Mao Asada

[solar]

Here is a very high quality video of Mao's SP at Cup of China. The Greatest Show on Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpfgCzS2k-Q


Here is a very high quality video of Mao's LP at Cup of China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO43yNvj9iU

Thank you for posting different versions of Mao at Coc!

 

[yhmafan]

That’s beyond terrible. Hopefully, everyone is safe if here are people from France.

 

[gotoschool]

I also hope all the people in France and the skaters get through this tragic situation safely.

 

[yhmafan]

Here are some other great pictures from COC

With Elena

With Rika and Misha

With MCM

 

[gotoschool]

Here are some high quality images of Mao at Cup of China. They do have a watermark, but the pictures are still really beautiful. There are a few pictures in which Mao's skating is not covered by a watermark.
To get the best quality, right click on the image and save it.

http://www.gettyimages.ae/photos/ma...&phrase=mao asada cup of china 2015&sort=best

 

[Vili67]

Here are some high quality images of Mao at Cup of China. They do have a watermark, but the pictures are still really beautiful. There are a few pictures in which Mao's skating is not covered by a watermark.
To get the best quality, right click on the image and save it.

http://www.gettyimages.ae/photos/ma...&phrase=mao asada cup of china 2015&sort=best

Big thanks for this link

 

[yhmafan]

2015 Cup of China: Welcome back, Princess. Inside Skating gold medal goes to…


I quoted the lines that relating to Mao from this article as below.

Butterflies on her shoulders and Mao herself, a butterfly
Coach Nobuo Sato attentively watches Mao as she takes the ice for her short program. He looks calm – as so does she; the only one nervous here is me, since I’ve missed her dearly last season and I was looking forward to her comeback. Well, the wait is finally over, and this is me paying gratitude to this beautiful 25-year-old lady for everything she has given to figure skating all over the years – and continuing to do so.

Ten years after winning silver at Cup of China, her first senior Grand Prix medal, Mao Asada returned to Beijing, and the ice of Capital Indoor Stadium was once again her stage. Skating to “Bei Mir Bis Du Schoen”, a short program choreographed by Lori Nichol, Mao was everything you expected – and more. I loved the dress, the red lipstick, the carefree attitude of this amazing skater who, a while ago, stated loud and clear: “I could truly say figure skating is wonderful”. This waggish, playful routine embraces Mao’s fluid, smooth skating – and watching her glide over the ice you feel like singing, as the song says, “Bella, bella…”. In her comeback, Mao Asada received 71.73 points for her short program – but, truthfully told, you can’t put a scores tag on her: the Japanese lady is in a class of her own.

A day later, butterflies on her shoulders, Mao Asada is the last to take the ice in the ladies’ event; she hasn’t even started and I already have my own butterflies. As the first music notes diffuse in the arena, she takes a deep breath and enters the role of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. A nervy, flawed routine this was (after hitting a cracking triple Axel, Mao’s knees jellified during the opening combination – and she did give up on some of her jumps while in the air), but the softness, the fluidity, the elegance of her skating, the fragile, graceful arms in the air, there’s truly no comparison to that. Third in terms of scores in Beijing, Mao’s free program has amazing potential – and it will only grow during the season. As for Mao, she was harsh on herself during the press conference at the end of the event: “I am not satisfied with my free skating today as I didn’t do all the elements. I have some problems to solve. I won thanks to my short program, but it doesn’t satisfy me to have won this way”. Her next Grand Prix assignment is NHK Trophy.

 

[yhmafan]

New magazine covers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUAIiLxU8AA_UD9.jpg

http://dotanba-muscle.tumblr.com/post/133341292265

 

[Franklin99]

New magazine covers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUAIiLxU8AA_UD9.jpg

http://dotanba-muscle.tumblr.com/post/133341292265

Beautiful covers! Thanks for sharing, yhmafan.

 

[tulosai]

New magazine covers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUAIiLxU8AA_UD9.jpg

http://dotanba-muscle.tumblr.com/post/133341292265

Gorgeous!

 

[Barb]

New magazine covers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUAIiLxU8AA_UD9.jpg

http://dotanba-muscle.tumblr.com/post/133341292265

Those legs

 

[Franklin99]

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[yhmafan]

Here are my favorite gifsets of COC (mainly) :yay:


Mao Asada Cup of China 2005 // 2015

Mao Asada: 3A +1.86 GOE || 2015 Cup of China

Mao Asada & Nobuo Sato Cup of China 2015

Mao Asada & Nobuo Sato World Championships 2014

Team japan + japanese-themed programs, 2015-16 season

 

[Imagine]

I remixed Mao's JP Open performance to the soundtrack of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. I really love this soundtrack and think it would be good for skating, but sadly the film is much too unknown. It was also the music I used in the first video I ever made, featuring Yulia Lipnitskaya, but once I saw Mao's performance this season, I knew it would fit her perfectly.

If anyone is interested, this is the film it comes from.

 

[yhmafan]

I remixed Mao's JP Open performance to the soundtrack of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. I really love this soundtrack and think it would be good for skating, but sadly the film is much too unknown. It was also the music I used in the first video I ever made, featuring Yulia Lipnitskaya, but once I saw Mao's performance this season, I knew it would fit her perfectly.

If anyone is interested, this is the film it comes from.

It fits the program. Beautiful :luv17:

 

[gotoschool]

Here are a lot of great photos and a couple of fancams of Mao's performances at Cup of China posted by rosewood at fsuniverse.

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...er-beauty-is-her-biggest-weapon.95911/page-15

post number 424 and 426


I am upset that Mao's SP scores are considerably deflated relative to the competition, but I am glad that far, far more people are watching Mao's SP on youtube than any other women's skater so far this Grand Prix season.

 

[gotoschool]

Here is a beautiful new video of Mao's Ballade performance in Almaty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQ-yeUGKBE

Here is a great fan cam of Mao skating with Javier Fernandez in the exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-qx84Qbfwc

I am also glad to see that Mao got a standing ovation from most of the crowd for her SP at the China Open.

 

[yhmafan]

Thanks gotoschool for those links.
The COC audience was amazing and the fan cam Chopin was amazing too!

I also love the Chopin black costume ver. that’s classy and elegant.
I am glad if she would reconsider the hairdo in her SP like she did in the Chopin program or something like braiding or twisting the hair updo.

 

[yhmafan]

Here is a recent photo by Noto-san

Mao big picture at Nagano Station.

 

[gotoschool]

Here is a recent photo by Noto-san

Mao big picture at Nagano Station.

Thanks for the beautiful pictures of Mao, yhmafan.