#murakami/moriguchi

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sumi and haruna are crazy people omg

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This man literally competed in Pairs a few hours before the Men's free skate, and I can't stress this enough, WON THE PAIRS EVENT

Sumitada Moriguchi 森口澄士 Free Skate JNats 2022

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Your 2022-2023 Japanese Pairs National Champions — Haruna Murakami and Sumitada Moriguchi!!

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so harusumi split is official now. ngl im mostly relieved bc the age difference was worrying

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Team Japan: 2023 ISU Championships

World Championships

Men: Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto, Kazuki Tomono (alt: Shun Sato, Koshiro Shimada, Kao Miura)

Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe (alt: Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba, Mana Kawabe)

Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (alt: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto)

Four Continents Championships

Men: Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Kao Miura (alt: Kazuki Tomono, Sota Yamamoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi)

Women: Rinka Watanabe, Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba (alt: Mana Kawabe, Rion Sumiyoshi, Rika Kihira)

Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto

Junior World Championships

Men: Nozomu Yoshioka, Kao Miura (alt: Shunsuke Nakamura, Haruya Sasaki)

Women: Mao Shimada, Ami Nakai (alt: Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida)

Pairs: Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi

Dance: Nao Kida/Masaya Morita (alt: Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura)

Source

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The ISU has announced that there is a proposal in the works to up the men's age limit for Juniors for the 2024/25 season. Due to this, teams that competed together during the 2022/23 season but where the male will have reached 21 before July 1, 2023, will be allowed to compete in the 2023/24 season.

This does not help Japan’s Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi, who have already split but might help World Junior Champs USA’s Sonia Baram/Daniel Tioumentsev, who have not made any announcements, but judging by the wording, only for one year.

Link in the source.

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Watching Junior Pairs was interesting this event! Juniors is such a weird time for pairs, and we’re about to see even more weirdness in the field (in a good direction in my opinion because it will narrow those age gaps in junior pairs) as there’s a whole slew of partnerships that are going to become age ineligible to compete at any level (man too old for juniors, woman too young for seniors) because of how the age limits got changed. A lot of pairs were formed with the old age limits in mind and have pretty big age gaps, often because as they are growing and getting stronger, it’s just easier if the size gap between the pair is as big as possible. I think that narrowing the age gap in junior pairs is actually going to push for better pairs elements in the long run, but we’ll see if I’m right about that.

My moment of meta level interest is also for the Japanese pair that came in as alternates for this event. Murakami/Moriguchi have a lot of potential in pairs, and they actively challenged for the podium, almost squeaking into bronze after a really good free skate. I hope that how they were matched up and performed is indicative of how Japanese figure skating is approaching developing their pairs program. Japan has an incredibly deep singles field, so drawing good skaters with overall solid skills who have their triples but aren’t challenging the very top of the Japanese field and developing them in pairs, getting them coaching to focus on those pairs elements, really has the potential to pay off. Those side by side jumps were *incredible*, the most challenging side by side combo/sequence ever attempted and succeeded in pairs! They’re still clearly learning the pairs elements and how to skate as a pair, but what they’ve got so far is good! Now, this is one of the teams that is going to get caught in that age gap problem because they were formed as a team before the rule changed. I hope that they don’t get split up and just compete domestically and keep working on those skills if they can keep skating like this though because I see a lot of potential there, and their jumps and skating lines match really well. Between the senior pairs results and this though, I think that Japanese skating may finally have figured out what they need to do to start cracking into having a solid pairs program. I’m going to be keeping my eyes on the development there for sure.

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2022 JGP Poland Stage 1 entry #31

Junior pairs free program

Golubeva/Moore(AUS)

Thoughts: It’s not often I turn down these golden, glittery dresses, but Stasha wasn’t doing it for me.

Vouillamoz/Giniaux(FRA)

Thoughts: scary fall on the throw triple sal. Oxana had a hell of a time getting her speed back up afterwards.

Murakami/Moriguchi(JPN)

Thoughts:

Junior pairs short program

Vouillamoz/Giniaux(FRA)

Thoughts: when did these two start getting bigger numbers?!

Murakami/Moriguchi(JPN)

Thoughts: Do they still need a little work, yes. But it makes me so happy to see Japan getting brave and having more pairs teams.

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Raking the GPF programs - junior pairs SP edition

6 - Sophia Baram/Daniel Tioumentsev - Bla bla bla cha cha cha, choreo by Cindy Stuart

Cute but I despise the song. Solid technically but imho not my thing.

5 - Chloe Panetta/Kieran Thrasher - If I Ain’t Got You, choreo by Julie Marcotte

The technical elements are a struggle which is a shame because in that field, Chloe and Kieran are definitely the most classy, for lack of a better word. 

