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2022 Japan Open

Otherwise, I hope there will be LIVE streaming broadcasted online instead of on TV. I enjoyed watching the streaming from overseas last year. But I think it's less likely going to happen this year, as the competition is switching back to its usual mode of international team competition.
The 2022 Japan Open is an annual invitational senior international figure skating team competition set to take place on Oct. 8, 2022, in Saitama, Japan, at the Saitama Super Arena. The current format (team event) was established in 2006 and is the competition is held every autumn in Japan. Invited skaters compete in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles. Skaters perform a free program but no short. Individual results are combined for a team standing.
I hope someone finds a streaming and is able to post it!! It saddens me that we cannot see the ice shows and competitions from Japan in any kind of reliable way. If they figued out a way to monetize it and deal with all the copyrights, etc. I would PAY to see the Japanese FS content. I am a Jason Brown fan, desperate to see him as much as possible before he hangs up the skates. It seems he does most of his skating in Japan.
 
Bradie Tennell has been named as the second woman for North America. The line-up is now complete.

(I saw on Twitter @figure365 account, in Japanese through Bing translate. On my iPad so cannot easily do link, will add later)


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Twitter Translate:

All players of #ジャパンオープン have been announced [Japan] Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto, Rika Kihira [North America] Jason Brown, Ilia Malinin, Mariah Bell, Brady Tennell [Europe] Daniel Grassl, Michal Brezina, Luna Hendricks, Ekaterina Krakova
 
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I know it's the machine, but this is kraking me up :laugh2:

Teehee.

I guess I could have put <sic> after the names, but thank the skating gods for machine translation in light of my non-existent Japanese. ;)
 
I thought Jason Brown had retired from Competitive Skating. Is he planning to compete for another season?
 
Ooh it´s only one week away. I hope it´s possible to find a free live stream or something. I didn´t realize before seing a lot of the names how much I have missed skaters who are now retired or having a break this season. Mr. Brezina, Mariah, Jason....

It´s interesting with the mix of active and retired skaters, I´m wondering if the ones who are not very active now still has restored most of their jumps.

That´s a heck of price money involved :biggrin:
 
I thought Jason Brown had retired from Competitive Skating. Is he planning to compete for another season?
Japan Open does invite retired skaters. Jeffrey Buttle and Joannie Rochette skated there many times when retired... at this point though, it's been a long time since a Canadian was invited at Japan Open (2015 with Patrick)...

So i am no longer watching :) I don't mind that Canadians are not always invited but 7 years is kinda long don't ya think?? Especially when some years, Gabby and Kaetlyn would have been perfect choices.
 
I thought Jason Brown had retired from Competitive Skating. Is he planning to compete for another season?

Jason has made no announcements yet. His loyal fans are waiting for such an announcement. :)

He is obviously not doing the GP, but in every interview he has given so far, he says he honestly does not know about another competetitive season.

Japan Open is a good payday and, as has been noted, often invites retired skaters.
 
Doing a quick google search, there are still many options to get live and on demand for 2 weeks Japan TV as long as one knows what channel the event is played on. As you will rememeber, Japan Nats last year was on at least two channels for different events and Maybe 3. I used two services.
One was this critter. It worked very well and was cheep and if I had time, I would try it out for Japan Open. Perhaps some of our Japanese speaking members will re surface with some advice as to where and when to watch. This critter has 56 channels live and on demand for two weeks. It is very reasonably priced.
Mujitv

Others use VPNs and netflixs, Roku, etc.

Regrettably, iSakura has been fazed out due to registration issues but it had the whole shooting match of 100 plus channels. Live and on demand for two weeks
 
I noticed on the TV Tokyo website that TV Tokyo (テレビ東京) will be broadcasting Carnival on Ice (the gala portion of Japan Open) on Sunday, October 9th from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm JST. (That's midnight-1:15 am PST for me...) Haven't found when and where the actual competition will be broadcast, but will keep looking...

