Chubu Regionals (中部選手権大会) Block #4

[tsuyoboogie]

Gonna watch the Men's medal ceremony and then get started with video

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Why hasn't anyone one rescued Prince Seigo from Monna-sensei yet?
Runaway my precious angel child, Run~

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Competition Day 2 video
I'll continue to add links as video becomes available to view

Senior Men's FS
1st Sota Yamamoto FS 159.68 (Piano Concerto No.2; choreo Akiko Suzuki)

Senior Women's SP
1st Rino Matsuike 64.70 (Papa Can You Hear Me?; choreo Noriko Sato)
2nd Yuhana Yokoi 64.26 (Kalandero; choreo by Japan's "Choreo Queen" Misao Sato)
3rd Miyabi Oba 62.05 (Send In the Clowns; self choreographed)
4th Mana Kawabe 58.59 (Billie Eilish Medley; choreo Mihoko Higuchi
5th Mako Yamashita 57.24 (Rise Up; self choreographed with assistance of Machiko Yamada and Yuko Hongo
6th Rika Kihira 56.69 (The Fire Within; choreo Benoit Richaud)

Junior Women's SP
2nd Kaoruko Wada 49.66 (Reflection, Steps, Moving; choreo Akiko Suzuki)

I forgot to record the Junior Men's FS but sadly, aside from Masaya Mishima's two 3As there wasn't much else to see

 

[surimi]

Judge 4 in Men must be smoking particularly powerful weed. Iwano's SS are valued for 5.50, and Sota's for 6.75.
Thx for the videos, Tsuyo! Every little helps.

 

[lileychristie]

1st Rino Matsuike 64.70 (Papa Can You Hear Me?; choreo Noriko Sato)

Thank you so much for the videos @tsuyoboogie!

Rino, lovely as always

Not sure what's up with her spins though - weird to see her struggling with the layback & combo spins, which I guess explains the lowish score despite solid jumps... Hopefully just an early season mishap.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Judge 4 in Men must be smoking particularly powerful weed. Iwano's SS are valued for 5.50, and Sota's for 6.75.
Thx for the videos, Tsuyo! Every little helps.

I had to go see who the judge was
Itsuko Morishige...

 

[rabidline]

1st Rino Matsuike 64.70 (Papa Can You Hear Me?; choreo Noriko Sato)

Rino her skating is truly gorgeous. I think she's been injured (hence the WD from Gensan?) so the spins looking undertrained made sense to me. But I'm glad at least the injury isn't stopping her for being mostly solid with the jumps unlike last season- except the backloaded combo, but her landing it is already good enough for me. Hopefully it continues this year!

Thank you @tsuyoboogie for always coming through with the Japanese skaters videos! I have friends who are very thankful to you too who are not on GS hehehe.

 

[surimi]

Thank you so much for the videos @tsuyoboogie!

Rino, lovely as always

Not sure what's up with her spins though - weird to see her struggling with the layback & combo spins, which I guess explains the lowish score despite solid jumps... Hopefully just an early season mishap.

Someone is saying she is/was injured. Not sure what the nature of the injury is, but if it's her back, that would explain the spins.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Thank you so much for the videos @tsuyoboogie!

Rino, lovely as always

Not sure what's up with her spins though - weird to see her struggling with the layback & combo spins, which I guess explains the lowish score despite solid jumps... Hopefully just an early season mishap.

Coming back from injury...again

 

[surimi]

I had to go see who the judge was
Itsuko Morishige...

With her expertise, I just hope she's not judging Nationals this year. Good grief.

 

[lileychristie]

Coming back from injury...again

Noooo

Do we know what was the latest injury she had? I really hope it wasn't as bad as last year's

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Noooo

Do we know what was the latest injury she had? I really hope it wasn't as bad as last year's

I checked some post skate interviews to see if she talked about it but so far it seems she hasn't mentioned the injury

 

[yesterday]

It should please you then that Sota's clean SP received the same PCS as Kazuki's Nebelhorn SP with splats on two jumps, and a big mistake on the third. That his fast spins in tight positions received about the same GOE as Kazuki's labored ones, and that Kazuki received slightly better SS score than an almost perfect Sota. No no, totally not underscored I tell you...
It's kind of hard to do tricks and interesting stuff between elements when one is skating to a sad and slow song. What else is everyone else doing in such songs that makes them so much better?

You compare domestic and international here.
Facial expression perhaps?

edit:
this is also a good example.. sometimes scores are just

2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Free Dance

:party2::dance3::bsplit:

www.goldenskate.com

and we've agreed earlier that 2x sad, slow music is not ideal and Sota deserved something more upbeat let's stick to this

 

[surimi]

You compare domestic and international here.
Facial expression perhaps?

Fully comparable. JPN judges are super stingy even at home, at least to most, I thought everyone knew that.

To me, Sota has very good expression. Nothing like Yuzuru or Kazuki, but quite comparable with, or better than, any other JPN man including Shoma. Well, a thousand people, a thousand opinions.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Only going to list FS music & choreographer for select skaters (sorry... sleepy~)

Junior Women FS Start Order
Time schedule
Though not shown as withdrawn, 渕 上 遥 奈 (Haruna Fuchigami) who placed 16th in the SP (33.16) is not listed for the FS

