I thought that the following article sorcerer shared with at another thread "thought on this season so far" interesting. It's telling a story how the lack of sponsors may have hurt Nakano's career.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/sp20071125jg.html
I thought that Kozuka, a young male skater who I thought had won junior world(?), had a sponsor, despite that he is far less famous than Nakano. On the other hand, Nakano hasn't won a big event like Japanese Nationals or Junior grand prix or junior world, which may be affecting her not having a sponsor.
But I thought that she is receiving public funds from JOC and/or JSF, isn't she, although this article doesn't mention that.
In any case, I feel that getting a job, a sponsor, or a public/private grant is not easy in any field, which is not necessarily entirely up to your qualification. You have to be lucky as well. It's not unusual for a musician to have no full-time job after brilliant accomplishments in competitions. It's also not unusual for a brightest student in PhD to get a low-paid job after all the educational accomplishments.
She is lucky enough to have a writer who promotes her like this. At the bottom of the article, he even encourages the reader to sponsor her and refer an email address to contact with, which I believe is a very rare kind of support that one can get from the media or any other sources.
I wish her good luck.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/sp20071125jg.html
I thought that Kozuka, a young male skater who I thought had won junior world(?), had a sponsor, despite that he is far less famous than Nakano. On the other hand, Nakano hasn't won a big event like Japanese Nationals or Junior grand prix or junior world, which may be affecting her not having a sponsor.
But I thought that she is receiving public funds from JOC and/or JSF, isn't she, although this article doesn't mention that.
In any case, I feel that getting a job, a sponsor, or a public/private grant is not easy in any field, which is not necessarily entirely up to your qualification. You have to be lucky as well. It's not unusual for a musician to have no full-time job after brilliant accomplishments in competitions. It's also not unusual for a brightest student in PhD to get a low-paid job after all the educational accomplishments.
She is lucky enough to have a writer who promotes her like this. At the bottom of the article, he even encourages the reader to sponsor her and refer an email address to contact with, which I believe is a very rare kind of support that one can get from the media or any other sources.
I wish her good luck.