Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi

surimi · Mar 3, 2023

Happy milestone birthday to the talented Kana!

And good luck to KanaDai at WC.

synesthesia · Mar 8, 2023

Part of the cast for Ice Explosion in Fukuoka was announced. The majority so far are the same performers as in Yokohama (minus Jason, Satton, Kao, Rika and Nao/Masaya). Rinka Watanabe (who was in the audience in Yokohama and said she'd love to perform in the show) and David Shapiro were added.

アイスエクスプロージョン2023

ICE EXPLOSION 2023（アイスエクスプロージョン2023）公式WEBサイト。

www.ice-explosion.com

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Another collaboration between Puma and KanaDai will be available soon, imo the most desirable one yet as the new items with Neko-san (Puma Japan's original character) are super cute

:

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【PUMA公式】ユニセックス K7D1+ SUPAEVO クルーネックグラフィックシャツ

<p>かなだいと同じウェアを着て応援しよう！PUMAとかなだいによるコラボレーション企画、“K7D1+COLLECTION”今シーズン待望の第2弾となる“SUPAEVO...

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Machine translation of the product information:

The long-awaited second edition of the "K7D1+COLLECTION", a collaboration project between PUMA and KanaDai, will be called the "SUPAEVO COLLECTION.

In their third season as a team the Kanadai couple has won the Japanese Championships, which they have longed for, and have tickets to the Four Continents Championships and the World Championships, breaking records one after another that no one else has been able to achieve. This collection was created with the PUMA design team, with design supervision by Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi.

The design for this collection is a cute design that is a departure from the sporty image of the previous "K7D1+COLLECTION". The large, cute character is based on PUMA Japan's original character "NEKO SAN", which is also loved by KanaDai. Daisuke Takahashi and Kana Muramoto are represented in a spectacular dance.

The word "SUPAEVO" on the design is an abbreviation of "Super Evolution", a key word that Daisuke Takahashi came up with. It was born from Team KanaDai's motto for this season, which is to evolve even further, bigger and deeper than they have in the past.

The T-shirt is available in spring pink and passionate red.

PUMA will continue to support Daisuke Takahashi and Kana Muramoto, who are constantly challenging and evolving.

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ETA:

Shun Sato, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Kohei Yoshino, Marie Ogawa and Kiki Nakanishi were added to the Ice Explosion cast.

deedee1 · Mar 15, 2023

Happy happy birthday to Daisuke! :hb:

And belated, sorry, happy birthday to Kana, too! :hb:

Gosh, only 1week to go till the Worlds. Hope they are fit well and training well in Florida. https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/video/player/9620631

btw, I've watched videos of their RD and FD at 4CC several times. Falls aside, they weren't as bad as their scores/placements performance-wise, I thought.

FD in particular, they did skate really well in the first half; both were so focused, very emotional, expressive, so into Poto characters. Better both choreo-wise and skating-wise than before. But Dai gasped for air/oxygen by the time dance spin sadly. High altitude in Colorado Springs clearly took his stamina, eventually ran out of gas/oxygen, lost the steam towards the end. The problem should be they started FD by giving their 100%, maybe? Could have paced himself better to save his stamina, considering the high altitude of course. But I still enjoy this FD, as well as the RD and FD at the Nats performance-wise. Probably I will rewatch these ones many time in the future.

demarinis5 · Mar 15, 2023

It is still 3/15 in my part of the World but it is Japan time now so let me wish the one and only Daisuke Takahashi a
Very Happy Birthday???? :party2:

Hi deedee hope all is well with you and your family. Will you be attending Worlds?

gsk8 · Mar 15, 2023

synesthesia · Mar 16, 2023

Happy 37th birthday to Dai-chan, the coolest "uncle" in skating!

In his ig live last Saturday (first time I caught it!) he was very sweet and talkative. According to this fan he said he’d like to try skydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, bungee jumping and visiting a haunted house before he turns 40.

I’m torn, if I should wish him to get to do these things ― I’d rather have him stay whole.

(Going to a haunted house should be fun, though!) So I’ll stick with wishing him continued good health, happiness and success with all his future projects. Can’t wait to see his further evolution as a skater/ice dancer and what awesome, creative show concepts he’ll come up with/be involved in next.

