2025 Kinoshita Group Cup Men's Free Skate

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ISU CS Kinoshita Group Cup 2025​

Kanku Ice Arena 1-23, Rinku Orai Kita, Izumisano-shi
Osaka, 598-0048, Japan

MAP

5 Sep - 7 Sep, 2025

Men's Free Skate
Sunday, September 7, 2025
16:30 JST (UTC +9)

Time in Other Places​

• Official Site
• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Schedule
• CS TV Asahi Channel 2 - Live Broadcast Details
• Entries
• Start Time for Each Skater
• Detailed Results & Protocols

Start Order and Live Results​

StN.​	Name​	Nation​	Rank​	Points​
​	Warm-Up Group 1​
1	Tao MACRAE​	GBR	14	54.89
2	Sihyeong LEE​	KOR	13	62.86
3	Goku ENDO​	USA	12	65.24
4	Haru KAKIUCHI​	JPN	11	65.67
	Warm-Up Group 2​
5	Aleksa RAKIC​	CAN	10	78.73
6	Tatsuya TSUBOI​	JPN	9	78.82
7	Shunsuke NAKAMURA​	JPN	8	79.34
8	Jaekeun LEE​	KOR	7	82.41
9	Kao MIURA​	JPN	6	82.49
.	Warm-Up Group 3​
10	Jimmy MA​	USA	5	83.52
11	Tomoki HIWATASHI​	USA	4	83.62
12	Sota YAMAMOTO​	JPN	3	84.98
13	Kazuki TOMONO​	JPN	2	85.08
14	Junhwan CHA​	KOR	1	87.76

Men's Entries​

No.​

Name​

Nation​

1. Aleksa RAKIC CAN j
SP: "Punga" by Klingande
FS: "Holocene" by Bon Iver; "The Gallows" by Audiomachine; "The Grotto" by Audiomachine choreo by Benoit Richaud


2. Tao MACRAE. GBR
SP: "Gosse de Paris" by Jean Leccia; Gosse de Paris by Charles Aznavour, Jo Moutet
FS: "The Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes; "Ball and Biscuit" by The White Stripes; Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes; choreo by Kehaunani Malama (SP), John Kerr (FS)

3. Haru KAKIUCHI JPN
SP: "Love The Hell Out Of You" by Lewis Capaldi
FS: "I Giorni" by Daniel Hope, Ludovico Einaudi; "The American Four Seasons" by Philip Glass, Baltic Sea Philharmonic: choreo by Stéphane Lambiel, Guillaume Cizeron

4. Kao MIURA JPN
SP: "Sunset on M." by Dardust; "Sturm I-Fear" by Dardust
FS: "To Know My Enemy" (from "The Last Samurai" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; "Hiten" by Naoki Sato; "Curfew" by Hiromitsu Agatsuma; "Red Warrior" (from "The Last Samurai" soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer;" choreo by Benoit Richaud

5. Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN
SP: "Yesterday" by The Beatles, performed by Babyface, Chloe Flower, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; choreo by Misha Ge
FS: The Last Samurai soundtrack by Hans Zimmer; choreo by Kana Muramoto

6. Kazuki TOMONO JPN
SP: "That’s It (I’m Crazy)" by Sofi Tukker
FS: "Halston" by Stephan Moccio; choreo by Misha Ge; Shae-Lynn Bourne; Kana Muramoto

7. Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN
SP: "Anniversary" by YOSHIKI
FS: "Vesti la giubba" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth; "Preludio" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Philadelphia Orchestra Ricerdo Muti; "Vesti la giubba" by Ruggero Leoncavallo- Philadelphia Orchestra Ricerdo Muti; "Vesti la giubba" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth; "No!Pagliaccio non son" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, National Philharmonic Orchestra; "Suvvia, Coserribile" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Philadelphia Orchestra Ricerdo Muti; choreo by Massimo Scali


8. Sota YAMAMOTO JPN
SP: "Yesterday" by The Beatles, Michael Bolton cover (recycled from 2021-2022 and 2022-2023); choreo by Mihoko Higuchi
FS: "Hallelujah;" choreo by Lori Nichol

9. Junhwan CHA KOR
SP: "Rain, In Your Black Eyes" by Ezio Bosso
FS: "The Show Must Go On" by Queen; "El Tango de Roxanne" (Moulin Rouge soundtrack); "Come What May" (Moulin Rouge soundtrack); choreo by Shae-Lynne Bourne

10. Jaekeun LEE KOR
SP: Il Postino soundtrack by Luis Bacalov
FS: "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Rachmaninoff; choreo by Jeffrey Buttle, Haejin Kim

