2022 JPN Nationals - Men SP

[Tak]

Final Group Intro and 6Min Warmup starting

 

[Karen-W]

Miyake and his winged Unchained Melody! Not too shabby. Probably the last time we see him this season, so it's nice that wasn't an utter disaster.

 

[Holy Headband]

OK, I’d say everyone in the final group has the potential to surpass Sota’s score, though I doubt Shimada and Tsuboi will… Sorry to these guys, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed for some pops and step-outs because I want my guy to stay within striking distance of third place.

 

[Karen-W]

What in the hell is Yuma wearing? He looks like he's ripped off half a grey straightjacket.

 

[Tak]

Kao 1st Yuma Last really good group!

 

[Karen-W]

Disaster skate for Kao.

 

[jlai]

Is the ice cursed?

 

[Tak]

Kao Miura
Piazzola Medley
4S Fall -4.85
3A 2.40
FCamsp4 0.48
4T Fall-4.75
CSSp4 0.70
Stsq 3 0.72
CCosp3 0.75
Two Falls, how unexpected.
The speed and attack is unbelievable, but both falls were so leaning in the air, unsalvagable.
71.72

 

[Dobre]

Sigh. This learning-year-at-Nationals is so tough.

 

[Tak]

Shun Sato
Carol of the Bells
4T 3.39
3Lz+3T 1.43
CSitSp4 0.90
FCamSp4 0.48
3A Fall -4.00
Stsq 3 0.73
CCoSp3 0.73
3A was almost landed, a delayed fall, what a shame.
The tail end of the blade caught on the ice.
81.78 3rd

 

[Tak]

Tatsuya Tsuboi
Stairway to heaven
4S Fall -4.85
3A 1.92
CSSp4 0.60
3Lz+3T 0.94
FCamsp3 0.28
Stsq3 0.73
CCosp4 0.70
Other than Shoma, everybody seems to be falling or popping.
Nationals nerves, I wonder.
Next up Tomono, Koshiro then Yuma.
74.84 8th

 

[Tak]

Kazuki Tomono
Happy Jazz
4T Fall -4.75
4S+2T 2.43
CSSp3 0.42
3A beaut 2.27
FCamsp4 0.64
CCosp4 0.99
Stsq3 Something went wrong with TES Box, so no GOE info for Stsq.
Other than initial 4T fall, what an enjoyable program, thank you Misha Gee!
85.43 3rd

 

[Dobre]

The Japanese men proving "the men are the men" no matter where you are.

 

[Tak]

Koshiro Shimada
Sing Sing Sing
4S so -3.33
4T+3T 1.19
Fcamsp4 0.77
3A 2.29
CSitsp4 0.84
Stsq3 0.99
CCosp4 1.23
Other than initial stepout, very well done!
Should easily make the last group for the Free.
87.69 2nd

 

[Holy Headband]

OK, I’d say everyone in the final group has the potential to surpass Sota’s score, though I doubt Shimada and Tsuboi will… Sorry to these guys, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed for some pops and step-outs because I want my guy to stay within striking distance of third place.

This isn’t how I wanted it to happen… but I thought Yuma looked good aside from the jumps. Let’s hope his ankle holds up in the free and he doesn’t overextend himself.

 

[Amy L]

What in the hell is Yuma wearing? He looks like he's ripped off half a grey straightjacket.

I thought he changed his program to Dune or something, but no it's Imagine Dragons!

 

[Tak]

Yuma Kagiyama
Believer
4S a beaut! 3.60
3F+3Lo so -1.44
CCamsp4 0.64
1A*
FSSp4 0.68
Stsq4 1.24
CCosp4 1.05
Honda comments that left ankle injury made it very difficult to practice axel type jumps.
81.39 6th

 

[Dobre]

Oy, that axel.

 

[Tak]

Shoma interview.
Generally satisfied with his jumps. But he promised Mr Lambiel that he will secure level 4 in the last spin which he failed to do, and he is very very sorry.

 

[Dobre]

So Shoma gets everything except the triple toe. (Beautiful job).

As for the battle for the open berths, pretty good for Shimada, but he'll have a hard time hanging onto it. Everybody else in the game with at least one major mistake, no? And we start again in the LP.

