2023-24 Japanese Junior Nationals

[tsuyoboogie]

20. Haruna Murakami
Australia
3Lz 3S2T 2A 3F LSp4 3S3T FSSp3 3Lo 2A2T2Lo ChSq CCoSp3
Nice skate!
106.18 / 168.48 into 2nd

 

[cohkaix]

Mao sama~ that should be good...

 

[tsuyoboogie]

21. Mao Shimada
Benedictus
3A(NICE!) 4T(fall) 3Lz3T FCCoSp4 3F2A+SEQ 3S3T2T 3Lo ChSq 3Lz(rippon) CCoSp4 LSp4

137.99 / 201.33 into 1st

 

[tsuyoboogie]

22. Yo Takagi
The Mission
3Lz(huge!)2T 2A3T 3F FSSp3 3S 3Lz FCCoSp(lvl?) 3Lo ChSq 3T2A+SEQ CCoSp4
Beautiful!
120.34 / 183.96 into 3rd

 

[Jumping_Bean]

No offense, but watching the scoring at Japanese Nats can be so frustrating, like why are you shortchanging your own skaters?
Yo's PCS for example are 4 points lower than for a clean skate on the JGP, what for?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

23. Ayumi Shibayama
The Orangery Plan / The Beech Tree K
2A 3Lz3T 3Lo CCoSp4 3S FCCoSp4 ChSq 3Lz3T 3F(fall) 2A2T2Lo LSp2
Gorgeous
She did amazing
She sold that program so well
111.93 / 175.61 into 4th

edit: Stop crying, Ayumi~
Show us two clean programs at Senior Nationals

 

[tsuyoboogie]

24. Ikura Kushida
The Little Prince
3Lz3T 3S3T FCCoSp4 2A 2A CCoSp4 3Lo 3Lz2T2Lo 3F ChSq LSp4
Atta girl Ikura!

Love this program!
124.82 / 190.12 2nd!!!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I feel so bad for Kaoruko...

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Junior Women Final Results
Top 8 Junior Women should recieve Federation funding next season~
Top 8 Junior Women, excluding Mao and Riria in line for invites to compete at Senior Nationals (down to Ami)
As Junior National Champion Mao has (again) earned a spot on the JWC team

			SP	FS	Final
1	島 田 麻 央	Mao Shimada	63.34	137.99	201.33
2	櫛 田 育 良	Ikura Kushida	65.30	124.82	190.12
3	上 薗 恋 奈	Rena Uezono	60.95	125.56	186.51
4	髙 木 謠	Yo Takagi	63.62	120.34	183.96
5	柴 山 歩	Ayumi Shibayama	63.68	111.93	175.61
6	村 上 遥 奈	Haruna Murakami	62.30	106.18	168.48
7	河 野 莉々愛	Riria Kono - Novice A 2nd	57.70	109.48	167.18
8	横 井 きな結	Kinayu Yokoi	60.00	106.08	166.08
9	岡 万佑子	Mayuko Oka	60.04	103.67	163.71
10	中 井 亜 美	Ami Nakai	55.06	105.83	160.89
11	山 田 恵	Kei Yamada	56.78	103.16	159.94
12	金 沢 純 禾	Sumika Kanazawa - Novice A Champion	50.21	108.56	158.77
13	和 田 薫 子	Kaoruko Wada	60.26	97.61	157.87
14	岡 田 芽 依	Mei Okada	51.41	101.58	152.99
15	大 竹 沙 歩	Saho Otake - Noice A 3rd	47.09	105.55	152.64
16	中 尾 歩	Ayumi Nakao	56.49	94.73	151.22
17	奥 野 友莉菜	Yurina Okuno	58.74	89.53	148.27
18	松 浪 ひかり	Hikari Matsunami - Novice A 4th	48.39	97.02	145.41
19	杉 山 菜 那	Nana Sugiyama	51.37	93.54	144.91
20	岩 本 愛 子	Aiko Iwamoto	51.74	91.56	143.30
21	千 葉 美乃花	Minoka Chiba	47.39	91.04	138.43
22	今 関 友梨香	Yurika Imazeki	51.17	82.96	134.13
23	宮 本 琉 花	Ruka Miyamoto	48.90	83.29	132.19
24	大 坪 瑚 子	Koko Otsubo	49.14	81.77	130.91
FNR
25	重 田 美 星	Mira Shigeta	46.81
26	北 谷 美 結	Miyu Kitatani	46.81
27	瀬 川 穂 乃	Hono Segawa	43.88
28	北 見 奏	Kanade Kitami	40.84
29	入 江 美 友	Miyu Irie	39.91
30	髙 原 奈々子	Nanako Takahara	36.63

FS Results
FS Protocols

 

[rabidline]

Congratulations to all competitors! Ah, also I would like to ask, since the Junior Nationals is also called the JOC Junior Olympian Cup, does that mean Mao and Shunsuke who are champions are automatically given the Winter Youth Olympic spots?

 

[cohkaix]

Congratulations to all competitors! Ah, also I would like to ask, since the Junior Nationals is also called the JOC Junior Olympian Cup, does that mean Mao and Shunsuke who are champions are automatically given the Winter Youth Olympic spots?

Yes, assuming that will be the case. I just checked and Japan should have 2 spots to both women and men's competitions at the Winter Youth Olympics. And actually, the competition results today should be the final selection for team Japan. So perhaps the list will be announced soon.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Congratulations to all competitors! Ah, also I would like to ask, since the Junior Nationals is also called the JOC Junior Olympian Cup, does that mean Mao and Shunsuke who are champions are automatically given the Winter Youth Olympic spots?

