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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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Happy New Year! Have some extremely belated Japanese nationals + text post memes.

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Shoma Uno alongside Shuzo Matsuoka with Team Japan @ the press conference for the season 2024-2025

Shoma and Shuzo Matsuoka acted as moderators for the fashion event. They all look fabulous ✨

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Finlandia Trophy Review

Men:

Yuma Kagiyama (Japan) Total Score 263.09 - 1st in short, 5th in the free. The short was absolutely breathtaking, but the free was very rough. However, it's been a while since Yuma has had a disaster skate so I'm glad he got it out of his system because he has the Grand Prix Final and JNats coming up quick!

Kevin Aymoz (France) Total Score 259.15 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Wayyyy overscored in the short, but it's very groovy and he moves so well to it. Free was okay, he went down on the first 4T but he kept it together. I still don't trust him tho.

Daniel Grassl (Italy) Total Score 258.55 - 6th in the short, 1st in the free. Why isn't his jumps getting rotation calls????? I really am not digging the Billy Elliot program. He doesn't have a lot of speed and there's a lot of music cuts and it makes the program feel like it goes on forever.

Sota Yamamoto (Japan) Total Score 249.91 - 4th in the short, 3rd in the free. I'm so sad he didn't make the podium. Both of his programs are so gorgeous. The 3A was very troublesome for him in this competition, as he went down on it in both the short and the free. I love him and that's all that matters. Can't wait to see him at JNats.

Lukas Britschgi (Switzerland) Total Score 246.7 - 5th in the short, 4th in the free. His short is very interesting, I just don't love the long voiceover, but that's just a personal preference. The free grew on me a little more. The music is very pretty, and I felt like I was traveling through space and time just a smidge.

Kazuki Tomono (Japan) Total Score 238.41 - 2nd in the short, 7th in the free. Great short program, but it's a shame that he fell apart a bit in the free. Both of his costumes are gorgeous. Japan's depth of field never fails to amaze me.

Aleksandr Selevko (Estonia) Total Score 214.15 - 8th in the short, 6th in the free. Meh

Vladimir Samoilov (Poland) Total Score 205.47 - 9th in the short, 8th in the free. In both the short and the free he absolutely nailed his first opening quad - the Salchow in the short, and Lutz in the free which is very impressive. However, after the first jump, he kinda fell apart in both programs. Needs to work on his consistency and PCS.

Camden Pulkinen (USA) Total Score 195.18 - 10th in the short, 9th in the free. Watching him continues to frustrate me. I just want him to do well, but he doesn't look that fazed that he isn't doing well. The music cuts in the free are weird. I wish he would just stay with the first song the whole time. Hopefully, he can get it together at US Nationals.

Maker Suntsev (Finland) Total Score 180.48 - 11th in the short, 10th in the free. "He is a samurai, and he is fighting for important things" lol. Yeah, the music for his free program has a lot going on, and yet he did not show a single emotion.

Valtter Virtanen (Finland) Total Score 166.25 - 12th in the short, 11th in the free. He's li37!?!?! And is a doctor!?!?! And has a child!?!?!? Good for him for going there and doing his thing in front of the home crowd.

Junhwan Cha (South Korea) WD - :(((( His ankle is bothering him again which is absolutely tragic. Maybe if the Korean federation didn't overwork their skaters he would be healthy. IDK why the judges are robbing him on his PCS. I love you Jun forever and always.

Women:

Hana Yoshida (Japan) Total Score 199.46 - 1st in the short, 2nd in the free. Both of her programs are a little weird but I like them for her. Went for the 3A in the free, but went down. So excited to see her at the Grand Prix Final!

Rino Matsuike (Japan) Toal Score 199.2 - 4th in the short, 1st in the free. She's just the free skate queen I guess. Who needs the short? JK, I need the short, because I love Moulin Rouge, and I want to see her skate it clean.

Lara Naki Gutmann (Italy) Total Score 198.49 - 2nd in the short, 3rd in the free. My creepy queen finally made the podium. I am actually so obsessed with the Squid Game program and the free is also very pretty. I love her so much.

Sarah Everhardt (USA) Total Score 191.17 - 3rd in the short, 5th in the free. Her jumps are great, but does not show a single emotion (sounds like someone else we know who is shaped by the same people lol). It's a little frustrating because I really like the Firebird program but it just feels like she is checking off the boxes as she goes through it. However, she is very young and has so much room to grow. SO excited to see her at US Nationals. She has the ability to shake things up a bit.

