24 Japan Nationals Women FP PBP

[Karen-W]

Mao Shimada - 3a fine; down on the 4t - story of her season so far. Comes back with two nice 3+3 in a row. Everything else really is just simple and like clockwork for her. Big smile after her last jumping pass. Well, Kaori's going to need to be clean to beat this, IMO.

ETA - 143.42 FS; 219.00 overall - clearly into 1st, lol.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Mone Chiba - gets the combo fine and then falls on her next jump. Then my stream to the TV glitched and I had to refresh so I missed her next jumping passes but TES is green, so I presume all is well. Bit tight on the landings of her jumps in the 2nd half. Nerviest FS I've seen from her all season. She may wind up behind Rino when it's all said and done, but she's still going to be named to the Worlds team by virtue of her GPF bronze and having the 2nd highest SB of the Japanese sr women.

ETA - 130.97 FS; 205.69 overall - so her SP lead was enough to keep her ahead of Rino - and she's also booked a return ticket to Worlds!

Do you mean GPF silver?

 

[Karen-W]

Do you mean GPF silver?

Oh, yeah. Whatever, she was one of the top 2 Japanese women at the GPF.

 

[Hedwig]

81 TES! Wow!

 

[Hedwig]

At the moment she is 7th in PCS. I wish more judges would use PCS this way (and even more pronouced so that it really makes a difference)and not as a sort of placeholder.

 

[Karen-W]

Kaori Sakamoto - clean through her first three jumping passes. Maybe the secret to this program is skating it in Japan - she was good at NHK in the FS, lol. Turnout between jumps on her first combo of the 2nd half, only got a 2t off as a result. Well, the program still isn't a natural fit for her, but there were some nice moments where she was really selling it, especially in the first half. TES is about 6 points below Mao, but there's no way she's not winning today, lol.

ETA - 149.76 FS; 228.68 overall - lolololol - that was not a 149+ performance, but okay, judges.

 

[YukiNieve]

Yuna Aoki just announced that she will retire from amateur skating.

 

[Karen-W]

Final Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/non_resp...m,National/2024-2025/fs_j/nationals/index.htm

FPl.	選手名	所属	Points	SP	FS
1	坂本 花織 Kaori Sakamoto	シスメックス	228.68	1	1
2	島田 麻央 Mao Shimada	木下グループ	219.00	2	2
3	樋口 新葉 Wakaba Higuchi	ノエビア	206.40	4	3
4	千葉 百音 Mone Chiba	木下アカデミー	205.69	3	7
5	松生 理乃 Rino Matsuike	中京大学	204.00	5	5
6	山下 真瑚 Mako Yamashita	中京大学	200.25	12	4
7	渡辺 倫果 Rinka Watanabe	三和建装/法政大学	198.55	11	6
8	住吉 りをん Rion Sumiyoshi	ｵﾘｴﾝﾀﾙﾊﾞｲｵ/明治大学	197.53	7	11
9	三宅 咲綺 Saki Miyake	岡山理科大学	196.55	8	9
10	和田 薫子 Kaoruko Wada	グランプリ東海クラブ	195.63	10	8
11	吉田 陽菜 Hana Yoshida	木下アカデミー	195.27	9	13
12	青木 祐奈 Yuna Aoki	ＭＦアカデミー	194.07	6	14
13	河辺 愛菜 Mana Kawabe	中京大学	190.23	14	10
14	櫛田 育良 Ikura Kushida	木下アカデミー	187.14	13	16
15	中井 亜美 Ami Nakai	TOKIOインカラミ	182.50	21	12
16	岡 万佑子 Mayuko Oka	木下アカデミー	181.82	17	17
17	村上 遥奈 Haruna Murakami	木下アカデミー	180.21	19	15
18	岡田 芽依 Mei Okada	名東FSC	179.76	16	19
19	白岩 優奈 Yuna Shiraiwa	関西大学	178.72	18	18
20	江川 マリア Maria Egawa	明治大学	173.93	15	20
21	大庭 雅 Miyabi Oba	東海東京FH	163.19	20	21
22	平金 桐 Kiri Hiragane	法政大学	149.42	22	23
23	永見 千代乃 Chiyono Nagami	ﾉｰﾄﾙﾀﾞﾑ清心女子大学	149.22	24	22
WD	三原 舞依 Mai Mihara	シスメックス	51.94	23
	Final Not Reached
25	籠谷 歩未 Ayumi Kagotani	神戸クラブ	49.52	25
26	上薗 恋奈 Rena Uezono	LYSインカラミ	48.08	26
27	髙橋 舞 Mai Takahashi	法政大学	46.43	27
28	三枝 知香子 Chikako Saegusa	日本大学	45.12	28
29	奥野 友莉菜 Yurina Okuno	駒場学園高校	44.17	29

