mzheng said:....But I doubt the amount will be close to what top US skaters would get from US market.
Considering the millions of dollars that are paid to American movie stars to endorse products in Japan, I bet that a Japanese OGM will make MORE than an American OGM. In America, there's a hot today, cold tomorrow mentality because there are so many top athletes, OGMs in different sports, movie stars etc. There aren't that many OGM's in Japan and there hasn't been an OGM in figure skating from Japan either so the lucky skater will be in the spotlight for years if she chooses.