#Kao Miura

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Kao Miura: Conquest of Spaces » 2024 Skate America

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2024 Japanese Nationals Competitor List: The MEN

One of the most, if not the most competitive nationals in the figure skating world, the Japanese Nationals never fails to bring incredible stress every year. WHAT'S AT STAKE? The 2024 Japanese Nationals will decide the assignments for the following skaters: - 2025 World Championships - 2025 Four Continents Championships (4CC) - 2025 World Junior Championships. The National Champion automatically goes to Worlds. The 2025 World Championships will decide how many spots the Japanese Men will have at the 2026 Olympic Games, with 3 maximum spots available. Considering the level of internal competition between the men, they would/should do everything to send a Worlds Team that can keep those spots. Also at stake is the Skater's Development Level (read: receiving financial funding) for the 2025-2026 season: highest placements at Nationals will be listed as Special Development Players, and the placements below them will be listed as Development A and B. But no worries - should a skater receive Grand Prix invitations or qualify for the NHK Trophy host spot in 2025-2026 season, they can be moved up so they can get the funding necessary for travel and entry to attend the GP.

THE SEEDS: 2 SKATERS The silver and bronze medalists of last year's Japanese Nationals, Yuma Kagiyama and Sota Yamamoto received automatic qualification for Japanese Nationals and did not have to compete in the qualifying rounds (Regionals and Sectionals). Yuma is bidding for his first senior National title, having previously won 3 National bronze medals and 1 National silver medal.

EASTERN JAPAN: 9 SKATERS From this region, only Koshiro Shimada has medaled at senior Nationals with his silver in 2022. Kao Miura and Shun Sato are both bidding for their first senior Nationals podium. Kosho Oshima, Nozomu Yoshioka, Ryota Kitamura, Haruto Toda, Ryushin Yamada and Ryusei Kikuchi will also compete.

WESTERN JAPAN: 11 SKATERS From this region, the 2008 National Champion (?!?!?!?!) Nobunari Oda will compete at his final Japanese Nationals. The last time Nobu competed here was ELEVEN YEARS AGO. He also beat a bunch of kids to qualify as the 2024 Western Japan Regional Champion. Only Tatsuya Tsuboi and Kazuki Tomono have beaten Nobu this year. Takeru Amine Kataise, Shunsuke Nakamura, Takumi Sugiyama, Yuto Kishina, Sena Miyake, Shun Kobayashi, Haruki Honda and Shunya Matsuoka will also compete.

THE JUNIORS: 8 SKATERS JSF gives recommendations every year for the top finishers at the Japanese Junior Nationals to participate at the senior Nationals. Rio Nakata was just crowned as the new Junior National Champion, and the runner-up and his fellow JGP Finalist Sena Takahashi will want to join him in the Junior Worlds team. There is one more spot in the Junior Worlds team that will be decided here. Taiga Nishino, Shun Uemura, Shuntaro Asaga, Haru Kakiuchi, Ryoto Mori and Daiya Ebihara will also compete.

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Kao Miura, SP Conquest of Spaces • TSS 102.96 (!!) • NHK Trophy 2024

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Yuma running to congratulate Kao after his skate

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I love him

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who needs therapy when you can just skate your ENTIRE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST FREE SKATE INCLUDING ALL QUADS AT THE GALA????

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Team Japan's fashion show press conference for the new season 2024 - 2025 ✨

Women: Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe, Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba and Kaori Sakamoto

Men: Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, Kao Miura, Sota Yamamoto and Kazuki Tomono

Hosts/Moderators: Shuzo Matsuoka and Shoma Uno

They all look so fabulous ✨✨✨

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The judges really couldn't give Kao the extra .46 to go over 100? With a spread eagle exit and the sass? GIVE HIM THE .46.

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There is a Japanese jewelry brand that makes magnetic necklaces and they sponsored a few skaters after shoma uno wore them. The pictures of the skaters look like there is something going on, and this is what I think happened to each

shoma uno always looks serious, as normal, so not much is happening here

ilia malinin looks concerned, my mom said he's about to shit him self

Yuma kagiyama and kao miura saw a butterfly, as in the animal, though this is how I look when I see a good skating butterfly

koshiro shamada is unimpressed

rio nakata is thinking really hard, about what? Who knows, but he has nice hair

Sota yamamoto just watched something fall, but it wasn't anything important, just made a loud noise

Kazuki tomono is just a happy little guy, and by little, I mean 5'3

this is the website if you want to look: https://www.colantotte.jp/special/figure-stars

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The men have performed the Penance Ritual and have been forgiven

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kao please 😭😭

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Kao Miura, FS Umbrellas of Cherbourg • Skate America 2024

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HE SAID THIS WAS HIM AFTER HIS 4S TODAY 😭

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Kao Miura: Attack on Titan » 2023 Grand Prix Espoo

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Round 3: Men (part 1)

The contenders are:

Donovan Carrillo

Shoma Uno

Nikita Starostin

Adam Siao Him Fa

Kao Miura

Deniss Vasiljevs

Camden Pulkinen

Kosho Oshima