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Shoma is royalty,
you can't expect him to fix his own clothes or worry about other stuff except for figure skating, gaming, sleeping and eating, he has people to do these things for him. lol
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Shoma Uno: 2014-2024
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Shoma is royalty,
you can't expect him to fix his own clothes or worry about other stuff except for figure skating, gaming, sleeping and eating, he has people to do these things for him. lol:sarcasm:
Team Japan at banquet https://twitter.com/naniwatomono/status/978532822435610625
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Oh that's nice to hear! When he's in Chicago that's probably an opportunity to practice. When he learns I hope he does not learn with Katakana, as tempting as that my be as that only serves to help you pronounce English with a Japanese accent since it doesn't have letters. Maybe Satton can tutor him. Digressing a little here but I watched this clip recently comparing pronunciations for Japanese speakers and it can be a challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fS7CV5s0hw. For many years I've been studying Japanese and have watched a lot of media so to me they still sound like they are saying "girl" just with a Japanese accent. But someone like my mom might not catch it as "girl".
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Shoma is royalty,
Yes he is royalty. There is more than one reason why his title is Shomajesty!
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I was at worlds championship for Men and Ice dance FP seeing live figure skating for the first time (yay!) and I brought a friend who hardly watches FS with me. I was so worried for Shoma after the SP I managed to make my friend worry ^^ I got very emotional during the last group warm up, from where I sat (not very close to the rink) I could see one strand of hair completely out of place and I think it made him look a bit vulnerable (I don't know if it was because i knew he was hurt or if it was really the case but he seemed a bit down before starting the program). Of course the beginning of Shoma's FP was a disaster but then, I felt like the whole arena was living the program with him, and the cheers when he landed the next jumps were deafening. I don't think I can ever watch that program again, but I will keep this as a bitter sweet memory for a long time. My friend said that he looked like an anime character and that you could see that he was very talented even with the falls. Anyway, I am so so proud of him, and happy to be his fan (hopefully for long years, now). I hope he gets some rest, and stops being so hard on himself 
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"Uno has gelato, if you have coin."I'm pretty sure this was at the banquet itself, where they had an ice cream parlour. Shoma is behind it and Kazuki's caption is Gelatoya-san. Which means that Shoma is the one selling the ice cream.
I saw on his blog, "I competed under a lot of different circumstances, and when I think back on them there were more bad competitions than good"
He thinks that he had a disappointing season. He is really too hard on himself. He may not have accomplished as much as he wanted, but he still did medal at every event this season.
Classic Shoma he didn't even flinch when a ball is coming at his face
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I must say that I've always found Shoma really adorable but I was never a fan of his skating.
However, after seeing his FS live in Milan, I have really warmed up to it! Sure, I still think his jumps need fixing, but what really convinced me was his musicality and interpretation, which seen live really were outstanding compared to the other skaters in his group. I also really admired his grit for going for it even though he was injured. I'm happy I was able to see him live and change my mind about him! Good luck for next season Shoma!
However, after seeing his FS live in Milan, I have really warmed up to it! Sure, I still think his jumps need fixing, but what really convinced me was his musicality and interpretation, which seen live really were outstanding compared to the other skaters in his group. I also really admired his grit for going for it even though he was injured. I'm happy I was able to see him live and change my mind about him! Good luck for next season Shoma!
(Off topic hahaha) From my experience...generally Japanese speak English vocab with gairaigo pronounciation...the abuse of gairaigo has negative effect on their English pronounciation imo and it seems no one told Japanese gairaigo is NOT English...
Btw my boss (Japanese ofc) in previous company can speak quite good English, still he couldn't pronounce "April" well
Btw my boss (Japanese ofc) in previous company can speak quite good English, still he couldn't pronounce "April" well
Oh that's nice to hear! When he's in Chicago that's probably an opportunity to practice. When he learns I hope he does not learn with Katakana, as tempting as that my be as that only serves to help you pronounce English with a Japanese accent since it doesn't have letters. Maybe Satton can tutor him. Digressing a little here but I watched this clip recently comparing pronunciations for Japanese speakers and it can be a challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fS7CV5s0hw. For many years I've been studying Japanese and have watched a lot of media so to me they still sound like they are saying "girl" just with a Japanese accent. But someone like my mom might not catch it as "girl".
