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Daisuke Takahashi

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If I remember correctly, he said somewhere else that he'd try the 4F again, if his 4T is getting good enough. I want to see that! :yes:
Yes, he did: " After my surgery before this season, I went to France and was taking ballet lessons, working a lot on my basic skating skills. This made me improve my spins and triple jumps, so that I could focus more on training the quad instead of losing time training the other triples. The flip is actually my second quad, I focused on the toe this season. I feel more confident about the toe, so next season I will practice the flip and maybe other quads, too." (translation by japanskates). Those words "other quads" made some J-media to speculate what quads could it be. But my guess he would stick with 4F. I like how he performes this jump. Also, it could be just two 4toes, one in combo, as so many skaters did. Will see. ;)
 
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kilyca

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It is the thing which I translated for a thread of Yuzuru, but writes it here because the conversation of Daisuke is included.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeuipx453Iw

I calibrated translation of this video. And I wrote it again as follows. I translated it without minding number of characters. I'm sorry to be too long.

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Woman caster Yuko Ando) Daisuke Takahashi who won a silver medal wonderfully and Yuzuru Hanyu who won a bronze medal came here, now. Congratulations! Though you are tired, thank you. Please tell me the story later.
Caster Yuko) Sorry to make you come on a day of such terrible weather. and made you wait.
Caster Yuko) It is the first time in history that plural Japanese men enter the winners' platform in the world championship.
Daisuke) I really think it to be a nice splendid achievement as a member of the Japanese men skater.
Caster Yuko) Did Hanyu talk in this way before? 「Daisuke Takahashi and Patrick Chan are existence on clouds. 」 The impression that you stood in the winners' platform with them?
Yuzuru) Because there was not an actual feeling fighting on the same stage though I was tense when I entered the winners' platform, it's miraculous.
Caster Yuko) How does Takahashi think of Hanyu?
Daisuke) I think fierce for me. He has all. In addition, he can get the atmosphere of the audiences in the stadium.
Caster Yuko) The audience did beating time with hands in the latter half of the FP.
Yuzuru) It helped me. It's really glad. I do my best and think like Takahashi from now on that I want to be able to do it.
Caster Yuko) At that time of Takahashi, the audience was in high spirits.
Daisuke) It was helped very much that time by big encouragement of the audience.
Caster Yuko) Fierce younger skater follows you.
Daisuke) I seem to be really overtaken by him. I'm terrified. I try so hard that it is not overtaken by him.
Caster Yuko) You are frank. I was surprised. Then, let us watch your performance together.

Narrator) The audience cheered the performance of two samurai and many Japanese national flags shook in stadium. And, it is the first splendid achievement in Japanese history that two people won medals at the same time.
Daisuke Takahashi succeeded quadruple jump that did not succeed so far in free program. He didn't mind pressure. and he showed strong heart in world superlative performance. And he let combination jump of the high relative difficulty succeed and attracted the audience by world's best steps and his mature charm. And he won a silver medal.
17-year-old Yuzuru Hanyu showed courage not to mind pressure of the first participation. He let jumps of high difficulty succeed steadily. And, it was unexpected fall. But he was not discouraged at having fallen down, and he proved a strong heart. He thought of the revival of victims and finished spirited performance and received the cheers of the audience. After he raised a hand, he was relieved. He finished satisfaction performance, and he hug a coach. Focus, coach had a tissue cover of Winnie-the-Pooh. Pooh attended the kiss and cry too. Is Pooh a favorite of Hanyu?
Takahashi and Hanyu knew each other's results and praised good fight. Two Japanese national flags were raised in a commendation ceremony, and it was proved that Japan was a kingdom of the figure skating.

