 3Lz(2ft?, ot, hangs on) FSSp 2A LSp 3S StSq 2A CCoSp

Reina Kawakatsu (Desert from Cirque Du Soleil “O”; New FS)
3Lz 3S2T2Lo FCSp 3F 3Lo LSp 3S(hand) 2A StSq CCoSp

Sumika Kanazawa (Music from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; New FS)
3Lz2A2T+SEQ 2A3T 3Lo(hand) LSp 3F FSSp 3Lz 3S StSq CCoSp

Riria Kono (Firebird FS)~debuted at Junior Nationals
3Lz 3F 2A FSSp 3Lo CCoSp 3S 3T3T(hand, fall) StSq LSp

Junior Women
Kei Yamada (Conga by Miami Sound Machine SP)~debuted at Inter Junior High
3F2T 3Lz FSSp 2A CCoSp StSq LSp

Ayumi Shibayama (Danse Macabre; New SP?)
3F 2A FSSp 3Lz(rippon) LSp StSq CCoSp

Ikura Kushida (“The Sacrifice” by Michael Nyman from The Piano; New SP?)
3Lz3T 3F LSp StSq 2A CCoSp (missing a spin)

Junior Men
Ryoga Morimoto (Feeling Good by Michael Buble; New SP?)
3F 3F FSSp 3Lz CCSp StSq CCoSp

Sena Takahashi (Les Miserables; New FS)
3A(so) 3Lz3T 3Lo 3F FSSp 3S3T ChSq CCSp 3Lz 2AEu3S CCoSp


It's incredibly unfortunate for Japan to be losing both National Pair Champions, Murakami/Moriguchi AND
Junior National Ice Dance Champions, Kida/Morita ...however~
a pleasant surprise was Azusa Tanaka with a Solo Ice Dance program!!! (Kaboom/Falling Into You/Samba Do Brasil)


Open to suggestions for a more appropriate thread to post BOI video links~

 

[n1co]

Ikura Kushida (“The Sacrifice” by Michael Nyman from The Piano; New SP?)

no


Is somehow among not messed up videos from day 1 Shibayama's old SP? I never got to see it.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

no

omigod...how did I forget this program
Though, I would've been much more embarrassed forgetting a recent program by a Japanese Man (other than Shoma since he rarely competes domestically)

Is somehow among not messed up videos from day 1 Shibayama's old SP? I never got to see it.

Unfortunately, I miscalculated the start time of the Saturday show and missed Ayumi's performance altogether

 

[n1co]

Unfortunately, I miscalculated the start time of the Saturday show and missed Ayumi's performance altogether

It's ok. At this point it's funny how every time she skates it something happens. It's a curse.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Links to Bloom On Ice performances from the Sunday, 04.23, 12pm show
As a reminder, video quality can be increased up to 720p by clicking the settings icon

Hanano Suzuki (Emerald Tiger) New FS
Reina Kawakatsu (Cirque Du Soleil “O”) New FS
Sumika Kanazawa (E.T. The Extraterrestrial) New FS
Riria Kono (The Firebird~Stravinsky) FS (program debuted at 2022 Jr Nationals)
Kei Yamada (Conga~Miami Sound Machine) SP (program debuted at 2023 Inter Jr High)
Azusa Tanaka (Kaboom~Ursula 1000, Falling Into You~Celine Dion, Samba Do Brasil~Bellini) Solo Dance program
Ayumi Shibayama (Danse Macabre~Saint-Saëns) New SP?
Hana Yoshida "Darth Vader" EX
Ikura Kushida (The Piano SP)

Sharing video of new or less often seen programs
If requested, I can also upload performances by Haruna Murakami (Just Wave Hello SP), Ikura Kushida (The Piano SP) <---Link added
and Mao Shimada (Queen's Gambit FS~EX version)

I'll post links to performances by Ryoga Morimoto, Sena Takahashi, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda and Koshiro Shimada in the Japanese Men's thread

And if anyone is interested, I can also upload video of KidaMori (You Spin Me Round EX), RikuRyu (I Lived EX), and KanaDai (Love Goes EX) in the Japanese Pairs and Ice Dance thread