Japan Sectional competition - Section #1: Eastern

[tsuyoboogie]

22. Yurina Okuno
Riverdance
3Lz3T 3F 2A FSSp 3Lo LSp 2A3T 3Lz(fall) 3S CCoSp ChSq
ALMOST CLEAN!
But it wouldn't be Yurina if she was
Great skate!!!
110.64 / 173.66 into 1st~Q

 

[tsuyoboogie]

23. Ami Nakai
Miss Saigon
3A 3Lz3T 3Lo2A+SEQ FSSp? 2A 3FEu3S(fall) CCoSp 3Lo 3Lz LSp ChSq
122.27 / 185.86 into 1st~Q

 

[tsuyoboogie]

24. Mone Chiba
Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto
3Lz3T 2A 3S(fall) FCCoSp 3F(hangs on) 3Lo(fall) CCoSp 3F2A 3Lz(hangs on)2T2Lo ChSq LSp
101.06 / 167.43 into 4th~Seed

 

[RatedPG]

Oh no! Mone ; showing how she can be brilliant, but, so inconsistent. Yurina and Yo are two to watch out for, for next year Juniors circuit

 

[RatedPG]

The Junior National team is set. Do the top 6 novice also get to compete against these juniors?
I can’t believe Japan only has two spots for Junior Worlds
Mao Shimada and Hana Yoshida/Ami Nakai seem to be the favourites as per the GP Junior Circuit. These girls will guarantee three spots for the following year

 

[tsuyoboogie]

The Junior National team is set. Do the top 6 novice also get to compete against these juniors?
I can’t believe Japan only has two spots for Junior Worlds
Mao Shimada and Hana Yoshida/Ami Nakai seem to be the favourites as per the GP Junior Circuit. These girls will guarantee three spots for the following year

Top 3 Novice A Boys (they almost always cheat the boys out of a spot )
Sena Takahashi
Taiga Nishino
Hiroto Hanai
and
Top 4 Novice A Girls
Rena Uezono
Mayuko Oka
Ruka Miyamoto
Riria Kono
were invited to compete at Junior Nationals

https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/nominee_jr.pdf

 

[cohkaix]

Mone

Hopefully she'll do better at Jr. Nationals!

But I realize that they really need some Sr. women's skaters from the Tohoku-Hokkaido Region, as none from that region makes it to the Nationals this season. So assuming Mone will be old enough to move to Sr. next season?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Sorry for the delay. I kept dozing off~

Junior Women Final Results
12 Junior National spots
Q~Qualifies for Junior Nationals + Seed: Mone Chiba

				SP score	FS score	Final score
Q	1	中 井 亜 美	Ami Nakai	63.59	122.27	185.86
Q	2	奥 野 友莉菜	Yurina Okuno	63.02	110.64	173.66
Q	3	髙 木 謠	Yo Takagi	60.29	108.42	168.71
Seed	4	千 葉 百 音	Mone Chiba	66.37	101.06	167.43
Q	5	穂 積 乃 愛	Noa Hozumi	52.86	108.59	161.45
Q	6	田 邊 桜 香	Sakurako Tanabe	50.12	99.01	149.13
Q	7	今 関 友梨香	Yurika Imazeki	47.00	91.87	138.87
Q	8	中 尾 歩	Ayumi Nakao	46.40	91.63	138.03
Q	9	瀬 川 穂 乃	Hono Segawa	48.49	82.41	130.90
Q	10	長 岡 柚 奈	Yuna Nagaoka	52.88	76.99	129.87
Q	11	入 江 美 友	Miyu Irie	47.01	80.24	127.25
Q	12	藤 沼 聖 空	Seira Fujinuma	47.73	78.40	126.13
Q	13	花 田 実 優	Miyu Hanada	39.74	85.31	125.05
	14	石 田 真 綾	Maaya Ishida	41.70	80.49	122.19
	15	鳥 居 琴 子	Kotoko Torii	43.76	78.10	121.86
	16	井 瀧 梨 杏	Rian Itaki	40.48	81.17	121.65
	17	千 葉 美乃花	Minoka Chiba	43.43	77.84	121.27
	18	北 條 楓	Kaede Hojo	41.78	75.98	117.76
	19	永 田 桂 都	Keito (Kate) Nagata	41.99	73.98	115.97
	20	髙 橋 舞	Mai Takahashi	43.03	71.49	114.52
	21	牛 山 胡 香	Koko Ushiyama	38.99	72.04	111.03
	22	園 田 真 央	Mao Sonoda	42.32	67.80	110.12
	23	小 田 佳名美	Kanami Oda	37.69	68.56	106.25
	24	杉 原 舞 香	Maika Sugihara	38.49	66.25	104.74
		Final Not Reached
	25	岩 本 愛 子	Aiko Iwamoto	37.41
	26	海老根 紗 彩	Saya Ebine	37.21
	27	中 野 真 桜	Mao Nakano	36.86
	28	藤 原 愛 菜	Aina Fujiwara	36.81
	29	反 町 苺 夏	Maika Sorimachi	36.38
	30	日 比 優 花	Yuka Hibi	35.55
	31	聖 前 埜乃華	Nonoka Shozen	32.37

