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malo42 said:
I'm lazy so I just like to call them Yunaa, Yunas, and Rikak :laugh:

I don't know if anyone will find this useful or if it's already been done before but I was getting annoyed with clicking through the regionals results trying to compare the novice scores and seeing who the top competitors were so I made a spread sheet with the top novice scores here I wanted to do juniors too but again... lazy! I'll update the scores every time there's a novice comp.
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Thank you! Looks very useful.

Regarding names, I call them YunaS, YunaA, so I guess I'll continue to call the Rikas the same way. I think there are some more Yunas and Rikas that haven't made a splash on the international scenes yet. Maybe they never will but it could get even more confusing in the future. Isn't there also a "Mao Watanabe" too?
I wish Yuna Shiraiwa would spell her name Yuuna and Yuka Nagai would spell her name Yuuka like they actually sound though.

yhmafan said:
https://twitter.com/makkiyuzu/status/655695909007659009

:laugh2: Sorry it's in Japanese but I couldn't resist.
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Since Yuzuru is said to be a S-type, his die hard fans must learn to become M-types ;)
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Nobu and Kozuka went to Yukari Nakano's wedding reception yesterday. She looks beautiful and Kozuka looks healthy/happy too. Congratulations to Yukarin and her hubby.
http://ameblo.jp/oda-nobunari/entry-12085727078.html

Mura skated to his SP on Saturday to qualify for Kokutai and scored 81.49 according to someone who went there. I don't know how this Kokutai qualification thing works (did he even have competitors?) and don't think he skated to his FS the next day. Apparently, he landed the 4T with both feet but everything else looked good. His costume was red and black but it's not really his SP costume I'm worried about :drama:
Good luck to Mura, Shoma, Haruka, Satoko, and Miyu this weekend!:cheer:

ETA: My 777th post!
 
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Entries for Eastern and Western Sectionals have come out. English page is not available yet.
Notable entries:
Western Sectionals
Men: Sei Kawahara, Keiji Tanaka, Ryuju Hino
Ladies: Miyabi Oba, Riona Kato, Mariko Kihara, Yura Matsuda
Junior Men: Yuto Kishina, Koshiro Shimada, Mitsuki Sumoto, Kazuki Tomono, Shu Nakamura, Taichi Honda, Sena Miyake, Taichiro Yamakuma, Sota Yamamoto
Junior Ladies: Yuna Shiraiwa, Emiri Nagata, Rin Nitaya, Marin Honda, Mai Mihara, Yunaha Yokoi, (Kaori Sakamoto has a bye)
Pairs (from east, but competing at western sectionals): Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau-Audet, Narumi Takahashi/Alexandr Zaboev, Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara
Junior Pairs (I don't think they're competing but skating for experience??): Ami Koga/Spencer Akira Howe

Eastern Sectionals
Men: Hioraki Sato
Ladies: Risa Shoji, Yuki Nishino, (Yuka Nagai has a bye)
Junior Men: Hidetsugu Kamata, Daichi Miyata
Junior Ladies: Yuna Aoki, Wakaba Higuchi
Ice Dance: Chris Reed/Kana Muramoto
Junior Ice Dance: Rikako Fukase/Ataru Tateno
Ice Dance (from west, but competing at eastern sectionals): Emi Hirai/Marien De La Asuncion
Junior Ice Dance (from west): Kumiko Maeda/Junya Watanabe

I'm probably missing a lot of names here, I just chose based on my knowledge of them and personal taste.
Good to see Wakaba competing even though she has a bye.
I hope YunaA slays here and at Junior Nationals.
I want to see Takahashi/Zaboev vs. Suzaki/Kihara :popcorn:
And I'd rather go to Western Sectionals than Eastern Sectionals. Just look at the long list of J/GP competitors!
 
mikaboo said:
Thank you! Looks very useful.

Regarding names, I call them YunaS, YunaA, so I guess I'll continue to call the Rikas the same way. I think there are some more Yunas and Rikas that haven't made a splash on the international scenes yet. Maybe they never will but it could get even more confusing in the future. Isn't there also a "Mao Watanabe" too?
I wish Yuna Shiraiwa would spell her name Yuuna and Yuka Nagai would spell her name Yuuka like they actually sound though.



Since Yuzuru is said to be a S-type, his die hard fans must learn to become M-types ;)
--------

Nobu and Kozuka went to Yukari Nakano's wedding reception yesterday. She looks beautiful and Kozuka looks healthy/happy too. Congratulations to Yukarin and her hubby.
http://ameblo.jp/oda-nobunari/entry-12085727078.html

Mura skated to his SP on Saturday to qualify for Kokutai and scored 81.49 according to someone who went there. I don't know how this Kokutai qualification thing works (did he even have competitors?) and don't think he skated to his FS the next day. Apparently, he landed the 4T with both feet but everything else looked good. His costume was red and black but it's not really his SP costume I'm worried about :drama:
Good luck to Mura, Shoma, Haruka, Satoko, and Miyu this weekend!:cheer:

ETA: My 777th post!
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haha, as a fan, I might have failed to be a that type :biggrin: Btw congratulations Yukari really a beautiful bride :yes:

As for names, didn't know there is a "Mao Watanabe" wow. I am glad if she becomes a promising skater someday though...
 