Collection of birthday wishes in Dai’s ig stories:

https://www.instagram.com/stories/d1sk_t/3059230334148600430/

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There’s some new footage of Kana and Dai practicing the OFT and the DiSt on the kanadai_team_official ig account:

[ig story expired]

Do I see Kana wearing the new neko-san sweater?

Kana and Dai on Live News Alpha last Monday:

https://twitter.com/wElcOmeD8376/status/1635306364347256833

https://twitter.com/wElcOmeD8376/status/1635306766299979777

There should be more footage on News Watch 9 tomorrow.

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yugra · Mar 16, 2023

synesthesia said:
he said he’d like to try skydiving, paragliding, hang gliding, bungee jumping and visiting a haunted house before he turns 40.

wow, he has so much great ardor! It's just fantastic!

Happy birthday to the one and only Dai!
I bow to your creative unique personality.
It's an honor to be your fan.

demarinis5 · Mar 17, 2023

Article about the journey of Dai's skating career.

Takahashi Daisuke Piles On the Surprises: A Late Comeback and a Shift to Ice Dancing

Takahashi Daisuke, whose three Olympic appearances helped make him a leading figure in Asian ice skating, unexpectedly returned to active competition at the age of 32 after a five-season retirement. He then announced a switch to ice dancing and promptly took another leading spot with a victory...

www.nippon.com

deedee1 · Mar 19, 2023

@demarinis :
Thanks. I'm fine, except super-busy lately. Hope all is well with you and your family, too.

Re Worlds in Saitama: No I'm not going this time sadly. Despite tickets are STILL available, which has't happened at all in the recent years. Despite it will be most likely the first and the last for me to cheer for Kana/Dai, also to watch live Dai skate at competitions one last time;;;

@those who planning to attend the Worlds this week:
Please do enjoy the competition. and please please cheer hard for Kana and Daisuke in the Arena for us who can't be there, too!

Good luck, Kana and Dai!!! :cheer:

synesthesia · Mar 19, 2023

I uploaded yesterday’s complete broadcast of Ice Explosion, which had a number of different camera angles from the highlights broadcast (apologies, unfortunately I did not have time to edit the video – the show starts 35 seconds in):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U_sGR50fVF14Xflix7PzIkqduBKC7hkg/view?usp=sharing

It is a very eclectic show, in which the performers’ existing exhibition numbers are interspersed with original choreographies by Massimo, Kaitlyn, Yura and Kenji. Among the original programs my favourites are Group No. 4 (What a wonderful world/You are a memory/The power of mind), which feels like the centrepiece of the show and Kana’s and Massimo’s short duet. Both seem to be inspired by contemporary dance and remind me of what “Ice Theatre of New York” and similar companies stand for. Dai as well as Jason lifting Massimo was extremely cool and gives a taste of what same-gender teams could do in ice dance. The transitions between programs start towards the end of the first half, which give the show excellent flow from that point onwards. It would be great if this approach was extended to the whole show in Fukuoka.

I applaud Dai and the creative team he gathered for exploring several innovative ideas in Ice Explosion. I would love to see them developed even further in the future.

Special shoutout to Nao and Masaya as well as Adrienne and Oleksandr, who I believe don’t have a lot of experience performing in shows – both did a fantastic job with their entertaining programs (Adrienne and Oleksandr did their current RD)!

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Bilingual clip from News Watch 9 (thanks for the upload, luv flapper! :pray:

):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiiltMiMNwU&feature=youtu.be

Since the camera crew was there for Kana’s birthday they captured her adorable reaction to the present she got from Dai

:

https://twitter.com/LotusMediaCrea1/status/1636998282491699200

(I couldn’t resist to look up the scarf's pricetag after a fan pointed out it is by Acne Studios – it is scary expensive! :eek:

)

Best of luck at Worlds to team Florida! :cheer:

KanaDai poster in front of the Saitama Super Arena :love:

:

https://twitter.com/estadi14/status/1637683742247624705

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synesthesia · Mar 23, 2023

RSK Evening News broadcasted an interview with Dai yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UGeFwMVMw

Daisuke Takahashi: "Where I am now, at 37", taking on the World Championships: "I'm going to hang on to skating for the rest of my life".

