Japanese skater/skating news & updates

[skateboy]

Yuzuru Hanyu change to Brian Orser !!

http://jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2012042500765

Chika3, this is such important news, would you mind posting it as a new thread in "Great Skate Debate?" Thanks!

[itsartemis]

Fantastic news. I'm hoping this means better choreography and better costumes too.

ETA: Ha, I already see so many negative comments on Twitter because of this. Hard for many Japanese to accept Orser as a good guy after "demonizing" him for so many years. Well, when he gives them their first Olympic gold in figure skating, they'll make him honorary citizen of Tokyo.

[Marco]

Yuzuru Hanyu change to Brian Orser !!

http://jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2012042500765

Hasn't he always been training in Japan? This sounds like a huge change. He and Fernandez are going to have a ball with those quads.

[itsartemis]

Hasn't he always been training in Japan? This sounds like a huge change. He and Fernandez are going to have a ball with those quads.

He'll still go to school in Sendai, so I hope he won't wear himself out traveling back and forth to Toronto.

[galaxy]

Hard for many Japanese to accept Orser as a good guy after "demonizing" him for so many years. Well, when he gives them their first Olympic gold in figure skating, they'll make him honorary citizen of Tokyo.

I don't get what you mean at all. And we already have Shizuka's OGM in figure skating.

[Marco]

I don't get what you mean at all. And we already have Shizuka's OGM in figure skating.

I am guessing he means many Japanese fans don't like him because he helped Kim win the gold over Asada in 2010.

[itsartemis]

I don't get what you mean at all. And we already have Shizuka's OGM in figure skating.

Men's figure skating. Sorry, the "men" was omitted.

And I guess you must have missed all the Yuna/Orser bashing. Consider yourself lucky.

[magnolia]

I bet you Brian made sure a proper financial contract was drawn up before accepting Yuzuru!

[allezfred]

ETA: Ha, I already see so many negative comments on Twitter because of this. Hard for many Japanese to accept Orser as a good guy after "demonizing" him for so many years. Well, when he gives them their first Olympic gold in figure skating, they'll make him honorary citizen of Tokyo.

There are 126 million Japanese. By many, how "many" do you mean? Basing your statement on a few trolls on Twitter doesn't really cut it, in my opinion.

[midori]

ETA: Ha, I already see so many negative comments on Twitter because of this. Hard for many Japanese to accept Orser as a good guy after "demonizing" him for so many years. Well, when he gives them their first Olympic gold in figure skating, they'll make him honorary citizen of Tokyo.

That only means that you might want to reconsider who you follow on Twitter.

Only negative comments about Orser on my Timeline today are about Fernandez's suspenders.

[Sylvia]

Chika3, this is such important news, would you mind posting it as a new thread in "Great Skate Debate?" Thanks!

Done! Yuzuru Hanyu to be coached by Brian Orser

Thanks for breaking the news, chika3!

ETA:

Tatsuki Machida skated to an exhibition program, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort ,
at his home rink in Hiroshima, Japan, on April 22.

He performed it so passionately and emotionally – very impressive!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCeEz3mQPI

I enjoyed his performance - Arigato, YukiNieve!

[itsartemis]

There are 126 million Japanese. By many, how "many" do you mean? Basing your statement on a few trolls on Twitter doesn't really cut it, in my opinion.

I wouldn't call Japanese figure skating fans voicing their opinions on Twitter trolls. I think they are all entitled to their opinion. I was just looking at the tweets that popped up right after the announcement was made this morning.

That only means that you might want to reconsider who you follow on Twitter.

Only negative comments about Orser on my Timeline today are about Fernandez's suspenders.

I'm very happy with those I follow on Twitter, so I do not want to reconsider, at all. And there weren't that many I follow who commented about the coaching change. The tweets I read were based on a search. Lots of opinions - both positive and negative to the news.

[allezfred]

I wouldn't call Japanese figure skating fans voicing their opinions on Twitter trolls.

If they are harbouring grudges against the former coach of a skater they don't like then yes they are. And probably mentally unbalanced too.

