2023 JGP Osaka: General Info

[gsk8]

2023 JGP Osaka is the fourth of seven of the 2023-24 Junior Grand Prix series and will take place Sep. 13-16, 2023, in Osaka, Japan, at the Kanku Ice Arena. The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series consists of seven international junior invitational events during the fall culminating with the 2023-24 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in December 2023.

This event will feature the Singles (Women and Men) and Ice Dance disciplines and will be conducted in accordance with the 2022 ISU Constitution and General Regulations, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules for Single & Pair Skating, the Technical Rules for Ice Dance 2023/24 (ISU Communication 2560) and relevant ISU Communications.

• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Entries/Results

 

[Blue-Kat]

Does anyone know if it's possible for people without a Japan address/Japanese credit card to buy tickets to this? I noticed that when I started to create an account on the ticketing website (with the help of Google Translate), the form only seems to accept Japanese addresses

 

[gleungc6]

Entries are out

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117402.htm

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Yay!!!!!! Stefania's going to Japan!!!

After seeing how excited she was about going to Canada for Junior Worlds last season, I was really hoping Stefania would get the opportunity to go to Japan for one of her Junior GP's. Experience another new country. And now it's happening!!!

And looking at the times, they're actually not bad for us in Europe.

Unfortunately for me, there is both MotoGP and World Superbikes on that weekend, so I know I will not be able to watch the skating LIVE.

ALL THE BEST STEFANIA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Orchidea]

Elina Goidina from estonia is out due to injurie and Elisabeth Nõu is replace

 

[cohkaix]

Official website of JGP Osaka is published (with info about how to purchase tickets):

ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2023/24, Osaka / Japan

juniorgp2023.jp

 

[skim1001]

Friday and Saturday already sold out

 

[yesterday]

So this will be the best attended JGP this season? A big "in your face" to People going "nah, interest in FS in Japan is declining" ?
Or is it a tiny venue?

 

[cohkaix]

So this will be the best attended JGP this season? A big "in your face" to People going "nah, interest in FS in Japan is declining" ?
Or is it a tiny venue?

I did see some Japanese news about seats being set-up temporarily for the competition, so assuming that the arena doesn't really have viewing area for audience. IIRC, Kanku Ice Arena (near to the Kansai Airport) was built mainly for practice purpose?

 

[rabidline]

I did see some Japanese news about seats being set-up temporarily for the competition, so assuming that the arena doesn't really have viewing area for audience. IIRC, Kanku Ice Arena (near to the Kansai Airport) was built mainly for practice purpose?

Yeah, Kanku Ice Arena is the National Training Center. I think they have some seating but it's not much (think Chukyo Arena seating) and then they added temporary seating near the main rink. So I think it would be something similar like Lombardia Trophy?

I think the best attended JGP was the one in Russia, with Kamila skating. Chelyabinsk? I think? It was an actual venue.

 

[AlexRus]

ISU JGP Osaka 2023
13.09.2023 - 16.09.2023
https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117402.htm
In oprer of Season Best, * - unofficial best
In brackets place of previous event if any.

Junior Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN 219.65
2 Francois PITOT FRA 217.50 (2)
3 Yanhao LI NZL 210.08 (3)
4 Daniel MARTYNOV USA 204.67
5 Juheon LIM KOR 198.67*
6 Jaekeun LEE KOR 196.93
7 Michael XIE USA 193.48 (6)
8 Yu-Hsiang LI TPE 186.20 (10)
9 Noah BODENSTEIN SUI 184.42
10 Seigo TAUCHI JPN 179.11
11 Anthony PARADIS CAN 176.24
12 Casper JOHANSSON SWE 175.05 (12)
13 Matias LINDFORS FIN 174.52 (10)
14 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 174.30 (11)
15 Oleg MELNIKOV KAZ 162.30
16 Masaya MISHIMA JPN 162.04*
17 David SHTEYNGART CAN 161.27
18 Vadym NOVIKOV UKR 156.17 (15)
19 Tao MACRAE GBR 145.47*
20 Ze Zeng FANG MAS 138.22 (16)
21 Chiu Hei CHEUNG HKG 131.38
22 Kryshtof PRADEAUX AUS 104.17*
23 Simar BAJAJ IND 27.38*
- Zhiao JIANG CHN -
- Brandon James BALDOZ PHI -

