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Shoma interviewing Sota? Maybe this will be his future job! 
https://twitter.com/mikufskate_0039/status/1129985836735270912?s=20
Sho's Great Spirit.
https://twitter.com/mikufskate_0039/status/1129985836735270912?s=20
Sho's Great Spirit.
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Shoma interviewing Sota? Maybe this will be his future job!
https://twitter.com/mikufskate_0039/status/1129985836735270912?s=20
Sho's Great Spirit.
It’s nice Sunday afternoon.
I really enjoyed watching our prince in Prince Ice World.
Thank you Arriba for sharing.
I couldn’t find TAT.
I love another Mr. Tree Tatsuki Machida’s commentary so much, so someone translate please.
TAT PIW clip kindly shared by @beth_gifs on Twitter!!
https://twitter.com/beth_gifs/status/1130024846048595970?s=20
https://twitter.com/beth_gifs/status/1130024846048595970?s=20
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The utter panic on his face... 
https://twitter.com/yuun724/status/1116677426799452161?s=21 I know I’ve heard what they asked him but I can’t remember anymore.
According to this tweet: https://twitter.com/_david_molina/status/1130145693283344384?s=21 the GP assignments are decided on 19 & 20 of June.
https://twitter.com/yuun724/status/1116677426799452161?s=21 I know I’ve heard what they asked him but I can’t remember anymore.According to this tweet: https://twitter.com/_david_molina/status/1130145693283344384?s=21 the GP assignments are decided on 19 & 20 of June.
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^^^I feel like I hear the word "challenger". Is that as in Challenger event? (like Shombardia). Thank you, thank you Mr. Molina for letting us know we only have four and a half more weeks of torture until we find out the GPs!!! :sad4:
I need this photo collection to comfort me!
I need this photo collection to comfort me!
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Thank you Yoshiko-san
Thank you Yoshiko-san
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4.5 weeks, did I miss the assignment dates? June 20th sounds good.
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Here is David Molina's tweet. (Bel posted the link up above). Until then, :dance2:
:sad4: June 19/20.
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What would the off-season be without endless speculation. That's probably half the fun of being a fan!
1) PROGRAMS -- Seems a little odd to me that Sho hasn't told us his programs yet. They know well in advance what he will skate to. It seemed obvious at Colantotte that he COULD have told the programs but was told (by his manager?) not to say. Not sure why, but I am getting the vibes that he is going to repeat one (or both?) of his programs from last year. Or would he possibly repeat "Winter" since he skated it at WTT...Wish I didn't get this feeling, because I was really looking forward to what he would skate to next season. Maybe I am wrong, and I would be happy to be wrong! Seems that he will spend more time focusing on his jumps as opposed to learning new choreography. Last off-season, he had the daunting task of learning 2 new EXs and 2 new competitive programs. I suppose it could also be possible that they are still choosing between 2 different programs for either the short or the free, but it seems that they have had plenty of time to make a decision.
2) TRAINING -- I keep going over this in my head, and the only place that seems logical to me is Raf in California. The other possibilities of Colorado, Cricket Club, Florida, Eteri don't seem to fit the "clues" he has given us. I can't imagine him going to Eteri, especially that there was speculation that he (or other Team Japan men) would go to Eteri's group for choreography. All of the top men Japanese have their preferred choreographers, and (no insult intended to Dani G) the choreo we have seen from Dani G doesn't suit them at all.
3) GP ASSIGNMENTS -- There are only 4 assignments he can have, due to the rule that he can't meet Boyang or Mikhail during the GPs. I envision him getting either Sk Amer or Sk Can. Even though Nathan will be at Sk Amer, I could see him still going there. I see Vincent at Sk Can, and he could meet Vincent at Sk Can. This would be only if Mr. Hanyu does not get that assignment. That leaves IdF as a possibility. As far as NHK goes, I'm not really sure if the Fed will give NHK to their National Champion or to the World silver medalist. I would love to see him get NHK, just because it was so much fun to see him get the adoration of the home crowd last year. Not sure if the Fed has a policy as to who gets NHK. The other side to that is that he has many fans in Europe who would love to be able to see him at IdF, so that would be a good assignment too. Personally, I hope he gets one assignment in North America. If the past is any indication of things, every year since he has been a senior, he has had an assignment in North America -- Sk Amer in 2015 and 2016 and Sk Can in 2017 and 2018...In 31/32 days, we will have the answer to this question!
