2025 Japanese Junior Nationals | Nov 22-24

[tsuyoboogie]

1. Kenta Omura
Malaguena
3Lz2T
3S
3Lo
3F
FSSp3
3T
2A(2ft)
ChSq
3SEu2S
FCCoSp3
CCoSp

96.79 / 150.07

 

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2. Kazuna Sato
Crimson Tide
3A(fall)
3T(ot)
3A(ot)2T
3Lo
CSSp4
FCCoSp4
3Lz(so)
3T(so)+REP
ChSq
3S2A(hangs on)+SEQ
CCoSp4

95.17 / 149.06 into 2nd



Rihito-kun GANBA!!!
3A just like in the 6min warmup!

 

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3. Rihito Obayashi
Wild Stallions
3A!!!(nice!)
3Lz(so) GANBA!
2Lo(so)
CCoSp4
3F
FSSp4
3Lz2A2T+SEQ
ChSq
3S2T
2A(hangs on)
CCSp2

So nervous and cautious~
Good fight, child!
And great 3A!...he's been struggling with it recently so happy to see him with a nice one

102.44 / 156.95 into 1st!

C'mon Hiroto!

 

[lileychristie]

Great to see Hiroto skating to a Muse song that's not exogenesis
I was scared he was going to completely unravel after falls on his first 2 jumps, but he kept it mostly together

 

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4. Hiroto Hanai
Ghosts
3A(fall) Nice try!
3F(fall)
3T2T
FCCoSp3
3Lo
3T2A2A+SEQ
3S2T
3S
FSSp4
ChSq
CCoSp3

First 3A attempt since injury and coach switch!
Nice recovery after the falls!

97.51 / 152.63 into 2nd


Aoi-kun GANBA!!!

 

[lileychristie]

And now Aoi is skating to One OK Rock?? Seems like we have a little rockstar here

Finally a program with real choreo sequence, and I love his costume too! I wonder who is his choregraphers?
Great to see him & his coach happy with the scores

 

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5. Aoi Kimura (Novice)
Wasted Night
3F2T
3Lz(hangs on)
3T(cat ft)2T
CCoSp4
3Lo
FCSp3
3S2A2A+SEQ
ChSq
3F(hangs on)
3S
CSSp

Nice skate!
Great job in his first Jr Nats!

108.75!!! / 163.90!!! into 1st!

C'mon Riku!

 

[lileychristie]

Nooooo Riku was going sooo well until that botched jump sequence, I hope it still counts that he did an axel in the program
I really enjoyed his spins & performance though, so looking forward to see Riku, Aoi and Haruhisa in juniors!

As a musical theatre nerd of course I approve of this Hamilton program (despite the slightly wacky music cuts)

How come these novices have better programs than many juniors (and seniors...)

 

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6. Riku Sakuma (Novice)
The Story of Tonight / The Room Where It Happens
3S2T
3S
3Lz
CCSp4
3Lz2T
3F
3TA+SEQ+2A
3Lo
FCCoSp4
ChSq
CCoSp4

Popped Axel aside (not sure if 2A following will count), Great skate!
As expected from him ~

113.07 / 168.63 into 1st!

 

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Junior Men FS Group 2 Skate Order
7. Ritsu Ikeda
8. Kairi Kato
9. Minato Taguchi
10. Kaito Sano
11. Haruki Matsumoto
12. Iori Horino

Live Results

 

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7. Ritsu Ikeda
Carmen
3A(fall)
3Lz3T(nice)
3Lz
3Lo(fall)
FSSp3
ChSq
3F2A2T+SEQ
2T
2A2T
CCoSp4
CCSp

93.85 / 149.98

 

[lileychristie]

Love how Kairi did his signature 1-hand catch camel spin right in front of the judges, he was like "see how good my spin is, gimme all the points you judges"

 

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8. Kairi Kato
West Side Story
3F2T
3A(so)
3Lz(so)
3SEu2S
FCSp4
ChSq
3F
CSSp4
3T2A+SEQ
2A
CCoSp4

Nice fight, Nice recovery!
All Lvl 4 spins!

108.27 / 164.98 into 2nd

The first of two WSS programs in this group

 

[lileychristie]

Sibelius Finlandia is HUGE music and is one of my favorite classical pieces, at first I was afraid Minato is going to get drowned by the music but he did pretty well performing

Love the music cuts too, it worked really well!

 

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9. Minato Taguchi
Finlandia
3A(nice!)
3Lz3T
3Lo(so)
3S(so)
FCCoSp4
ChSq
3Lz
3S1T1Lo
2A2A+SEQ
CSSp4
CCoSp

105.89 / 163.36

 

[lileychristie]

Oooh very nice costume Kaito!! Though I don't know what program is this

 

[lileychristie]

....did Kaito just YOLO a 3T-3A sequence? Kid, even in top senior men only Ilia and Gogolev dared to do 3A sequence

 

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10. Kaito Sano
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
3A
3Lz2T
3S
3Lo
FCCoSp4
3Lz
3T3A?!!!(hard fall)+SEQ
FSSp4
ChSq
2A2T2T
CCoSp4

Good skate for him!
Did he really just attempt 3T3A?!!!

111.67 / 170.09 into 1st!~

 

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11. Haruki Matsumoto
Two Men in Love
3Lz3T
3Lo
3F2T
3S
CCSp1
3Lz
3F
2A2A2T+SEQ
FSSp4
ChSq
CCoSp4

He's just a reliable skater...not someone you ever worry about having a bad skate~

113.82 / 172.96 into 1st!


Iori-kun GANBA!!! GANBA!!!

 

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12. Iori Horino
West Side Story
3Lz3T
3A(so)
3Lo(cat ft)
CCSp3
3F(so?)
ChSq
3Lz2A(so)+SEQ
3S2T(so)
3T
FSSp4
CCoSp4

Good fight, child!
Not his best performance of this FS but he didn't give up~

110.89 / 171.79 into 2nd! Not bad at all~