Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi

[mikeko666]

Kana and Dai have been back in Florida.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0sLjfNzp4/

ISU announced 2021-2022 event calendar.

2021-22 International Competitions Calendar announced

The list of International Competitions for 2021/22 season has been announced by ISU today with Communication 2397 https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/25883-isu-communication-2397/file In the table below S means Senior, J is Junior and N stands for Novices...

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I wonder if they plan to compete at Lake Placid International. I hope they do because what they need most is experience.
I think they will participate U.S. International Classic, Asian Open and NHK Trophy this season.

 

[mikeko666]

Kana and Dai announced their programs for 2021-2022 season.

RD
Music: Soran Bushi by Maia Barouh (blues)＆ Koto by CloZee (hip hop)
Choreography: Marina Zoueva/Ilia Tkachenko/Koyo Yanai
Kana's Instagram
Dai's Instagram

FD
Music: La Bayadere
Choreography: Marina Zoueva/Massimo Scali/Ilia Tkachenko
Kana's Instagram
Dai's Instagram

Maia Barouh is a Japanese French musician.
CloZee is a musician based in France.
Koyo Yanai is a Japanese actor/dancer/choreographer, and he was also in Hyoen 2019: Like the Moonlight.
Soran Bushi is one of the most famous Japanese folk songs, a fishermen's song of Hokkaido.

 

[synesthesia]

OMG, I adore the music choices for the RD and the glimpses of the choreography!!! As expected they look like they're in their natural habitat with hip hop.

Also great call to keep La Bayadere for the FD!

 

[deedee1]

Thanks a million as always for the updates, mikeko-san! Agreed, synes. Great choices of music for the Oly season, sounds very original, promising and cool already! Can't WAIT!!!

 

[synesthesia]

Another sneak peek + interview from live news α:

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It is reported they intend to start off the season at an intl. comp in September or October, which rules out Lake Placid. Maybe they're eyeing Lombardia Trophy (10-12 September), U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (15-18 September), Finlandia (7-10 October) or Asian Open (13-17 October)?


ETA:

meowmix (thank you so much as always!) uploaded a version with English subs (you need to activate the subtitles in the control panel).

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[mikeko666]

Another sneak peek + interview from live news α:

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It is reported they intend to start off the season at an intl. comp in September or October, which rules out Lake Placid. Maybe they're eyeing Lombardia Trophy (10-12 September), U.S. International Figure Skating Classic (15-18 September), Finlandia (7-10 October) or Asian Open (13-17 October)?

Thanks for the YouTube video although I recorded it in my Blu-Ray recorder last night and have already watched a dozen times.

They may be sent to Asian Open because it's a Beijing WOG test event and they and Team KoKo (the Komatsubaras) are the only national trainees in ice dance. I hope they get to compete at U.S. International before that. What they lack most is competition experiences.

I love their new RD! Like Dai's hip hop swan SP was something men's figure skating had never seen before, this RD will bring something new to ice dance. I'm so happy they kept La Bayadere FD, too because it was such a beautiful program, but they didn't have an opportunity to skate to its potential.

 

[Autumn Leaves]

A brilliant idea and such an exciting music choice! Can't wait to see them. Daitsuke is so intense, such a fantastic performer. Not surprising that he is creative as well and contributed to the program. Once I watched the entire Hyoen theatre on ice because Daitsuke was so mesmerising. Opened it only to see Julia Lipnitsaya's bits and watched the entire performance Hope they make it to the Olympics!

 

[mikeko666]

Detailed analysis of their combination spin and combination lift in FD at Nationals.
Let's hope to see them improve a lot and receive level 4 and +GOE on both elements in next season.

 

[synesthesia]

Kana and Dai will compete at the NHK Trophy against an - in my opinion - exciting and pretty tough field, including Sinitsina/Katsalapov and Chock/Bates. Lilah and Lewis will be there too as Lewis had hoped.

https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2021-22/grand-prix-2/series-files-40/entries-6/25940-entries-dance/file

ETA:

Kana's and Dai's new joint profile on the JSF's website:

フィギュアスケート：強化選手村元　哉中 | 公益財団法人 日本スケート連盟 - Japan Skating Federation

こちらのページは公益財団法人 日本スケート連盟のフィギュアスケート強化選手村元　哉中ページです。

www.skatingjapan.or.jp

 

[mikeko666]

I'm glad that Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson were also assigned to NHK Trophy because Lewis is a huge Dai fan. Dai is his obsession.