The most fun mystery of all is costumes. If he repeats programs, will he have new costumes or keep the same costumes -- after all, he has his reputation as "best dressed" to maintain! Will he go with the more minimalist costumes of Caron or will he have some elaborate costumes from Satomi Ito. Can't wait to find out...And will he go to Shombardia again for his Challenger?
And in case I haven't mentioned it, I love being Shoma's fan!
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1) PROGRAMS -- Seems a little odd to me that Sho hasn't told us his programs yet. They know well in advance what he will skate to. It seemed obvious at Colantotte that he COULD have told the programs but was told (by his manager?) not to say. Not sure why, but I am getting the vibes that he is going to repeat one (or both?) of his programs from last year. Or would he possibly repeat "Winter" since he skated it at WTT...Wish I didn't get this feeling, because I was really looking forward to what he would skate to next season. Maybe I am wrong, and I would be happy to be wrong! Seems that he will spend more time focusing on his jumps as opposed to learning new choreography. Last off-season, he had the daunting task of learning 2 new EXs and 2 new competitive programs. I suppose it could also be possible that they are still choosing between 2 different programs for either the short or the free, but it seems that they have had plenty of time to make a decision.
2) TRAINING -- I keep going over this in my head, and the only place that seems logical to me is Raf in California. The other possibilities of Colorado, Cricket Club, Florida, Eteri don't seem to fit the "clues" he has given us. I can't imagine him going to Eteri, especially that there was speculation that he (or other Team Japan men) would go to Eteri's group for choreography. All of the top men Japanese have their preferred choreographers, and (no insult intended to Dani G) the choreo we have seen from Dani G doesn't suit them at all.
3) GP ASSIGNMENTS -- There are only 4 assignments he can have, due to the rule that he can't meet Boyang or Mikhail during the GPs. I envision him getting either Sk Amer or Sk Can. Even though Nathan will be at Sk Amer, I could see him still going there. I see Vincent at Sk Can, and he could meet Vincent at Sk Can. This would be only if Mr. Hanyu does not get that assignment. That leaves IdF as a possibility. As far as NHK goes, I'm not really sure if the Fed will give NHK to their National Champion or to the World silver medalist. I would love to see him get NHK, just because it was so much fun to see him get the adoration of the home crowd last year. Not sure if the Fed has a policy as to who gets NHK. The other side to that is that he has many fans in Europe who would love to be able to see him at IdF, so that would be a good assignment too. Personally, I hope he gets one assignment in North America. If the past is any indication of things, every year since he has been a senior, he has had an assignment in North America -- Sk Amer in 2015 and 2016 and Sk Can in 2017 and 2018...In 31/32 days, we will have the answer to this question!
The most fun mystery of all is costumes. If he repeats programs, will he have new costumes or keep the same costumes -- after all, he has his reputation as "best dressed" to maintain! Will he go with the more minimalist costumes of Caron or will he have some elaborate costumes from Satomi Ito. Can't wait to find out...And will he go to Shombardia again for his Challenger?
And in case I haven't mentioned it, I love being Shoma's fan!