Caster Yuko) Did Takahashi watch this performance of Hanyu for the first time?
Daisuke) Yes, because he skated earlier than me.
Caster Yuko) How did you think to see this?
Daisuke) I have not yet watched all. Everyone said he was splendid. I want to watch recorded video after going home.
Caster Yuko) Takahashi's quadruple jump was good.
Daisuke) No, because but it was dangerous. I feel shiver, still now.
Caster Yuko) Really? Was it time of that landing?
Daisuke) I thought so later when I watched that video.
Caster Yuko) But did you survive it?
Daisuke) I did it somehow. I was anxious about only a quadruple jump. Because I thought that it was all right if even quadruple jump succeeded, I was relieved to be able to make landing.
Caster yuko) How did you think to see a performance of Takahashi?
Yuzuru) I felt force and dignified presence. I finished my performance and felt relieved, but thought that I should aim at the nobler performance like Takahashi.
Caster Yuko) Hanyu is a good younger. You fell down during footwork, that time.
Yuzuru) I felt that time stopped at that time.
Caster Yuko) But you did recover immediately, wasn't it?
Yuzuru) I was encouraged for applause and cheer of audiences.
Caster Yuko) This is mysterious. Your lucky-item?
Yuzuru) Lucky item, mmm.
Caster Yuko) Do you like? or dislike?
Yuzuru) I like it.
Caster Yuko) When there is Pooh, do you calm down?
Yuzuru) Yes, I calm down.
Caster Yuko) Is this indispensable?
Yuzuru) Because it is a stuffed toy, it's stable and always does the same face.
Caster Yuko) I see. Takahashi, are there lucky-item?
Daisuke)There is not it.
Caster Yuko) Do you not mind it?
Daisuke)I don't do that I am nervous about omens either. I think that adaptation to circumstances is good. Because I hate thinking with worry without it.
Caster Yuko) I will put this for the time being to do an interview well. Mainoumi, please.
Caster Mainoumi,Former sumo wrestler) At first, congratulations! I ask such a question, when you fatigued. sorry. What is necessary to win a gold medal,in The Olympics? At first, Hanyu.
Yuzuru) I am not yet such an existence. At first I aim at the participation. Therefore I want to do my best for all-Japan championship.
Caster Mainoumi) Takahashi. How about it? What is insufficient thing?
Daisuke) All is not enough to me. Because young skaters with ability participate, I cannot be careless. At first for me, quadruple jump, and physical strength and spin. I watched Patrick Chan and thought so.
Caster Mainoumi) It seem to have charity show for earthquake disasters in April?
Daisuke) It began in Kobe last year. It is the 2nd to perform in Kobe. We want to continue it for a long time.
Caster Yuko) Do you think the strength of Patrick Chan to be what?
Daisuke) What... I feel confidence for him when I practice together. I see him to be confident of his training.
Caster Yuko) It is written in the book of Hanyu that "I do not want to do skating with Patrick".
Yuzuru) Because it is the existence that I can never overcome. Of course Takahashi too. I don't yet feel like be able to beat other skaters.
At the time of press conference, I was glad that Patrick said to me in this way."You just shined most". I want to catch up with him sometime.
Daisuke) I want to beat him, too.
Caster Yuko) From children, there was such a question. "How can you spin faster?"
Daisuke) I think that I want him to teach me. Because I'm slow.
Caster Yuko) Ahaha! How do you do it?
Yuzuru) I cannot but practice.
Daisuke) I cannot do it even if I practice. Teach me.
Caster Yuko) Does Takahashi want to do spin faster than now?
Daisuke) I am slow than others. It's my weak point.
Caster Yuko) Tsubakihara?
Announcer Tsubakihara) It is the question from an audience."Have you wanted to quit skating?"
