2022 Fantasy on Ice shows in Japan: Makuhari (May 27-29), Nagoya (June 3-5), Kobe (June 17-19) & Shizuoka (June 24-26)

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Creating a new thread... FoI tour is back after a 2-year hiatus due to the pandemic:
Enchanted said:
Fantasy on ice show has revealed some of the skaters on the show. The headliners will be Buttle, Fernandez, Lambiel, Weir and Oda. Arakawa will also skate.
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Initial cast as announced on March 18: https://www.fantasy-on-ice.com/skaters.html
 
More skaters announced today
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MEN
Keiji Tanaka
Kao Miura (Makuhari, Nagoya only)
Deniss Vasjilievs (Makuhari, Nagoya)
Elladje Balde


WOMEN
Kaori Sakamoto (Kobe, Shizuoka)
Wakaba Higuchi (Makuhari, Nagoya)
Satoko Miyahara (Kobe, Shizuoka)
Mai Mihara
Mana Kawabe (Makuhari, Nagoya)
Rino Matsuike (Makuhari, Nagoya)


ICE DANCE
Gabrilella Papadakis/ Guillaume Cizeron
Anna Cappellini / Luca La Notte (Kobe, Shizuoka)
 
Jason was very excited to be added officially on April 22 to the final 2 cities of the Fantasy on Ice tour ("It has always been my dream to appear in FOI. I'm glad that dream came true this summer ? I'm really looking forward to it ‼ ︎ See you in June in Kobe and Shizuoka!") - his 4/25/22 tweet:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1518563945577074691

MEN (scheduled to perform in all 4 cities):
Yuzuru HANYU
Nobunari ODA
Keiji TANAKA
Stephane LAMBIEL
Javier FERNANDEZ
Jeffrey BUTTLE
Johnny WEIR
Elladj BALDE

Kao MIURA (Makuhari & Nagoya)
Jason BROWN (Kobe & Shizuoka)
Denisss VASILJEVS (Makuhari & Nagoya)

WOMEN
Shizuka ARAKAWA ((all 4 cities)
Mai MIHARA (all 4 cities)
Kaori SAKAMOTO (Makuhari & Nagoya)
Wakaba HIGUCHI (Makuhari & Nagoya)
Mana KAWABE (Makuhari & Nagoya)
Satoko MIYAHARA (Kobe & Shizuoka)
Rino MATSUIKE (Makuhari & Nagoya)

ICE DANCE
Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON (all 4 cities)
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE (Kobe & Shizuoka)

ICE ACROBATS
Oleksiy POLISHCHUK & Vladimir BESEDIN (all 4 cities)

AERIAL PERFORMERS ("Flying on Ice")
Mery ACEVEDO & Alfonso CAMPA
 
I was wondering if World Junior pair champs Karina Safina/Luka Berulava were in Japan for Fantasy on Ice (based on their IG stories) and Ari Zakarian's post today, picturing them together with Philip Warren who previously has skated in the FoI ensemble cast, confirmed it: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd46bgSJaTI/

Ukraine's Anastasiia Arkhypova's latest IG stories also indicate she is in Makuhari Messe (first stop of the tour): https://www.instagram.com/ms_nastya.arkhypova/
 
All these shows in Japan sound amazing, and I know they're great opportunities for skaters to get performance experience (and I bet make a lot of money). I wish there were either live streams or on-demand streams available for fans - I'm sure they would generate enough revenue to make them worthwhile (even if only from the Fanyus).
 
Fat chance in having livestreams from Japan, which is one of THE strictest & most COMMERCIAL places on earth when it comes to these things. Remember how hard it is to watch the October events (Carnival on Ice etc)…everybody scrambling to find little private film clips days later?
 
Frau Muller said:
Fat chance in having livestreams from Japan, which is one of THE strictest & most COMMERCIAL places on earth when it comes to these things. Remember how hard it is to watch the October events (Carnival on Ice etc)…everybody scrambling to find little private film clips days later?
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Sadly, I fear you're correct. Maybe we'll get little Instagram/ YouTube phone clips from attendees later on, but that's probably it.
 
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https://www.fantasy-on-ice.com/makuhari.html#broadcast

Makuhari performance scheduled to be broadcast
■ BS Asahi: Saturday, June 11th, 13: 00-《Recorded Broadcast》
■ CS Tele Morning Channel: May 29 (Sun) 13: 00- << Live Broadcast >>

Fantasy on Ice 2022 Live Viewing [Makuhari Performance, May 29] in select cinemas across Japan:

escaflowne9282 said:
Maybe we'll get little Instagram/ YouTube phone clips from attendees later on, but that's probably it.
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"Photographing, video recording, and recording during the performance are prohibited."

