Kinoshita Group Cup - Pairs SP & FS

[Karen-W]

SP Starting Order/Live Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2025-2026/csjpn2025/SEG005.htm
Detailed Time Schedule - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNat...----------QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI
2 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA
3 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN
5 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED
6 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO

 

[Karen-W]

SP videos incoming!

Gamez/Korovin - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964234291660886197
Plazas/Fernandez - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964235613714182381

 

[Tinycities]

Forgot how nice Val and max’s pairs elements are.

 

[Karen-W]

I really liked PlaFern's SP - maybe Val's finally learned how to land her jumps while Max was rehabbing.

 

[Karen-W]

Miura/Kihara - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964237217557057554

 

[alj5]

I really liked PlaFern's SP - maybe Val's finally learned how to land her jumps while Max was rehabbing.

I was thinking the same thing. I really enjoyed that - the choreography, the music edits, the performance quality, she landed the 3T!

 

[Karen-W]

Nagaoka/Moriguchi - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964240395837063253

Score would indicate they landed shit today.

ETA - well, now... Looks like the move to Savin was smart since they finally have a 3tw.

 

[Karen-W]

Danilova/Tsiba - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964241849578901567

 

[Tinycities]

Nagaoka/Moriguchi - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964240395837063253

Score would indicate they landed shit today.

ETA - well, now... Looks like the move to Savin was smart since they finally have a 3tw.

They looked like a new team, in a very good way

 

[Karen-W]

They looked like a new team, in a very good way

They definitely look much improved, though they are recycling their SP from last season, so that's an advantage.

 

[Karen-W]

Metelkina/Berulava - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964243394231779468

ETA - I'm tired and this program did not help me stay awake - "Bolero" is just too monotonous for 1:30am, lol.

 

[Karen-W]

SP Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2025-2026/csjpn2025/SEG005.htm

Pl. Name Nation TSS= TES+ PCS+ CO PR SK Ded.- StN.
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 79.94 43.56 36.38 9.20 8.95 9.20 0.00 #3
2 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 75.32 41.87 33.45 8.40 8.35 8.40 0.00 #6
3 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 66.27 36.74 29.53 7.30 7.35 7.55 0.00 #4
4 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 59.64 31.12 28.52 7.25 7.10 7.10 0.00 #2
5 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 56.47 29.60 26.87 6.90 6.70 6.60 0.00 #5
6 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 51.60 26.13 25.47 6.50 6.25 6.40 0.00 #1

Judges Protocols - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNat...------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

FS Starting Order - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2025-2026/csjpn2025/SEG006.htm
Detailed Time Schedule - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNat...----------FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

StN. Name Nation Rank Points
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 6 51.60
2 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 5 56.47
3 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 4 59.64

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 3 66.27
5 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 2 75.32
6 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 1 79.94

 

[Karen-W]

FS is underway -

Gamez/Korovin - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964565579983192555

ETA - that was a hot mess - falls on both throws, he doubled one of their SBS jumping passes, they nearly had one of their lifts come down on the entry.

 

[Karen-W]

Danilova/Tsiba - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964567529642479903

Definitely not competition ready yet - fast step out & turns on the first throw; SBS combo - 2t+1a+1a (she singled hers Axels, he doubled his); two-foot landing on the 2nd throw.

 

[Karen-W]

Plazas/Fernandez - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964569475090698451

ETA - that was rough for the first half. Fall for Valentina on the SBS 3t; fall again on the SBS 2a+seq+waltz jump; messy, two-footed landing on the first throw; held onto the landing on the second throw; super creative entrance into the combo spin! Stamina isn't quite there as they struggled with the last lift. All in all, I like the program and, if skated relatively clean, could definitely get the audience on their feet because "The Lion King" really is just a phenomenal score.

 

[Tinycities]

Well. Looks like they’ll send Chan/howe or mcbeath/parkman.

 

[Karen-W]

Well. Looks like they’ll send Chan/howe or mcbeath/parkman.

Agreed. They should send Chan/Howe, IMO, but that's a discussion for another thread.

 

[Karen-W]

Nagaoka/Moriguchi - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964573271032320336

Well, they finally have a decent 3tw, and they both landed their SBS jumps, so even though she fell on the first throw & had a bit of a skidded landing on the second throw, it's hard to find fault in their score here. Having said that, this program is boring and very much in the vein of pretty, pretty inoffensive skating to any music. Their costumes are nice though.

 

[Karen-W]

Metelkina/Berulava - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964575438887669972

That's a generous score. SBS 3s+2a+2a - he seemed a bit off-balance on the landing of the last 2a; SBS 3t - he stumbled out of the landing; oh, goody, more weirdness from this team, this time thanks to B E N O I T with a phone ringing twice & sirens in the background... And I see they're "blessing" us with the ugly shin-grab BODS again.

I don't care how technically good they are, I just cannot get behind this team. If it's not a stupid hood, it's phones ringing & sirens, and one fugly death spiral that ruins every program.

 

[Karen-W]

Miura/Kihara - https://x.com/moozuru/status/1964577532931690830

Well, that's a home-cooked score - she botched the SBS 3S landing and fell on the throw 3lo. I still haven't watched SDDes FS from John Nicks yet, but MiuKih's program itself is pretty bland - not much gladiator in it at all - just nice skating to a spectacular score. I suppose if skated clean in Milano it could win, but, really, it's not an Olympic-winning program, IMO. Very beatable.

 

[Karen-W]

FS Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2025-2026/csjpn2025/SEG006.htm
Pl. Name Nation TSS= TES+ PCS+ CO PR SK Ded.- StN.
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 143.00 73.11 70.89 8.90 8.70 8.95 1.00 #6
2 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 137.58 70.97 66.61 8.35 8.15 8.45 0.00 #5
3 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 126.50 66.21 61.29 7.65 7.50 7.80 1.00 #4
4 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 107.61 51.26 58.35 7.50 7.10 7.25 2.00 #3
5 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 101.77 49.17 52.60 6.60 6.50 6.60 0.00 #2
6 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 89.54 44.41 47.13 5.85 5.80 6.00 2.00 #1

Judges Protocols - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNat...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Final Results - https://www.jsfresults.com/InterNational/2025-2026/csjpn2025/CAT003RS.htm
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 222.94 1 1
2 Anastasiia METELKINA / Luka BERULAVA GEO 212.90 2 2
3 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 192.77 3 3
4 Valentina PLAZAS / Maximiliano FERNANDEZ USA 167.25 4 4
5 Daria DANILOVA / Michel TSIBA NED 158.24 5 5
6 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 141.14 6 6

 

[Wyliefan]

Kihara looked SPENT. I thought they would have to drag him off the ice. Hope he's okay.

 

[skatfan]

Miura and Kiara haven’t done a dramatic program like this before. Seems like they are finding their way - but I think it has a lot of potential.