2025 Japanese Nationals - Sr. Rhythm Dance

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2025 Japanese National Championships
Tokyo, Japan

Senior Rhythm Dance

Sat., December 20, 2025
14:10 JST (UTC +9)

Time in Other Places​

• Official Site
• Announcement - about the competition
• Entries
• Tickets
• Schedule
• Live streaming - see discussion here
• Detailed Results and Protocols
• Start Time for Each Skater

 

[dorispulaski]

No.

Names

Affiliation

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1 Chisato Uramatsu / Atsuhiko Tamura 浦松 千聖 / 田村 篤彦 Chukyo University / Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
RD: "Beautiful Life;" choreo by Pascal Denis / Samuel Chouinard
FD: "Experience" by Ludovico Einaudi; choreo by Pascal Denis; Kaitlin Hawayek
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 4th Place
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2 Rika Kihira / Shingo Nishiyama 紀平 梨花 / 西山 真瑚 Toyota Motor Corporation / Oriental Bio
RD: "Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...)" by Lou Bega · Pérez Prado · David Lubega · Christian Königseder; "Scatman & Hatman" by Scatman John & Lou Bega
FD: Princess Mononoke: I. The Legend Of Ashitaka; II. TA TA RI GAMI; V. Mononoke Hime; I. The Legend Of Ashitaka by Joe Hisaishi & New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra; choreo by Romain Haguenauer / Marie-France Dubreuil
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 3rd Place
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3 Ikura Kushida / Koshiro Shimada 櫛田 育良 / 島田 高志郎 Kinoshita Academy / Kinoshita Group
RD: "Got the Groove“ by SM-Trax; "Show Me Something Special“ by SM-Trax; "Got The Groove 2.8" (Caramba Short Traxx Remix) choreo by Cathy Reed
FD: "Moonlight Serenade“ by Glenn Miller; Music from Sabrina by Friedrich Hollaender; choreo by Cathy Reed
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 1st Place

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Fanfest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/ikura-kushida-koshiro-shimada.101706/
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4 Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda 佐々木 彩乃 / 池田 喜充 Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
RD: "Barbie Girl" / "Be My Lover"; choreo by Marien De La Asuncion
FD: "The Bells of Notre Dame;" "Les sans-papiers;" "Danse mon Esmeralda" from Notre Dame de Paris soundtrack; choreo by Olivier Schoenfelder
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 2nd Place
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5 Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita 吉田 唄菜 / 森田 真沙也 Kinoshita Academy
RD: "Stomp to My Beat" by JS16, Jaakko Salovaara; "Butterfly" by Smile.dk, Robert Uhlmann; "Stomp to My Beat" by JS16, Jaakko Salovaar
FD: "Rise of the Phoenix" by Jennifer Thomas; "X-X" by Hans Zimmer; "Rise of the Phoenix" by Quantum Infinity; choreo by Madison Hubbell; Adrian Diaz; Scott Moir; Massimo Scali (FD)
BYE- 2024 Gold Medal

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/97265

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Placeholder for the Senior Ice Dance RD Draw
This post has been moved to the Opening Ceremony + SP/RD Draw thread

Sorry for the inconvenience

 

[Sai Bon]

Thanks again, dorispulaski and tsuyogoogie! I would be very surprised if UtaMasa don't win, although they haven't had the best form this season. How much pressure can IkuKo and RikaShin put on them? The terrestrial TV broadcast is at a painful time of 0:45-1:45 on Christmas morning. Just as well I have insomnia! Lots of coffee required.

 

[synesthesia]

No.

Names

Affiliation

.

1 Chisato Uramatsu / Atsuhiko Tamura Chukyo University / Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
RD: "Beautiful Life;" choreo by Pascal Denis / Samuel Chouinard
FD: "Experience" by Ludovico Einaudi; choreo by Pascal Denis; Kaitlin Hawayek
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 4th Place
.
2 Rika Kihira / Shingo Nishiyama Toyota Motor Corporation / Oriental Bio
RD: "Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...)" by Lou Bega · Pérez Prado · David Lubega · Christian Königseder; "Scatman & Hatman" by Scatman John & Lou Bega
FD: Princess Mononoke: I. The Legend Of Ashitaka; II. TA TA RI GAMI; V. Mononoke Hime; I. The Legend Of Ashitaka by Joe Hisaishi & New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra; choreo by Romain Haguenauer / Marie-France Dubreuil
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 3rd Place
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3 Ikuyoshi Kushida / Takashiro Shimada Kinoshita Academy / Kinoshita Group
RD: "Got the Groove“ by SM-Trax; "Show Me Something Special“ by SM-Trax; "Got The Groove 2.8" (Caramba Short Traxx Remix) choreo by Cathy Reed
FD: "Moonlight Serenade“ by Glenn Miller; Music from Sabrina by Friedrich Hollaender; choreo by Cathy Reed
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 1st Place
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4 Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
RD: "Barbie Girl" / "Be My Lover"; choreo by Marien De La Asuncion
FD: "The Bells of Notre Dame;" "Les sans-papiers;" "Danse mon Esmeralda" from Notre Dame de Paris soundtrack; choreo by Olivier Schoenfelder
Western Sectional and Ice Dance Preliminaries - 2nd Place
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5 Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita Kinoshita Academy
RD: "Stomp to My Beat" by JS16, Jaakko Salovaara; "Butterfly" by Smile.dk, Robert Uhlmann; "Stomp to My Beat" by JS16, Jaakko Salovaar; choreo by Madison Hubbell; Adrian Diaz; Scott Moir
FD: "Rise of the Phoenix" by Jennifer Thomas; "X-X" by Hans Zimmer; "Rise of the Phoenix" by Quantum Infinity; choreo by Massimo Scali
BYE- 2024 Gold Medal

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FanFest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/97265

Thank you for providing the details (in the other threads as well). I just noticed two auto translation errors ("Ikuyoshi" instead of "Ikura" and "Takashiro" instead of "Koshiro"). This is their fan fest link: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/ikura-kushida-koshiro-shimada.101706/

Yoshida/Morita's FD was choreographed by Massimo Scali. The choreo of their RD is indeed by Hubbell / Diaz / Moir.

