2026 Aqua Cup | Jul 17 - 18

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Senior Women SP Group 2 warming up
Chikako Saigusa first to skate in this group
Rion Sumiyoshi skates second
8. Saaya Ebine WD

 

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Nanako Sakata skated to Lupin the 3rd.
I recall Tomoki Hiwatashi skated Lupin the 3rd one of Ex program.

 

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5. Chikako Saigusa
Stand By Me (New SP)
1S1T
3Lz(2ft)
FCSp
2A
SSp
StSq
CCoSp

Good program, Pretty dress
Her first 3Lz attempt in competition? Nice try!
I'm sure her other jumps will come back as she gets comfortable with the new program

No score announced

 

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6. Rion Sumiyoshi
Anything Goes / Let's Face the Music and Dance (New SP)
2A
3T2T
FCSp
3S(fall)
CCoSp
StSq
LSp

Fun program!
Early in the season, jumps will come~

No score announced

 

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Senior Men SP Start Order

	Warmup Group 1
1	嶋 﨑 帆々渡	Hohoto Shimazaki	Senshu University
2	タ オ マクレイ	Tao MacRae	GBR
3	加 藤 海 里	Kairi Kato	Hosei University
4	小 舘 薫	Kaoru Kodate	Shibaura Institute of Technology

Going right into the Senior Men SP
Skate Order above
Livestream (available to view with JSports subscription, vpn set to Japan)

 

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Tao MacRae attempted 3A (fall).

 

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2. Tao MacRae
Gosse de Paris
3A(fall)
3F2T
FSSp
Lo
CCSp
StSq
CCoSp

Nice 3A attempt!
Go get it in the FS!
Too bad about the Loop~

Still no scores...

 

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3. Kairi Kato
Spider-Man (New SP)
3A(hands, fall)
3F2T
FCSp
3Lz
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp

LOVE this program for him!
His signature CSp and StSq
...and he's lookin' good in that costume

 

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Kaoru Kodate with a SEIMEI program

 

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No scores...sigh
I'll post event results when they become available

Edit: Text on stream says the scores will be posted later to the Competition Results page

 

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Junior Men SP Start Order

	Warmup Group 1
1 2 3 4 5	永 井 湧 生 酒 井 慧 太 中 條 幹 太 池 田 立 大 林 理 人	Waku Nagai Keita Sakai Kanta Nakajo Ritsu Ikeda Rihito Obayashi	Aqua Rink Chiba SC Chiba Prefecture Federation Kanagawa FSC MF Academy MF Academy
	Warmup Group 2
6 7 8 9 10	請 田 礼 真 山 本 航 成 小 森 大 地 日 髙 晴 久 丹 羽 遥 珂	Reima Ukeda Kosei Yamamoto Daichi Komori Haruhisa Hidaka Haruka Niwa	Seisa Kokusai High School Yokohama MF Academy MF Academy MF Academy Meguro Nihon University High School
	Warmup Group 3
11 12 13 14 15	高 旭 西 野 太 翔 武 田 結 仁 森 遼 人 田 口 湊 音	Kyoku Ko Taiga Nishino Yujin Takeda Ryoto Mori Minato Taguchi	Aqua Rink Chiba SC Seisa Kokusai High School Yokohama MF Academy MF Academy Shibuya Education Academy Makuhari High

Time for the Junior Men
So many lovely talented children competing in this event
Start Order shown above

Livestream (view with JSports subscription, vpn set to Japan)

 

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Oh dang Rihito son grew so tall

The yellow tie (or tie at all) does not bode well for an exciting new program

 

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4. Ritsu Ikeda
Nureyev - The White Crow (New SP)
2F3T(2ft)
3A(2ft, fall)
CSSp
3Lz
StSq
CCoSp
FCSp

omigod! THIS PROGRAM IS PERFECT FOR HIM!
Shows off his gorgeous skating, posture and use of body and arms!
Was wondering what was up with the costume since it's so different for him...should've known~

 

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5. Rihito Obayashi
The Mask (New SP)
3A!!!...heel gets caught in the ice after landing-->fall

Program stopped, music issue...

3F3T
CCoSp
2Lz
StSq
FCSp
CSSp

Okay, The Mask isn't so bad...
Already more attack in his jumps than last season
Working on adjusting to those longer limbs especially during spins
Music issue aside, good start to his season

 

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7. Kosei Yamamoto
Sing, Sing, Sing
3F2T<<?(2ft)
3Lz
CSSp(fall)
2A
StSq
FCSp
CCoSp

Carry-over program for him
Just lost his balance after the change foot during the CSSp

 

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9. Haruhisa Hidaka
il vento d'oro
3Lz
3T1T
FCSp
CSSp
2A
StSq (fall at the very end!)
CCoSp

Yay!!! He kept this JoJo's SP! (only performed it once during Jr Nats since he was still Novice)
This StSq!!!
He skates with that chaotic energy I'm unfortunately addicted to

 

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Junior Men SP Group 3 skate order
11. Kyoku Ko
12. Taiga Nishino
13. Yujin Takeda
14. Ryoto Mori
15. Minato Taguchi

With so many boys switching to MF Academy it seems they train almost as many Men now as they do Women

 

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12. Taiga Nishino
Rhapsody in Blue (New SP)
3A
3Lz
FCSp
3F3T(hangs on, step)
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp

Another "not my favorite program for him" but the child likes to dance so
Hope his "Four Seasons" FS is freakin' amazing...he's a really good performer that deserves

 

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13. Yujin Takeda
Tango de los Exilados (New SP)
3A(tilted, hangs on, hand?)
3Lo3T
FCSp
3Lz
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp(almost falls on exit)

Did he debut this SP earlier this year?
I feel like I've seen the costume before but not the program
This SP suits his performance style and I really like the costume (tho a bit over the top)
Still lots of work to do, especially on his spins

 

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14. Ryoto Mori
Rain, in Your Black Eyes
3A
3F3T
FCSp
3Lz(close to boards)
StSq
CCoSp

His 3A looked so easy I had to go back and confirm it wasn't a 2A
I adore his skating~
Hope he stays healthy and is able to work on his stamina for the FS