2025 Kinoshita Group Cup Men's Free Skate

[tsuyoboogie]

Good job, Kazuki!


Stream working again!

 

[elektra blue]

oh btw i'm cactusing too like any man skater on a bad day

 

[labgoat]

Good job, Kazuki!


Stream working again!

mine is pixelated and unwatcheable

 

[elektra blue]

Good job, Kazuki!


Stream working again!

sort of...the video is disturbed

 

[rabidline]

I got my 1-2 right, the rest...... #men

 

[tsuyoboogie]

14. Junhwan Cha
Moulin Rouge
2S
4T
4S
3AEu3S
StSq4
3Lz(ot)
1A2A+SEQ
FCSp4
FCCoSp4
3F
ChSq
CCoSp4

Stream sputtered and froze throughout his performance but at least I got to see most of it...?

 

[labgoat]

Well a medal for Tomoki - I am so happy for him!

 

[labgoat]

and last but not least

 

[elektra blue]

being a men fan i cactused too see you around! love you all

 

[labgoat]

off to bed for me finally

 

[rabidline]

God really saw Jun's magnificent face and go, "for the sake of fairness, I shall grant you very long jump setups"

Iffy cuts of Come What May's ending aside, that was exactly what I expected when I heard Jun was doing a Moulin Rouge medley.

 

[TallyT]

That costume of Jun's is just incredibly.... Jun. On pretty much everyone else, I'd be side-eyeing, headdesking and laughing hysterically all at once. On him, it's perfect.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Welp all thanks to twitter user @moozuru I was able to watch my darling, and... god I hate to say it but the program is so bland... it's even more standard Moulin Rouge than standard Natural was standard Natural last season and Moulin Rouge is much more the warhorse so... like my darling is beautiful and every move he makes is beautiful and such but it is just... so... plain old Moulin Rouge... this is not Olympic season FS calibre, I want Loco back... I am on the verge of tears

 

[cocteautwin]

Poor Kao explaining on X that his costume is not heavy and has nothing to do with his jumps mistakes

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Poor Kao explaining on X that his costume is not heavy and has nothing to do with his jumps mistakes

That costume is so over the top but I actually like it

After seeing him perform The Last Samurai v.2 in competition, I'm pretty confident he'll be able to put together a decent skate by his 2nd GP
As long as he continues to work on building his stamina, timing his jumps within his programs and avoids additional illness or injury he should be fine
He started Beauty and the Beast season in poor condition too

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Men FS Video
Men SP Video post

I was only able to capture Groups 1 and 2 before my stream died
If by some chance, I'm able to record Group 3 in entirety, I will add a link in this post
Thank you to everyone who shared links to Group 3 performances

Links are to video of entire Warmup Groups not individual performances (6 minute warmup not included)
Videos are not high quality but can be viewed in up to 720p
Please let me know if there are any problems with the videos or links

Men FS Warmup Group 1
1. Tao MacRae
2. Sihyeong Lee
3. Goku Endo
4. Haru Kakiuchi

Men FS Warmup Group 2
5. Aleksa Rakic
6. Tatsuya Tsuboi
7. Shunsuke Nakamura
8. Jaekun Lee
9. Kao Miura

Men FS Warmup Group 3 (links to individual performances can be found upthread and in the Rewatch thread)
10. Jimmy Ma
11. Tomoki Hiwatshi
12. Sota Yamamoto
13. Kazuki Tomono
14. Junhwan Cha

 

[16Olympics]

Welp all thanks to twitter user @moozuru I was able to watch my darling, and... god I hate to say it but the program is so bland... it's even more standard Moulin Rouge than standard Natural was standard Natural last season and Moulin Rouge is much more the warhorse so... like my darling is beautiful and every move he makes is beautiful and such but it is just... so... plain old Moulin Rouge... this is not Olympic season FS calibre, I want Loco back... I am on the verge of tears

I think Loco would set the judge's hair on fire at the Olympics.....and everywhere else.

 

[4everchan]

and last but not least

well well...
jun is such a good skater that he can pull anything off, including MR
However, it's a pity that this is what he has chosen because it means we won't see something much better all season. He's not going to lose points with this, he is fine... but he is losing my patience with two dubious program choices.

This being said : I was happy to see him land the quad toe here and the quad salchow after he popped the first sal. The axel pop was not good.... nor was the no combo on his lutz.. that's what I pay money for... to see the 3lz-3loop.

in the steps, he wasn't always one with the music but his movements were gorgeous. So I enjoyed it, despite Roxane

 

[moonvine]

Jimmy

 

[formersk8ter]

I think Loco would set the judge's hair on fire at the Olympics.....and everywhere else.

Do you mean that in a good or a bad way?