Ahsun Yun (South Korea) Total Score 187.68 - 5th in the short, 6th in the free. She surprised me (in a good way). The music in the short was a smidge fast for her but the costume was great. She also had a solid free, she had one boo-boo with the pop on the Lutz.

Lorine Schild (France) Toal Score 182.36 - 7th in the short, 7th in the free. She improved a lot from the Grand Prix de France which is great! However, neither one of her programs really stands out to me.

Niina Petrokina (Estonia) Total Score 178.66 - 11th in the short, 4th in the free. Struggled in the short again, but her free was pretty solid.

Mai Mihara (Japan) Total Score 174.74 - 6th in the short, 8th in the free. Her performance was pretty similar to her performance at Grand Prix de France. She keeps popping the 2F which is frustrating.

Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Total Score 170.64 - 8th in the short, 9th in the free. I'm glad that there was nothing on the ice to mess her up in the short, but she still went down on the 3Lz tho. 0A in the free was a shame

Janna Jyrkinen (Finland) Total Score 157.44 - 9th in the short, 11th in the free. Short was decent but fell apart in the free. Quite slow.

Nella Pelkonen (Finland) Total Score 155.22 - 12th in the short, 10th in the free. Only got a level 2 in the stsq because she didn't have twizzles. Did a good job of holding it together in the free, but she did pop the 3S.

Olivia Lisko (Finland) Total Score 153.67 - 10th in the short, 12th in the free. Had a decent short, but there were 2 pops in the free.

Pairs:

Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (Canada) Total Score 207.44 - 1st in the short, 1st in the free. 10 points higher than Skate Canada! I hate the cover in the short, but I think I liked the water program a little more this time around. Still have some things we need to clean up tho. Idk how they'll fare against Miura/Kihara.

Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (Hungary) Total Score 184.21 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. I am an absolute sucker for a Pirates of the Caribbean program! That aborted lift sure was scary tho. I do not vibe with the short at all.

Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini (Italy) Total Score 181.59 - 2nd in the short, 6th in the free. I really like the short, and was disappointed that they changed the free from Phantom to Dracula. Free skate was quite rough, so I'm only gonna talk about the short. It was awesome and they were so dramatic. She was absolutely feeling it.

Ice Dance:

Lilah Fear /Lewis Gibson (Great Britain) Total Score 203.22 - 2nd in the short, 1st in the free. Them winning was not on my Bingo card, but I'm so glad that they won. Love the Beyonce program - especially the first half. I think they have too many cuts in their short.

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (Canada) Total Score 200.79 - 1st in the short, 4th in the free. A FALL!?!?!?!?!? Still hate the backless suit. And I don't really like her dress either.

Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (Finland) Total Score 196.6 - 3rd in the short, 2nd in the free. Listen, I was not expecting them to do well but they kinda slayed. I really liked the free. Her dress was great and the emoting was wonderful.

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Finlandia Trophy 2nd day Results

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Program announcements for next season. Team Japan and Team Korea

Mai Mihara

SP - Grief, by Tony Ann, choreo by Misha Ge

Twee music isn't exactly what I wanted for Mai but I trust her to serve nonetheless

Wakaba Higuchi

SP - Dune OST, by Hans Zimmer, choreo by Jeffrey Buttle

FS - Nature Boy, by AURORA, choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne

The SP is GOOD. Guaranteed crowd pleaser ala Lion King or Wakabond

Rion Sumiyoshi

SP - Un homme qui me plaît (Love is a funny thing), by Francis Lai, choreo by Misha Ge

Hype hype hype now that's outside the box and I can't wait to see it

Yelim Kim

Keeps both her programs!!! We get to see Ladies in Lavender again!!!!

Yuma Kagiyama

SP - Sound of Silence, cover by Garou, choreo by Lori Nichol

Snippets look good but once again Yuma and his music choices...

Kao Miura

SP - Nemesis

Asjsjfjdbshdf kid choose chaos once again

Sota Yamamoto

SP - Split, Postcards from far away, choreo by Benoit Richaud

Benoît is hit or miss but at this point I'm very happy Sota's working with him. That should make things interesting and I like the snippets better than anything else I've seen from Sota.

Koshiro Shimada

SP - Can't Take My Eyes of You, by Shawn Mendes, choreo by Shae-Lynn Bourne

FS - Danse Macabre, choreo by Camille Saint Saens, choreo by Stéphane Lambiel

Once more with the crappy covers. Koshiro could do better.

Yujae Kim

FP - Swan Lake, choreo by Misha Ge

Supposed to be balletic which I do not see for Yujae. Lines and posture are not even remotely close.