 

[Tak]

Currently glued to the screen showing Rion Sumiyoshi, the last skater in Group 3.
I expect some teasers, so it may be a while before Yuna Aoki is shown.
Be back soon.
It is sad to see Yuna Aoki retire. Adios Nonino gave me goosebumps at the NHK.
Her career was so truncated by injuries..

 

[Tak]

4th Group warm up starting.
Just saw the final result. Aoki retirement saves Mana Kawabe from having no funding, since it applies only down to 12th finisher.

 

[Karen-W]

FS Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2024-2025/fs_j/nationals/SEG004.htm

Protocols - https://www.jsfresults.com/National...----01FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

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Pl.	選手名	所属	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	坂本 花織 Kaori Sakamoto	シスメックス	149.76​	73.88​		75.88​	9.39​	9.57​	9.46​	0.00​	#24​
2​	島田 麻央 Mao Shimada	木下グループ	143.42​	81.19​		63.23​	7.86​	7.93​	7.89​	1.00​	#23​
3​	樋口 新葉 Wakaba Higuchi	ノエビア	135.35​	67.74​		67.61​	8.32​	8.50​	8.50​	0.00​	#21​
4​	山下 真瑚 Mako Yamashita	中京大学	135.12​	70.78​		64.34​	7.93​	8.21​	7.96​	0.00​	#13​
5​	松生 理乃 Rino Matsuike	中京大学	133.21​	66.36​		66.85​	8.29​	8.32​	8.43​	0.00​	#20​
6​	渡辺 倫果 Rinka Watanabe	三和建装/法政大学	132.59​	70.22​		62.37​	7.75​	7.86​	7.75​	0.00​	#14​
7​	千葉 百音 Mone Chiba	木下アカデミー	130.97​	66.59​		65.38​	8.21​	8.14​	8.14​	1.00​	#22​
8​	和田 薫子 Kaoruko Wada	グランプリ東海クラブ	128.93​	70.00​		58.93​	7.32​	7.25​	7.50​	0.00​	#15​
9​	三宅 咲綺 Saki Miyake	岡山理科大学	128.01​	65.36​		62.65​	7.71​	7.89​	7.86​	0.00​	#17​
10​	河辺 愛菜 Mana Kawabe	中京大学	127.98​	66.19​		61.79​	7.68​	7.82​	7.64​	0.00​	#11​
11​	住吉 りをん Rion Sumiyoshi	ｵﾘｴﾝﾀﾙﾊﾞｲｵ/明治大学	127.95​	64.94​		64.01​	8.04​	8.07​	7.86​	1.00​	#18​
12​	中井 亜美 Ami Nakai	TOKIOインカラミ	127.30​	71.41​		56.89​	6.96​	7.21​	7.14​	1.00​	#4​
13​	吉田 陽菜 Hana Yoshida	木下アカデミー	126.85​	64.50​		62.35​	7.89​	7.71​	7.75​	0.00​	#16​
14​	青木 祐奈 Yuna Aoki	ＭＦアカデミー	124.00​	59.11​		65.89​	8.21​	8.29​	8.18​	1.00​	#19​
15​	村上 遥奈 Haruna Murakami	木下アカデミー	122.95​	69.54​		53.41​	6.68​	6.61​	6.71​	0.00​	#6​
16​	櫛田 育良 Ikura Kushida	木下アカデミー	122.68​	64.79​		57.89​	7.25​	7.43​	7.00​	0.00​	#12​
17​	岡 万佑子 Mayuko Oka	木下アカデミー	121.11​	70.71​		51.40​	6.46​	6.29​	6.50​	1.00​	#8​
18​	白岩 優奈 Yuna Shiraiwa	関西大学	119.72​	64.18​		56.54​	6.93​	7.14​	7.11​	1.00​	#7​
19​	岡田 芽依 Mei Okada	名東FSC	118.48​	65.93​		52.55​	6.54​	6.46​	6.68​	0.00​	#9​
20​	江川 マリア Maria Egawa	明治大学	112.64​	56.17​		56.47​	7.00​	7.11​	7.04​	0.00​	#10​
21​	大庭 雅 Miyabi Oba	東海東京FH	106.16​	51.31​		54.85​	6.79​	7.07​	6.68​	0.00​	#5​
22​	永見 千代乃 Chiyono Nagami	ﾉｰﾄﾙﾀﾞﾑ清心女子大学	98.16​	50.03​		48.13​	5.96​	6.11​	5.96​	0.00​	#1​
23​	平金 桐 Kiri Hiragane	法政大学	97.46​	48.07​		49.39​	6.14​	6.32​	6.04​	0.00​	#3​
WD​	三原 舞依 Mai Mihara	シスメックス	​	​		​	​	​	​	​	#2​

