2025 Sainichi Holdings Cup | May 3-5

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Sota Araki's Lutz technique

Yusuke Yajiri's jump axis and landings are so wild but like many of the other MF Academy boys he exhibits nice basics, carriage and presence on the ice

18. Haruto Sasaki
The Storm (New FS)
3A(fall)
3Lz(ot)3T(2ft?)
3F(ot)
FSSp
3Lo(ot)
CCSp
3S2T
3S(Nice!)
ChSq
2AEu2S
CCoSp

His first 3A attempt in competition! Nice try!
His skating is really developing and maturing~

99.85 into 1st

19. Minato Taguchi
Finlandia
2A
3Lo2T
3Lz(fall)
3S
FCCoSp
ChSq
1Lo(fall)
3S2A+SEQ
3T2T2Lo
FSSp
CCoSp

Nice flow across the ice~

97.40 into 2nd

 

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Junior Men Final Group warming up
Skate Order
20. Tsudoi Suto
21. Sakutaro Yoshino
22. Jo Shimizu
23. Jun Hayakawa
24. Taiga Nishino
25. Ritsu Ikeda
26. Daiya Ebihara

Competition Day 2 Livestream

 

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20 Tsudoi Suto
The Bells of Notre Dame (New FS)
3S?(hand)
3A2T
3A(nice!)
CCSp
3Lz
3Lz2T
3Lo(fall)
ChSq
3F(fall)+2A2T(fall)+SEQ
FSSp
CCoSp

LOVE this program for him!
Was that supposed to be a 4S attempt?

110.70 into 1st?


Go angel Saku!

 

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21. Sakutaro Yoshino (2025~26 Jr debut)
Fight Song / Amazing Grace (New FS!)
3Lo(nice!)
3Lz(hangs on)
3Lz2T(ot)
2F
FCCoSp
3S2A+SEQ
1S
ChSq
2F2A2T+SEQ (Edit: 2A and 2T invalid)
CSSp
CCoSp

My angel child is the most lovely and most talented
I adore him!

93.56? into 5th?

 

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24. Taiga Nishino
Maleficent didn't notice during his performance but apparently he changed his FS music to some "epic" sounding version of Moonlight Sonata?
1S
3Lz3T
4S2T!!!
3A(2ft, fall)
CCSp
ChSq
1AEu3S
3Lo(hangs on)
3A+REP
FSSp
CCoSp

The yolo 3A at the end (nevermind the REP)
Really like this program!
Looking forward to seeing him put it all together~

Edit: Just realized this was his first 4S combo attempt in competition! Nice job!

115.69? into 1st

 

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25. Ritsu Ikeda
Carmen
3Lz2T
3F(ot)
3Lz
3Lo(nice)
FSSp
ChSq
3F(fall)+REP
3TEu2S
2A2A+SEQ
FCCoSp
CCSp

106.48 into 3rd?

26. Daiya Ebihara
Avatar: The Way of Water (new costume?...his third for this program?)
4T(fall)
3S (nice!)
3A
CCSp
3F
ChSq
3Lz3T(nice!)
3LzEu3S (nice!)
FSSp
3Lo2A+SEQ (nice!)
CCoSp

Going by the new costume, I'm guessing he's keeping this program for next season?
4T and 3A aside, he has such nice, stable jumps
Wonder if that 3S is a placeholder for a possible 4S?

122.22? into 1st! Congrats!

 

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Junior Men FS Results
Protocols

1	蛯 原 大 弥	Daiya Ebihara	Komaba Gakuen High School	122.22
2	西 野 太 翔	Taiga Nishino	Kanagawa FSC	115.69
3	周 藤 集	Tsudoi Suto	ID Gakuen High School	110.70
4	池 田 立	Ritsu Ikeda	MF Academy	106.48
5	佐々木 陽 人	Haruto Sasaki	Isesaki FSC	99.85
6	田 口 湊 音	Minato Taguchi	Shibuya Makuhari High School	97.40
7	高 橋 健	Takeru Takahashi	Saitama Ice Arena FC	96.99
8	吉 野 咲太朗	Sakutaro Yoshino	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC	93.56
9	早 川 潤	Jun Hayakawa	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC	91.33
10	高 旭	Kyoku Ko	Aqua Rink Chiba SC	82.17
11	荒 木 颯 太	Sota Araki	Nippon Institute of Technology Komaba HS	79.73
12	山 本 航 成	Kosei Yamamoto	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC	78.24
13	堂 前 宗 祐	Sosuke Domae	Saitama Ice Arena FC	77.23
14	谷 尻 由 翼	Yusuke Yajiri	MF Academy	76.62
15	長谷川 結 音	Yuto Hasegawa	Seibu Higashifushimi FSC	71.75
16	清 水 丈	Jo Shimizu	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	70.34
17	武 正 侑 駕	Yuga Takemasa	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	67.71
18	小 川 眞 生	Naoki Ogawa	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	65.66
19	村 橋 快 優	Yoshihiro Murahashi	Kanagawa FSC	63.57
20	本 村 明 希	Haruki Motomura	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	59.52
21	前 田 士 斗	Oto Maeda	Kanagawa FSC	57.26
22	泉 周 作	Shusaku Izumi	Saitama Ice Arena FC	52.35
23	久保田 有 祐	Yusuke Kubota	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	46.36
24	渡 邉 陽 光	Haruhi Watanabe	Saitama Ice Arena FC	45.20
WD	請 田 礼 真	Reima Ukeda	Kanagawa FSC
WD	武 田 龍 哉	Ryuya Takeda	Aqua Rink Chiba SC

