2024-25 Japanese Men's Figure Skating

[KiraraChin]

@Jumping_Bean This is how I view it as well, especially in the context of a senior field in which the younger quadsters are clearly favoured, despite having already experienced serious injury in the past. The message is clearly 'develop fast, land multi quads consistently, or you will be left behind'.

Meanwhile, Taiga tweeted saying: "Thank you for your support for the Junior Grand Prix! I was able to gain a lot of experience in this competition.
I will do my best to correct the things I couldn't do in this competition before the next competition so that I can give a good performance."

Heartbreaking.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

East Japan University Student Figure Skating Championship Men's (Level 7, 8) FS results
This event ts a qualifier for the All Japan Intercollegiate Competition (Incolle) scheduled for January 2025

No livestream available so didn't think a thread dedicated to this competition was necessary

Men (Level 7, 8) Results (FS only competition)
Protocols

1	佐 藤 駿	Shun Sato	Meiji University	174.03
2	大 島 光 翔	Kosho Oshima	Meiji University	121.42
3	菊 地 竜 生	Ryusei Kikuchi	Meiji University	118.33
4	山 田 琉 伸	Ryushin Yamada	Waseda University	110.09
5	北 村 凌 大	Ryota Kitamura	Nihon University	107.74
6	大 中 惟 吹	Ibuki Onaka	Toyo University	104.56
7	大久保 政 宗	Masamune Okubo	Hosei University	104.17
8	戸 田 晴 登	Haruto Toda	Toyo University	102.17
9	鈴 木 楽 人	Gakuto Suzuki	Hosei University	95.99
10	田 邊 拓 也	Takuya Tanabe	Toyo University	90.89
11	矢 島 司	Tsukasa Yajima	Hosei University	83.69
12	小 島 志 凰	Shio Kojima	Nihon University	82.85
13	栖 川 源二郎	Genjiro Sugawa	Toyo University	81.31
14	金 子 陽 哉	Haruya Kaneko	Niigata University	80.76
15	梶 本 将 太	Ryota Kajimoto	Senshu University	78.10
16	小田垣 櫻	Sakura Odagaki	Nihon University	71.67
17	小 舘 薫	Kaoru Kodate	Shibaura Institute of Technology	70.76
18	藤 城 柊 治	Shuji Fujishiro	Nihon University	67.42
19	丸 山 英 希	Hideki Maruyama	Meiji University	66.14
20	廣 田 聖 幸	Masayuki Hirota	Waseda University	61.85
SUB	志 賀 海 門	Minato Shiga	Hosei University
SUB	坂 東 凜	Rin Bando	Toyo University
Exempt	三 浦 佳 生	Kao Miura	Meiji University

 

[skim1001]

9th Asian Winter Games assignments:

Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato

Alternates:
Sota Yamamoto
Kao Miura
Tatsuya Tsuboi

 

[rabidline]

Entries for Winter World University Games (January in Turin, Italy):

Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato
Kao Miura

Substitutes:
Sota Yamamoto
Tatsuya Tsuboi
Koshiro Shimada

 

[surimi]

Can someone explain? Not that I'm complaining, but why is Sota listed as an alternate when he graduated a year ago? Is it because his affiliation with Chukyo continues?

 

[rabidline]

Can someone explain? Not that I'm complaining, but why is Sota listed as an alternate when he graduated a year ago? Is it because his affiliation with Chukyo continues?

Did Sota graduate officially in 2024 or 2023? If it's recent enough, I think he is still eligible because of this rule:

Delegazioni - Wug Torino 2025

Benvenuti nell'area Servizi Delegazioni dei FISU Games di Torino 2025!

wugtorino2025.com

5.2.2 Only the following may participate as athletes in the FISU World University Games:

a. students who are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at the university or similar institute, the status of which is recognised by the appropriate national academic authority of their country;

b. former students of the institutions mentioned in a) who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the calendar year preceding the event.

 

[surimi]

Did Sota graduate officially in 2024 or 2023? If it's recent enough, I think he is still eligible because of this rule:

Delegazioni - Wug Torino 2025

Benvenuti nell'area Servizi Delegazioni dei FISU Games di Torino 2025!

wugtorino2025.com

5.2.2 Only the following may participate as athletes in the FISU World University Games:

a. students who are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at the university or similar institute, the status of which is recognised by the appropriate national academic authority of their country;

b. former students of the institutions mentioned in a) who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the calendar year preceding the event.

It was in March 2024, so almost a year ago. I didn't know of that rule. His selection makes sense now, thanks!

 

[rabidline]

It was in March 2024, so almost a year ago. I didn't know of that rule. His selection makes sense now, thanks!

No problem! I was wondering about it too so thank you for confirming his year of graduation

 

[YuBluByMe]

I don’t follow the Japanese men nearly as closely as I follow the women, but even so, I decided to do the men as well:

Worlds 2025 Selection Criteria

A.

1. National champion will be selected.

• TBD

B.

1. Second and third at Nationals
2. Top two GPF competitors
3. Top three season’s best

• TBD
• Kagiyama, Sato
• Kagiyama (300.09), Sato (285.88), Miura (278.67)

C.