Thanks for the information! I also find from twitter about the number of top entries passing to the Nationals. So I'll added to the list by mikaboo

Western Sectionals
Men: Sei Kawahara, Keiji Tanaka, Ryuju Hino [Top 12 to Nationals, incl. Takahito Mura, plus 2 seeded: Uno and Takahiko]
Ladies: Miyabi Oba, Riona Kato, Mariko Kihara, Yura Matsuda [Top 15 to Nationals, incl. Nakashio Miyu, Murakami Kanako, Asada Mao, plus 2 seeded: Miyahara and Hongo]
Junior Men: Yuto Kishina, Koshiro Shimada, Mitsuki Sumoto, Kazuki Tomono, Shu Nakamura, Taichi Honda, Sena Miyake, Taichiro Yamakuma, Sota Yamamoto
[Top 14 to Jr. Nationals, Nakamura and Yamamoto are already seeded]
Junior Ladies: Yuna Shiraiwa, Emiri Nagata, Rin Nitaya, Marin Honda, Mai Mihara, Yunaha Yokoi, (Kaori Sakamoto has a bye)
[Top 16 to Jr. Nationals, Sakamoto is seeded]
Pairs (from east, but competing at western sectionals): Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau-Audet, Narumi Takahashi/Alexandr Zaboev, Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara
Junior Pairs (I don't think they're competing but skating for experience??): Ami Koga/Spencer Akira Howe

Eastern Sectionals
Men: Hioraki Sato [Top 9 to Nationals, incl. Murakami Daisuke, plus 1 seeded: Hanyu]
Ladies: Risa Shoji, Yuki Nishino, (Yuka Nagai has a bye) [Top 6 to Nationals, incl. Nagai Yuka and Imai Haruka, plus 1 seeded: Higuchi]
Junior Men: Hidetsugu Kamata, Daichi Miyata [Top 10 to Jr. Nationals]
Junior Ladies: Yuna Aoki, Wakaba Higuchi [Top 8 to Jr. Nationals, plus 1 already seeded: Higuchi]
Ice Dance: Chris Reed/Kana Muramoto
Junior Ice Dance: Rikako Fukase/Ataru Tateno
Ice Dance (from west, but competing at eastern sectionals): Emi Hirai/Marien De La Asuncion
Junior Ice Dance (from west): Kumiko Maeda/Junya Watanabe
 
yhmafan said:
haha, as a fan, I might have failed to be a that type :biggrin: Btw congratulations Yukari really a beautiful bride :yes:

As for names, didn't know there is a "Mao Watanabe" wow. I am glad if she becomes a promising skater someday though...
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Me neither. Bad fan! Thank goodness I'm not interested in getting folders of him. It saves me a lot of money from buying chewing gums and chocolate bars :biggrin:

Mao Watanabe is also from Chukyo Univ :)
The last skater listed here.


^Thanks for additional information cohkaix!
 
mikaboo said:
Me neither. Bad fan! Thank goodness I'm not interested in getting folders of him. It saves me a lot of money from buying chewing gums and chocolate bars :biggrin:

Mao Watanabe is also from Chukyo Univ :)
The last skater listed here.


^Thanks for additional information cohkaix!
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If anything, I want the folders since he looks so nice but I am not so willing to buy tons of gums :laugh: As for the Mao, thank you for the info :)
 
thanks for all the info mikaboo and cohkaix!! i was gonna ask how many of the skaters will advance but you answered before i ask ! :yay:

new article with coach Mie Hamada after Nebelhorn Trophy, after reading her past 2 interviews she seems very wise and humble person no wonder her students are strong mentally, my admiration for her getting bigger everyday
 
Looks like Sei Kawahara got Skate Canada so I guess he won't be at Western Sectionals. He must have gotten Peter Lieber's spot. I didn't think a TJ skater would be chosen but I also didn't think Sei would be chosen over Ryuju either :confused:
Ganbatte Sei-kun!

^Thank you for the article matmuh. I love Hamada's students from Yukina Ota to YunaS. I don't know enough about RikaK but I like her jumps.
 
alia jackson said:
Are there actually a few intros?
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Fuji TV makes better intros. They do J Nationals, 4CC, and Worlds. TV Asahi does GP Series, GPF and WTT.
How to tell them apart? If it makes you think, "That looks cool" it usually means it's made by Fuji, if you think "What the?!" it's probably made by Asahi :laugh:
 
mikaboo said:
Fuji TV makes better intros. They do J Nationals, 4CC, and Worlds. TV Asahi does GP Series, GPF and WTT.
How to tell them apart? If it makes you think, "That looks cool" it usually means it's made by Fuji, if you think "What the?!" it's probably made by Asahi :laugh:
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Okie dokie great thanks for the info :biggrin:
 
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