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Was having problems recording video during the Jr Womens FS
Haven't checked what I was able to (and not able to) capture yet
Need to get some sleep before work so going to leave Day 3 video until after work
The episodes for this competition are being archived quickly so I'll likely be able to get anything I missed right away

 

[CoyoteChris]

Yeah, unfortunately Fuji On Demand is not available through the streaming site you're using
You will need a separate paid subscription purchased through FOD and an effective vpn that can't be detected by Japanese streaming sites

Thanks! At least Instagram put up Mao Shimada's free skate.....beautiful....

 

[yesterday]

Sorry for the delay. I kept dozing off~

Junior Women Final Results
12 Junior National spots
Q~Qualifies for Junior Nationals + Seed: Mone Chiba

				SP score	FS score	Final score
Q	1	中 井 亜 美	Ami Nakai	63.59	122.27	185.86
Q	2	奥 野 友莉菜	Yurina Okuno	63.02	110.64	173.66
Q	3	髙 木 謠	Yo Takagi	60.29	108.42	168.71
Seed	4	千 葉 百 音	Mone Chiba	66.37	101.06	167.43
Q	5	穂 積 乃 愛	Noa Hozumi	52.86	108.59	161.45
Q	6	田 邊 桜 香	Sakurako Tanabe	50.12	99.01	149.13
Q	7	今 関 友梨香	Yurika Imazeki	47.00	91.87	138.87
Q	8	中 尾 歩	Ayumi Nakao	46.40	91.63	138.03
Q	9	瀬 川 穂 乃	Hono Segawa	48.49	82.41	130.90
Q	10	長 岡 柚 奈	Yuna Nagaoka	52.88	76.99	129.87
Q	11	入 江 美 友	Miyu Irie	47.01	80.24	127.25
Q	12	藤 沼 聖 空	Seira Fujinuma	47.73	78.40	126.13
Q	13	花 田 実 優	Miyu Hanada	39.74	85.31	125.05
	14	石 田 真 綾	Maaya Ishida	41.70	80.49	122.19
	15	鳥 居 琴 子	Kotoko Torii	43.76	78.10	121.86
	16	井 瀧 梨 杏	Rian Itaki	40.48	81.17	121.65
	17	千 葉 美乃花	Minoka Chiba	43.43	77.84	121.27
	18	北 條 楓	Kaede Hojo	41.78	75.98	117.76
	19	永 田 桂 都	Keito (Kate) Nagata	41.99	73.98	115.97
	20	髙 橋 舞	Mai Takahashi	43.03	71.49	114.52
	21	牛 山 胡 香	Koko Ushiyama	38.99	72.04	111.03
	22	園 田 真 央	Mao Sonoda	42.32	67.80	110.12
	23	小 田 佳名美	Kanami Oda	37.69	68.56	106.25
	24	杉 原 舞 香	Maika Sugihara	38.49	66.25	104.74
		Final Not Reached
	25	岩 本 愛 子	Aiko Iwamoto	37.41
	26	海老根 紗 彩	Saya Ebine	37.21
	27	中 野 真 桜	Mao Nakano	36.86
	28	藤 原 愛 菜	Aina Fujiwara	36.81
	29	反 町 苺 夏	Maika Sorimachi	36.38
	30	日 比 優 花	Yuka Hibi	35.55
	31	聖 前 埜乃華	Nonoka Shozen	32.37

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

Was Mone the only seed in all this stages to actually compete?

