20-21 Japan sectional competition-Eastern

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The 2020-21 season of Japan sectional competition - Eastern sectional

Eastern Sectional (第46回東日本選手権大会)
Date: Nov 5~8
Location: Kose, Yamanashi
Result/Starting order: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2020-2021/fs_j/east/index.htm

*Pair will be competed under eastern sectional. Junior categories included.

**Related announcement: JSF-Numbers of advancing skaters and exempted skaters (Japanese)
[Explanation: Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara will be exempted due to assignment to SC (so there will be no pair competition). Koshiro Shimada will be waived due to assignment to IdF.]
# of skaters advancing to Nationals:
Jr. men: 13
Jr. ladies: 7
Sr. men: 8 + Shimada (and 2 seeded skaters: Hanyu, Kagiyayma)
Sr. ladies: 9 (and 3 seeded skaters: Higuchi, Kawabata, Kihira?)

 

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Notable names on entries-

Senior Men- Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato
Senior Ladies- Tomoe Kawabata, Yuka Nagai, Wakaba Higuchi, Marin Honda, Shiika Yoshioka, Rinka Watanabe

 

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Day 1 competition-

Sr. ladies' SP (live result in Japanese)
Jr. ladies' SP
Sr. men's SP

(*Sorry I cannot update the result on Sr. ladies but will be trying to watch closely the result.)

 

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SENIOR LADIES SP (top 11)
1 Wakaba Higuchi 70.71
2 Shiika Yoshioka 60.23
3 Akari Matsubara 59.99
4 Tomoe Kawabata 58.35
5 Honoka Hirotani 55.46
6 Rinka Watanabe 55.42
7 Rika Oya 54.30
8 Marin Honda 50.41
9 Chihiro Inoue 49.93
10 Mone Kawanishi 48.02
11 Yuka Nagai 47.87

 

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Day 1 competition (video) place holder

Sr. ladies (SP)

1 Wakaba Higuchi (video)
2 Shiika Yoshioka (video)
4 Tomoe Kawabata (video)
6 Akari Matsubara (video)
8 Marin Honda (video)
11 Yuka Nagai (video)

Sr. men (SP)
1. Shun Sato (video) 81.84
2. Yuma Kagiyama (video) 71.72

 

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Day 2 competitions

(Jr men)
Sr. ladies final (protocol)

1. Wakaba Higuichi 132.53/ 203.24 (The 3A attempt had a step out, but was rectified with rotations)
2. Shiika Yoshioka 113.89/ 174.12
3. Rinka Watanabe 111.77/ 167.19
4. Akari Matsubara 103.13/ 163.12
5. Tomoe Kawabata 97.62/ 155.97
6. Yuka Nagaii 106.33/ 154.20
7. Honoka Hirotani 97.96/ 153.42
8. Yuna Aoki 106.53/ 152.45 (nice come back with the 4th placement in FS)
9. Rika Oya 97.67/ 151.97
10. Marin Honda 93.70/ 144.11
11. Ibuki Sato (also advanced)

The above skaters will make it to the National!

 

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Day 2 competitions

(Jr men)
Sr. ladies final (protocol)

11. Ibuki Sato (also advanced)

Impressive comeback. She was 17th after the short program.