He is so cute and serious and then he smiles and his face lights up. Aww.
Now, what is he saying...? Lol
Sorry about just leaving the video link
: I was on iPad when I posted and couldn't translate.
This is just a rough and messy translation…
Narration at the beginning is about how he made a breakthrough last season with the 4T and 3A and won many titles.
1:15 He says he would have stayed junior for as long he needed to if he didn't acquire the 3A and 4T. He had a good season and has no regrets so he's going senior.
Narration says that he's never competed in the US before so he began his season a month before his first GP in the US to get accustomed.
1:50 He's the youngest/lowest (I think he just means it's his first senior year) so he thinks he'll be able to compete without thinking he has to win, but can have more fun competing than he did last season where he felt the pressure of being the top junior skater.
2:35 (Shoma mimics backstage reporters) "Uno Shoma senshu is concentrating," adds that his axis is off.
2:50 The narration says he's having fun going after the top skaters and overcoming big challenges will be important. Last season, he thought that he could afford to make mistakes with the 4T as long as he lands his other jumps. But now that he's a senior, he
has to jump them.
His big weapons are a standard in the senior field and landing more than one of them are a necessity. He increased the number of 4T and 3A in both programs.
Last season (for his FS at Junior Nationals) he tried the "senior" layout with two 4T and two 3A and only succeeded in landing one 3A. He said after the competition that he's awed by the senior skaters who have to do this every time.
His other challenge is that the FS is 30 seconds longer in the senior field.
5:18 After his SP at SLC, he said he's depressed and that he got a bit tight for the SP and regrets not going all out for it. He wants to overcome all the concerns he has from the SP in the FS.
He thought that he has to "attack" to have a good performance.
7:42 After his FS, he said that his performance went ok except for the landing on one of the 3As, but there's still room to improve in the FS and most of all, he needs to work on his stamina for the FS with the difficult jump layout.
8:15 He landed a 4Lo attempt in practice before the competition. He says that his 4Lo isn't consistent enough to include in a competition yet but there is a possibility (in the future).
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TV Tokyo posted a report of Shoma in preparation for Japan Open on their FB page.
His 4T success rate is almost 100% and he is in good shape.
The rest is about his FS music and how it's been used by Arakawa at Turin Olympics and Kim as her exhibition program.
https://www.facebook.com/txfigure/posts/734042613395058
He already loves Daisuke too much.
Just kidding; Brian is way too busy.