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Mei-san from IG (@feimeicheng) has some of Tatsuki (also a Mr. Tree XD) commentary translated for TAT and Grespi:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxoswUznkCu/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxogLtTJ_fK/
And this kind Japanese fan from Twitter compiled the whole PIW commentary for TAT, unfortunately still in Japanese! But I ran it through Google Translate and it makes a nice read. Tatsuki has always been great in commentary.
https://twitter.com/Yes_kamonohashi/status/1130051443342290945
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^^^ I also get the feeling that he intends to focus on jumps more than anything but I don’t see any reason to not announce one or both programs if he decided to repeat anything. Why the mystery? Did it take him that long to announce Turandot 2.0? Plus he said he’s getting a new Ex. If he wanted to focus only on jumps and cut the new choreo as much as possible why get a new Ex? He has 2 pretty new ones already. That made my think that maybe he wants to transform an Ex (and by that I mean TaT) into a competitive program and replace it with the new SLB Ex. But idk, it’s not something common. Maybe he just wants to get rid of Grespi since it’s problematic.
Training - idk, at this point I think he could go anywhere. When Shoma says top skaters or good skaters, I’ve seen both words being used, it could mean anything, I think he would place a lot of people above or at the same level as himself sadly.
GP assignments - I’ll still go with SC/IdF and NHK
You’re right, this is really fun. Love that he keeps us entertained in the off season by having secret camps and not announcing his music even if he knows what it is and giving us clues
I too love being his fan
Training - idk, at this point I think he could go anywhere. When Shoma says top skaters or good skaters, I’ve seen both words being used, it could mean anything, I think he would place a lot of people above or at the same level as himself sadly.
GP assignments - I’ll still go with SC/IdF and NHK
You’re right, this is really fun. Love that he keeps us entertained in the off season by having secret camps and not announcing his music even if he knows what it is and giving us clues
I too love being his fan
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Hahahah, since we won't get new content until ATS probably and there will be another break after that, speculating is a fun thing to do XD
I hope we'll hear something from Shoma around ATS. Probably not a program debut (I don't think it's his style to debut programs outside Japan) but maybe an announcement/blog post? End of May/Early June seems to be his usual announcement time.
I'm keeping expectations low and expect some recycling, although no idea to even guess to what extent and which programs. I did entertain the thought that Shoma may be making one of his current EX programs a SP, like TAT (CBC ladies and Uncle Kurt would love it if this happens) but I think if that happens the credit for TAT will go to David Wilson (and Shae-Lynn for Grespi). Shoma has said that he'll be using Mihoko's choreo for his competitive programs, so I guess that's unlikely.
Interesting to note and probably related to this: Some fans asked Shoma about whether he'll skate his past programs back at PIW and he said no to at least Loco, Legends and La Vie en Rose.
(I still hope he has new programs though. Just because I want him to have more opportunity to skate to ALL THE MUSIC).
Wait, what and who is at Florida? I've seen people mostly guessing California, Cricket and Colorado... and Eteri I guess, but nothing on Florida yet.
Also, is there any other jump coaches/camps that are not the above suspects? XD
I'm going to go for the fun and chaotic choice and predict SkAm (with Nathan) and NHK (with Yuzuru) assignments XD
IDK I think Shoma doesn't really need to win all of his GPs to qualify for GPF? Two silvers and he most likely would make it. But if he wins against one of them (or both)... a nice bonus.
Also, hopefully the assignments are scheduled properly. No back-to-back GPs please! /prays
Aaahh costumes depend a lot on what programs he's skating but based on their recent output for Shoma, I'm kind of preferring Mathieu Caron to Satomi at the moment, although both are great designers. Maybe a new designer? Or some costumes from Chacott?
Whoever the designer, I have a request: V-Neck neckline without nude mesh (that doesn't match his chest coloring) please and Thank You XD
I hope we'll hear something from Shoma around ATS. Probably not a program debut (I don't think it's his style to debut programs outside Japan) but maybe an announcement/blog post? End of May/Early June seems to be his usual announcement time.
I'm keeping expectations low and expect some recycling, although no idea to even guess to what extent and which programs. I did entertain the thought that Shoma may be making one of his current EX programs a SP, like TAT (CBC ladies and Uncle Kurt would love it if this happens) but I think if that happens the credit for TAT will go to David Wilson (and Shae-Lynn for Grespi). Shoma has said that he'll be using Mihoko's choreo for his competitive programs, so I guess that's unlikely.
