Japanese Nationals 2015-16 Ladies SP

[NMURA]

December 25-27
Sapporo

Official results (Japanese)
http://www.jsfresults.com/National/2015-2016/fs_j/nationalsenior/index.htm

Schedule
http://www.jsfresults.com/National/2015-2016/fs_j/nationalsenior/12-04schedule.pdf

TV and Livestream
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?57868-2015-16-Japanese-Nationals-TV-amp-Livestream

Video and Results thread
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...nals-Videos-amp-Results&p=1325260#post1325260

Entries

LADIES
1 Yuna AOKI
2 Mao ASADA
3 Hinano ISOBE
4 Haruka IMAI
5 Saya UENO
6 Miyabi OBA
7 Rika OYA
8 Riona KATO
9 Mariko KIHARA
10 Kaho KOMAKI
11 Kaori SAKAMOTO
12 Yuna SHIRAIWA
13 Haruna SUZUKI
14 Uruha TAKAHASHI
15 Mina TANIGUCHI
16 Ami DOBASHI
17 Yuka NAGAI
18 Miyu NAKASHIO
19 Yuki NISHINO
20 Rin NITAYA
21 Wakaba HIGUCHI
22 Ayaka HOSODA
23 Rika HONGO
24 Marin HONDA
25 Yura MATSUDA
26 Satoko MIYAHARA
27 Kanako MURAKAMI
28 Chinatsu MORI
29 Ayana YASUHARA
30 Yuhana YOKOI

 

[mirai4life]

oh god..
I pray Wakaba and Hongo will do well......
...Mao + Satoko = podiums i would think.
Only 1 more podium :,(

 

[shiroKJ]

I hope Kana gets on the podium..:sad4:

 

[Layback11]

Fingers crossed for a Mao-Rika-Marin podium even though it's never going to happen (there's not only uber-consistent Satoko but Kanako and Wakaba, so...).

 

[Sugarpova]

Good luck Marin, Mao, Rika & Kanako!

Satoko doesnt need my prayers

 

[solar]

It begins I'm so nervous for everyone. I can't even imagine or predict the podium. I just hope that everyone performs at their very best!

 

[cohkaix]

In (Japanese) news:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20151224-00000083-dal-spo

Mao indicates that she (may) change her SP layout to 3A, 3FL2, 3L.
(No 3Lz in SP for the moment and it won't stress her out.)

 

[solar]

In (Japanese) news:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20151224-00000083-dal-spo

Mao indicates that she (may) change her SP layout to 3A, 3FL2, 3L.
(No 3Lz in SP for the moment and it won't stress her out.)

It's probably better for her to use an easier layout at this point. As she gets more comfortable with competing/training, she can upgrade to the more difficult one.

 

[YesWay]

In (Japanese) news:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20151224-00000083-dal-spo

Mao indicates that she (may) change her SP layout to 3A, 3FL2, 3L.
(No 3Lz in SP for the moment and it won't stress her out.)

Smart move, in my opinion. I hope she does it - Lutz needs more work before putting it back into competition... and any triple jump is better in the SP, than a zero-points popped-3Lz

 

[roma]

Starting Order (or those I managed to catch during live draw)

4th Group:
Matsuda 19th
Hongo 20th
Imai 21st
Nagai 22nd
Murakami 23rd
Nakashio 24th

5th Group:
Asada 25th
Takahashi 26th
Kihara 27th
Nishino 28th
Wakaba 29th
Miyahara 30th

 

[NMURA]

Ladies SP
(starting at 13:45, Dec. 26)

1 Yuna SHIRAIWA
2 Miyabi OBA
3 Haruna SUZUKI
4 Mina TANIGUCHI
5 Hinano ISOBE
6 Yuna AOKI
7 Rika OYA
8 Kaori SAKAMOTO
9 Rin NITAYA
10 Kaho KOMAKI
11 Ayana YASUHARA
12 Ayaka HOSODA