Junior Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Mao SHIMADA JPN 224.54
2 Mia KALIN USA 177.71
3 Ikura KUSHIDA JPN 177.02
4 Phattaratida KANESHIGE THA 175.41 (11)
5 Heesue HAN KOR 173.99 (3)
6 Yo TAKAGI JPN 171.61 (4)
7 Jeongyul HWANG KOR 164.08*
8 Ruichen TONG CHN 156.09 (8)
9 Yu-Feng TSAI TPE 155.71 (9)
10 Petra LAHTI FIN 153.93*
11 Milana MOZEIKO FRA 148.83*
12 Stefania YAKOVLEVA CYP 144.23
13 Rose THEROUX CAN 143.77
14 Hana BATH AUS 140.37 (13)
15 Julia VAN DIJK NED 139.76
16 Tsz Ching CHAN HKG 133.15
17 Eugenia SEKULOVSKI SUI 132.84*
18 Olivia BACSA SUI 128.92* Novice
19 Ruotang LI CHN 127.30 (14)
20 Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ 126.48
21 Elizabeth NOU EST 125.32*
22 Michaela VRASTAKOVA CZE 120.74
23 Gabriella GRINBERG ISR 120.16 (20)
24 Regina GARCIA DE LEON SAAB MEX 113.36
25 Cecilia DONOHUE ARG 112.96
26 Josefin BROVALL SWE 104.79
27 Vianna Shen-Rou LINKE SGP 93.22 (23)
28 Hayden Isabel BALUCATING PHI 97.52*
29 Michelle Edgina AXILLE INA 96.38*
30 Cara TANG NZL 90.45
31 Sueanne Sze Ern LAM MAS 86.04*
32 Misheel OTGONBAATAR MGL 74.89 (28)
33 Elisa WESTERHOF UAE 73.79 (29)
34 Huong Dieu LE VIE 72.92 (31)
35 Elena Catherine MILLS BRA 64.59* Novice

Junior Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA 168.47 (1)
2 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 157.11 (2)
3 Elizabeth TKACHENKO / Alexei KILIAKOV ISR 147.85
4 Chloe NGUYEN / Brendan GIANG CAN 144.75 (2)
5 Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA JPN 140.00*
6 Jinny KIM / Namu LEE KOR 139.32 (3)
7 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 139.17 (4)
8 Caroline MULLEN / Brendan MULLEN USA 135.30 (7)
9 Xuantong LI / Xinkang WANG CHN 118.55 (10)
10 Catharina GUEDES TIBAU / Cayden Oliver DAWSON BRA 108.94 (14)
11 Renee YUEN / Oliver MA AUS 87.08 (11)
- Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA -

 

[Jammers]

So i'm just curious but isn't there usually 7 JGP events before the JGF final i see only 6 this season.

 

[Dreamer57]

So i'm just curious but isn't there usually 7 JGP events before the JGF final i see only 6 this season.

Yes we had 3 events in Bangkok, Linz, Istanbul. After Osaka there are 3 more: Budapest, Gdansk and Yerevan. Making 7 events total before the final in Beijing.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

So i'm just curious but isn't there usually 7 JGP events before the JGF final i see only 6 this season.

You are probably getting caught out by the fact that each week the sub-forum for the current week's Junior GP gets moved out of the Junior GP Series sub-forum and into the main competition forum. The result is that, on weeks that the Junior GP's are happening, there are only ever 7 events in total listed in the Junior GP Series sub-forum (6 Junior GP's plus the Final).

And then the same thing happens for the Challenger Series. And the Senior GP Series. And the Majors...

You would not believe the number of times I have got caught out like that over the years, thinking that there are less events than there actually are. And the number of times I have gone to the sub-forum looking for something, and then had to back-track to the main competition forum.

I can understand why it is done - to give more prominence to the event while it is happening. But, it does get confusing when you are used to something being in a particular place and then, at the time when it is most in use, it is somewhere completely different.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[gsk8]

Starting orders are up!

ISU JGP OSAKA 2023

 

[denise3lz]

Greeting from Satoko Miyahara

https://twitter.com/skatingjapan/status/1701868725853655310

こんにちは宮原知子です
明日からここ関空アイスアリーナにて
ジュニアグランプリ日本大会が開催されます
応援よろしくお願いします
Hello, this is Satoko Miyahara.
Junior Grand Prix Japan will be held here at Kanku Ice Arena from tomorrow!
Please support us!

 

[Jammers]

You are probably getting caught out by the fact that each week the sub-forum for the current week's Junior GP gets moved out of the Junior GP Series sub-forum and into the main competition forum. The result is that, on weeks that the Junior GP's are happening, there are only ever 7 events in total listed in the Junior GP Series sub-forum (6 Junior GP's plus the Final).

And then the same thing happens for the Challenger Series. And the Senior GP Series. And the Majors...

You would not believe the number of times I have got caught out like that over the years, thinking that there are less events than there actually are. And the number of times I have gone to the sub-forum looking for something, and then had to back-track to the main competition forum.

I can understand why it is done - to give more prominence to the event while it is happening. But, it does get confusing when you are used to something being in a particular place and then, at the time when it is most in use, it is somewhere completely different.

CaroLiza_fan

Oh shit yeah i see how now how i screwed up. Going on 13 years on this board and still don't know how it works it seems.