 

[YukiNieve]

I'm so impressed by Yuma's SP performance even with botched 3A - sharp, energetic and yet musical movements - he must have focused on what he can improve while he cannot jump.

https://twitter.com/tegomass/status/1606255875143909378

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Anybody have the results with names in English?

 

[Wyliefan]

@SkateFanBerlin Jackie's got them. Start here and follow the thread: https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1606256005729304577?t=3LVCIrb6IkdnDt85EvQaqg&s=19

 

[AYS]

I'm so impressed by Yuma's SP performance even with botched 3A - sharp, energetic and yet musical movements - he must have focused on what he can improve while he cannot jump.

https://twitter.com/tegomass/status/1606255875143909378

ITA, very musical and a more mature performance. Great choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne.

 

[Sylvia]

男子 - Men Short Program Results

PL.	選手名		TSS	TES	PCS	CO	PR	SK	Deduction	StN.
1	宇 野 昌 磨	Shoma Uno	100.45	53.98	46.47	9.11	9.43	9.29	0.00	#21
2	島 田 高志郎	Koshiro Shimada	87.69	46.35	41.34	8.25	8.43	8.07	0.00	#29
3	山 本 草 太	Sota Yamamoto	86.89	45.08	41.81	8.11	8.36	8.57	0.00	#23
4	友 野 一 希	Kazuki Tomono	85.43	44.99	41.44	8.29	8.39	8.14	1.00	#28
5	佐 藤 駿	Shun Sato	81.78	44.43	38.35	7.64	7.50	7.82	1.00	#26
6	鍵 山 優 真	Yuma Kagiyama	81.39	38.51	42.88	8.50	8.46	8.71	0.00	#30
7	吉 岡 希	Nozomu Yoshioka [J-1]	80.85	46.91	33.94	6.82	6.64	6.86	0.00	#5
8	中 村 俊 介	Shunsuke Nakamura [J-4]	77.74	41.65	36.09	7.25	7.36	7.00	0.00	#8
9	三 宅 星 南	Sena Miyake	76.69	38.58	38.11	7.57	7.64	7.61	0.00	#24
10	森 口 澄 士	Sumitada Moriguchi	76.31	39.33	36.98	7.46	7.43	7.25	0.00	#22
11	壷 井 達 也	Tatsuya Tsuboi	74.84	38.75	37.09	7.36	7.21	7.64	1.00	#27
12	山 隈 太一朗	Taichiro Yamakuma	74.41	38.52	35.89	7.21	7.39	6.89	0.00	#10
13	三 浦 佳 生	Kao Miura	71.12	35.12	38.00	7.61	7.43	7.71	2.00	#25
14	片伊勢 武 アミン	Takeru Amine Kataise [J-2]	70.05	33.72	36.33	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.00	#15
15	田 内 誠 悟	Seigo Tauchi [J-8]	66.76	33.66	33.10	6.64	6.75	6.43	0.00	#4
16	大 島 光 翔	Mitsuki Sumoto	66.44	32.50	33.94	6.82	6.86	6.64	0.00	#19
17	西 山 真 瑚	Shingo Nishiyama	66.43	30.16	36.27	7.25	7.29	7.18	0.00	#11
18	長谷川 一 輝	Kosho Oshima	64.94	33.87	31.07	6.32	6.18	6.11	0.00	#17
19	佐々木 晴 也	Haruya Sasaki [J-3]	64.73	31.86	32.87	6.61	6.71	6.36	0.00	#12
20	本 田 ﾙｰｶｽ剛史	Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda	62.48	29.66	33.82	6.75	6.64	6.86	1.00	#2
21	垣 内 珀 琉	Haru Kakiuchi [J-6]	61.42	32.43	29.99	5.93	5.96	6.07	1.00	#13
22	周 藤 集	Tudoi Suto [J-7]	61.36	30.80	31.56	6.36	6.25	6.29	1.00	#9
23	須 本 光 希	Kazuki Hasegawa	61.07	28.22	32.85	6.71	6.39	6.57	0.00	#18
24	櫛 田 一 樹	Kazuki Kushida	59.98	29.69	31.29	6.21	6.21	6.32	1.00	#3

Final Not Reached:

