Koshiro is the first skater performing a solo program at Star on Ice, to "I want to break free" - is it his competitive program for next season?
Ha ha, KiraraChin, thanks! But sorry to disappoint you, I think those are for all the cast of SOI
(It is possible whoever sent them to Koshiro have seen her IG story before too, or just a co-incidence. We all know most visitors from abroad love Japanese strawberries.)
From that pic, it reads "~さんからの ~ (most likely 差し入)れです。~iro Shimada", so I'd imagine it says "(These) are from xxx to share (with others, so please help yourselves), Koshiro Shimada"
I think someone delivered Koshiro a bunch of strawberries (just in season now) as a gift to share with the cast and he left a note so everyone can enjoy them.
Koshiro is from Ehime, a prefecture famous for mandarin oranges, but it's also known for high quality strawberries too. Some of the best (or expensive) strawberry brands, such as Ama-otome, Red Pearl, and Akai Shizuku, are originally from Ehime. (That said, I can't tell if those strawberries are from Ehime or not.)
I have to thank her even more for telling us another news of Koshiro!Nevertheless, it was a sweet gesture from Koshiro to share his strawberries with everyone, and Zhenya was obviously very happy! I would get excited too, those strawberries look YUM!
I‘m not entirely sure about how does the JSF funding work, but Koshiro is listed in Group A for next season, which hopefully means a nice amount of money and a potential Gp spot?
https://twitter.com/sponichiyamato/status/1121297715755831296?s=21
Koshiro placed 3rd in 2018 Japan Junior and 5th in Nats, and senior skaters placed 4~8th and junior skaters placed 1~3rd get approved as A in general. (1~3rd in Nats will get S)
He was also approved as A in 2017 spring after placing 2nd in 2016 Japan Junior and 7th in Nats, but due to injury in 2017-2018 season, he was removed from the list. In 2018-2019 season, he had none in the first released list in April, but then got B after a closed selection meeting (for international games), and he was sent to 2 JGPs.
As for a GP spot,... potential? yes! but I'm afraid we don't have enough information yet. He'll still be a substitute if he doesn't get a GP spot. JSF will probably decide after a closed selection meeting, I think.
For now, I'm expecting(hoping) him to do some Challenger series and Japan Open (because Kinoshita Group) along with Deniss.
Sorry, I don't know, but it's an invite-base competition. Kinoshita Group is the main sponsor since 2006. But as I said (edited) please disregard my nonsense. I'm just dreaming too much.How does that work for Japan Open? Does Kinoshita group sponsor it?
:rofl2: I believe he could wear a wig, but would get a reduction for dropping a wig on the ice. Better keep it for ex.So, we finally get the full version of “I want to break free” from SOI
https://youtu.be/hbpuUvt51ZI
I just love it so much, it is one of my favorite Koshiro’s program. Personally, I hope he can keep this program for SP ,but I don’t think skaters can wear the wig during the competition[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji28][emoji23], so hopefully they will keep it for ex instead.
but I was a bit afraid of his injured adductor muscle still hurting or having some backache or something when I saw his She ex at JWC gala on stream.
I’m not too sure about the backache thing, but about the adductor muscle, I remember according to Steph’s interview..[perhaps from 1718 season?], Deniss[who had the same injured in...1516 season? when he still worked with Mr. Urmanov] sometime can still feel the pain [though lighter? I hope?]from his old injures. Though the situation may be different from individual to individual,....I feels like this injured is ...something that ....is hard to totally eliminated after you acquire it..... one need to learn about how to live with it..
But the good news is, b/c the similar situation once applied for three of them (Stéphane himself injured his adductor muscle in 2008, and retired for competition because of it) , Steph has experience to deal with it and he introduced a physiologist in Canada, who once helped him recovery from this injure and returned to the Olympic in Vancouver, to Koshiro and Deniss. They go to Canada each summer for this...as far as I know.
So, let’s finger cross that they will be alright.......