[YukiNieve]

Prince Ice World (PIW) shows just kicked off in Japan,
and Daisuke and Kanako skated new exhibition programs.

To have an idea, Daisuke's new exhibition program (Snoop Dogg) looks like this
(I guess the slo-motion is intentionally done to show his movements well):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQNP...ature=youtu.be

Oh, and his new hair-do!

[kittyjake5]

^Thanks for the clip, loved it!

Kenji did the choreography for this exhibition quite a departure from the Crisis.

[Amy03]

this is from the recent show in japan with Asada, Daisuke, kanako in the clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJBhBS1NPI

Mao looks gourges with her hair down

[kittyjake5]

this is from the recent show in japan with Asada, Daisuke, kanako in the clips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJBhBS1NPI

Mao looks gourges with her hair down

Thanks for the clip. Mao does indeed look lovely!

[Sylvia]

Prince Ice World (PIW) shows just kicked off in Japan,
and Daisuke and Kanako skated new exhibition programs.

To have an idea, Daisuke's new exhibition program (Snoop Dogg) looks like this
(I guess the slo-motion is intentionally done to show his movements well):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQNP...ature=youtu.be

Oh, and his new hair-do!

Thanks! Are there enough videos or photos to start a separate thread in GSD for the Prince Ice World shows? I Googled and found these photos from the April 27 PIW show in Kanagawa: http://nipponnews.photoshelter.com/g...000IMw9xQyr3XQ

Miki Ando, Patrick Chan, Carolina Kostner, and Stéphane Lambiel are the listed guest skaters for Dreams on Ice, Japan's annual national skating exhibition show, June 15-17, 2012: http://www.onice.jp/DOI12/guests.html
(I figure a separate thread can be started for this show as the time draws nearer.)

[YukiNieve]

Information on some of the up-coming shows in JAPAN :

(I am pretty sure I made typos; let me know if you find some! )

Price Ice World (PIW)
http://www.princehotels.co.jp/iceshow/

- April 28- May 4, 2012, Yokohama
- May 12-13, 2012, Toyohashi
- July 13-16, 2012, Tokyo

Cast (Regular)
Shizuka Arakawa
Takeshi Honda
Yukina Ohta
Fiona Zaldua &Dmitri Sukhanov

Guest (Invited)
Evgeni Plushenko (Tokyo)
Daisuke Takahashi (Yokohama, Toyohashi)
Mao Asada (Yokohama)
Akiko Suzuki (Yokohama, Toyohashi)
Takahiko Kozuka (Yokohama)
Yuzuru Hanyu (Tokyo)
Kanako Murakami (Yokohama, Toyohashi, Tokyo)
Tatsuki Machida (Yokohama)
Risa Shoji (Tokyo)
Chika Suguri (Tokyo)

Dreams on Ice (DOI)
http://www.onice.jp/

June 15-17, 2012, Shin-yokohama

Cast
Akiko Suzuki
Kanako Murakami
Haruka Imai
Shoji Risa
Satoko Miyahara
Miu Sato

Yuzuru Hanyu
Tatsuki Machida
Takahito Mura
Daisuke Murakami
Keiji Tanaka
Ryuju Hino
Shoma Uno

Cathy & Chris Reed

Kobe Ice Messengers Grace (synchro team)

Guest (Invited)
Miki Ando
Patrick Chan
Carolina Kostner
Stéphane Lambiel

[YukiNieve]

(continued)

The Ice
http://www.ctv.co.jp/event/the_ice/

July 21-22, 2012, Aichi
July 24-25, 2012, Nikko
July 28-29, 2012, Osaka

Cast
Mao Asa
Takahiko Kozuka
Kanako Murakami
Narumi Takahashi & Mervin Tran

(I heard the guest skaters will be announced soon).


Friends on Ice (FOI)
http://www.friendsonice.com/

August 24-26, 2012, Place TBA
(I think it will be in Shin-yokohama as usual)

Cast
Shizuka Arakawa
(The rest will be TBA)

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There will be more shows, I think...