Thank you again.

 

[dorispulaski]

I have made those changes. Kushida & Shimada's ISU bio does not credit Scali for his work. It is not unusual for outside choreographers to not be given the credit for work they have done in some coaching schools. If the coaches change the choreo at all, they eliminate the original choreographer from the list. I can't know the truth of the matter, and so go by the ISU bio, unless corrected.

Please continue to help by keeping an eye out for any other auto translation errors? I caught some myself, but I would not be at all surprised if there are others, particularly in the names of juniors.

 

[synesthesia]

Thank you for providing the details (in the other threads as well). I just noticed two auto translation errors ("Ikuyoshi" instead of "Ikura" and "Takashiro" instead of "Koshiro"). This is their fan fest link: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/ikura-kushida-koshiro-shimada.101706/

Yoshida/Morita's FD was choreographed by Massimo Scali. The choreo of their RD is indeed by Hubbell / Diaz / Moir.

Thank you again.

I have made those changes. Kushida & Shimada's ISU bio does not credit Scali for his work. It is not unusual for outside choreographers to not be given the credit for work they have done in some coaching schools. If the coaches change the choreo at all, they eliminate the original choreographer from the list. I can't know the truth of the matter, and so go by the ISU bio, unless corrected.

Please continue to help by keeping an eye out for any other auto translation errors? I caught some myself, but I would not be at all surprised if there are others, particularly in the names of juniors.

It is Yoshida/Morita's FD, which was choreographed by Scali, not Kushida/Shimada's, but I see this has been corrected now (in the original post as well as in the quote within my post). Thank you.

Will be on the look out for other auto translation errors later today. I had spotted some more yesterday, but not pointed them out.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Ice Dance RD Start Order
Time Schedule

StN.	Warmup Group 1
1	浦松 千聖 田村 篤彦	Chisato Uramatsu Atsuhiko Tamura	Chukyo University Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
2	紀平 梨花 西山 真瑚	Rika Kihira Shingo Nishiyama	Toyota Motor Corporation Oriental Bio
3	佐々木 彩乃 池田 喜充	Ayano Sasaki Yoshimitsu Ikeda	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
4	吉田 唄菜 森田 真沙也	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita	Kinoshita Academy
5	櫛田 育良 島田 高志郎	Ikura Kushida Koshiro Shimada	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Group

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Ice Dance RD Start Order
Time Schedule

StN.	Warmup Group 1
1	浦松 千聖 田村 篤彦	Chisato Uramatsu Atsuhiko Tamura	Chukyo University Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
2	紀平 梨花 西山 真瑚	Rika Kihira Shingo Nishiyama	Toyota Motor Corporation Oriental Bio
3	佐々木 彩乃 池田 喜充	Ayano Sasaki Yoshimitsu Ikeda	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC
4	吉田 唄菜 森田 真沙也	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita	Kinoshita Academy
5	櫛田 育良 島田 高志郎	Ikura Kushida Koshiro Shimada	Kinoshita Academy Kinoshita Group

Sr Dance RD starting now
Start Order shown above
Live Results
FOD Livestream Day 2 (viewable with paid subscription, vpn set to Japan)
For anyone using an IPTV service, CS Fuji TV TWO will broadcast this event

Good Luck to all the teams!

 

[lileychristie]

Love Ayano's costume, it's just WOW

 

[yuumagical]

At least I'm here on time for the seniors!

 

[lileychristie]

Can't believe this is Atsuhiko's first senior season - he looks so mature and refined already. And I LOVE his hair, please please keep it

Chisato looked very good for first ever season being ice dancer, I think they're well matched. I hope they stay together and get international assignment soon (cmon JSF)

 

[tsuyoboogie]

1. ChiiAtsu
twizzles Lvl 3, Lvl 4
midline step Lvl 1 both
rotational lift Lvl 4

They look so good together
Hope they stick it out and keep improving

50.93

 

[lileychristie]

Let's goooo RikaShin!!

Rika is finally back on Nationals

 

[yuumagical]

That ending pose really drives the point home!

 

[lileychristie]

Rikaaaa

During her singles era she was never the most expressive, but WOW look at her now! She genuinely looked so happy dancing & performing, I'm so glad Shingo decided to partner with her

 

[tsuyoboogie]

2. RikaShin
twizzles Lvl 4 both
midline step Lvl 1 both
rotational lift Lvl 4

So much fun!
Shingo's got some of that Masaya head choreo going on
Rika looks like she's really enjoying herself
So happy to see her on the ice competing again!

57.44 into 1st

 

[yuumagical]

It's so good to see Rika doing ice dance. Hopefully she sticks with it!

 

[lileychristie]

Love AyaMitsu's Barbie & Ken - I'm surprised this is the only RD to Aqua's Barbie AFAIK, it's so much fun and full of character

Too bad about the messy twizzles, that will hurt their score..

 

[tsuyoboogie]

3. AyaMitsu
midline step Lvl 1 both
twizzles Lvl 4 Lvl 1
rotational lift Lvl 4

Ikemitsu messed up his third set of twizzles ...very unexpected from him
I like that they're both passionate performers
Redemption FD!

54.09 into 2nd