There’s a maturity to their skating, and certain abandon when they’re not struggling with the jumps, and throws, and the twist... Pretty much everything. Chloe was injured at the beginning of the season. And they’ve been skating what ? two seasons together, but ngl I’m not optimistic about their prospects.

4 - Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi - Le Corsaire, choreo by Cathy Reed

Classical but nice. The jump requirement for the SP doesn’t allow them to showcase their ace which are stunninng SBS jumps, and puts their other pairs elements in the spotlight. It’s still a work-in-progress but they’re a very new pair.

Also best SBS spins of the field. So fast it’s a wonder.

3 -  Cayla Smith/Andy Deng - Summer of 42, choreo by Alena Lunin

Cayla and Andy have split just after the JGPF as Andy wanted to go to university. 

While the tech content of that pair wasn’t the highest, they had some really nice skating skills and a decent musicality. Summer of 42 is starting to get overplayed imho, but it suited them well.

2 - Anastasia Golubeva/Hector Giotopoulos-Moore - Architects of the Mind, choreo by Galina Pachin and Jonathan Guerreiro

Music is whatever but I like the choreo, it’s all about coiling and snapping, enfurling like a snake, or like an accordeon. And kudos to them because the music is extremely fast paced and they are able to maintain that drive throughout the program. A really solid team and I cannot wait to see them next years among seniors.

1 - Violetta Sierova/Ivan Khobta - Vesna, choreo by Pylyp Zalevskyi

Hands down the best choreo for a short program of the season among the pairs, juniors AND seniors.

There’s just so much to love there, starting with the costumes, with Ivan in traditional Ukrainian vyshyvanka, and while the embroidered flowers on Violetta’s dress are in the colour of the national flag.

The music choice also is outstanding. We need more ethno rock/folk, and less Western pop music in figure skating. And that song genuinely slaps. Please if you can have a look at the lyrics, they are beautiful, and in the context of the war, became even more haunting.

And finally the choreo is chock full of little details, lovely transitions, all taken from traditionnal dances, the hops, and turns and the moves.

Violetta and Ivan do need more speed, attack and projection to make that short really sing, so I hope they’re going to keep it for the next season and refine it.

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Event: Japan Round1 DDR A Tournaments【Dance Dance Revolution 店舗間交流会】

  《日本語は下》

Round1 corporate just put up a dedicated page announcing a DDR A tournament that is being held at all Round1 locations in Japan only. Registration forms are available at each Round1 location where sign ups occur allowing players to compete with others in the nation.

The tournaments are scheduled to be streamed from two locations, Ikebukuro and Umeda.

Check the details below!

The tournament begins on February 25 while some locations are having theirs on Sunday the 26th. Please check your store location for the exact date. Deadline for entering is 30 minutes before planned start time.

Rules

■ Participation fee: 100 yen per person

■ Max number of participants: 16

■ Schedule

Time Time required Comment 13: 30 Entry deadline Explanation of the format and rules 14:00 VS Battle ~40 minutes Competition of one song in VERSUS play. 14: 40 Team (Pair) matches ~80 minutes Play 2 songs as a team of 2 – competing for top total score. 16:00 Competition ends

  ■ VS Battles (VERSUS mode, score attack) · Songs will be randomly selected from all entrants’ choices (lottery box)

■ Teams (2 people, 2 songs, total score) · Matching is done in-store · The songs will be chosen by the staff from participants’ suggestions · You can make your own team, or the staff will decide for you

■ The game will be set to Event Mode.

■ Only one entry per person

■ New e-AMUSEMENT passes can not be used

Saturday, February 25 (Sat) 14: 00

Amagasaki / Nara / Omiya / Takatsu / Minamisuna / Higashiyodogawa / Sannomiya station / Yokohama Tsunashima / Hiroshima / Fukuoka Tenjin / Kyoto Fushimi / Takatsuki / Kawasaki Daishi / Sakai Chuo / Joto / Utsunomiya / Nagoya Nishiharu / Itabashi / Kanazawa / Saitama Kurihashi / Koriyama /Miyazaki / Iruma / solder / Wakayama / Sapporo Kita 21 / Toyohashi / Mie Kawagoe IC / Maebashi /Aomori / Sapporo Shiraishi Hondori / Himeji Shikama / Soka / Onojo / Shimonoseki / Kishiwada / Tsu-Takajaya / Okinawa Haebaru / Tokushima Bandai / Narashino / Saitama Kounosu / Matsuyama / Fuchu Honmachi Station / Sennichimae / Hamaotsu ARCUS / Ario Kashiwa / LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka

