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Ilia Malinin

Ilia practied at the Kinoshita Academy with Mone Chiba and Mao Shimada, among others, before moving to Sapporo for the second series of SOI shows.
Ilia actually advised young Japanese skaters on jumping techniques (see the 23-minute clip below), including Mone Chiba and Mao Shimada. His mother/coach Tatiana Malinina was also there. Koshiro Shimada and Tomoki Hiwatashi were there, too, acting as translators.

You need to set VPN as Japan to watch this:
 
If you haven't been here in a while or haven't checked the website out, give it a visit.

 
Ilia hanging out with celebs at the NBC Upfronts. My assumption he was there to promote the Olympic Games, he's not starring in any sitcoms. He got to meet Daniel Radcliffe, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire, Andy Cohen and more (or more like they got to meet him, lol). I can't stand Andy Cohen for various reasons, but Ilia should go on WWHL.

I'm hoping to see more media stuff with Ilia to promote the games, and interested to see how his social media following grows. Right now his IG is at 262K followers. We shall see how it grows around the OG.
 
Spoiler alert



Ilia skated to Billy Jean (David Cook) in addition to Cage of Bones.
This was his SP music from 2020 to 2022, but the choreography looks quite different (more mature-taste).

My friend taped them:

Billy Jean

Cage of Bones
 
If you go onto the Ilia Society's Twitter page, you'll see the stuff that Ilia and others have done for NBC in promotion for the upcoming Olympics.
 
I was at the Rock Stars on Ice (Boston, May 25, 2025).

Cage of Bones (The first few seconds are missing since someone was passing by)

Billy Jean

Ilia said he came up with the idea for Cage of Bones before Skate America last fall, and he has been refining the program ever since. He seems to love creating (exhibition) programs and says he has more ideas. He also choreographed an exhibition program for a junior skater.
 
Ilia's Cage of Bones from the short end.

His first jump was perfectly timed with the beat of the music!
 
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