Interesting to note and probably related to this: Some fans asked Shoma about whether he'll skate his past programs back at PIW and he said no to at least Loco, Legends and La Vie en Rose.
(I still hope he has new programs though. Just because I want him to have more opportunity to skate to ALL THE MUSIC).
Wait, what and who is at Florida? I've seen people mostly guessing California, Cricket and Colorado... and Eteri I guess, but nothing on Florida yet.
Also, is there any other jump coaches/camps that are not the above suspects? XD
I'm going to go for the fun and chaotic choice and predict SkAm (with Nathan) and NHK (with Yuzuru) assignments XD
IDK I think Shoma doesn't really need to win all of his GPs to qualify for GPF? Two silvers and he most likely would make it. But if he wins against one of them (or both)... a nice bonus.
Also, hopefully the assignments are scheduled properly. No back-to-back GPs please! /prays
Aaahh costumes depend a lot on what programs he's skating but based on their recent output for Shoma, I'm kind of preferring Mathieu Caron to Satomi at the moment, although both are great designers. Maybe a new designer? Or some costumes from Chacott?
Whoever the designer, I have a request: V-Neck neckline without nude mesh (that doesn't match his chest coloring) please and Thank You XD
More speculations:
I also believe that it is going to be a well-known jump specialist with whom he will work at the secret camp. Because of the secrecy my very first thought was that he will go to Russia, not to Eteri and Dudakov but to Mishin. When he talked more about it and said that it is his own idea and there are great skaters around, I started to think that it is Raf.
This is very silly but I was also wondering are the camp and his SP or LP music somehow connected and that is why he does not reveal the music. Like if he announced the music, people would guess where he is heading to but that would make sense only if it was a Russian piece and Russian camp.
I also believe that it is going to be a well-known jump specialist with whom he will work at the secret camp. Because of the secrecy my very first thought was that he will go to Russia, not to Eteri and Dudakov but to Mishin. When he talked more about it and said that it is his own idea and there are great skaters around, I started to think that it is Raf.
This is very silly but I was also wondering are the camp and his SP or LP music somehow connected and that is why he does not reveal the music. Like if he announced the music, people would guess where he is heading to but that would make sense only if it was a Russian piece and Russian camp.
Credit: Videos uploaded by Uni san to youtube AND "subtitle" function by youtube (>80% reliable)
Thanks to: Feimeicheng who did a nice job of abstracting Machida's commentary
Full commentary by Machida Tatsuki (M) and Itagaki announcer* (A) (*please let me know if the announcer should be another one (Nozaki))
I hope my English is slightly better than google translate...
A: Now, here’s Uno Shoma. Please pay attention to his face paint too.
A: He’s performing “Great Spirit”, his exhibition programme from last season which was choreographed by Shae-lynn Bourne.
In the group performance by PIW team this year, there was a theme of traditional Japanese entertainment. It seems that Uno watched that and came up with the idea of Kabuki paint.
M: That was a shocking make-up right?
Uno always put on make-up when he performs this programme, but I got the impression that he skates more enjoyable than usual.
Make-up has the meaning of changing self to someone else, I think this also applies on Uno.
A: Ah
M: Slightly change the topic, I think this is similar to the case when Tanaka Keiji performs “JoJo”. Make-up and costumes are the procedures to change self to someone you would like to perform as. This definitely applies on drama and dance, maybe it’s unexpectedly effective on figure skating too.
A: Audiences feels something coming close by this programme by Uno.
Uno said “he seldom skates to up-tempo programmes. This was what he did the least and he’s chosen this as that’s what he want to do the most.”
M: That’s right. However, I think Uno was good at skating with up-tempo rhythm. During his 2015-2016 season, he skated “Legends” for his short programme. Uno has left me a strong impression that he skated on the beat very nicely.