Caster Yuko) At first, Takahashi.
Daisuke) I thought so many times. When I was injury, I thought so in particular.
Caster yuko) Is it hard to show a motivation again at such time?
Daisuke) I was helped by close people. And I likes skating above all.
Caster yuko) And Hanyu?
Yuzuru) Because I liked baseball, I was at a loss. Because the particularly first coach was fierce. I wanted to quit it several times. haha
Caster yuko) The coach, was a woman? or a man?
Yuzuru) Woman.
Caster Yuko) But you did continue it.
Yuzuru) So I like skating. I presented successively with much effort, and father and mother supported it, too.
Tsubakihara) The next question, favorite sports and weak sports? And the hobby?
Daisuke) I am weak in a ball competition.
Caster Yuko) Ball games?
Daisuke) Tama... Oh, it's so. I am weak in ball games. sorry haha. I like the track and field comparatively whether it is proud. If it is sprint, I am not so slow.
Caster Yuko) Your hobby?
Daisuke) My recent hobby reads.
Caster Yuko) May I hear it in detail?
Daisuke) It may not be interesting.
Caster Yuko) What kind of book?
Daisuke) Various. I like horror novels.
Caster Yuko) Do you like being scary?
Daisuke) Yes, I excite, what happens after it.
Caster Yuko) Hanyu, what are weak sports?
Yuzuru) I am weak in soccer and basketball.
Caster Yuko) Even if you can play baseball?
Yuzuru) I can do the baseball all right, but cannot hit a basketball on the goal ring.
Caster Yuko) Is the baseball good than other ball games?
Yuzuru) Because my father played baseball. But my basketball play is terrible.
Caster Yuko) And your hobby?
Yuzuru) My hobbies are video games and music.
Caster Yuko) What kind of music do you listen to?
Yuzuru) It's J-POP. I am asked about "Do you hear classical music?". I don't listen at all. These that I hear recently, Hi-Fi CAMP / PornoGraffitti .
Caster yuko) Oh, I can not understand the talk. (I do not know a recent musician.) Next?
Tsubakihara) The next question. You eat together? And do you talk about skating?
Daisuke) Because we are different in a base; after a competition sometimes. We did not talk about the skating. isn't it?
Yuzuru) Yes.
Caster Yuko) Do you talk about the love?
Daisuke) No. Girls may do the story of the love. When talk together; in this way "The movement of this skater was interesting". We don't talk about the skating seriously. Other in this way "That skater is great." "That failure was laughable."
Caster Yuko) Are you careful about a meal? Hanyu in particular is thin.
Yuzuru) I am careful about nothing. When I want to eat it, I eat. And do not eat when I don't want to eat it.
Caster Yuko) Do you not have the likes and dislikes?
Yuzuru)There are not the likes and dislikes for food particularly. But, all of anything is not edible.
Caster Yuko) I prepared a favorite of Daisuke Takahashi. These are croissant. Did you already ate?
Daisuke) The fan bought it for me who heard that I said, "I wanted to eat it!" in Nice. French croissant was really delicious.
Caster Yuko) Then ambition of the next season.
Daisuke) "Steadily steadily." I think about my situation. And I want to progress even little by little. Because there was not it, I change such a character.
Yuzuru) "LEVEL UP!" I was able to give satisfaction performance in the last of this season, but cannot expect the further evaluation. I improve skating and want to increase the kinds of the quadruple jump.
Caster Yuko) Mr Taro Kimura such as Winnie-the-Pooh. Is there the question?
Taro Kimura) There is not it. Please get a lot of medal and presents in competition and the Olympics.
Caster Yuko) I want to see gold and silver of dazzling. haha. Please do your best in health carefully. Thank you.
Daisuke& Yuzuru) Thank you.

