Kiss & Cry Interview with Dai-chan
http://www.tvguide.or.jp/feature/kissandcry/20180827/01.html
I won't lie that this injury has had me concerned but I second deedee's sentiments about Dai's situation. Fingers crossed for him. GO Dai!!!!
Daisuke showed up at the rehearsal of FOI today with his skates on! :yay: https://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/garticle.html?id=20180823-OHT1I50160
A lovely, heart-warming photo with his big sister (Shizuka) and brothers (Yamato & Takeshi), a very special bond and friendship they have cultivated while pushing one another over the years.
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I'm not sure if this has been translated before, but here are some highlights:
-His injury was a pulled muscle.
-He has his triple Axel back and will put it in his program, but no quads yet. (He was embarrassed that he could only do a triple Salchow, aww.)
-He feels like he's grown up both physically and mentally.
source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports...trong-silver-medal-slovakia-jgp/#.W4iVsM4zZph“It went really well and he’s more amazing than ever,” Wilson wrote in an email to Ice Time. “You can really see the increased maturity in his skating. It was so much fun and inspiring for me to work with him again. He’s just the coolest guy in skating!!!”
“Working with Daisuke is great, because he is very talented and very generous,” Iwano said Sunday night in an exclusive interview, following a four-day junior training camp at Chukyo University. “He’s so good for me. He’s really a positive influence on my skating.”
“He is training very hard every day,” Iwano stated. “He always comes to me and offers his help and encourages me."
“If I am struggling with my jumps, he will tell me, ‘You can do it. You can do it.’ ”
Iwano detailed her aspirations for the 2018-19 season to Ice Time.
“[...] I want to finish in the top six at the Japan Junior Championships so I can skate in the All-Japan Championships with Daisuke.”
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180831-00000041-dal-spo
They also got a chance to ask him about Daisuke's come back. He said "Daisuke will always be someone I admire. I don't feel strongly about win/lose, just very much looking forward to his performance and the chance to skate together at Nationals. "
Really made my day. Can't wait to see the work of the artist x artist inspiring and responding to each other in the making. Should be stunning, heavenly, another masterpiece of Dai x DW.“It went really well and he’s more amazing than ever,” Wilson wrote in an email to Ice Time. “You can really see the increased maturity in his skating. It was so much fun and inspiring for me to work with him again. He’s just the coolest guy in skating!!!”
^^ Thanks, synesthesia, hoping you're feeling a littel better now.
Yes, I am.
Especially after reading these fabulous news related through Hirokazu Kobayashi's ig live stream: Dai has resumed on-ice training and is looking to be in good condition!
https://twitter.com/nobumamiya/status/1036275836200972290
Edited: new tweet with source Nikkei.com
https://twitter.com/mid19c/status/1036885575582674944?s=21
「今はスケートが楽しい。楽しすぎて罪悪感を感じるほど。
こんなに楽しいのは10年ぶりくらい。
滑ることができる限り、最高のパフォーマンスをいろんな場所で見せていきたい」
「毎日くぎ付けになりながら練習している。
曲が始まって踊り出した瞬間から世界観が生まれる。
試合で滑っているところを絶対に見たい」
Earlier in this article, he said that the last two seasonstill Sochi was a real struggle for him with injuries and other things, he couldn't perform as he wished and he almost hated skating;;;
Thank you Zenchio and deedee for the links and translations of the Nikkei and Yahoo articles as well as for the additional info on "Step Step Step"! It's the only Dai book I don't own yet. It will go on my shopping list together with Dai's calendar for 2019.