....(sorry I slacked a bit)
M: To skate to such up-beat music, body mobility and legerity are necessary.
A: Yup.
M: As Uno is equipped with these, that’s why he can fully skate to this music.
A: It seems that Uno’s practices are aiming at the level (difficulty?) of his performances in ice shows are on par with competitions.
A: さあ、宇野昌磨の登場です。
顔のペイントにもご注目ください。
A: シェリーボーンの振り付けによる、昨シーズンからのエキシビションナンバー「グレイトスピリット」。
今回のプリンスアイスワールドチームのナンバーに、日本の伝統芸能をテーマにしたものがあるんですが、宇野はそれを見て、この歌舞伎ペイントを思いついたそうです。
M: 衝撃的なメークですよねー
宇野さん、このプログラムを滑る時にいつもメイクされるんですけれども、いつもより楽しそうに滑っているなあ、という印象を受けるですが、
まあ、あるしゅ(?)メイクがその自分と違う何者かに変幻するというような意味を宇野さんにももたらしているのではないかなと思います。
A: ええ
M: ちょっと話は変わるんですけれども、田中刑事さんのジョジョの奇妙な冒険の時にもそれを同じことを感じるんですよね。ですからやっぱりメイクや衣装で自分が表現しようとするものに変幻するっていう手続きは、演劇界や舞踊界では当たり前ですが、このフィギュア界でも案外効果的のかもしれないです。
A: 何かこう、我々に迫りくるような、客さえ感じられる、この宇野のナンバー。
本人が「あんまり経験のない、アップテンポナンバーで、これまで一番やったことはない、そして一番やってみたいものを選んだ」と話しました。
M: そうなんですね。ただの宇野さん、あのアップテンポなリズムに乗ることは元来得意だとわたしは考えています、というのも2015年2016年シーズン、「Legends」というショートプログラムを演じているんですけれども、この楽曲は常にビートを刻んですけれども、そのビートにうまく乗っていたという印象が強いですよね。
A: さあ、そして音楽に乗って、ビートに刻んで、さらにこのあたりからアップテンポになっていきます。
A: 宇野、気迫の演技でした。
M: やはりこうしたアップビートな音楽を踊りこなすのってやっぱり身体の機動性たって俊敏さが必要なんですよね。
A: ええ。
M: それが彼に備わっているからこそ、演じきれる音楽だとわたしは考えています。
A: アイスショーとは、そのまま試合でも使えるようなレベルを目指して練習していたそうです。
Thanks to: Feimeicheng who did a nice job of abstracting Machida's commentary
Full commentary by Machida Tatsuki (M) and Itagaki announcer* (A) (*please let me know if the announcer should be another one (Nozaki))
I hope my English is slightly better than google translate...
A: Now, here’s Uno Shoma. Please pay attention to his face paint too.
A: He’s performing “Great Spirit”, his exhibition programme from last season which was choreographed by Shae-lynn Bourne.
In the group performance by PIW team this year, there was a theme of traditional Japanese entertainment. It seems that Uno watched that and came up with the idea of Kabuki paint.
M: That was a shocking make-up right?
Uno always put on make-up when he performs this programme, but I got the impression that he skates more enjoyable than usual.
Make-up has the meaning of changing self to someone else, I think this also applies on Uno.
A: Ah
M: Slightly change the topic, I think this is similar to the case when Tanaka Keiji performs “JoJo”. Make-up and costumes are the procedures to change self to someone you would like to perform as. This definitely applies on drama and dance, maybe it’s unexpectedly effective on figure skating too.
A: Audiences feels something coming close by this programme by Uno.
Uno said “he seldom skates to up-tempo programmes. This was what he did the least and he’s chosen this as that’s what he want to do the most.”
M: That’s right. However, I think Uno was good at skating with up-tempo rhythm. During his 2015-2016 season, he skated “Legends” for his short programme. Uno has left me a strong impression that he skated on the beat very nicely.
