2023-24 Japanese Nationals - Men's SP

[skim1001]

Shoma really said "we don't need to squeeze out a +3T this time"

 

[ana]

Go Shoma!

 

[lileychristie]

Uh oh the 4T+2T is back~ Lambiel won't be happy

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

29. 宇 野 昌 磨 Shoma Uno (Toyota Motor Corporation)​

Everything Everywhere All at Once, choreo by Stéphane Lambiel

4F
4T+2T
FCSp4
3A
StSq4
CSSp4
CCoSp4

SP: 104.69 (1st)

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Shoma

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Nozomu Ganba!!!

 

[cohkaix]

Nozomu, last is not easy, but go~

 

[skim1001]

Love this program for Nozomu. kinda hated how he kept that Pirates FP though, should have left it in Juniors. Anyways, first and last skate totally clean!!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Great Skate, Nozomu!
Way to end the Men's SP!
This is such a good program for him

 

[lileychristie]

Well done Nozomu for holding your nerves skating after Yuma and Shoma

I really like this SP for him!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

30. 吉 岡 希 Nozomu Yoshioka (Hosei University)​

Lullaby for Sadness/Fate of the Clockmaker by Eternal Eclipse, choreo by Lori Nichol

4T+3T
3A
FSSp4
3Lz
CCSp4
StSq4
CCoSp4

SP: 85.27 (8th)

Crazy that an 85 isn't enough to make the top group

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Men’s SP Results
Protocols

Q	1	宇 野 昌 磨	Shoma Uno	Toyota Motor Corporation	104.69
Q	2	山 本 草 太	Sota Yamamoto	Chukyo University	94.58
Q	3	鍵 山 優 真	Yuma Kagiyama	Oriental Bio / Chukyo University	93.94
Q	4	三 浦 佳 生	Kao Miura	Oriental Bio / Meguro Nihon University High School	93.91
Q	5	佐 藤 駿	Shun Sato	Aim Services / Meiji University	89.80
Q	6	友 野 一 希	Kazuki Tomono	Uenoshiba Skate Club	86.88
Q	7	壷 井 達 也	Tatsuya Tsuboi	Sysmex	85.85
Q	8	吉 岡 希	Nozomu Yoshioka	Hosei University	85.27
Q	9	中 村 俊 介	Shunsuke Nakamura 2023 Jr Nat’l Champion	Kinoshita Academy	80.16
Q	10	三 宅 星 南	Sena Miyake	Kanku Skate	77.16
Q	11	島 田 高志郎	Koshiro Shimada	Kinoshita Group	76.57
Q	12	櫛 田 一 樹	Kazuki Kushida	Kurashiki FSC	75.54
Q	13	周 藤 集	Tsudoi Suto 2023 Jr Nat’l 3rd	ID Gakuen High SchooI	74.61
Q	14	本 田 ﾙｰｶｽ剛史	Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda	Kinoshita Academy	73.58
Q	15	杉 山 匠 海	Takumi Sugiyama	Okayama University	71.68
Q	16	中 田 璃 士	Rio Nakata 2023 Jr Nat’l 2nd	TOKIO INKARAMI	71.45
Q	17	佐々木 晴 也	Haruya Sasaki	Kyoto University	70.88
Q	18	片伊勢 武 アミン	Takeru Amine Kataise	Kansai University	70.41
Q	19	高 橋 星 名	Sena Takahashi 2023 Jr Nat’l 8th	Kinoshita Academy	68.28
Q	20	大 島 光 翔	Kosho Oshima	Meiji University	66.89
Q	21	垣 内 珀 琉	Haru Kakiuchi 2023 Jr Nat’l 4th	Hyogo Nishinomiya FSC	64.58
Q	22	木 科 雄 登	Yuto Kishina	Kansai University	64.52
Q	23	田 内 誠 悟	Seigo Tauchi 2023 Jr Nat’l 6th	Fuji FC	63.89
Q	24	蛯 原 大 弥	Daiya Ebihara 2023 Jr Nat’l 7th	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	61.85
	FNR
	25	長谷川 一 輝	Kazuki Hasegawa	Tokyo University of Science	59.25
	26	門 脇 慧 丞	Keisuke Kadowaki	Hosei University	59.14
	27	小田垣 櫻	Sakura Odagaki	Nihon University	54.55
	28	北 村 凌 大	Ryota Kitamura	Nihon University	54.24
	29	志 賀 海 門	Minato Shiga	Hosei University	51.60
	30	西 野 太 翔	Taiga Nishino 2023 Jr Nat’l 5th	Kanagawa FSC	50.77

 

[tsuyoboogie]

My takeaway~

Judges hate Kao's spins, particularly his CSSp~totally justified, his spins are ugly
But the judges (actually, tech panel) also hate on Shun's jumps...that I don't get
His jumps were immediately up for review...but why?
Mura (Jr) looked seriously upset when Shun's score was announced

Oh, and why is Kazuki Tomono's PCS starting drop again?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Working on video now
Might take awhile since I'm going to attempt to recapture programs that had streaming issues

 

[milkgirl]

@tsuyoboogie I don`t understand Shun`s judging either. It seems they don`t want him at worlds

 

[KiraraChin]

Oh, and why is Kazuki Tomono's PCS starting drop again?

Not only that, but last season he was also getting better scores for his non-jumping elements. This season (even at Nebelhorn where he was mostly clean), his protocols are full +1 and +2s, despite the fact his skating and elements are now more polished than ever.

It's almost like last season they needed him as a spots saviour and crowd pleaser at Worlds in Saitama, but now he is not needed anymore as Yuma is back and the Olympics is closer and they clearly want to focus on the younger guys

 

[tsuyoboogie]

@tsuyoboogie I don`t understand Shun`s judging either. It seems they don`t want him at worlds

A LOT of Japanese fans are very upset with both Kao's CSSp (shown as Level 3 during broadcast) being invalid...again and the edge call on Shun's 4F
They are saying the team is predetermined and the federation doesn't want to send either Kao or Shun to Worlds (I feel they treat Shun more harshly than Kao)
I'm not sure if this is the way the judges/federation is choosing to send both of them "messages" of what they need to change or improve on (this is how they treat Novice and Junior skaters)
However, Kao is saying he's been practicing really hard to sit low into the spin and Noriko-sensei said he did fine
Shun said he's never been called on the Flip edge before so was very surprised they decided to do it at this competition
Shun is such a sweet, cool-headed and mature boy that he just accepted it without too much protest
Fiery Kao on the other hand said he had to stop talking before he said something that would get him in trouble

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Not only that, but last season he was also getting better scores for his non-jumping elements. This season (even at Nebelhorn where he was mostly clean), his protocols are full +1 and +2s, despite the fact his skating and elements are now more polished than ever.

It's almost like last season they needed him as a spots saviour and crowd pleaser at Worlds in Saitama, but now he is not needed anymore as Yuma is back and the Olympics is closer and they clearly want to focus on the younger guys

You're probably right...but not Shun, because they seem to treat him even worse than Kazuki
It's so sad because I thought we were finally past the point of Kazuki being held back in PCS
He's so appreciated and adored by fans worldwide for his ability to perform and entertain but receiving 7s and low 8s for PR
And like you said, it's not as if he's popping or falling all over the ice, this is for skates where he jumps decently well

BTW, I hope everything is good with you

 

[labgoat]

Fun fact - Some of my lab equipment is made by Tatsuya Tsuboi's sponsor Sysmex.

 

[labgoat]

Random finding on the internet...

Shoma UNO 2009 Japanese Junior Nationals FS ãRiverdanceã

2009-2010 Program FS 'Riverdance'

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