In the past, some videos from the TV broadcasts have appeared online and/or as clips on social media...

ETA - Lambiel's preview of his new program (sounds like "This Bitter Earth" by Dinah Washington/"On The Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter): https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd-hFRQjyFq/

Elladj Balde posted IG stories yesterday that said he was starting his 3-day quarantine in his Makuhari hotel room.
 
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Sylvia said:
I was wondering if World Junior pair champs Karina Safina/Luka Berulava were in Japan for Fantasy on Ice (based on their IG stories) and Ari Zakarian's post today, picturing them together with Philip Warren who previously has skated in the FoI ensemble cast, confirmed it: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd46bgSJaTI/

Ukraine's Anastasiia Arkhypova's latest IG stories also indicate she is in Makuhari Messe (first stop of the tour): https://www.instagram.com/ms_nastya.arkhypova/
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Zakarian had a group of mostly russian skaters who performed in group numbers in FaOI (and also in AOI) in previous years. I wonder whether he was told to gather a different group that won't include russian citizens.

Sylvia said:
ETA - Lambiel's preview of his new program (sounds like "This Bitter Earth" by Dinah Washington/"On The Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter): https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd-hFRQjyFq/
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Friday will be his first performance for the audience since January 2020 (if we're not counting his participation in the final show of his summer camp students in summer 2020). It's very exciting. :) I hope we'll be able to get some video or something...
He mentioned this program in our talk earlier this season.

-Another burning question, what is happening with the shows?
-I don't know, I'm waiting...
-What about the two programs which we've never seen?
-Yes, "Lost" (by Dermot Kennedy) and "This Bitter Earth" by Max Richter. I hope you'll see them.
-Both songs are very sad...
-Yeah, but the world is very sad...
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The world is now even a sadder place than it was when we talked...
 
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Cast photo from the show's official Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1530148515409563649
Elladj did not perform in the opening show "due to delays in immigration procedures."

Article on Hanyu's performances:
www.nikkansports.com

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フィギュアスケート男子の羽生結弦（27＝ANA）が96日ぶりの演技を披露した。前人未到のクワッドアクセル（4回転半）が世界初認定された2月の北京オリンピック（… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）
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2-minute Japanese news report (Hanyu focus): https://twitter.com/yuzu1207_ss/status/1530201890188734464

Action photos of the rest of the cast:
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【フィギュア】荒川静香、坂本花織、三原舞依、田中刑事、三浦佳生らアイスショー出演／写真特集 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

3年ぶりに開幕し、フィギュアスケート男子の羽生結弦（27＝ANA）が96日ぶりの演技を披露した。公演には、同期で今季限りでの引退を先月表明した田中刑事、三浦佳… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）
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Photos from the May 27th Makuhari show (not just Hanyu's):
mainichi.jp

In Photos: Yuzuru Hanyu performs for 1st time in 3 months in 'Fantasy on Ice' - The Mainichi

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performs in Fantasy on Ice 2022 at the Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba's Mihama Ward on May 27, 2022. (Mainichi/Kaho
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For those who'd like to watch a stream of the Makuhari Day 3 show:

ETA - most of Nobunari Oda's "Kinky Boots" program! https://twitter.com/tegomass/status/1530798305617358849
 
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Kao Miura (turns 17 on June 8) was surprised with an early birthday cake before the 3rd show in Nagoya :): https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceav6tcJcf_/

Nobunari & Johnny backstage :D: https://twitter.com/nobutaro1001/status/1533410044737634305

3 photos from Nagoya, including Hanyu with the artists: https://twitter.com/Fantasy_on_Ice/status/1533351271415291904

Anastasiia Arkhipova's latest Instagram story clips include Hanyu's 4T to 3A+3T to 3A in the Nagoya finale (and worry about the missile strikes on Kyiv :(): https://www.instagram.com/ms_nastya.arkhypova/

One of the singers (Harumi) shared a nice photo with Papadakis & Cizeron backstage: https://www.instagram.com/p/CebH8j7BidV/
Also with Arakawa, Sakamoto, Mihara, Kawabe, Matsuike: https://www.instagram.com/p/CebFtoDhf0d/
And a group photo of the Nagoya cast: https://www.instagram.com/p/CebDvWBBMAu/