Watch from 48:15.

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[synesthesia]

I'm glad that Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson were also assigned to NHK Trophy because Lewis is a huge Dai fan. Dai is his obsession.

Yupp.


He also mentioned his admiration for Dai’s skating in this interview:

https://www.ice-dance.com/site/fear-gibson-a-great-partnership/

My absolute favourite free skater of all time is Daisuke Takahashi. His movement on the ice is like no other, and he is so free and flamboyant. I am very much looking forward to his ice dance debut!

Let's see, if Lilah's "prediction" from the "On ice perspectives" interview comes true.

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Kana and Dai are booked to skate during an intermission ("half time show") at an ice hockey "all Ivy showcase" taking place at the Hertz Arena, July 22-24. I wonder, if they'll perform "You are the reason", a new exhibition or one of their competitive programs. Fingers crossed for a video / live stream!


Kana and Dai are announced in the third slide of this IGS by Matterhorn Fit:

[IGS expired]


Screenshot by a twitter user:

https://twitter.com/ytkkyr1n/status/1411114169340813313

General information about the event:

https://allivyshowcase.com/

 

[synesthesia]

Short GP promo by the ISU, set to Run DMC's "It's tricky" (transports me right back to my early childhood ) feat. an adorable KanaDai appearance:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CQ59siNjbm5/?utm_medium=share_sheet

 

[demarinis5]

Awww! That was a fun mini video! Thanks for sharing!

 

[mikeko666]

ISU announced 2021-2022 event calendar.

2021-22 International Competitions Calendar announced

The list of International Competitions for 2021/22 season has been announced by ISU today with Communication 2397 https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/25883-isu-communication-2397/file In the table below S means Senior, J is Junior and N stands for Novices...

www.goldenskate.com

I wonder if they plan to compete at Lake Placid International. I hope they do because what they need most is experience.
I think they will participate U.S. International Classic, Asian Open and NHK Trophy this season.

JFS's event calendar doesn't have U.S. International Classic, so it's unlikely Kana and Dai will compete there.
Lombardia Trophy and Autumn Classic International are the only CS events BEFORE Asian Open Trophy.
It's unlikely that they will compete at Autumn Classic either because it's uncertain if they can enter Canada in September, and there are already too many ice dance teams training in Canada. But I'm not sure if they can travel Italy for Lombardia Trophy, either.
I hope Kana and Dai can experience at least one or two competitions before Asian Open .

 

[synesthesia]

I hope they'll be fully vaccinated by then and sent to Lombardia Trophy.

Kana and Dai are booked to skate during an intermission ("half time show") at an ice hockey "all Ivy showcase" taking place at the Hertz Arena, July 22-24. I wonder, if they'll perform "You are the reason", a new exhibition or one of their competitive programs. Fingers crossed for a video / live stream!


Kana and Dai are announced in the third slide of this IGS by Matterhorn Fit:

[IGS expired]


Screenshot by a twitter user:

https://twitter.com/ytkkyr1n/status/1411114169340813313

General information about the event:

https://allivyshowcase.com/

According to the organizer the entire event will be streamed live on HockeyTV:

https://twitter.com/DTRoadtoSochi/status/1413935871963840514

You'll need a monthly All Access subscription for $29,99 ($5 discount if you enter the provided code).

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Update:

Unfortunately HockeyTV won't be showing Kana's and Dai's performance.

Izayukam contacted the organiser via email and was informed that HockeyTV is prohibited from broadcasting footage of the participating figure skaters:

https://twitter.com/SachikoHR/status/1415224886696415233

 

[mikeko666]

According to the Japanese lady who uses Hertz Arena, Kana and Dai skated their new RD at the hockey event

 

[demarinis5]

Hopefully it was videotaped and us poor starved fans will get a look see.

 

[mikeko666]

Hopefully it was videotaped and us poor starved fans will get a look see.

The Japanese lady said there was a camera crew with professional camera(s). I hope the video will be aired soon

 

[mikeko666]

Dai's Instagram stories have a bit of their performance.

 

[synesthesia]

Saved it, in case it's all we're getting to see of their performance:

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Dai, please keep the ponytail this season!




at Ayaka's and Dai's ongoing "mother and son" jokes (5th and 7th slide of Dai's igs), because Ayaka played Dai's mother in the past two Hyoen productions.

Hopefully a kind soul uploads the bonus footage from today's full version Luxe broadcast.