Edit: another look at the TV Tokyo website shows that the actual competition will be shown on the same channel on Saturday, October 8th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm JST. Why didn't I see that earlier? :palmf:
 
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Hello beautiful people! Popping in to provide a quick update:

This event is currently not going to be streamed live. If a stream is announced, it will be paid, and most likely through TV Tokyo's subscription service Paravi. There will be a delayed broadcast on TV Tokyo from 16:00 to 18:00 JST, with Carnival on Ice being broadcast on TV Tokyo the next day from 16:00 to 17:15 JST (this is only on regular TV Tokyo, not BS TV Tokyo). If you would like to access TV Tokyo from overseas, this can be done legally. You can use JapanTV or MujiTV, as @CoyoteChris mentioned, or you can sign up for a month-long free trial with YoiTV. If you can't pay, you can also access the *questionably obtained* free live stream here (this doesn't have pop-up ads but it is still a bit sketch, please access legal options if possible).

The schedule has the women starting at 12:30 and the men at 14:15, so there will be a significant delay between the broadcast and the event concluding. Despite that, it will still be fun to watch!

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I noticed on the TV Tokyo website that TV Tokyo (テレビ東京) will be broadcasting Carnival on Ice (the gala portion of Japan Open) on Sunday, October 9th from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm JST. (That's midnight-1:15 am PST for me...) Haven't found when and where the actual competition will be broadcast, but will keep looking...

Edit: another look at the TV Tokyo website shows that the actual competition will be shown on the same channel on Saturday, October 8th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm JST. Why didn't I see that earlier? :palmf:
Thanks to yuumagical and figureskatingandrainbows for helping us out. on Muji, channel 7 is TV Tokyo and 21 is BS TV Tokyo.
Are we agreed that only TV Tokyo is involved in both broadcasts? Since Muji is live and on demand for 2 weeks after the event, figuring out DPT/SPT and Tokyo standard time considering the dateline isnt so critical. for Japan nats, someone on Twitter posted a cheat sheet for time zones.
Right now in Spokane, its 8:21 pm Monday the third and 12:21pm on Tuesday the fourth. Using my fingers and toes, that looks like Spokane is 16 hours behind/ ahead of Tokyo. If the comp starts Sat the 8th 4 pm, that means Friday at midnight the 7th in Spokane.
The 3 day trial is $3
The interface really isnt too bad once you get used to it and the commericals are wonderful and emotional at times. This might be a good test for my new laptop before Japan Nats.

As a benefit, I can now read "TV" in Japanese. Its a start.
 
(Fumie Suguri is back in Japan for a month...she has such beautiful pics of Japan temples......I also follow a Japanese person on Youtube who tours Japan and she lets you experience rural Japan through the eyes of a motorcycle tourist. They have wonderful cabins in rural areas just like we in the west do. Such nice people,,,,)
 
Sai Bon! Good to see you still around.....hope you are staying well. Australia had its worst flu season in 5 years...dont know about NZ. Looking forward to Japanese Nats...gonna ditch the ranch work this weekend and try MujiTV this weekend again for the Japan Open....
 
That's Kao Miura replacing him, you misread the kanji! 😅 (Kanji are tough to read, especially when they're in personal names...) Sad for Yuma, hope he can recover in time for his GP events...
I had already corrected it. I guess it's like Takashiro Shimada, Makato Honda, Tomoko Miyahara and (of course!) Masama Uno!

Adding: Looks like it's an ankle injury. Darn! Heal well, Yuma! I've been looking forward to seeing him at Skate America. Hope he's in good shape by then.
 
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I’m looking forward to this event. It is just free skates, right? I’m so curious to see what kind of shape Bradie is in. Mariah, as well. I’m so nervous for Rika… if she skates like how she did at Japanese regionals, she could cost Japan the win here, as it will be a very low score. I’m not sure if she should skate here.
 
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