11. Sihyeong LEE KOR
SP: "All I Ask of You" (from Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Llyod Webber, Josh Groban, Kelly Clarkson, London Symphony Orchestra
FS: "Le Bolero" by Prequell; choreo by Sihyeong Lee (SP), Yeaji Shin (FS)

12.Goku ENDO USA
SP: "Kaneda’s Theme" (from "Akira") by Geinoh; "Yamashirogumi" (Remix by Solidseeker)
FS: "Golden Butterflies" by Ludovico Einaudi; "Where’s My Love" by SYML; choreo by Mari Malama

13. Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
SP: "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
FS: "Creep" by Vincint Cannady; choreo by Cathy Reed, Misha Ge

14. Jimmy MA USA
SP: "The Firebird Suite (Excerpt)" by Isakson Foundation Music Collective; "Witchdoctor" by Camo & Krooked
FS: "Nessun Dorma" by The Mantovani Orchestra; Turandot: "Nessun dorma" by Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta; choreo by Nikolai Morozov

 

[labgoat]

If you are joining us the stream is https://web.utako.moe/
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[tsuyoboogie]

We were so close to having back to back The Last Samurai programs

 

[labgoat]

If you are joining us the stream is https://web.utako.moe/
Load using Firefox and select CS in the left box and use the scoll bar to see the icons and select the turquoise box marked with a 2. I have Privacy badger installed and a pop-up asks me Privacy Badger has replaced this Disqus widget - select Allow Once to stabilize the screen.

If you have X - you may be able to seen this screenshot
https://x.com/fskatecomptimes/status/1963857902394839363

I am trying to stay awake, but it is hard without coffee.

 

[labgoat]

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Tao MACRAE GBR
2 Sihyeong LEE KOR
3 Goku ENDO USA
4 Haru KAKIUCHI JPN

 

[labgoat]

U2 fan that I am is appreciating the warm-up music.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

I am trying to stay awake, but it is hard without coffee.

Ganba!

I'm downing handfuls of dark chocolate chips

 

[labgoat]

Tao skated pretty well in the SP. Let's hope it continues for his FS.

 

[labgoat]

What are these lyrics???
FS: "The Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes; "Ball and Biscuit" by The White Stripes; Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes; choreo by Kehaunani Malama (SP), John Kerr (FS)

The first part had me going huh?, the beat picked up for the later half of the program. He get nice applause and skated pretty well.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

1. Tao MacRae
The White Stripes Medley
2A
1Lz
3F(hands)1T
FCCoSp4
StSq2
3S2A+SEQ
3LoEu2S?
2Lo(so)
FSSp4
3S
CCoSp4
ChSq

Again, I apologize for the delayed pbps but my stream is running about 5 mins behind

 

[labgoat]

Sihyeong Lee KOR
FS: "Le Bolero" by Prequell; choreo by Sihyeong Lee (SP), Yeaji Shin (FS)
I think he did a nice job on his own choreo. This was a pretty clean skate for him. He seems very pleased and the audience responds in kind.

 

[YuBluByMe]

I didn’t like Lee’s program and performance at all. But good on him for landing the jumps and coming back from injury.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

2. Sihyeong Lee
Le Bolero
4T(nice)
3A
3Lz3T
3S
CCSp4
3Lz3T(ot)
3F2A2A+SEQ
3Lo
StSq3
ChSq
CCoSp4
FCCoSp4

All jumps ripponed
He was a bit slow and careful but for the most part executed all elements well

 

[labgoat]

Goku ENDO USA
FS: "Golden Butterflies" by Ludovico Einaudi; "Where’s My Love" by SYML; choreo by Mari Malama He puts his heart into his skating and I love to watch him even though he is such a cacti. His smile is infectious - it is really hard not to like him. Pretty solid skate for him today. He doubled a lutz and some spins were a bit slow.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

3. Goku Endo
Golden Butterfies / Where's My Love
3A
3Lz2T
3A2T
CCSp4
3Lo
3F2A2A+SEQ
2Lz
FCCoSp3
StSq3
ChSq
3S
CCoSp3

Very pretty~
Nice job!

 

[elektra blue]

perseviring is diabolical and here i am

 

[labgoat]

Haru KAKIUCHI JPN
FS: "I Giorni" by Daniel Hope, Ludovico Einaudi; "The American Four Seasons" by Philip Glass, Baltic Sea Philharmonic: choreo by Stéphane Lambiel, Guillaume Cizeron

Haru you scared me I thought your head was going to hit the ice. Woke you up it did and you skated with great zest for the remainder of the program

 

[labgoat]

perseviring is diabolical and here i am

i fell asleep twice during the pairs and got grumpy

 

[elektra blue]

i fell asleep twice during the pairs and got grumpy

nooo mama! have something sweet, it helps with your mood

 

[elektra blue]

is there a way to lower the video quality in this player? maybe it would work better...