2025 Summer Cup | Aug 9-12

[lileychristie]

Go Yuma!!! Ganba~!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

24. Yuma Kagiyama
Turandot
4S
4T3T
3Lz
3AEu3S
CSSp
ChSq
4T(ot)
3F3Lo
3A
CCoSp
StSq
FCCoSp

204.78 / 289.72

 

[lileychristie]

Haha, I was just drooling over Sota's spread eagle, and Yuma was like "look at me, I can do one even better"

This program, wow... it can work really well in the Olys, it really plays to Yuma's strength. I like that it allows Yuma to express himself while still building the drama of the music. Love his wide smile in the program!

I had to chuckle with how his music is listed though "Turandot: Christopher Tin Finale" - I didn't know Mr. Tin is a part of Turandot

 

[lileychristie]

@surimi Sota got silver!!

 

[lileychristie]

Hahaha, Yuma & Sota both furiously trying to tidy up their hair during the medal ceremony

 

[tsuyoboogie]

disclaimer: I can't vouch for the accuracy of Kao's pbp (nor anyone after him for that matter )
Partly bc I normally don't see clearly when watching Kao skate in real time but also bc I just couldn't tell what the hell he was jumping or attempting to jump during most of his skate

I probably fabricated better jumps than they actually were

Now I will proceed to crawl under a rock and slowly perish in my misery or maybe I should sacrifice myself to the skating gods so Kao can get some of his jumps back
...and thank you Shun Shun for torturing me by using music that reminds me of a time when Kao could still successfully land more than 2 triples during his FS


Actually, I'll post Men's results before I crawl into a hell hole to suffer painfully then miserably die...

 

[lileychristie]

disclaimer: I can't vouch for the accuracy of Kao's pbp (nor anyone after him for that matter )
Partly bc I normally don't see clearly when watching Kao skate in real time but also bc I just couldn't tell what the hell he was jumping or attempting to jump during most of his skate

I probably fabricated better jumps than they actually were

Now I will proceed to crawl under a rock and slowly perish in my misery or maybe I should sacrifice myself to the skating gods so Kao can get some of his jumps back
...and thank you Shun Shun for torturing me by using music that reminds me of a time when Kao could still successfully land more than 2 triples during his FS


Actually, I'll post Men's results before I crawl into a hell hole to suffer painfully then miserably die...

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at your post Please don't die, we love you here too much

Is Kao still injured or is it more mental block making him unable to jump? If he's still injured, then he probably shouldn't have done this competition ey

In any way I hope he'll have the time to rest and regroup, and be able to put his best skate forward even if it means less quads

 

[KiraraChin]

disclaimer: I can't vouch for the accuracy of Kao's pbp (nor anyone after him for that matter )
Partly bc I normally don't see clearly when watching Kao skate in real time but also bc I just couldn't tell what the hell he was jumping or attempting to jump during most of his skate

I probably fabricated better jumps than they actually were

Now I will proceed to crawl under a rock and slowly perish in my misery or maybe I should sacrifice myself to the skating gods so Kao can get some of his jumps back
...and thank you Shun Shun for torturing me by using music that reminds me of a time when Kao could still successfully land more than 2 triples during his FS


Actually, I'll post Men's results before I crawl into a hell hole to suffer painfully then miserably die...

Hopefully this will be a wake up call for Kao and his team... IIRC he said he's about 20-30% ready to compete which is nowhere near enough, and it's actually damaging his reputation to compete in this state considering the super competitive field. I hope he WD from a couple of his early season competitions so he can prepare for the GP series properly, otherwise it'll be really rough

 

[rabidline]

I *think* Kazuki's Halston costume is new cc @KiraraChin . But its very similar to the 2023-2024 one, but I think this one is.. sleeker?

鍵山優真優勝　山本草太は2位サマーカップ男子　フィギュアスケート ［写真特集5/20］ | 毎日新聞

男子フリーで演技する友野一希＝大津市の木下カンセーアイスアリーナで2025年8月11日、猪飼健史撮影

mainichi.jp

 

[TontoK]

Yuma's program is beautiful. The international judges are going to love it.

And it might be to Turandot, but it does not feel warhorsey at all.

Here you go: https://x.com/moozuru/status/1954885951823773888

 

[KiraraChin]

I *think* Kazuki's Halston costume is new cc @KiraraChin . But its very similar to the 2023-2024 one, but I think this one is.. sleeker?

鍵山優真優勝　山本草太は2位サマーカップ男子　フィギュアスケート ［写真特集5/20］ | 毎日新聞

男子フリーで演技する友野一希＝大津市の木下カンセーアイスアリーナで2025年8月11日、猪飼健史撮影

mainichi.jp

Yes it's a similar costume but the design is new
Thank you for sharing!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Senior Men Top 24 Final Results
FS Protocols