 

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Junior Women (Tokyo) FS Start Order

	Warmup Group 1
1 2 3 4 5 6	尾 野 喬 霞 日下部 珠 菜 森 田 莉 理 藤 原 柑 菜 黒 目 茉 希 相 川 凛	Kyoka Ono Juna Kusakabe Riki Morita Kanna Fujihara Maki Kurome Rin Aikawa	Higashi Yamato FSC Ome Figure Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC MF Academy Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior High School
	Warmup Group 2
7 8 9 10 11 12	小 鹿 詩 織 鍋 島 咲 稀 青 木 実 保 上 谷 菫 能 澤 桃 花 中 村 咲	Shiori Koshika Saki Nabeshima Miho Aoki Sumire Uetani Momoka Nozawa Saki Nakamura	Edogawa FSC Komaba Gakuen High School Nihon University Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior High School Rikkyo University Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
	Ice Resurfacing Warmup Group 3
13 14 15 16 17 18	岩 﨑 菫 橋 本 翼 沙 久 保 舞 華 吉 原 由衣華 野 田 めぐみ 吉 田 茉 優	Sumire Iwasaki Tsubasa Hashimoto Maika Kubo Yuika Yoshihara Megumi Noda Mayu Yoshida	MF Academy Keio University MF Academy Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
	Warmup Group 4
19 20 21 22 23 24 25	反 町 苺 夏 吉 野 心 菜 髙 木 謠 大 竹 沙 歩 日 比 優 花 山 邊 百 牛 山 胡 香	Maika Sorimachi Kokona Yoshino Yo Takagi Saho Otake Yuka Hibi Momo Yamabe Koko Ushiyama	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior High School Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior High School MF Academy Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior High School ID Gakuen High School MF Academy

Junior Women (Tokyo) FS Start Order shown above
Competition Day 2 Livestream

 

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Junior Women (Tokyo) Final Group Skate Order
19. Maika Sorimachi
20. Kokona Yoshino
21. Yo Takagi
22. Saho Otake
23. Yuka Hibi
24. Momo Yamabe
25. Koko Ushiyama

Competition Day 2 Livestream

Both Koko Ushiyama and Saho Otake participated in the Spring Trophy Advance Novice Solo Dance event last month and placed 1st and 2nd respectively

 

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21. Yo Takagi
Preludes, Op.28: No. 4 in E Minor / Get What You Get
1Lz
3Lo
3F
3S
FSSp
3Lz2T
1Lo
2A2A+SEQ
FCCoSp
ChSq
CCoSp

89.70 into 1st

Let's Go Saho-chan!

 

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22. Saho Otake
Legends of the Fall
3Lz(hand, fall)
3F
1Lo
CCoSp
3Lz2T(fall)
ChSq
3F(fall)+REP
2A2A2T+SEQ(nice!)
2S(ot)
LSp

Regardless of the falls, lovely and musical like always
She's getting noticeably taller~

74.94? into 2nd

 

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25. Koko Ushiyama
Scheherazade
3S(fall)
3T2T(nice)
2A2T(nice)
FSSp
3T
2FEu2S
LSp
ChSq
2A(nice)
2Lo
CCoSp

75.69 finishes 2nd

 

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Junior Women (Tokyo) FS Results
Protocols

