2025 Japanese Eastern Sectionals | Oct 23-26

[CoyoteChris]

Fantastic work, t, and all involved...got my mind off of life....besides the quality of the skating, the thing that strikes me most is the intelligent choices of music...nice to listen to but that makes it easier to interpret.

 

[hermine17]

Rise Asari's skating is so nice to watch, and that move towards the end of her program where she slides on the ice and grabs her skate reminds me a bit of Mayuko.

I'm pretty certain that her coach, Mami Yamada, is Mayuko's old coach. She's doing a great job of putting Hokkaido on the figure skating map.

 

[brblja]

I need to find the document that explains the possible extra spots being awarded for Nationals~
Hoping both Sakurako Tanabe and Masamune Okubo will be considered
I believe we'll need to wait for the results from W Sectional and Jr Nationals

Here: https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/quota_2025_rev1.pdf

The relevant text:

東西日本で枠に入らなかったシニア選手の東西大会の得点、全日本ジュニアでシニアに推薦されなかった選手の全日本ジュニアの得点、それぞれSP+FSの得点上位者を合計で30人になるまで全日本シニア出場とします。

So seeds + qualifying spots add up to 21, then they're going to fill up the spots to 30 total with:
- recommended juniors from Jr Nats,
- spots remaining after recs from Jr Nats: athletes picked from seniors and juniors, based on nationals series top total scores (seniors - at Sectionals, juniors - at Jr Nats).