Daisuke Takahashi from Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, will compete in the ice dance event of the Figure Skating World Championships, which began on 22 March at Saitama Super Arena. What motivates him to keep going with figure skating at the age of 37? We asked Takahashi about where he is now. (Broadcast 22 Mar 2023).

There’s a flood of photos from practice – Kana and Dai have been very smiley all week

As already indicated by Ilia at 4CC, the choreo lift in PotO was changed again:

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1637719181079748608

Short clip from today’s RD practice:

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1638758456642646016

Kana and Dai will skate last in the 5th group.

First of all I’m wishing them a competition they can be happy with in front of their home crowd – to me their placement is secondary. But of course I’m keeping my fingers crossed for them to capture their “gold medal”, which according to Kana would mean making the top 10.

Go KanaDai!

demarinis5 · Mar 23, 2023

Thanks for all the goodies syn, much appreciated! They look very happy and in good condition.
Wishing them the best GO KANADAI!!!!! :cheer:

gsk8 · Mar 24, 2023

synesthesia · Mar 24, 2023

Kana and Dai brought the house down with an elecrtifying skate! :rock:

Two minor mistakes did not tarnish their performance and the crowd’s adoration the slightest bit. The reception they got was a sight and sound to behold – a standing ovation and a sea of K7D1 banners going along with thunderous cheers. The roars during the MiSt sounded deafening on tv. I’m so incredibly happy for them – they deserve this so much, especially after Dai’s tough luck in 2014 when he was denied a fitting end to his illustrious singles career on home ice.

Praying to the skating gods that they have another such skate tomorrow. :pray:

https://twitter.com/europeonice/status/1639143543863394304

https://twitter.com/jiji_shashinbu/status/1639150642123120641

https://twitter.com/skatingjapan/status/1639174868087508992

https://twitter.com/AxelQuadruple/status/1639174762495885319

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1639152597570580480

They were so cute, referencing Neko-san in the Kiss and Cry

(thank you to starfishshoma for posting the clip!):

https://twitter.com/starfishshoma/status/1639140413847244800

Satton surprising them backstage :biggrin:

:

https://twitter.com/jsports_figure/status/1639176292326313986

Amon Miyamoto (the director of “Hyoen – Like the moonlight”) came to cheer for Kana and Dai

:

https://twitter.com/amonmiyamoto/status/1639191534888443904

An article about Dai's return to home Worlds after 16 years:
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/258020

Machine translation:

Nine years after his heartbreaking absence Daisuke Takahashi descends on Saitama, Japan. "These will be the last world championships in Japan of my life”.

24 Mar 2023 16:15

At the 2014 World Championships, held at Saitama Super Arena during his singles days, he advised Akiko Suzuki (37), who was injured, "It's a competition held in your home country, and I think those who have supported you are looking forward to seeing you skate". While he encouraged his friend, who was unsure about competing, Takahashi himself was forced to miss the competition due to a serious injury. However, nine years later, he returned to the World Championships, which opened at the same venue on 22nd, as an ice dancer.

In the Rhythm Dance (RD) on 24, he performed sharp steps and a gorgeous lift to a high-tempo Latin tune. In the twizzles in the beginning of the competition the rotations did not match, but he looked relieved after the performance: they placed 11th with 72.92 points, and their goal of finishing in the top 10 was becoming more and more realistic. Takahashi said: 'The moment I went up the stairs, I saw so many spectators. I was happy and nervous. I was very nervous today, but I enjoyed skating," he recalled.

It was the first time that Takahashi had competed at a World Championships held in his home country since 2007, when he won the silver medal in singles. He said, "It's been a long time since I competed at the World Championships in Japan, in a different category, and it's been a valuable experience for me," he reflected.

The "Phantom of the Opera" that "KanaDai" will perform in the free dance on 25th is a memorable piece that Takahashi performed in the free skate at the 2007 World Championships. “I think I couldn't have imagined myself then what I am doing now, but I want to skate while being grateful to be able to skate at the World Championships in Japan again," he said. “I want to relive the excitement of that day once more.” Takahashi's matured expressiveness will mesmerise the audience.

synesthesia · Mar 25, 2023

Just over a point short of top 10 and what a stunning, emotional performance it was - their best skate to date, one to watch over and over!!! (They had the 10th best FD, that's a small gold medal in my book.)