1. Top three world standing
2. Top three season ranking
3. Top three highest average score in two competitions, to include domestic competition

• Kagiyama (3), Sato (4), Miura (5)
• Kagiyama (3) Sato (4), Yamamoto (9)
• Kagiyama (295.82), Sato (282.18), Yamamoto (259.86)

Selection Pool: Kagiyama, Sato, Miura, Yamamoto. Any skater outside these four will have to make the podium for consideration for the World’s team.

Kagiyama and Sato are the frontrunners and they don’t necessarily have to make the podium to make the team. (There’s precedence of this in the last two seasons.) Things can get sticky for Sato if he’s beaten by both Miura and Yamamoto (very sticky if they’re both on the podium and he isn’t), but I think he’ll make the team as long as he doesn’t finish in ninth place or something. I think the team will be Kagiyama, Sato, and one of Miura and Yamamoto. I don’t expect to be surprised at all because if anyone outside the aforementioned four land on the podium they still won’t be going to Worlds, provided the four are within the top five.

 

[YuBluByMe]

4CC Selection Criteria

1. Top 10 at Nationals
2. Top six WS
3. Top six season ranking
4. Top six SB
5. Top six highest average score of two competitions

• TBD
• Kagiyama (3), Sato (4), Miura (5), Yamamoto (10), Tomono (18), Yoshioka (25)
• Kagiyama (3), Sato (4), Yamamoto (9), Miura (16), Shimada (22), Tomono (32)
• Kagiyama (300.09), Sato (285.88), Miura (278.67), Yamamoto (262.72), Tsuboi (251.52), Tomono (238.41)
• Kagiyama (295.82), Sato (282.18), Yamamoto (259.86), Miura (259.55), Tsuboi (245.37), Tomono (234.95)

It’s possible that Japan will send a completely different team to 4CC if the World’s team is Kagiyama-Sato-Miura as all three will be in the final group and don’t need WS points. But I think that one of them will get sent anyway. Yamamoto will probably be sent if he doesn’t make the Worlds team, and whoever else finishes the highest at Nationals and isn’t selected for Worlds.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Junior Worlds Selection Criteria

A. Junior National Champion will be selected for Junior Worlds.

• Rio Nakata

B.

1. Second and third at junior nationals
2. JGPF competitors
3. Top 3 at Nationals
4. Top 3 SB
5. Top 3 highest average score in two junior competitions, to include domestic competitions

• Sena Takahashi, Taiga Nishino
• Nakata, Takahashi
• TBD
• Nakata (233.53), Takahashi (229.66), Nakamura (212.73)
• Nakata (226.12), Takahashi (221.33), Nakamura (209.11)*

Takahashi should make the JW team. The third spot seems to be between Nishino and Nakamura. I’m thinking that whoever between the two is higher at Nationals will be named to the team.

*Nakamura competed as a senior domestically. Only his international junior scores were used.

 

[rabidline]

It’s possible that Japan will send a completely different team to 4CC if the World’s team is Kagiyama-Sato-Miura as all three will be in the final group and don’t need WS points. But I think that one of them will get sent anyway. Yamamoto will probably be sent if he doesn’t make the Worlds team, and whoever else finishes the highest at Nationals and isn’t selected for Worlds.

I think it's probably going to be Shun Sato, because he's the only one out of the Kagiyama-Sato-Miura trio who hasn't won a 4CC title. But Shun is also assigned to AWG the week prior (with Yuma) so that's probably going to be an issue. Then again, JSF has sent a top male skater to do back-to-back AWG and 4CC before, so this won't be something new for them.

The battle between Kao vs. Sota for Worlds should be interesting... I know we have been waiting for the 3 Kanto Bears Worlds team for years now, but I think Sota got dealt a bad hand in GP assignments and am rooting for him to grab that Worlds spot, LOL.

I hope Koshiro and Kazuki do well, but I think without international assignments I'm pretty sure they'll get ice show opportunities post-Nationals that is better financially for them. (Kassouya will be in Hiroshima next year!)

 

[KiraraChin]

How I'll be watching Japanese Nationals this year, knowing that Kazuki has no chance in hell of getting assignments due to poor performance in the GP + not being politically favoured:

 

[lileychristie]

How I'll be watching Japanese Nationals this year, knowing that Kazuki has no chance in hell of getting assignments due to poor performance in the GP + not being politically favoured:

If he lands on the podium and in front of Yamamoto, Shimada and Tsuboi then he might get 4CC...? But it's a very big condition to satisfy indeed

 

[rabidline]

Kazuki's a bit unlucky. He was in podium position in both his GPs after the SP... and it's the worst 2 GPs out of the lot. If he had 1 GP medal he would have been in a better position. Koshiro was the third alternate for GPF, ffs.

 

[lileychristie]

How I'll be watching Japanese Nationals this year, knowing that Kazuki has no chance in hell of getting assignments due to poor performance in the GP + not being politically favoured

If he lands on the podium and in front of Yamamoto, Shimada and Tsuboi then he might get 4CC...? But it's a very big condition to satisfy indeed

Kazuki got 4CC!!!!

 

[KiraraChin]

Kazuki got 4CC!!!!

Yes I am so happy and surprised! I wasn't really expecting it.

 

[elektra blue]

congrats to Kazuki! i hope he can finds consistency sooner or later, everything else is already there

 

[rabidline]

Challenge Cup assignments out:

Men - Sena Miyake

 

[KiraraChin]

Great news! 'Kosho Oshima is eager to continue competing after graduating from Meiji University: "I want to give it my all and aim to be on the Japanese national team"'