1	髙 木 謠	Yo Takagi	Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior HS	89.70
2	牛 山 胡 香	Koko Ushiyama	MF Academy	75.69
3	大 竹 沙 歩	Saho Otake	MF Academy	74.94
4	青 木 実 保	Miho Aoki	Nihon University	70.69
5	岩 﨑 菫	Sumire Iwasaki	MF Academy	68.51
6	久 保 舞 華	Maika Kubo	MF Academy	68.45
7	野 田 めぐみ	Megumi Noda	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	67.12
8	山 邊 百	Momo Yamabe	ID Gakuen High School	66.43
9	吉 野 心 菜	Kokona Yoshino	Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior HS	65.45
10	中 村 咲	Saki Nakamura	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	60.95
11	相 川 凛	Rin Aikawa	Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior HS	60.77
12	反 町 苺 夏	Maika Sorimachi	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	60.70
13	上 谷 菫	Sumire Uetani	Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior HS	60.58
14	藤 原 柑 菜	Kanna Fujihara	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	60.12
15	日 比 優 花	Yuka Hibi	Eimei Frontier Junior & Senior HS	59.99
16	吉 原 由衣華	Yuika Yoshihara	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	58.47
17	黒 目 茉 希	Maki Kurome	MF Academy	56.74
18	小 鹿 詩 織	Shiori Koshika	Edogawa FSC	55.50
19	吉 田 茉 優	Mayu Yoshida	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	55.40
20	橋 本 翼 沙	Tsubasa Hashimoto	Keio University	53.08
21	尾 野 喬 霞	Kyoka Ono	Higashi Yamato FSC	48.38
22	能 澤 桃 花	Momoka Nozawa	Rikkyo University	47.13
WD	森 田 莉 理	Riki Morita	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
WD	鍋 島 咲 稀	Saki Nabeshima	Komaba Gakuen High School
WD	日下部 珠 菜	Juna Kusakabe	Ome Figure

 

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Seems Tsudoi was inspired to use "The Bells of Notre Dame" after seeing Kao's InterJrHigh performance using the same music
That FS program is probably still my favorite of all Kao's programs to date so of course it was the first thing that came to mind as soon as Tsudoi's music started

Also, both Tsudoi and Taichi Isowa now enrolled at Meiji Dai!

 

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ibuki Onaka is currently skating and being...his usual self...which is not nearly his best self

Sakura Odagaki skating second and...well...same

To be fair, not many skaters have been performing to their potential (new programs to adjust to and or just a very long season)

 

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Taichi Isowa is almost there~
Once he tidies up his elements and if he's able to gain some consistency, he'll be a powerhouse
His skating is so exciting to watch
Wishing him a successful Senior debut season

Senior Men FS Results
Protocols

1	磯 和 大 智	Taichi Isowa	Meiji University	98.76
2	大 中 惟 吹	Ibuki Onaka	Toyo University	94.46
3	小田垣 櫻	Sakura Odagaki	Nihon University	75.80
4	廣 田 聖 幸	Masayuki Hirota	Waseda University	66.15

 

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Competition Day 2 Video
Post with links to video of NvB skaters Nanami Ochi and Yukito Sawaura from Competition Day 1

Not posting too many performances, mostly just the top few finishers within each event

I noticed some of the videos are randomly showing a "problem playing video" message when first accessing the link but then plays if the window is refreshed
Please let me know if there are any other issues with any of the links or videos

Videos are listed in order of event placement

Novice A Boys
1. Aoi Kimura
2. Haruhisa Hidaka

Novice A Girls
1, Karin Miyazaki
2. Kiwaka Tanaka
3. Yui Kawasaki

Junior Men
1. Daiya Ebihara
2. Taiga Nishino
3. Tsudoi Suto
4. Ritsu Ikeda
5. Haruto Sasaki

8. Sakutaro Yoshino
Sharing because everyone deserves to watch my angel skate
Not officially a Junior yet, but still earned 5th highest PCS in this event
Hoping his jumps will improve as he grows and gains more strength

Junior Women (Tokyo)
1. Yo Takagi
2. Koko Ushiyama
3. Saho Otake

I didn't record any of the Senior Men's FS in real time
I decided after the competition ended to go back and record Taichi Isowa's performance to upload
Unfortunately, the stream cut off before I could record his entire performance

 

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Competition Day 3 Schedule (JST)
Junior Women (Kanto) Lvl 5 FS - 8:00am~10:00am
Junior Women (Kanto) Lvl 6, 7 FS - 10:15am~2:20pm
Senior Women FS - 2:35pm~5:45pm

Competition Day 3 Livestream

Posting this info now since I need to go to work in a few hours
I hope to be back home in time for the last group of Kanto Junior Women (Lvl 6, 7)

 

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Junior Kanto Women Lvl 6, 7 Final Group warming up
Skate Order
27. Ayano Nakashima
28. Ayumi Nakao
29. Minoka Chiba
30. Mahori Arai
WD Seira Fujinuma
32. Keito Nagata
33. Miyu Furukawa

Competition Day 3 Livestream

 

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28. Ayumi Nakao
The Artist
2A(so, hands)
3Lz(Nice!)3T
3F(nice!)2T
CCoSp
3S
3Lo(off axis, hangs on)
1Lz(rippon)2T?
FSSp
ChSq
3Lz
FCSp
SSp?

A bit off axis on some of her jumps today but better control on her 3Lz3T
It's always exciting to watch her skate

94.94 into 1st!

29. Minoka Chiba
Singin' In the Rain (New FS)
3F(nice!)
3S(2ft?)
3T2A+SEQ(Nice!)
3S(ot)1T
LSp
3T
1A
FCCoSp
ChSq
2F2T2Lo
CCoSp

She's an absolute joy to watch~

87.72 into 2nd