Pl.				SP	FS	Final
1	鍵 山 優 真	Yuma Kagiyama	Oriental Bio / Chukyo University	84.94	204.78	289.72
2	山 本 草 太	Sota Yamamoto	MIXI	83.72	148.07	231.79
3	壷 井 達 也	Tatsuya Tsuboi	Sysmex	77.45	151.92	229.37
4	友 野 一 希	Kazuki Tomono	Daiichi Juken Group	71.65	150.93	222.58
5	片伊勢 武 アミン	Takeru Amine Kataise	Kansai University	78.48	136.30	214.78
6	中 村 俊 介	Shunsuke Nakamura	Kinoshita Academy	81.06	122.45	203.51
7	杉 山 匠 海	Takumi Sugiyama	Okayama University	71.81	128.68	200.49
8	垣 内 珀 琉	Haru Kakiuchi	Hyogo Nishinomiya FSC	68.60	121.32	189.92
9	朝 賀 俊太朗	Shuntaro Asaga	Kansai University	68.13	120.66	188.79
10	大 島 光 翔	Kosho Oshima	Fuji Yakuhin	67.48	117.65	185.13
11	吉 岡 希	Nozomu Yoshioka	Hosei University	63.88	119.53	183.41
12	三 浦 佳 生	Kao Miura	Oriental Bio / Meiji University	71.53	104.63	176.16
13	森 本 涼 雅	Ryoga Morimoto	Doshisha University	64.35	105.75	170.10
14	戸 田 晴 登	Haruto Toda	Toyo University	57.97	109.23	167.20
15	三 原 庸 汰	Yota Mihara	Neues Kanazawa FSC	54.19	105.36	159.55
16	樋 口 温 之	Haruyuki Higuchi	Kansai University	53.24	100.41	153.65
17	北 村 凌 大	Ryota Kitamura	Nihon University	58.32	94.68	153.00
18	垂 水 爽 空	Sora Tarumi	Kanku Skate	54.54	92.78	147.32
19	山 田 琉 伸	Ryushin Yamada	Waseda University	51.43	91.41	142.84
20	三 島 悠 生	Haruki Mishima	Hyogo Nishinomiya FSC	49.73	91.54	141.27
21	磯 和 大 智	Taichi Isowa	Meiji University	51.35	87.08	138.43
22	小田垣 櫻	Sakura Odagaki	Nihon University	48.98	89.30	138.28
23	誉 田 知 己	Haruki Honda	Chukyo University	49.34	83.75	133.09
WD	三 宅 星 南	Sena Miyake	Nippon Tatemono Kanzai	78.64

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Competition Day 3 Video
Competition Day 2 Video post
Competition Day 1 Video post

Uploaded video for the requested and top performances first
I'll add more links later
I accidentally did not record the final group of Men
Working on Yuma and Sota FS performances now and will post links asap

Senior Women SP (listed in placement order)
1. Saki Miyake
2. Rion Sumiyoshi
3. Ami Nakai
4. Mana Kawabe
5. Mai Mihara
6. Mone Chiba
7. Maria Egawa
8. Yurina Okuno
9. Mako Yamashita
10. Rino Matsuike
11. Chikako Saigusa
12. Sae Shimizu
13. Miyabi Oba
14. Haruna Iwasaki
15. Rinka Watanabe

Junior Women FS (listed in skate order)
3. Rena Uezono
5. Ruka Miyamoto

7. Kei Yamada
12. Saiki Ikkanda

13. Hikari Matsunami
14. Reina Kawakatsu
15. Sumire Yoshida
16. Hauna Murakami
17. Yo Takagi
18. Karin Miyazaki

19. Sumika Kanazawa
20. Mayuko Oka
21. Kaoruko Wada
22. Ikura Kushida
23. Hana Ishizaki
24. Mao Shimada

Senior Men FS (listed in skate order)
11. Nozomu Yoshioka

13. Kosho Oshima
14. Shuntaro Asaga
15. Haru Kakiuchi
16. Kao Miura
17. Kazuki Tomono
18. Takumi Sugiyama

19. Tatsuya Tsuboi
20. Takeru Amine Kataise
22. Shunsuke Nakamura
23. Sota Yamamoto
24. Yuma Kagiyama

 

[TeamGubanova]

Not because she wants to have fun, but because she is factually outperforming them. That's sports, and it doesn't matter if she wants to continue with singles long-term. What matters is that she is in Singles right now, and doing very well for herself.

imo they should give haruna's spot away and give it to Ikura bc her summer comps have been awesome and haruna has a lower ceiling compared to many of the other japanese women

 

[RafaelAstro]

34. Mai Mihara
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
2A
3F
FSSp
3Lz2T
CCoSp
StSq!!!
LSp

NICE SKATE!!!
So happy for her!
She's such a joy to watch!

60.98!!!

It's a pleasure for me to apreciate this program always

 

[RafaelAstro]

imo they should give haruna's spot away and give it to Ikura bc her summer comps have been awesome and haruna has a lower ceiling compared to many of the other japanese women

I don't understand why Haruna still gets jgp spots when her technical content it's pretty meh, I guess she is consistent enough to always get a spot

 

[Violet Sky]

https://www.another site.com/r/Figu...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Yuma Kagiyama FS to Turandot was a just stunning to view

 

[Violet Sky]

https://www.another site.com/r/Figu...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Sota Yamamoto at Summer Skate debut a new FS to Hallelujah

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I added more links Competition Day 3 Video post

Working on Junior Men and Senior Women FS start orders

 

[Violet Sky]

https://www.another site.com/r/Figu...mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Mao Shimada debut a new free skate at Summer Cup, “Miracle”