25	木 科 雄 登	Yuto Kishina	58.73	25.39	33.34	6.71	6.57	6.68	0.00	#20
26	中 田 璃 士	Rio Nakata [J-5]	57.74	26.43	31.31	6.39	6.11	6.25	0.00	#1
27	杉 山 匠 海	Takumi Sugiyama	54.28	24.94	29.34	5.93	5.75	5.89	0.00	#16
28	彦 阪 昇 吾	Shogo Hikosaka	49.81	22.98	26.83	5.36	5.39	5.32	0.00	#6
29	小 林 隼	Syun Kobayashi	47.37	21.07	26.30	5.25	5.21	5.29	0.00	#14
30	三 島 悠 生	Haruki Mishima	38.87	16.19	24.68	4.96	4.82	5.00	2.00	#7

Protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/nationals/data0103.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

Olympics.com's recap by Shintaro Kano: https://olympics.com/en/news/all-ja...ships-2022-day-2-uno-shoma-mens-short-results

“I don’t feel like I need to force a quad-triple anymore, whether it’s the short or the free”, said Uno, who turned 25 last week. “I first worry about landing a jump before I take off on the next one.
“I don’t know if I’m perfecting the craft but the experience over the years certainly counts. I’ve experienced a lot which has allowed me to not overreact to how I do at each competition.
“I’ve come to realise as of late that you can learn a lot from failure. I don’t stress about it anymore.
“A few years ago, I didn’t think I had much of a future but right now, I have no set timetable. I’m not thinking about when to quit”.

Kagiyama was the last of 30 to start, in his first skate since the world championships in March. A day earlier, he had said he was at around “75, 80 per cent” and he wasn’t lying. [...]
Kagiyama made no excuses for the performance and for starters will try to get through his free program on Sunday.
“First and foremost I’m glad I got through the 2 minutes and 50 seconds in one piece”, he said. ”It was my first competition in nine months. Seeing the banners in the stands, hearing the cheers, it made me so happy.
“I know what I did wrong. I know what to correct. It seemed like there were a lot of people out there praying for me. Hopefully next time, I can reassure them a bit more than I did today.”

Recap by Jack Gallagher: https://featured.japan-forward.com/...lead-in-short-program-at-japan-championships/
Excerpts:

Shimada competed to "Sing, Sing, Sing" and began with a shaky quad salchow before executing a quad toe loop/triple toe loop combo, and landed a solid triple axel.
The 21-year-old Shimada, who trains with Uno under coach Stephane Lambiel in Switzerland, recorded level fours on two of his spins and a level three on his step sequence.
"I challenged with good concentration even before the competition," Shimada commented.
Shimada added, "I was able to make a good start before the free [skate]."

Yamamoto, who was second at the GP Final behind Uno, skated to "Yesterday" and began with a nice quad toe loop/triple toe loop combo, but doubled his planned quad salchow before going on to hit a triple axel. The mistake was costly for Yamamoto and likely knocked him out of any chance at the title.
"I made a small mistake with the salchow," Yamamoto said. "It's frustrating because I have had no mistakes in the short program for a long time."

[Shun] Sato skated to "Carol of the Bells" and landed a nice quad toe loop at the outset. He then hit a triple lutz/triple loop combo, and was in good position going into his final jump (triple axel), which he looked to have fully rotated. But he appeared to hit a rut in the ice as he came out of his landing and fell.
"I decided not to use the lutz in my short program during practice yesterday," Sato remarked.

ETA:

Getty Images - Day 2 (Men's SP photos)

 

[jenny12]

I'm so impressed by Yuma's SP performance even with botched 3A - sharp, energetic and yet musical movements - he must have focused on what he can improve while he cannot jump.

https://twitter.com/tegomass/status/1606255875143909378

You know you’re a great skater when you can make Imagine Dragons tolerable. I love you Yuma!!! (The jumps will hopefully be stronger soon)

 

[Wyliefan]

Wow, it was good to see Yuma skate again. I didn't realize how much I'd missed him!

 

[YukiNieve]

You need to set your VPN as Japan to see these videos:

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[skatfan]

Wow, it was good to see Yuma skate again. I didn't realize how much I'd missed him!

This SP is so good. Glad he’s working with Shae-Lynn terrific choreography!!

She’s worked in his hands - they bugged me in the Past!