....(sorry I slacked a bit)
M: To skate to such up-beat music, body mobility and legerity are necessary.
A: Yup.
M: As Uno is equipped with these, that’s why he can fully skate to this music.
A: It seems that Uno’s practices are aiming at the level (difficulty?) of his performances in ice shows are on par with competitions.
A: さあ、宇野昌磨の登場です。
顔のペイントにもご注目ください。
A: シェリーボーンの振り付けによる、昨シーズンからのエキシビションナンバー「グレイトスピリット」。
今回のプリンスアイスワールドチームのナンバーに、日本の伝統芸能をテーマにしたものがあるんですが、宇野はそれを見て、この歌舞伎ペイントを思いついたそうです。
M: 衝撃的なメークですよねー
宇野さん、このプログラムを滑る時にいつもメイクされるんですけれども、いつもより楽しそうに滑っているなあ、という印象を受けるですが、
まあ、あるしゅ(?)メイクがその自分と違う何者かに変幻するというような意味を宇野さんにももたらしているのではないかなと思います。
A: ええ
M: ちょっと話は変わるんですけれども、田中刑事さんのジョジョの奇妙な冒険の時にもそれを同じことを感じるんですよね。ですからやっぱりメイクや衣装で自分が表現しようとするものに変幻するっていう手続きは、演劇界や舞踊界では当たり前ですが、このフィギュア界でも案外効果的のかもしれないです。
A: 何かこう、我々に迫りくるような、客さえ感じられる、この宇野のナンバー。
本人が「あんまり経験のない、アップテンポナンバーで、これまで一番やったことはない、そして一番やってみたいものを選んだ」と話しました。
M: そうなんですね。ただの宇野さん、あのアップテンポなリズムに乗ることは元来得意だとわたしは考えています、というのも2015年2016年シーズン、「Legends」というショートプログラムを演じているんですけれども、この楽曲は常にビートを刻んですけれども、そのビートにうまく乗っていたという印象が強いですよね。
A: さあ、そして音楽に乗って、ビートに刻んで、さらにこのあたりからアップテンポになっていきます。
A: 宇野、気迫の演技でした。
M: やはりこうしたアップビートな音楽を踊りこなすのってやっぱり身体の機動性たって俊敏さが必要なんですよね。
A: ええ。
M: それが彼に備わっているからこそ、演じきれる音楽だとわたしは考えています。
A: アイスショーとは、そのまま試合でも使えるようなレベルを目指して練習していたそうです。
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Regarding when Sho has announced new programs, I did a little bit of checking. I had to laugh for the 2015-2016 season. His FF didn't say anything about an announcement. All of a sudden, it said he would be skating his Legends SP at FaOI on 5-27-15. 2016-2017 season he announced on 5-22-16. 2017-2018 season was special because of the Olys. He announced on 5-1-17. 2018-2019 was a little crazy because of the rule changes. The SP was announced on 6-8, and the FS wasn't announced until 7-17. We could have a long wait ahead of us. 
Please Tree (any tree--Tree Itsuki or Tree Machida), help us! Give us some clues.
Please Tree (any tree--Tree Itsuki or Tree Machida), help us! Give us some clues.Shoma talked a lot about "challenge" and "growth" lately and he mentioned that he see his programs as story of his growth, so i don`t think he will repeat any of his old programs.
Unless it is Stairway to Heaven. He couldn`t skate it clean, so maybe, he wants to nail it?
Or maybe is it difficulties with music copyright?
But Japan skating federation wants gold, so i`m almost sure that they won`t give him same assigments as Yuzuru and will try to avoid Nathan.
Sorry for bad English.
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Oh, Mishin, that’s an interesting idea.
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Good job, gacchan.
Thank you so much.
And thank you OniBan,Bel and rabidline for sharing.
I can’t help repeating Great Spirit and TAT.
Competition programs, assignments, training place….
I can’t predict.
Anyway I think next season will be successful season for Shoma definitely.
I can’t wait!