 

[cohkaix]

Was Mone the only seed in all this stages to actually compete?

The other seed skater is Mao Shimada, from Western sectionals. (There is supposed to be one more seed, but as Rion Sumiyoshi switches from Jr. to Sr. this season, she does not get to keep the seed status from the Jr. level)

 

[OksVin]

If anyone wants to watch Shingo Nishiyama's traumatizing SP let me know. I'll upload
I also have Tsutomu Matsui, Keisuke Kadowaki & Yuki Kunikata's programs

I want all of this!

 

[CoyoteChris]

Watched Fumie Suguri showing Vegas off to the Japanese people on MujiTV. Too bad they are not carrying the sectionals. MujiTV has lots of buffering now even at a download speed of 6 mb/sec so I will have to find someone who knows if I can decrease the quality of the picture for nats. If not, I dont know what to do....

 

[yesterday]

The other seed skater is Mao Shimada, from Western sectionals. (There is supposed to be one more seed, but as Rion Sumiyoshi switches from Jr. to Sr. this season, she does not get to keep the seed status from the Jr. level)

Ah yeah she was there as I well, I forgot

 

[CoyoteChris]

I am so envious of you folks that can watch. On Instagram, SkateJapanews" has posted 20 reels of skaters from sectionals....so nice.....

 

[el henry]

I forgot to look at this thread and all of @tsuyoboogie's hard work and just saw elsewhere that Shingo qualified for Japanese Nats!

 

[yesterday]

Competition Day 1 video
Video processing very slowly today~

Senior Women SP

Placement		SP Score	Music	Choreographer
1st	Maria Egawa	61.31	The Last Emperor	Kenji Miyamoto
2nd	Tomoe Kawabata	55.03	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg	David Wilson
3rd	Yuna Aoki	54.51	Byakuyako	Akiko Suzuki
4th	Shiika Yoshioka	53.43	The Prayer	Kenji Miyamoto
5th	Akari Matsubara	53.29	Hallelujah	Kenji Miyamoto
6th	Marin Honda	52.34	Assassin's Tango	Lori Nichol

Junior Women SP
Note: During Ami Nakai's step sequence, video pauses, then jumps forward in the program. I'll try to get a better copy later~

Placement		SP Score	Music	Choreographer
1st	Mone Chiba	66.37	Schindler's List	Akiko Suzuki
2nd	Ami Nakai	63.59	I Got Rhythm	Akiko Suzuki
3rd	Yurina Okuno	63.02	Beethoven’s 5 Secrets	Noriko Sato
4th	Yo Takagi	60.29	Sous le ciel de Paris	Akiko Suzuki
5th	Yuna Nagaoka	52.88	Madame Butterfly	Misao Sato
6th	Noa Hozumi	52.86	You Raise Me Up	Noriko Sato

Senior Men SP
I messed up while recording Minato Shiga. I'll try to get his SP later
If anyone wants to watch Shingo Nishiyama's traumatizing SP let me know. I'll upload
I also have Tsutomu Matsui, Keisuke Kadowaki & Yuki Kunikata's programs

Placement		SP Score	Music	Choreographer
1st	Kosho Oshima	75.02	Miyavi: Real?	Misao Sato
2nd	Taichiro Yamakuma	69.73	Natural Songbook: VIII. (after O’ Carolan)	Eiji Iwamoto
3rd	Kazuki Hasegawa	63.72	Happy	Hanae Yokoya
4th	Yoshiki Sato	54.39	Rurouni Kenshin	Kenji Miyamoto

watched

some quick remarks, thoughts,..
-) ladies, girls, you have some wonderful music there, why ruin it with vocals
-) Kazuki Hasegawa: a bit of a story here - when I first read about Kazuki Tomono doing "Happy Jazz" I initially thought it could be something like this version. Now I'm glad Kazuki T didn't because what I heard here did not sound as good as I thought it would
-) omg the Kosho strap, and he was aware of it and able to make fun of it in the end, phew.