	Warm-up Group 1		SP Score	FS Music	Choreographer
1	澤 井 音 亜	Otoa Sawai	31.10
2	近 藤 花 央	Kao Kondo	31.43
3	森 田 華 恋	Karen Morita	31.46
4	佐 村 日 菜	Hina Samura	32.44
5	丸 地 彩 月	Sazuki Maruchi	32.71
	Warm-up Group 2
6	山 寺 由 夏	Yuika Yamadera	32.82
7	鈴 木 苺	Ichigo Suzuki	32.97
8	山 𥔎 藍 香	Aika Yamazaki	32.98
9	柳 川 加 奈	Kana Yanagawa	33.67
10	犬 塚 紗 良	Sara Inuzuka	34.31
11	佐久間 結 子	Yuiko Sakuma	35.08
	Ice Resurface
	Warm-up Group 3
12	窪 田 真 衣	Mai Kubota	35.20
13	彦 坂 吏 咲	Tsukasa Hikosaka	35.45
14	服 部 杏 奏	Akana Hattori	35.91
15	森 実 愛	Miai Mori	36.26
16	菰 原 皐 月	Satsuki Komohara	37.38
17	高 岡 も も	Momo Takaoka	40.17
	Warm-up Group 4
18	門 田 桃 愛	Momoa Kadota	41.15
19	山 根 有加里	Yukari Yamane	42.30
20	大 坪 瑚 子	Koko Otsubo	42.77
21	後 藤 千 弦	Chizuru Goto	46.22
22	和 田 薫 子	Kaoruko Wada	49.66	Khachaturian: Masquerade (Waltz)	Mihoko Higuchi, Yuko Hongo, Machiko Yamada
23	矢 口 真 央	Mao Yaguchi	50.98	Born This Way	Akiko Suzuki

Senior Women FS Start Order
Time schedule

			SP Score	FS Music	Choreographer
	Warm-up Group 1
1	植 杉 梨 南	Rina Uesugi	32.69
2	金 澤 茉 由	Mayu Kanazawa	33.71
3	渡 辺 真 央	Mao Watanabe	37.70
4	浦 冨 真 以	Mai Uratomi	38.58
	Warm-up Group 2
5	松 岡 さら沙	Sarasa Matsuoka	38.63
6	笠 掛 梨 乃	Rino Kasakake	40.09
7	渡 邉 朱 音	Akane Watanabe	40.74
8	田 村 珠里亜	Juria Tamura	41.00
9	加 藤 利緒菜	Riona Kato	45.76
	Ice Resurface
	Warm-up Group 3
10	浦 松 千 聖	Chisato Uramatsu	46.92
11	磯 村 彩 姫	Saki Isomura	47.16
12	竹 内 す い	Sui Takeuchi	47.44	Romeo ＆ Juliet	Mariko Kihara
13	横 井 きな結	Kinayu Yokoi	47.77	The Phantom Of The Opera	Kohei Yoshino
14	紀 平 梨 花	Rika Kihira	56.69	Titanic	David Wilson
	Warm-up Group 4
15	山 下 真 瑚	Mako Yamashita	57.24	As If We Never Said Goodbye	Akiko Suzuki
16	河 辺 愛 菜	Mana Kawabe	58.59	Drowning	Mihoko Higuchi
17	大 庭 雅	Miyabi Oba	62.05	Aesthetic	Miyabi Oba, Miki Ando
18	横 井 ゆは菜	Yuhana Yokoi	64.26	Hungarian Rhapsody	Akiko Suzuki
19	松 生 理 乃	Rino Matsuike	64.70	Nella Fantasia	Kenji Miyamoto

 

[surimi]

Thanks Tsuyo! Hoping for the best especially for Yuhana and Rika.

 

[yesterday]

Fully comparable. JPN judges are super stingy even at home, at least to most, I thought everyone knew that.

To me, Sota has very good expression. Nothing like Yuzuru or Kazuki, but quite comparable with, or better than, any other JPN man including Shoma. Well, a thousand people, a thousand opinions.

That's what I meant - scores are lower domestically and raise internationally.

 

[yesterday]

Competition Day 2 video
I'll continue to add links as video becomes available to view

Senior Men's FS
1st Sota Yamamoto FS 159.68 (Piano Concerto No.2; choreo Akiko Suzuki)

Senior Women's SP
1st Rino Matsuike 64.70 (Papa Can You Hear Me?; choreo Noriko Sato)
2nd Yuhana Yokoi 64.26 (Kalandero; choreo by Japan's "Choreo Queen" Misao Sato)
3rd Miyabi Oba 62.05 (Send In the Clowns; self choreographed)
4th Mana Kawabe 58.59 (Billie Eilish Medley; choreo Mihoko Higuchi
5th Mako Yamashita 57.24 (Rise Up; self choreographed with assistance of Machiko Yamada and Yuko Hongo
6th Rika Kihira 56.69 (The Fire Within; choreo Benoit Richaud)

Junior Women's SP
2nd Kaoruko Wada 49.66 (Reflection, Steps, Moving; choreo Akiko Suzuki)

I forgot to record the Junior Men's FS but sadly, aside from Masaya Mishima's two 3As there wasn't much else to see

So I watched Sota and Rika here.
And - Sota really opened up here in the last third of the program. He seemed much more "there" to me when the jumps were done and he had more armography then of course. That helps a lot! He is much taller than lots of the other japanese top skaters and I feel he could work on that more, make this more an advantage for him. Others do - tall Koreans, tall Canadians, several others, Deniss comes to mind. Also Koshiro to some extent. There's something I see in both Koshiro and Sota that I also like for both of them.

Yet Sota looked unhappy after the free? Hopefully only exhausted. The scores will also go up more with more stamina over the season, for sure. And he will get a nice 4F as well

 

[lileychristie]

19

松 生 理 乃

Rino Matsuike

64.70

Nella Fantasia

Kenji Miyamoto

Oooooh Rino changes her FS!?

I thought she said she's keeping her Moonlight FS. But excited to see a new one, and I love Nella Fantasia!! Crossing my fingers it's a good version

And, we FINALLY get to see Rika's Titanic

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Not sure if she'll actually attempt it but Mana's FS PPC shows her opening with a 3A