Sunday, February 26 (Sun) 14: 00

Toyonaka / Kakogawa / Moriguchi / Fuji / Hachioji / Yachiyo Murakami / Warabi / Kyoto Kawaramachi / Hyogo Kakogawa / Yokohama station West / North Shinsaibashi / Machida / Nakagawa 1 / Sakai Station front / Kumamoto / Niigata / Ogura / Kagoshima Usuki / Fukushima / Hirakata / Asaka / Ageo / Nagano / Akita / Oita / Takamatsu / Hakodate / Asahikawa / Hakata-Hanmichibashi / Morioka / Hamamatsu / Okayama sister / Fukuyama / Okinawa · Gino / Tochigi · Funoguchi / Ichihara / Sendai Ashibe / Saitama · Kamisato / Yamanashi · Ishiwa / LaLaport Shinmisato / Kochi / Shizuoka · Suruga / Ichikawa / Umeda / Morella Gifu / Ikebukuro / Sapporo Susukino

  Good luck to all participants!

  ルール

■ 参加費：お一人様 100円

■ 参加定員：16名

■スケジュール

時間 項目 所要時間 備考 13:30 エントリー締め切り 参加者集合時間　交流会レギュレーションの説明を行います。 14:00 VSバトル 約40分 VERSUSプレイにて１曲のスコアにて競います。 14:40 ペアマッチ 約80分 ペアで２曲プレイ　合計スコアで競います。 16:00 交流会　終了

  ■VSバトル方式 ・VERSUSモードを使用して2名同時にスコアアタックを行います。 ・曲の選択に関しては、受付時に参加者1名1曲を選んでいただき、その曲から抽選して決定���ます。

■ ペアマッチ方式 ・店内マッチングモードを使用して2名1組の2曲合計スコアにて競います。 ・課題曲に関しては、参加者全員から意見をもらい曲を決定します。 ・ペアに関してはお好きな方と組んで頂いてOKです。(ペアが組めない方はスタッフがペアを決めます)

■ 大会・交流会共にイベントモードで実施致します。※スコアの保存・レートの変動はございません。

■ エントリーはお一人様1回　重複エントリー・本人以外のエントリーは出来ません。

■ 新規のe-AMUSEMENT PASSは使用できません

店内対戦店舗スケジュール

2月25日(土)14:00〜スタート エントリー受付の締め切りは、交流会開始時間の30分前です。

尼崎店 / 奈良店 / 大宮店 / 高津店 / 南砂店 / 東淀川店 / 三宮駅前店 / 横浜綱島店 / 広島店 / 福岡天神店 / 京都伏見店 / 高槻店 / 川崎大師店 / 堺中央環状店 / 城東放出店 / 宇都宮店 / 名古屋西春店 / 板橋店 / 金沢店 / さいたま・栗橋店 / 郡山店 / 宮崎店 / 入間店 / 半田店 / 和歌山店 / 札幌北21条店 / 豊橋店 / みえ・川越IC店 / 前橋店 / 青森店 / 札幌白石本通店 / 姫路飾磨店 / 草加店 / 大野城店 / 下関店 / 岸和田店 / 津･高茶屋店 / 沖縄・南風原店 / 徳島･万代店 / 習志野店 / さいたま・鴻巣店 / 松山店 / 府中本町駅前店 / 千日前店 / 浜大津アーカス店 / アリオ柏店 / ららぽーと湘南平塚店

2月26日(日)14:00〜スタート エントリー受付の締め切りは、交流会開始時間の30分前です。

豊中店 / 加古川店 / 守口店 / 富士店 / 八王子店 / 八千代村上店 / わらび店 / 京都河原町 / 新開地店 / 横浜駅西口店 / 北心斎橋店 / 町田店 / 中川1号線店 / 堺駅前店 / 熊本店 / 新潟店 / 小倉店 / 鹿児島宇宿店 / 福島店 / 枚方店 / 朝霞店 / 上尾店 / 長野店 / 秋田店 / 大分店 / 高松店 / 函館店 / 旭川店 / 博多・半道橋店 / 盛岡店 /浜松店 / 岡山妹尾店 / 福山店 / 沖縄・宜野湾店 / 栃木･樋ﾉ口店 / 市原店 / 仙台苦竹店 /さいたま・上里店 / 山梨･石和店 / ららぽーと新三郷店 / 高知店 / 静岡・駿河店 / 市川鬼高店 / 梅田店 / モレラ岐阜店 / 池袋店 / 札幌すすきの店