Dai's tears of joy and relief - all the stress and pressure falling off at once. They got that moment in front of their adoring fans that they had been hoping for.

demarinis5 · Mar 25, 2023

Congrats to Kanadai for a beautifully skated FD!!!! I am so happy for them
to finally have the skate of their life in front of their home crowd. Tears of joy
were flowing from their fans!!!!! Well done!!!! :clap:

16Olympics · Mar 25, 2023

After watching the men's final flight and crying for all of those men, especially Shoma's win, KanaDai's free skate made me feel the same feelings as all the men combined. It's hard not to feel that way when it's Kana, Dai, Japan and special choreography that they do so well. I will be watching this skate into perpetuity. I just love what they do. :points:

gsk8 · Mar 26, 2023

synesthesia said:
Kana and Dai brought the house down with an elecrtifying skate! Two minor mistakes did not tarnish their performance and the crowd’s adoration the slightest bit. The reception they got was a sight and sound to behold – a standing ovation and a sea of K7D1 banners going along with thunderous cheers. The roars during the MiSt sounded deafening on tv. I’m so incredibly happy for them – they deserve this so much, especially after Dai’s tough luck in 2014 when he was denied a fitting end to his illustrious singles career on home ice.

Praying to the skating gods that they have another such skate tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1639154547406049280

https://twitter.com/icedancecom/status/1639140155528294401

https://twitter.com/absoluteskating/status/1639189586382405632

https://twitter.com/absoluteskating/status/1639189648290217984

Photos:

https://twitter.com/insideskating/status/1639209968632049666

https://twitter.com/tospo_olympic/status/1639179550210015232

https://twitter.com/jiji_shashinbu/status/1639149453381873664

https://twitter.com/figure03171/status/1639176033776852992

https://twitter.com/Ns1116Tw8/status/1639169371254968321

https://twitter.com/tospophoto/status/1639157200001306625

https://twitter.com/mainichiphoto/status/1639152493899968514

https://twitter.com/europeonice/status/1639143543863394304

https://twitter.com/jiji_shashinbu/status/1639150642123120641

https://twitter.com/skatingjapan/status/1639174868087508992

https://twitter.com/AxelQuadruple/status/1639174762495885319

https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1639152597570580480

They were so cute, referencing Neko-san in the Kiss and Cry (thank you to starfishshoma for posting the clip!):

https://twitter.com/starfishshoma/status/1639140413847244800

Satton surprising them backstage :

https://twitter.com/jsports_figure/status/1639176292326313986

Amon Miyamoto (the director of “Hyoen – Like the moonlight”) came to cheer for Kana and Dai :

https://twitter.com/amonmiyamoto/status/1639191534888443904

An article about Dai's return to home Worlds after 16 years:
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/258020

Machine translation:

gsk8 · Mar 26, 2023

deedee1 · Mar 31, 2023

Many many congrats to Team k7d1 for finishing 10th FD and 11th overall at the Worlds in Saitama, despite the huge pressure to skate in front of the home crowd! :clap:

Their RD here had a lot of sparks and energy I really enjoyed it :rock:

, though this too much energy must have caused Daisuke to twizzle one more time.

And their Free dance, FINALLY!!! beautifully skated, so romantic, full of their hearts, didn't slow down at all towards the end, oh I just loved it!

And upon their finishing pose, all the crowds sprang onto their feet for standing ovations that seemed to last as if for ever. Not only Kana and Dai themselves, almost all the crowds were hugging with each other, with happy smiles and tears of joy on TV. How lucky the crowds really were to watch it live, I AM SO JEALOUS!

I heard Stefan was among the crowds with Koshiro Shimada, despite there would be Men Free Skate late that night.

Hopefully Utako sensei was there, too.

This skate is for ages to enjoy watching again and again and again for me.

Again congratulations to Kana and Daisuke, to Team k7d1, and to all k7d1 fans! :ghug:

Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi

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