The first group number has just been announced:
Information released
"Friends on Ice 2025"
Group number released!
"Love & Passion" woven across generations
We will deliver a performance that makes the most of each character, with a number from "Love Never Dies", the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera"
⛸Collaborating skaters
Shizuka Arakawa @shizuka_a29
Daisuke Takahashi @d1sk_t
Kana Muramoto @k.a.n.a.m.u.r.a
Ikura Kushida @k.ikura_
Koshiro Shimada @koshiro.shimada
Rika Hongo @rika_hongo
Direction and composition Shizuka Arakawa
Choreography supervision Kana Muramoto
Saturday, August 30th and Sunday, August 31st, 2025
KOSÉ Shin-Yokohama Skate Center
Tickets on sale now
2006年トリノ冬季オリンピック女子金メダリストの荒川静香さん(43)がフルプロデュースするアイスショー「フレンズオンアイス2025」の主催者は15日、8月30日(土)、31日(日)にコーセー新横浜スケートセンターで開 […]
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KanaDai, Ikura Kushida and Koshiro Shimada to perform group number with Shizuka Arakawa and Rika Hongo to “Phantom of the Opera” sequel for “Friends on Ice 2025” in August
The organizers of “Friends on Ice 2025,” an ice show fully produced by Shizuka Arakawa, 43, a women's gold medalist at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, announced on July 15 the group numbers for the performances to be held at the Kose Shin-Yokohama Skating Center on August 30 and 31.
The first group number revealed will be performed by Shizuka Arakawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Kana Muramoto, Ikura Kushida and Koshiro Shimada, who are challenging ice dancing from this season, and Rika Hongo. They will project “Love Never Die,” a sequel to the musical “The Phantom of the Opera,” onto the world of ice. Shizuka Arakawa will direct and compose the piece, and Kana Muramoto will supervise the choreography.
Shizuka Arakawa explained the reasons for the song selection and member selection as follows.
When I think of a group number, I first imagine the world view, the music, and the members who fit that image. This time, I wanted to deliver the theme of “Love & Passion” of Friends on Ice with the world view of “Love Never Die” and these members. I made this selection so that the audience can feel the connection between the story of “The Phantom of the Opera” and the story that has passed over time.
The organizer said, "This number features a collaboration between Kushida & Shimada, the new ice dancing couple, and Takahashi & Muramoto, as well as a collaboration between Hongo, who has admired Arakawa and continued to follow in her footsteps, and Arakawa, the producer. The highlight of this work is how each individual character is reflected in the passion that has been woven across generations and the Phantom's theatrical life in pursuit of his love of music, so that it overlaps with the feelings of watching over the changing generations in the skating world."
Other group numbers will be announced on the official social media accounts in the future.
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Photography and video recording are permitted during the talk show!
This event is open to anyone with a ticket for the 5:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, 30th August.
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