Competition Day 2 video
I'll continue to add links as Day 3 competition begins~

Junior Men SP

Placement		SP Score	Music	Chroeographer
1	Rio Nakata	70.05	Believer	Eiki Hattori
2	Ryusei Kikuchi	62.27	Uncontrollable Evil Extended	Yukihiro Komaba
3	Tsudoi Suto	54.94	Per Te	Kenjii Miyamoto
4	Daiya Ebihara	54.80	I'm A-Doun For Lack O' Johnny	Noriko Sato

Senior Women FS
I started recording Chikako Saigusa after she began her program. I'll try to get her full FS later

Final Placement		FS Score	Final Score	Music	Choreographer
1	Maria Egawa	114.15	175.46	Les Miserables	Kenji Miyamoto
2	Yuna Aoki	118.11	172.62	Paganini-Violin Concerto No.4 (Io Ti Penso Amore)	Misha Ge
3	Ibuki Sato	107.92	157.79	Kaas chante Piaf	Hanae Yokoya
4	Akari Matsubara	101.20	154.49	Forrest Gump	Kenji Miyamoto
5	Shiika Yoshioka	99.72	153.15	Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto	Eiji Iwamoto
6	Marin Honda	96.63	148.97	Moulin Rouge	Kenji Miyamoto
7	Chikako Saigusa~video pending	100.02	147.10	The Misson	Eiki Hattori
8	Tomoe Kawabata	84.76	139.79	Violin Concerto	David Wilson

Junior Pairs SP

		SP Score	Music	Choreographer
1	Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi	48.97	Le Corsaire	Cathy Reed

Senior Men FS

Final Placement		FS Score	Final Score	Music	Choreographer
1	Kosho Oshima	123.06	198.08	Top Gun	Misao Sato
2	Kazuki Hasegawa	127.45	191.17	Beatles Concerto	Hanae Yokoya
3	Taichiro Yamakuma	114.67	184.40	Somewhere In Time	Salome Brunner
4	Shingo Nishiyama	127.63	177.12	New World Symphony, Anthem	Joey Russell

watched

Ryusei: interesting final preparation
he has music and costume that would get the Brian Joubert seal of approval

Rio: picked him here cause we haven't seen Yuma's believer yet and he was great in JGPs
such a sweet celebrator he is, in between also
and he has a "Shoma necklace", +5 points

in general: boys, your spins!

Akari! love her air position and love the FG soundtrack, so that's +5
Yuna - skip dress and vocals here

I always wonder.. is that shouting into a sbs spin really helping?

Shingo: mhm vocals here but the first part is so small there's not a lot to "ruin", so I'll forgive that
+5 for not-black-pants

Taichiro: +5 as well! Nice music choice (ofc it's rather subtle but they stick to the theme) - and I was intrigued when I saw that it's Salomés choreo? When did he get it?

Kazuki: Hm not sure about the costume, but lovely twizzle placement!
and they stayed away from vocals

Kosho: just sitting there hiding then late for his points and discovering he won - just
they are so funny!
his music cuts are a bit raw but the costume is obviously so on point he totally forgot salute in the KnC haha

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I am so very sorry for the delay with Day 3 video (Jr Men FS, Jr Pairs FS and Jr Women FS)

I ran out of storage space on my laptop and didn't capture any of the Jr Women's FS
Needed to go through old files (wasn't sure what I had recorded) and move stuff over to an external harddrive to make some room
Unfortunately, I've been so busy this week that I haven't been able to do a good amount of this until today (my day off)
Just recorded the Top 6 Jr Women, re-recorded HaruSumi's FS and will start working on processing video while I watch the GP Men's SP
Hope to have links to Day 3 video posted within in a few hours

 

[yesterday]

I am so very sorry for the delay with Day 3 video (Jr Men FS, Jr Pairs FS and Jr Women FS)

I ran out of storage space on my laptop and didn't capture any of the Jr Women's FS
Needed to go through old files (wasn't sure what I had recorded) and move stuff over to an external harddrive to make some room
Unfortunately, I've been so busy this week that I haven't been able to do a good amount of this until today (my day off)
Just recorded the Top 6 Jr Women, re-recorded HaruSumi's FS and will start working on processing video while I watch the GP Men's SP
Hope to have links to Day 3 video posted within in a few hours

Don't stress Interesting skating never gets "old" and there's so much going on that no one will be bored^^