13 Saya UENO
14 Ami DOBASHI
15 Yuhana YOKOI
16 Riona KATO
17 Marin HONDA
18 Chinatsu MORI
19 Yura MATSUDA
20 Rika HONGO
21 Haruka IMAI
22 Yuka NAGAI
23 Kanako MURAKAMI
24 Miyu NAKASHIO

25 Mao ASADA
26 Uruha TAKAHASHI
27 Mariko KIHARA
28 Yuki NISHINO
29 Wakaba HIGUCHI
30 Satoko MIYAHARA

 

[cohkaix]

Adding the 1st 3 groups below:

Starting Order (or those I managed to catch during live draw)

G1
1 Yuna SHIRAIWA
2 Miyabi OBA
3 Haruna SUZUKI
4 Mina TANIGUCHI
5 Hinano ISOBE
6 Yuna AOKI

G2
7 Rika OYA
8 Kaori SAKAMOTO
9 Rin NITAYA
10 Kaho KOMAKI
11 Ayana YASUHARA
12 Ayaka HOSODA

G3
13 Saya UENO
14 Ami DOBASHI
15 Yuhana YOKOI
16 Riona KATO
17 Marin HONDA
18 Chinatsu MORI

4th Group:
Matsuda 19th
Hongo 20th
Imai 21st
Nagai 22nd
Murakami 23rd
Nakashio 24th

5th Group:
Asada 25th
Takahashi 26th
Kihara 27th
Nishino 28th
Wakaba 29th
Miyahara 30th

 

[Plumededragon]

It's gonna be such a fight! I hope to see a Satoko, Mao and Rika podium at the end, but it's too early for that. I hope Wakaba and Marin will do great too! A 4-5th finish for them would be awesome imo.
Good luck ladies!

Regarding Mao's layout change, it's probably for the best for now, considering the struggle she has with her lutz... I hope it will pay off. We'll know soon enough.

 

[MasterB]

Changing the layout rarely works. I still remember Ito changing it during the Olympics and she tanked the SP. On the other hand Tuk changed her's at worlds and it was awesome.

 

[malo42]

I want to make predictions but it's so hard! There are so many question marks! To me the biggest one is Yuka Nagai who could be anywhere from on podium to out of the top 10 depending on how many jumps she's able to rotate. Mao also, how well will she do? If she doesn't do well how high are they willing to hold her up? Another one is Yura Matsuda, I'm not expecting her to be on the podium or even in the top five but everyone forgets about her and her bronze on the JGP, I could see her top 10 for sure. Murakami is kind of on the same boat as Nagai though I feel she doesn't have as high or low a possibility as Nagai does, I think she'll be in the top 10 but I don't think she stands a chance of a medal, same with Imai but she could well be out of the top 10. Also thrown in to the mix are Yuna A, Yuna S, and Marin. I'm worried about Yuna S skating first, she has done so well this season but I kind of feel like to secure her place at junior worlds she has to be able to beat Marin here. Yuna A and Marin have had a rivalry going on in the past but this season Marin has been beating her every time, I like Yuna A so I'd like so see her start a come back here. Allllllll that said I feel like the top 5 will probably consist of: Miyahara, Asada, Higuchi, Hongo and maybe Nagai?

 

[MaxSwagg]

Changing the layout rarely works. I still remember Ito changing it during the Olympics and she tanked the SP. On the other hand Tuk changed her's at worlds and it was awesome.

That SP layout is what she's done since like 2012 or something. It's not really "new".

 

[largeman]

Changing the layout rarely works. I still remember Ito changing it during the Olympics and she tanked the SP. On the other hand Tuk changed her's at worlds and it was awesome.

I think it's safe to say (with very low risk of jinxing her performance) that Mao won't mess up a 3F-2L and a solo 3L..

 

[Sugarpova]

Mao's perfectly healthy now right????

 

[firal]

Looks like Miyu Nakashio has withdrawn due to injury

 

[Alchamei]

Changing the layout rarely works. I still remember Ito changing it during the Olympics and she tanked the SP. On the other hand Tuk changed her's at worlds and it was awesome.

What an irony. Midori used an easier layout and she bombed. Liza tried a harder layout and she delivered...