Nagoya show #3 from the live broadcast - Opening number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M15jrQuXcio
This YT account has Lambiel's & Vasiljevs' programs from Nagoya as well as these 2 programs from Makuhari, among others:
Papadakis/Cizeron's "Weak" (sung by a live singer) in Makuhari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LesMSEOC3Fc
Shizuka Arakawa's "Nella Fantasia" in Makuhari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZCu-n-p9wo
 
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One oversea Live Viewing from one of the Kobe shows (Jun 19th, noon show) will be arranged in Taiwan: https://liveviewing.jp/overseas/fao...QVQlbLANNvkr2HhOviDh_BxPPrIaczPPY_v_o9sRLhzgg

Together there will be four theaters by a major local movie cinema company (Vieshow Cinemas) holding the viewing event. It's nice that they arrange the 4 theaters around the island. The ticket price I got is 1,000NT dollar (roughly 30~33 USD). But I'm not sure how many viewers they're able to afford from the 4 theaters in total.
 
David Wilson has choreographed a new show program for Hanyu (clip of their brief exchange on Wilson's computer): https://www.instagram.com/tv/CexO9fALZVe/
"Finishing touches on new Gala piece. He’ll perform it in upcoming Fantasy On Ice, Kobe & Shizuoka. So great working together again!!"

ETA:

From Jordan Cowan's OIP YT channel - A world premiere! Here’s a teaser, if you can even call it that, for a new routine that Jason is preparing for his next show in Japan, to Josh Groban’s version of “The Impossible Dream”, and choreographed with Rohene Ward. We are literally the first people to see it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLtj0tRH8_o
 
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RoseRed said:
Jason recently commented on a video Elladj posted of a back flip, saying "I wanna try" and Keegan responded "If you're not done ill bring my harness to a grand prix if we Share one!"
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This is Elladj's "how to backflip" video (Philip Warren is one of the skaters), as referenced by @RoseRed in another thread: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CezZz_0pBTh/

The Kobe shows are over - group photo (new skaters are Satoko, Jason & Cappellini/Lanotte): https://twitter.com/Fantasy_on_Ice/status/1538424445785997312

Lanotte has some backstage Instagram story clips: https://www.instagram.com/luca.lanotte_skater/

I think this fan's post says that Jason's first number was "I Lived" (from SOI) and his second was to a live performance by Seiko Niizuma: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_yOn-vupd/
ETA that Jason tweeted 3 photos: https://twitter.com/jasonbskates/status/1538666482691100672

Satoko's photo with musician NAOTO ("The best things is… I get to do Libertango with the live music performance!!!"): https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce-9XMOujNQ/

Nobunari Oda's photos from Kobe: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_BdhLpNYQ/

The ensemble skaters (arranged by Ari Zakarian) in Kobe are Nazarova/Nikitin, Safina/Berulava, Moscheni/Fioretti, Philip Warren, Clement Pinel, Anastasiia Arkhipova & Sofia Sforza.

Glad to see Arkhipova has been able to enjoy visiting many lovely places in Japan: https://www.instagram.com/ms_nastya.arkhypova/
 
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Olympics.com knows how to get the extra clicks! ;) "How to watch Hanyu Yuzuru at 'Fantasy on Ice 2022' in Shizuoka" (June 22):
https://olympics.com/en/news/figure-skating-japan-fantasy-on-ice-shizuoka

Japanese news report on the Shizuoka show (Hanyu does a huge delayed single Axel at the beginning): https://twitter.com/miruru1207yuzu/status/1540682649291079681

I'll cross-post this in his fan thread... Jason did a Fan Q&A in Kobe (9 mins.) that was uploaded today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6IZ_9DYG8k

Yuzuru Hanyu's performance of his new gala program from today's TV broadcast of one of the shows in Kobe: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfPyitXDudc/
Song: "Raison" by 宮川大聖 [Taisei Miyakawa]
Choreography: David Wilson

ETA link to Stéphane Lambiel's photos from this year's tour: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfQGYbRqO7W/
 
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Seems that all videos from Shizuoka have been removed from YouTube - and those were the ones that I didn't download ?. Honestly, I don't understand those removals - it's not like the broadcasters will get more money by removing videos from YouTube, as most people watching them there are those that can't view them in cinemas or on TV anyway.
 
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