2026-27 Japanese Pairs and Ice Dance

[Anna K.]

As of July 1, 2026

Senior Pairs
Yuna Nagaoka /Sumitada Moriguchi "YunaSumi" (JSF Special Strengthening Selection)
Ayumi Kagotani/Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda "AyuLuka"


Senior Ice Dance
Utana Yoshida/ Masaya Morita "UtaMasa" (JSF Strengthening Selection B)
Ikura Kushida/Koshiro Shimada "IkuKo"
Rika Kihira/Shingo Nishiyama "RikaShin"
Kaho Yamashita /Yuto Nagata "KahoYuu"
Marin Honda/Shoma Uno "ShoMarin"
Rikako Fukase/Atsuhiko Tamura

Junior Ice Dance
Ayumi Shibayama/Tomoki Kimura "AyuTomo"
Noa Hozumi/Takuya Tanabe "NoaTaku"

To be updated until Japanese Sectionals
If I am not around by that time for whatever reason, please contact @dorispulaski or other admin staff, they can update the OP for you!

 

[Anna K.]

I'm reposting here the link to UtaMasa and IkuKo short program premieres, show version, that was kindly uploaded by @tsuyoboogie for Dreams on Ice thread:

2026 Dreams on Ice pt2 (ID).mp4

drive.google.com

It could be useful as a reference how these programs looked at the very beginning

 

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There's one more junior team formed recently: Noa Hazumi and Takuya Tanabe. They competed at Prince Mikasa Cup.
ETA: Already added, thank you.

 

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Cute clip of Ayumi and Tomoki practising their new Swan Lake free dance

 

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Based on fans reports from today's Nikkan Sport livestream with YumaSumi:
- They resumed training very recently
- They are going to France for Benoit's choreography (free program)
- Then they are going to Germany to a training camp with Savin
- SP is choreographed by Cathy Reed