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The day when this broadcasted was the day of strong winds that many trucks were overturned.
Original was around 25 minutes, special feature. As for the thing uploaded in Youtube, some videos and conversations were omitted. My translation watched the thing which I recorded. The other part which is omitted of the video is about an earthquake disaster, and messages from children of Sendai for Yuzuru.

Please forgive me for my poor English. If there are place not to understand meaning, please point it out.
 
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Thanks for your translation! My two favorite parts are when Hanyu said he wanted to give a "nobler" performance to emulate Takahashi. That's the way I think of Daisuke as well: there's a nobility to his skating.

The other moment was when Hanyu said that Winnie-the-Pooh is his good luck talisman. How adorable!
 
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To think we might never have seen Hanyu skate (if he had become a baseball player).

The way the media say "bring us lots of medals [and not bronze]" is a bit scary. US media are not so blatant about pouring on the pressure.
 

Dragonlady

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I'm overjoyed for Daisuke being back on the podium where he belongs. Then yesterday I realized that with Daisuke and Chan both being on the podium, we can't have him come to Skate Canada. We've been blessed by having both Patrick and Daisuke at Skate Canada in two of the last three seasons. The highlight of Skate Canada in Kitchener in 2009 was seeing Daisuke skate his Olympic programs so beautifully I really thought he would win the OGM. Those are my favourite Takahashi programs of all time. This year, we got to see Blues for Klook in it's original form. It was much changed by the time he got to Worlds but in Mississauga it was amazing the way he became the music. Loved it.

Guess I'll have to go to London to see him.
 

Becki

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To think we might never have seen Hanyu skate (if he had become a baseball player).

The way the media say "bring us lots of medals [and not bronze]" is a bit scary. US media are not so blatant about pouring on the pressure.

I don't think that's what the hosts meant, they might please "bring us a lot of medals in Olympics and World Championships, and may Japan go 1-2" (as oppose to 2-3 because it is natural to aim for the highest rankings). I think the Japanese will be more than happy with a Bronze from a rookie :)
 

Tonichelle

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Let's try to not drag the fan threads down into fan wars. They never end well and in the end we have to deal with closing a thread out because of the nastiness. You get your licks enough times over in the competition threads as well as other discussions in the edge.
 

Li'Kitsu

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dorispulaski said:
I'd love to see him have a 4F4T

As one combination? I didn't even think about something like this :biggrin:

Thanks let's talk for bringing up the exact quote.
Yes, if he'll go for two 4Ts I'll just be as proud of him, but it would be so nice to have him the first human to ever land the 4F in competition! And it does have a higher base value; and I love his flips in general (just as I like his 3A) :love:
 

deedee1

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Thanks, kilyca for the lovely translation!

I know how hard it is to translate Japanese into English, especially the former is rather indirect language, and the latter expresses in a more straight way. When it comes to translate its nuances of Japanese, we have to go back and forth to correct here and there, right?...and it is even harder to do translation while 'listening'! Donot worry. You are doing great!

To Bluebonnet,
I can not find your previous post here, but my sincere apologies if I was the one with a bad behavior to you.
It wasnot my intention at all to express my disagreement addressing to certain skaters.

As I wrote, I was happy in general, when Mens free skate was over, maybe except the part Brian did not get on the podium with such brilliant two performances that we had not seen from him for a while. Becasue Brian was the cleanest, SP+FS combined among the top 7, you know.

When I was going to drop my post in the Mens FS thread to express my appreciation to all the skaters I got to see that night for their great performances, I found out fast-advancing pages of the thread, which I kind of expected though...Just imagining what was going on there made me feel sad. Lack of my sleep over the weekend made me feel even depressed. Besides I was getting tired of thread turning into this skater vs that skater fan battle. Michelle vs Sasha, Yuna vs Mao, we've had enough.

I finally got to see the part of Gala yesterday, probably two-thirds of the whole show. (Thank you, Fuji TV for changing skaters' order...was surprised to see Caro was second to show up on TV :disagree:)
Upon Brian's EX number, I was relieved to see his soothing calm smile, showing his gratitude to the audience. Thanks to Brian, I could finally ease my tensed feeling.

My apologies again if I offended some of members' feelings with my previous post.
Also, thank you very much for those who posted words of comfort for me here.
I feel much better now.

I will post my translation again when I have time to do so, in case some of you are still interested in Japanese skaters.
 