Yuseong Kim

SP - Clair de Lune, by Claude Debussy, choreo by Misha Ge

Minsol Kwon

SP - James Bond, choreo by Misha Ge

Oh this should be fun!

Rio Nakata

SP - Arroul/Uccen by the Taalbi Brothers, choreo by Misha Ge

Should be a Flamenco program

Younghyun Cha

SP Reel around the sun

Juheon Lim

SP - Waves, by Dean Lewis, choreo by Misha Ge

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Japanese Nationals 22 Men's SP Results

I know that this top 4 has a very slim chance of staying the same after the free, but what a glorious top 4 and a great top 6 🙏🏻

Also, I get so soft anytime we get a Team Champery 1-2 cuz you KNOW Stephanè is just jumping from the sidelines (both during the programs and during the press conference)

1. Shoma Uno - 100.45

2. Koshiro Shimada - 87.69

3. Sota Yamamoto - 86.89

4. Kazuki Tomono - 85.43

5. Shun Sato - 81.78

6. Yuma Kagiyama - 81.39

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i just realised that the one thing which all of my favourite currently competing skaters have in common with yuzuru is the sheer unadulterated unmatched chaos they bring to the ice. (there's also the musicality and the technical precision and the skating skills, but chaos is #1.)

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Yuma Kagiyama has withdrawn from the World University Games due to his ankle injury. Sota Yamamoto is replacing him.

:(

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From Today, It's My Turn: The Movie (2020)

When a pretty girl suddenly asked to talk to you in private. 🤣

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Based on the rule books, it's Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto and Kazuki Tomono for the Worlds team.

B team for 4cc would look good with Sato, Yuma and Shimada

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Smiles all around! Precious boys 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰🥰🥰

Press con:

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Finlandia Trophy Preview

Men - My Predicted Top 6 (in no particular order)

Kevin Aymoz (France) - He made his big comeback at Skate America when he earned the silver medal but based on the consistency issues he’s had the past year he’s still very much a wildcard. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

Daniel Grassl (Italy) - I think many people found it surprising that he ended up in the silver medal position at NHK last week. Competing back to back is definitely a challenge, so we’ll see if he’ll be able to get his quads all the way around this week.

Kazuki Tomono (Japan) - Got 5th place in Grand Prix de France, so consistency will be key heading into this competition. He is coming back from an injury so hopefully he is feeling good physically. He’s an excellent performer with some interesting programs so I looking forward to seeing him compete.

Sota Yamamoto (Japan) - I wanted him on the podium so badly at Skate Canada so hopefully he’ll be on the podium here! I love both of his programs. His only mistake in Canada was going down on the 4T in the free. He also needs to work on not telegraphing his jumps as much.

Yuma Kagiyama (Japan) - Our NHK gold medalist! He reached the 300 point mark despite the fact that he went down on his 4F in the free. This will be his competition to lose, but I feel very confident in Yuma’s ability.

Junhwan Cha (South Korea) - Made it onto the podium at Skate Canada and he’ll be looking to do it again here. I didn’t really vibe with either one of his programs but maybe they’ll grow on me a bit more the second time around. He is the literal love of my of my life.

Women - My Predicted Top 6 (in no particular order)

Niina Petrokina (Estonia) - Last week she made a big mistake in the short when she accidentally did two combos, and she fell during her stsq in the free. Hopefully she’ll be able to leave those mistakes in the past and bring out a better performance this week.

Lara Naki Gutmann (Italy) - Last week was the best I’ve seen her perform in a while. Her only big mistake was doubling her 3F in the free. She is the creepy queen and I’m so excited to watch her this weekend!

Hana Yoshida (Japan) - It feels like it’s been a million years since I last saw her compete at Skate Canada. As long as she stays consistent she has an excellent shot at making the podium.

Mai Mihara (Japan) - She’s coming back from an injury so the start of her season has been a little slow. Hopefully she’ll be able to improve upon her performance from Grand Prix de France.

Rino Matsuike (Japan) - Her free skate was the highlight of Skate Canada but hopefully she’ll be able to put down two clean performances so she won’t have to make the jump from 10th to 2nd.

Sarah Everhardt (USA) - Her strengths lie with the technical elements so I would love to see some more emotion from her this weekend. As long as she does what she’s been doing all season she has a good chance at the podium. I am obsessed with the Firebird program.

Happy to be back in a European time zone this weekend since pretending like I was in Japan was rough last week. I cannot believe that Grand Prix series is almost over! Happy watching and I hope everyone has a super Finlandia Trophy weekend!