Your top 3 all time Japanese single ladies and men?
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It was a bit unfortunate that she did face some ridicule for still wanting to compete - and I see the same ridicule directed to skaters like Narumi Takahashi who are sticking around, or skaters like Emanuel Sandhu when they wanted to compete at Nationals again. Gotta give these athletes respect for trying. If Daisuke doesn't perform well, I would hope that people commend him for trying to be competitive, instead of deride him for being not as good as he was at his peak (which is hard to expect any skater to be, especially those coming out of retirement).
Here's Fumie's SP from 2010 Japan Nationals which placed 5th in the segment -- this was her 13th year of competition, a couple days shy of her 30th birthday -- where she ended up a respectable 7th. Not many 30 year old female skaters are still able to do a 3Z and 3F! Love the smile at 3:26 after her clean skate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZbzI_xw28
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Sorry to get off-topic, but what? Narumi is still competing? Last I heard she retired some time last season I believe. Where is the info from?
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Ladies: Arakawa, Asada, Suzuki
Men: Takahashi, Hanyu, Kozuka
Men: Takahashi, Hanyu, Kozuka
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Ladies : 1. Ito 2. Asada 3. Arakawa
Men: 1. Takahashi 2. Hanyu 3. Shoma
There are some many Japanese skaters that contributed to putting /keeping Japan on the map for excellence in figure skating.
Men: 1. Takahashi 2. Hanyu 3. Shoma
There are some many Japanese skaters that contributed to putting /keeping Japan on the map for excellence in figure skating.
Men:
Takahiko Kozuka - Skating skills, and all the rest. Some of his programs are my all time favorites.
Yuzuru Hanyu - Because he is so successful, and also because he is a fascinating person to follow. He can be goofy and boyish one moment and intense and fierce competitor the next.
Daisuke Takahashi - A rock star on ice.
Ladies:
Mao Asada - Triple axel, amazing spins, skating skills, artistry and moving performances.
Mai Mihara - Lovely skating skills, lovely programs.
Shizuka Arakawa - Oly gold
Takahiko Kozuka - Skating skills, and all the rest. Some of his programs are my all time favorites.
Yuzuru Hanyu - Because he is so successful, and also because he is a fascinating person to follow. He can be goofy and boyish one moment and intense and fierce competitor the next.
Daisuke Takahashi - A rock star on ice.
Ladies:
Mao Asada - Triple axel, amazing spins, skating skills, artistry and moving performances.
Mai Mihara - Lovely skating skills, lovely programs.
Shizuka Arakawa - Oly gold
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Hope Akiko Suzuki does Pairs skating
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Women:
1. Arakawa
2. Ando
3. Higuchi
Men:
1. Takahashi
2. Oda
1. Arakawa
2. Ando
3. Higuchi
Men:
1. Takahashi
2. Oda
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Ladies
Akiko Suzuki
Mao Asada
Satoko Miyahara
Men
Daisuke Takahashi
Takahiko Kozuka
Yuzuru Hanyu
Akiko Suzuki
Mao Asada
Satoko Miyahara
Men
Daisuke Takahashi
Takahiko Kozuka
Yuzuru Hanyu
Men:
1. Daisuke Takahashi - artistic soul, one of the most elegant & beautiful skaters of all time, fully embodied his routines
2. Yuzuru Hanyu - beautiful technical mastery tied together with confident showmanship
3. Shoma Uno - pretty similar to Daisuke, totally puts himself into his programs, very artistic
Women:
1. Mao Asada - extremely graceful and such a joy to watch, one of the great artists of the sport, like Daisuke put her whole soul into it
2. Shizuka Arakawa - very ethereal, one of the smoothest skaters
3. Fumie Suguri - lovely graceful skater who I enjoyed and was one of the trailblazers for Japanese skaters, I remember her skating to Moonlight Sonata
Honorable mentions:
Takeshi Honda (smooth jumps), Yukina Ota (adored her when I first saw her, just didn't get to see much of her and her competitive career was short), Yuka Sato (became of fan of hers through her professional skating career, such a smooth and solid skater, graceful in style and general skating moves)
1. Daisuke Takahashi - artistic soul, one of the most elegant & beautiful skaters of all time, fully embodied his routines
2. Yuzuru Hanyu - beautiful technical mastery tied together with confident showmanship
3. Shoma Uno - pretty similar to Daisuke, totally puts himself into his programs, very artistic
Women:
1. Mao Asada - extremely graceful and such a joy to watch, one of the great artists of the sport, like Daisuke put her whole soul into it
2. Shizuka Arakawa - very ethereal, one of the smoothest skaters
3. Fumie Suguri - lovely graceful skater who I enjoyed and was one of the trailblazers for Japanese skaters, I remember her skating to Moonlight Sonata
Honorable mentions:
Takeshi Honda (smooth jumps), Yukina Ota (adored her when I first saw her, just didn't get to see much of her and her competitive career was short), Yuka Sato (became of fan of hers through her professional skating career, such a smooth and solid skater, graceful in style and general skating moves)