Event: Japan Round1 DDR A Tournaments【Dance Dance Revolution 店舗間交流会】 was originally published on bemanistyle ♪

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Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi - Japanese Nationals 22 Pairs FS

Program: Across The Universe soundtrack

Elements:

2Tw1 | 3Lz | 5AxelLift2 | 3T3T2A (gosh dang this is so good) | ChSq (they’re so cute uwu) | Throw 2S | 5RevLassoLiB | BODSB | Throw 2F | 3Lift2 | Spin4

AWWWWWWW the crowd gave them a standing ovation I’m so emotional 🥹 I’m so proud of these little babies, and even if this isn’t how they probably imagined their first National titled they should be SO SO SO proud of themselves for how much the both of them have been able to accomplish this week 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Obviously as fresh pairs skaters this season, they did not attempt the highest level of difficulty. However everything that they attempted (which as a growing and learning season, is makes sense they are only really attempting level 1-2 elements and doubles) they accomplished very well.

Most impressive I think is how well synced up these two already are, especially for two singles skaters who have never had to match with someone. It would make sense for two skaters who have been training with the same coaching team to have similar technique, but it is still very impressive none the less. If THIS is how much they’ve been able to learn (while BOTH also competing in singles?!?!?!), I cannot WAIT to see what they will be able to do in a season or two 🥹

Also best of luck to Sumitada who will be skating 14th in the men’s event in ~ 3-4 hours!!!

Score: 107.76 for a total of 162.07

(I love Ghislane’s “you’re first!!!!” 😂 also can we talk about how GOOD Cathy Reed looks there???)

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Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi (Pairs Skating) and Nao Kida / Masaya Morita (Ice Dance) have both split. 

It seems that the split for Murakami / Moriguchi is only temporary (as they will be inelligible for at least two years) and will be teaming up again later when that period is over.

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Haruna Murakami -

Program: Australia (?)

Elements:

3Lz3T (either could be q) | 3F (fall) | 2A | 3Lz (step out) | FSS4 | ChSq | 3S3T | 3Lo | 2A2T2Lo | ChCoS4 | StSq4 | LS4

I don’t think it hit me until today JUST how insanely talented Haruna is. At age 14, she is not only a 4th place finisher at the JGPF in pairs — and is about to win her first national title with Moriguchi tomorrow!!! But she also landed 2 Triple Triple combinations, and got STRAIGHT (deserved!!!) LEVEL 4S in her singles program!!!

She has so much potential, talent and spunk and I cannot WAIT to see what her and Moriguchi are going to be able to do in both their singles AND pairs careers 🙏🏻😭👏🏻

Score: 104.53 for a total of 163.76 into 5th

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2022 JGP Czech Republic #12

Pairs free program

Murakami/Moriguchi(JPN)

Thoughts: I know the death spiral needs work. But Haruna’s sparkly barrette is adorable. That side by side triple sal combo was a surprise. Especially because this whole segment has not been very good about side by side jumps.

Vouillamoz/Giniaux(FRA)

Thoughts: Death spiral wasn’t half bad. Side by side jumps could’ve been better. Oxanna, I think this my favorite dress of the day so far.

Panetta/Thrasher(CAN)

Thoughts: me ranking these dresses so that it makes more sense in my head. Chloe’s SP dress is still the best, followed closely by Sonja Lowenherz’s FS dress. Then Oxanna’s FP dress. Then I don’t know if Chloe’s FS dress comes next or if Barbora Kucianova’s FS outfits comes before it.

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2022 Czech Republic Entry #9

Pairs short program

Panetta/Thrasher(CAN)

Thoughts: did this have a lot of mistakes, yes. But I think this is the first dress from Chloe in a while that I really really loved.

Kucianova/Vochozka(CZE)

Thoughts: was there something else wrong with the death spiral, besides the fact that it was slow? It seemed like a lot was taken off just for it being slow.

Murakami/Moriguchi(JPN)

Thoughts: I like seeing more countries be brave and try pairs. It is still my favorite discipline, yay. But these two need a lot of work.

Loewenherz/Loewenherz(GER)

Thoughts: eek, that fall seemed to do a number on Sonja’s confidence. I love her freckles though. And I think these are my favorite outfits out of all the pairs that have gone so far.

Hay/McLeod(GBR)

Thoughts: me wanting all the British people to succeed just because some of my skating gold standards are British. Penny Coomes, Graham Newberry, Sasha Fear, I’m talking about you.

However, I could do without Kyle’s facial hair

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Today was the final day of competition at Japanese Nationals.

Haruna Murakami and Sumitada Moriguchi won their first national title unopposed after the withdrawal of Miura / Kihara.