I am in Japan now for a short trip...this afternoon i went to a second hand book store by chance and found a magazine (kateigaho) with shoma's interview 
Kinda unexpected to find that, sadly I cannot buy it cox it is too damn heavy (budget travel this time only 7kg luggage..) still good to see handsome shoma with hakama (Japanese formal wear) and some interview.
According to the description in the interview, the family crest of Uno is eagle's feather* (the crest looks like two feathers imo)
*edited the classification of uno's family crest after browsed some internet info
http://www.ippongi.com/2011/12/23/takanohane-2/#うのしょうま
Kinda unexpected to find that, sadly I cannot buy it cox it is too damn heavy (budget travel this time only 7kg luggage..) still good to see handsome shoma with hakama (Japanese formal wear) and some interview. According to the description in the interview, the family crest of Uno is eagle's feather* (the crest looks like two feathers imo)
*edited the classification of uno's family crest after browsed some internet info
http://www.ippongi.com/2011/12/23/takanohane-2/#うのしょうま
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The one who threw Shoma a Tsum Tsum Dumbo must've been a long-time fan! I guess he outgrew the Tsum Tsum cuteness to battling for blood in Vain Glory.
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I am in Japan now for a short trip...this afternoon i went to a second hand book store by chance and found a megazine (kateigaho) shoma' interview
According to the description in the interview, the family crest of Uno is eagle (the crest looks like two feathers imo)
okay after i am watching jun and rachel on youtube.there was a video about hakama and family crest.i wonder what is the meaning about shoma's family crest??
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That's what it's called, gairaigo. Thanks. It sets you up for sooo many bad habits that are harder to fix later on.
Got some info from Internet and I have included the url in my original post (in Japanese, I hope Google translation can help you) It seems that that pattern is very common (#3 in Japan)...
I'm new here but have been lurking for awhile. I think Shoma is a really great skater and I'm a big fan. I must say I'm astonished that the Silver medalist at the Olympics looks back on the year and thinks he had more bad comps than good ones! He won the gold medal at his challenger series event at the 2017 Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo, Italy; the gold medal at 2017 Skate Canada, placing first in both segments to begin his Grand Prix Series for the season, despite having the flu; at IdF placed second in the short program and first in the free skate to place second overall; at the 2017 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Uno successfully defended his national title (so two in a row Japanese champion); and capped it off with Silver at Worlds (after Silver at Olympics.)
Can you imagine how many skaters in the world dream of having such a season? I think he should be very proud - I hope he's more satisfied than he lets on in his blog. He's amazing!
Can you imagine how many skaters in the world dream of having such a season? I think he should be very proud - I hope he's more satisfied than he lets on in his blog. He's amazing!
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It is hard to imagine anyone being disappointed about that many medals, but maybe he was just hoping for better scores rather than better placements. He's said before that the person he doesn't want to lose against the most is himself, so I guess without comparing himself to anyone else he didn't get the personal scores he wanted.
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Welcome Tyche! I'm also quite new around here but since everybody is so nice, I feel really comfy and I believe you'll be happy too.
I agree with you, he's being really hard on himself! I hope he can calmly look back at his season and feel proud of himself and see what all of us see in him. He's such a perfectionist and that's also what makes him so wonderful!
A little off topic, but I feel that he even looks more mature in all of his after Worlds pictures. After his toughening experience, he seems to have internally grown. Besides, I love his long hair look! Does anybody feel the same?
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Shoma at peak fluffy is the best Shoma
I don't think he medaled the way he wanted to at Worlds. It was such a mess.
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