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Still interested in Japanese skaters? Absolutely! These days, most of my favorite skaters are from Japan. Whatever you folk are doing to train skaters, keep doing it!

Deedee, your translations give us extra insight into their personalities. Keep up the good work!

Don't worry about getting emotional during Worlds. I think a lot of us went through the wringer, as we say here, during that intense week. I don't really understand the judging, so I can't say much about the scoring, but if I saw a great performance, I was so thrilled that I almost didn't care what the score was. As an American fan, you can imagine what distressed me: Alissa's meltdown, the guys' lackluster performances. Between those lows and the high points of Davis/White, the pairs, and Ashley, I was just exhausted by the end, and I could barely tell the difference between sorrow and happiness. Add to that the performance of my favorite lady, Mao, and I was pretty much a wreck. Thank goodness I only follow one sport! I'd be totally wiped out if I had this reaction to something like baseball as well.
 

Bluebonnet

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To Bluebonnet,
I can not find your previous post here, but my sincere apologies if I was the one with a bad behavior to you.
It wasnot my intention at all to express my disagreement addressing to certain skaters.

Sorry, I just want to quickly say this:

No, no, Deedee: Hugs (((Deedee)))! I didn't mean you at all. You are the best in my mind ever since your first post here on GS!:rock: I do admire Takahashi very much as a person ever since 2010 Olympics. He is and always has been as heroic as a samurai!:bow: And I fully understand your frustration because I've been to the same situation like you before. Thanks so much for reading it!
 
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dorispulaski

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I want to thank you deedee and also kilyca for the wonderful Japanese translations! I am interested in all the Japanese skaters, but particularly in Takahashi & Tran, and in all the Japanese men, especially Dai, whose skating I first saw at Skate America the year he was skating his fabulous Technoswanlake SP.
 
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Oh, that TechnoSwanLake! Simply sublime. I knew then that Daisuke would be at the top of my list for as long as he chose to keep skating. After his retirement (somewhere around the year 2050, I hope), he will go into my personal hall of fame along with Curry, Browning, Lambiel, Wylie, and Yagudin.
 

dorispulaski

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ITA!! :clap: :clap:

I was so depressed when he had injuries with long recovery times, and I'm so glad he is skating like himself again :bow:
 

deedee1

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Good morning, everyone!

Thank you for your reply, Bluebonnet.
Glad to know that it was not me, and a nice surprise to get HUGGED by you!!!

There is one more person I would like to thank: fscric.
Thanks million for sending me a PM the other day. Without getting a PM from you, fscric, it probably took me more days to open this forum again.

Re Patrick, I can assure his fans that Patrick and his skating are respected and admired by a lot of skating fans, and by skaters, too in Japan; there is no denying how talented he is. When skating books are to be published, he often appears in these books. Well, he sometimes surprises Japanese fans with his straight forwardness, but we love to know more about him as a skater and as a person. When I have a time I will do translations on these books, too and drop them in his thread for you.

I agree with Olympia, everyone got emotional, a bit too emotional.
I am glad that everyone seems to be slowing down a bit and every threads turning back to be peaceful now.

Being ((hugged)) by Bluebonnet, I have a good feeling today will be a great one for me! See ya everyone!
 

carignan

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deedee1, thank you so much. Your great efforts are appreciated from all over the world!! However I don't need translations, I'm happy to read positive comments for Daisuke from people outside Japan who read your translations.

Olympia said:
his retirement (somewhere around the year 2050, I hope)
:clap: :clap:

Kenji Miyamoto's blog
http://ameblo.jp/kenjimiyamoto/entry-11214768531.html
It seems Daisuke enjoyed Yakiniku with Kenji after coming back from France.
 

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Here is Dai with fans near the hotel in Nice. People who witnessed that said that some staffer from the J-federation had to practically pulled him out to free him from fans. Otherwise he would be there giving signs and pics for all day and night long. Yeah, that's tough to be the true world celebrity. http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/fleur17/album/178681/
 
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