2023 NHK Trophy Exhibition

[4everchan]

Gabriele!!

@4everchan will have to catch up on this, he's wearing ripped jeans!

omg... on it

 

[anonymoose_au]

Ian is so expressive!

Loving the pink and black jacket!

 

[4everchan]

@anonymoose_au thanks for the tip. I enjoyed this performance So much energy !

 

[yuumagical]

Oooh, Keiji Tanaka is still the most handsome man on ice, imo. Wonderfully fluid movements, and I had no idea he could do a JZ slide!

 

[CoyoteChris]

Rika!! Haven’t seen her skating for a while.

Riverdance....

 

[denise3lz]

3A from Mao Shimada

 

[cohkaix]

3A from Mao Shimada

This is going to make Japanese National very interesting!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Wow awesome from Mao Shimada!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Deniss!

 

[anonymoose_au]

This cover kind of sucks, but Deniss's skating is gorgeous!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Nastya!! Happy to see she was invited!

And I love this song!

 

[auser]

This cover kind of sucks, but Deniss's skating is gorgeous!

His skating feels soulful here. Yes it is like this cover sucked all the life out of the song.

 

[anonymoose_au]

AND she has the good taste to bring out Hector G-M

 

[anonymoose_au]

I feel like I'm in an early 2000s club here.

Which is funny because I never went clubbing

 

[anonymoose_au]

Oh hello early 90s when did you get here?

 

[auser]

Great prop and practical. He can use it to rest his head while traveling.

 

[auser]

Ooh this is fun!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Everyone loves Hector.

And aww Yuma he's having fun!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Wow Charlene and Marco go alllll out with their costumes!

 

[cohkaix]

As I am watching the exhibition from TV at home (NHK oversea channel), the broadcasting actually include interviews from Japanese Team skaters during the intermission. The interviewer (Narumi Takahashi) asked each skater this question: 'The person you look up to the most?' And the answers from the skaters are as follow:

Shoma --> Stéphane
Yuma --> Shoma
Mai --> her coach
Wakaba --> Jihyo of TWICE
Misato --> Shuzo Matsuoka (Japanese tennis player, also as a sports broadcaster)
Tim --> Kurt Browning
Yuna (pair)--> Riku Miura
Sumitada --> Daisuke Takahashi
Yuna --> Shizuka Arakawa
Tatsuya --> Yuzuru Hanyu