 

[Tak]

Teaser on Yuna Aoki being shown, what an irony.
Yuna Aoki Popsical
2Lz popped
3T
3S
2A
CComSp4
2A Eu 3F green Wow
3Lz Fall
3F+3lo WOW
ChSq
StSq4
LbSp
Partial Standing Ovation!
Random Flashback 2013 Akiko Suzuki winning.
Slew of commercials..
124.00 194.07 7th

 

[Tak]

Rino Matsuike Lux Aeterna
3lo green
3Lz+3T+2T
3F
ChSq
2A
FCComSp4
3Lz+2T
3F+2A seq
2S
StSq4
CComSp3
LbSp3
Shows Machiko Yamada applauding.
Then random switch to 2017 Satoko winning.
Slew of commecials...
Shows Mako, Rinka and Rion.
133.21 204.00 Leads

 

[Private Citizen]

Yuna Aoki just announced that she will retire from amateur skating.

I know the Japanese field is incredibly deep, but this still seems strange a year before the Olympics, from a skater who medalled on the GP. With 3Lz+3Lo and 2A+1eu+3F, she has the technical chops and nice presentation, too. Too bad.

Does Japan use a multi-year selection process that would give her no chance? I don't think any of the age-ineligible wunderkinds will be age eligible next year, right? Or is there an outside reason - injury? University?

 

[Tak]

Random switch to 2020 Rika landing 4S and winning.
Slew of adverts...

 

[Tak]

Wakaba Higuchi Nature Boy
2A
3Lz+3T
3lo
CComSp4
2S
ChSq
3Lz+2A+2T seq
3lo+2T
3F tight
FCamSp4
StSq4
SSp4
Full Standing Ovation.
Slew of commercials
As Wakaba left the rink she was sorry that she doubled Sal.
135.35 206.40 Leads.

 

[Tak]

Decided to do this again for Mone.
Mone Chiba Ariana Concerto No1
3F+3T
3S Fall clearly ur
3lo
2A
ChSq
CComSp4
3Lz+2A seq
3Lz+2T+2lo tight
3F tight
StSq4
LbSp4
CComSp4
Full Standing Ovation
3 latter half jumps were all under review, 2 were tight landing in real time.
Shizuka also commented that rotation was uncertain for few jumps today uncharacteristically.
130.97 205.69 2nd behind Wakaba.