I honestly don't know how they decide who goes to Youth Olympics
Sota went the year he was Junior Champion (2016) but in 2020 they sent Yuma and iirc Shun
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda was Junior Champion that season and Yuma and Shun were already competing as Seniors
Sorry, I was mistaken
Yuma was Junior National Champion in 2020 and Shun was 2nd

 

[rabidline]

I honestly don't know how they decide who goes to Youth Olympics
Sota went the year he was Junior Champion (2016) but in 2020 they sent Yuma and iirc Shun
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda was Junior Champion that season

No, the 2020 assignment should be correct because Yuma won the Junior Nationals in the 2019-2020 season (JNats was done in November 2019, while Winter Youth Olympics was in January 2020). Lucas won the Junior Nationals in the 2020-2021 season (November 2020), when both Yuma and Shun had turned senior (and also it was a pandemic season).

So I think we should expect the Junior Nationals champion to go. I think the one year they didn't send the Junior Champion to Winter Youth Olympics was in 2012 where they sent Shoma instead, but I think that's because he was the highest placement in Juniors that fits the age criteria for 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997).

 

[cohkaix]

Team Japan for Winter Youth Olympics - Link

Men
Rio Nakata
Haru Kakiuchi

*Sub1: Tsudoi Suto
*Sub2: Taiga Nishino

Women
Mao Shimada
Yo Takagi

*Sub1: Ikura Kushida
*Sub2: Ayumi Shibayama

 

[cohkaix]

Jr. skaters invited to (Sr.) Nationals: Link

Jr. men:

• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Rio Nakata
• Tsudoi Suto
• Haru Kakiuchi
• Taiga Nishino
• Seigo Tauchi
• Daiya Ebihara
• Seta Takahashi

Jr. women:

• Mao Shimada
• Ikura Kushida
• Rena Uezono
• Yo Takagi
• Ayumi Shibayama
• Haruna Murakami
• Kinayo Yokoi

* Riria Kono, in place of 7th, is NvA skater so not invited to Nationals

Ami....

 

[RatedPG]

Team Japan for Winter Youth Olympics - Link

Men
Rio Nakata
Haru Kakiuchi

*Sub1: Tsudoi Suto
*Sub2: Taiga Nishino

Women
Mao Shimada
Yo Takagi

*Sub1: Ikura Kushida
*Sub2: Ayumi Shibayama

What? Love Yo, but, Ikura did so well at Nationals. Are they spreading the wealth? Meaning, does Ikura have a spot at Junior Worlds now that three spots are available?

 

[skim1001]

Shunsuke is not eligible for YOC. Skater need to be born between 2006-09.

Sad about Ami and Kaoruko . Ami should focus on her health and sit out the final if needed. Kaoruko has been on the rise this season,Today just wasn't her day. She will most likely not get jgp assignments next season. Both are still so young though, should have a long career in front of them.

 

[RatedPG]

Jr. skaters invited to (Sr.) Nationals: Link

Jr. men:

• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Rio Nakata
• Tsudoi Suto
• Haru Kakiuchi
• Taiga Nishino
• Seigo Tauchi
• Daiya Ebihara
• Seta Takahashi

Jr. women:

• Mao Shimada
• Ikura Kushida
• Rena Uezono
• Yo Takagi
• Ayumi Shibayama
• Haruna Murakami
• Kinayo Yokoi

* Riria Kono, in place of 7th, is NvA skater so not invited to Nationals

Ami....

Oh no Ami
And to think, I was wondering why Kinayu was skating as a Junior this year, when she could have gotten through easily as a Senior, to Nationals.

Is Ami first sub, if someone like Mai Mihara (hoping it won’t happen) WD

 

[RatedPG]

Shunsuke is not eligible for YOC. Skater need to be born between 2006-09.

Sad about Ami and Kaoruko . Ami should focus on her health and sit out the final if needed. Kaoruko has been on the rise this season,Today just wasn't her day. She will most likely not get jgp assignments next season. Both are still so young though, should have a long career in front of them.

Oh yeah!! I forgot about Kaoruko. This was her opportunity to shine and she didn’t and now I have to be furious knowing she will be on the sidelines with JGP.

 

[cohkaix]

What? Love Yo, but, Ikura did so well at Nationals. Are they spreading the wealth? Meaning, does Ikura have a spot at Junior Worlds now that three spots are available?

My preliminary guessing is this: JSF goes with the Jr. National Champion first, and the second spot goes to the top placing skater who's from a different section of that of the Champion (Rio from East, so a second spot to a skater from West; Mao from West, so a second spot to a skater from East). That's only a guess. I think another point to consider is if the skaters are within the age limitation (which I'm not familiar with.)

Oh no Ami
And to think, I was wondering why Kinayu was skating as a Junior this year, when she could have gotten through easily as a Senior, to Nationals.

Is Ami first sub, if someone like Mai Mihara (hoping it won’t happen) WD

No, there's no such a sub list to the invitation list, unfortunately (Adding: even there would be a sub, in the case of only 29 women entering Sr. Nationals in the end, the sub should go to the Sr. skater from either the east or west sectionals. Besides, there's one more skater, Mayuko Oka, who placed above Ami at Jr. Nationals.)