Kanako Murakami

volk · Dec 29, 2014

chasingpolaris said:
This makes me very sad but Kanako just favorited a tweet directed to her saying that she should retire and that it's a disgrace to have her going to Worlds. :disapp:

I'm hoping Kanako favorited it so she'll use this as motivation to train harder and land on the podium at Worlds.

Kanako shouldn't be so hard on herself.:disapp:

Meoima · Dec 29, 2014

chasingpolaris said:
This makes me very sad but Kanako just favorited a tweet directed to her saying that she should retire and that it's a disgrace to have her going to Worlds. :disapp:
I'm hoping Kanako favorited it so she'll use this as motivation to train harder and land on the podium at Worlds.

:disapp: Those people are more than nasty. Kanako stay strong!

chezzu · Dec 30, 2014

If you check that person's twitter it's filled with hate tweets to Kana, both to her private and public Twitter accounts. It's just nasty. I hope she stays strong and bounces back -- she has it in her. Rotate everything Kana!

skatefan22 · Dec 30, 2014

chezzu said:
If you check that person's twitter it's filled with hate tweets to Kana, both to her private and public Twitter accounts. It's just nasty. I hope she stays strong and bounces back -- she has it in her. Rotate everything Kana!

Even that person's account name is murakami_disgusting. Kana, please just ignore him/her!

chasingpolaris · Dec 30, 2014

I'm not surprised that there are people out there who have this much time in their hands to create such an account. :disapp:

On a much brighter note, Kana tweeted thank you messages for all the support. No mention of those nasty tweets and she sounds happy. She has a couple of months before Worlds, so I'm sure she'll hang in there and give it her best.

Meoima · Dec 30, 2014

chasingpolaris said:
I'm not surprised that there are people out there who have this much time in their hands to create such an account. :disapp:
On a much brighter note, Kana tweeted thank you messages for all the support. No mention of those nasty tweets and she sounds happy. She has a couple of months before Worlds, so I'm sure she'll hang in there and give it her best.

I hope she will use that tweet to fuel up her determination. There is no the end here.

skatefan22 · Dec 30, 2014

Banquet photo, first time I saw Kana not dressing up at banquet...

But she had some good time with Koz and Dice

firal · Dec 30, 2014

both her and Mura seem to be doing the casual theme...

juuryokunashi · Dec 31, 2014

I love her fashion sense. :3 She's always been very fashionable imho.

And here's something to keep us happy just like our precious Team Japan's Sunshine Princess (Queen!): she sings Nichirei's CM song!

yyyskate · Dec 31, 2014

juuryokunashi said:
I love her fashion sense. :3 She's always been very fashionable imho.

And here's something to keep us happy just like our precious Team Japan's Sunshine Princess (Queen!): she sings Nichirei's CM song!

this is 2 dorky cute

skatefan22 · Dec 31, 2014

This is the actual CM
And another one of her talking to a chef (?)

yyyskate · Dec 31, 2014

^^ lol

juuryokunashi · Dec 31, 2014

skatefan22 said:
This is the actual CM
And another one of her talking to a chef (?)

I remember squealing in delight when they showed it during JNats broadcast. It looks like a local CM in Nagoya/not shown nationwide, so imagine the fannish glee haha.

(Also, the second CM you talk about links to the same CM as the first ^^)

skatefan22 · Dec 31, 2014

juuryokunashi said:
I remember squealing in delight when they showed it during JNats broadcast. It looks like a local CM in Nagoya/not shown nationwide, so imagine the fannish glee haha.

(Also, the second CM you talk about links to the same CM as the first ^^)

I just fixed it. :biggrin:

juuryokunashi · Dec 31, 2014

skatefan22 said:
I just fixed it.

Thank you!

I thought it was another CM ngl hehe

Btw, it's not a chef, but a housewife (主婦).

It's basically a dialogue of sorts where Kana and the housewife (given a name Tanaka Yumiko, but possibly just something generic-sounding to make sure it reaches the majority of the population) tell stuff about themselves, and how it's 'juxtaposed' (i.e., Kana being good at what she does; housewife being good at preparing the same meal/menu for 2 straight days) in relation to how Nichirei (a food company) is involved in their everyday lives.

I'd translate, but I'm currently busy wolfing food down (Nichirei stuff!) and downing whiskey in my apartment while watching JP New Year TV SPs haha. But the clip is basically promoting Nichirei as part of everyday life and even the life of an athlete.

Overall though, I'm of the opinion that Kana should do more CMs.

It'd get her more funding plus she's such a darling and nice to look at--she'd probably even have a future in JP entertainment if she wanted to, after retiring from competitive skating

(But not too soon, no, not yet!)

Meoima · Dec 31, 2014

I hope Kana will stay for the next Olympic.

chezzu · Dec 31, 2014

Meoima said:
I hope Kana will stay for the next Olympic.

I'm so torn about this because the new Japanese girls, though not yet quite at Kana's performing level, have much better jump technique than she does and are likely to overtake her this quad bc judges give out PCS so easily these days, even if Kana worked hard in earning her current PCS ...

I just want her to retire happy, whenever that is. But as a selfish fan I want to see more and more and more of her programs and of her smile... I'm one who's learned to ignore her mule kick and URs over the years because she's such a good performer but ughhhh I'm so confused T_T the cruelty and reality of figure skating.

skatefan22 · Dec 31, 2014

Talking about CM, Kana also promotes Adidas. Here are some videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWg7Gq6QQXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS6INF-cpxw

And some gorgeous photos: http://yuzu-ice.tumblr.com/post/94524805959/kanako-murakami-adidas-2014

By the way, it is said that Yuzu is going to promote Nike in the near future. Let's wait and see.

Kana looks good as a MC. Here is her at Nogoya festival 2014 as a MC. I watched that video before but just can't find it now...

yyyskate · Dec 31, 2014

Thanks for the adidas ad clip/photo, Kanako is so fresh and pretty in it :eek:

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skatefan22 · Jan 10, 2015

Do you recognize Kana here?
https://31.media.tumblr.com/e597c5d80610ee1b45b31fe0bdb08ea2/tumblr_nhxk9rwFzy1rp3ki0o2_500.jpg

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