 

[Tak]

Mao Shimada Mado kara Mieru
3A (assessed <?)
4T fall (landed forward ur)
3Lz+3T
3S+3T
ChSq
3F+2A+2A seq
3lo
3Lz
StSq3
LbSp4
CComSp4
Initial TES over 87!!
143.42 219.00
TES dropped to around 81.

 

[Tak]

Kaori Sakamoto All that Jazz
2A 1.60
3Lz 2.11
2A Eu 3S
CComSp4
3F
StSq3
3F 3turns 3T
ChSq
3Lz+2T
3lo
missed several spin elements, sorry
All jump elements till second 3F were all green!
149.76 228.68
Interview
Triple triple was not executed and Kaori apologises for that
Nationals are so special that it is so difficult to maintain concentration
Intending to improve her performance through better training regimen.

 

[Tak]

In normal realtime broadcast, it is easy to create rhythmic postings since the interval between skaters are even within the group. During this broadcast, there was no such tempo, sometimes long wait sometimes a teaser, sometimes nothing without rhyme or reason.
It is really difficult and result is lost Mone Chiba post which I decided to redo.

 

[viennese]

Thanks again for the play by play.

 

[PRlady]

I’m so sorry Japan doesn’t have five Worlds spots. Hoping Rino gets 4Cs, very happy for Wakaba.

 

[kwanette]

I’m so sorry Japan doesn’t have five Worlds spots. Hoping Rino gets 4Cs, very happy for Wakaba.

She did..along w Wakaba and Mone..

 

[Tak]

I know the Japanese field is incredibly deep, but this still seems strange a year before the Olympics, from a skater who medalled on the GP. With 3Lz+3Lo and 2A+1eu+3F, she has the technical chops and nice presentation, too. Too bad.

Does Japan use a multi-year selection process that would give her no chance? I don't think any of the age-ineligible wunderkinds will be age eligible next year, right? Or is there an outside reason - injury? University?

Japan used multi-year process for Torino 2006 Olympics and almost managed to keep the eventual Gold medalist from competing there. That year the top scorer was Miki Ando, Fumie 2nd and Shizuka Arakawa barely third. This was due to 04-05 Season being considered along with 05-06 season. Since this near debacle, multi-year process was firmly abandoned.
Yuna Aoki situation is a sad one which requires this tired brain of mine to reflect and assess the situation surrounding our favorite sport of Figure Skating in Japan. Please allow me some time to respond to you, since I do not know particular situation regarding Ms. Aoki.

 

[fan]

Do any of the Japanese skaters have Canadian heritage ?

 

[Sylvia]

9 free skates are uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/@jfs4375/videos

Worlds/4CC/Junior Worlds teams are posted in GSD: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...eason-news-updates.111942/page-5#post-6706604

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I’m so sorry Japan doesn’t have five Worlds spots. Hoping Rino gets 4Cs, very happy for Wakaba.

Well, they had five grand pri -final spots lol

 

[Tak]

(Edited to correct counting error)
The triple Axel count for this Nationals:
SP: Mao Shimada (Ami Nakai went for it but mistimed it as 2A<<, so not counted)
FP: Ami Nakai (2), Mayuko Oka, Rinka Watanabe (nailed it), Hana Yoshida, Mao Shimada
Total of seven 3A attempts is a tied nationals record! Congratulations!
Five attempts were made by Juniors. It is hoped seniors who used to jump 3A, such as Wakaba and Mana, re-incorporate it in their programs. It is rumored that they are beginning to practice them.
Quicker way to increase this number is to entice 3A jumpers to skate for Japan. With names like Amber or von Felten, you must have grandma perhaps from Okinawa, would you like Japanese passport?

 

[Wyliefan]

That's all Japan needs, an even deeper field.

 

[Sylvia]

Quicker way to increase this number is to entice 3A jumpers to skate for Japan. With names like Amber or von Felten, you must have grandma perhaps from Okinawa, would you like Japanese passport?

Dream on.