2024-25 Japanese Nationals Free Dance

[rabidline]

Masaya is a bit too prone of overperforming so their energy sometimes don't match, but overall they were the team with more cumulative experience in ice dance, showed here. Very happy for Utana for persevering.

 

[lileychristie]

turn

Ahhhh that makes sense, didn't think of "turn" at all

Congrats UtaMasa national champion
Now, I hope they keep building their intl reputation, and hopefully when many top teams retire after the olympics, they can place top 10 at worlds to bring in another spot for Japan

As for 4CC, do they still have 3 spots? But even if they do only AzuShin and UtaMasa have the minimums I believe?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Ice Dance Final Results
FD Results
FD Protocols

Pl.				RD	FD	Final
1	吉田 唄菜 森田 真沙也	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Academy	71.84	104.37	176.21
2	田中 梓沙 西山 真瑚	Azusa Tanaka Shingo Nishiyama	Oriental Bio Oriental Bio	66.03	102.89	168.92
3	佐々木 彩乃 池田 喜充	Ayano Sasaki Yoshimitsu Ikeda	Nihon University Seibu Higashifushimi FSC	55.53	85.56	141.09
4	久根下 未暁 ルーシェ 聖夜 アレック	Mia Kuneshita Seiya Alec Roueche	Meiji Jingu Gaien Pre FSC Meiji Jingu Gaien Pre FSC	36.62	63.57	100.19

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Send AyaMitsu to get their tech minimum to compete at 4CC please!
They are fully capable of earning it one competition

 

[denise3lz]

Send AyaMitsu to get their tech minimum to compete at 4CC please!
They are very capable of earning it one competition

Begrudging JSF canceled to send skaters to Golden Spin, Bavarian Open and Tallink Hotels Cup this season.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

FD Video

AgaIn, I uploaded video of the entire Group rather than individual performances
Teams are listed in Skate Order below the link
Please let me know if there are any issues with the video that need to be fixed

Group 1
1. Mia Kuneshita / Seiya Alec Roueche
2. Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
3. Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama
4. Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita

 

[Sai Bon]

Great job AzuShin!!
Wow in the replay they looked really close to each other during the twizzles to the point it looks a bit scary

Also can someone explain to me why the one foot sequence is called ワンフットターン　aka one foot ta-n?

Japanese language doesn't differentiate between "a" and "u" very well

 

[Sai Bon]

Amazing UtaMasa!! They managed to perform this warhorse well, love the choreo at the very end

I do like AzuShin, he is so yummy , but I guess they are being held back by Azusa's injury and her relative lack of experience in ice dance, whereas Utamasa are both seasoned ice dancers (sorry if I'm wrong, don't know much about Masaya, but I remember Utana when she was competing with Shingo).

 

[lileychristie]

Japanese language doesn't differentiate between "a" and "u" very well

Yeah, I actually speak Japanese pretty well but some Japanified english written in katakana still trips me up sometimes
I guess it shows more my lack of knowledge of Ice Dance, as I thought the element is called "one foot sequence" and not "one foot turn" and hence my brain didn't connect the ターン as turn

I actually like how Japanese vowels are way more consistent than English - how their "a" is a very clear "aaaah" sound and their "u" is a very clear "ooo" sound. Hence I get why they use "ta" sound for how the word "turn" is pronounced in English

I do like AzuShin, he is so yummy , but I guess they are being held back by Azusa's injury and her relative lack of experience in ice dance, whereas Utamasa are both seasoned ice dancers (sorry if I'm wrong, don't know much about Masaya, but I remember Utana when she was competing with Shingo).

Masaya did pretty well in junior ice dance with Nao Kida, they won a bronze medal in one of their JGPs. IIRC they split at the end of the 22/23 season, and Masaya has been teaming up with Utana since then.