Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi

[demarinis5]

Congratulations to Dai-chan for making the Podium in an ISU Championship in two different disciplines.

Congratulation to KanaDai on winning the Silver Medal!!!!

 

[yugra]

FD Small Medals/Press Conference

It's nice to hear their laugh. I think they're adorable.

 

[synesthesia]

That press conference was great! Although I feel a bit for Caroline & Michael and Christina & Anthony since almost all questions were for Kana and Dai.

Lovely gesture by the medalists paying tribute to Dai's achievements:

https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1484601335429402629

(And of course Dai-chan was quite embarrassed. )

Congratulations to Dai-chan for making the Podium in an ISU Championship in two different disciplines.

Congratulation to KanaDai on winning the Silver Medal!!!!

Also congratulations to Kana-chan for medaling at 4CC with two different partners and improving on the bronze from 2018 (though that arguably should have been a silver too)! And to both of them for making history by being the first Japanese ice dance team to earn a silver medal at an ISU Championship!

 

[Znowflake]

Congrats to Kana and Dai they were great!!! Anyone know why their pcs was scored so low today? They were higher @ NHK with pcs and lower @ technical. So strange!

 

[16Olympics]

Congrats KanaDai! I love this elegant free dance. On to a little rest, more practice and the WC.

 

[mikeko666]

Congratulation to Kana and Dai. Again, they both made a history, together this time. I know it wasn't their best performance, but they did a good job with a short period of time for preparation after Nationals. PCS looked a bit low, but they got the highest BV!
Please taka a good rest before start working to prepare for Worlds.

 

[synesthesia]

Kana just posted a few nuggets from the gala practice of Dai recreating the beginning of the Cyberswan SlSt and them both doing part of Soran bushi. I hope that's a hint that they are going to perform Soran bushi in their gorgeous white costumes at the exhibition!

(Lol at ISU for labelling their kabuki inspired hip hop choreo "karate moves". )

 

[yugra]

Lol at ISU for labelling their kabuki inspired hip hop choreo "karate moves"

Yo, it's not karate - it's judo!

ETA: In fact, I think, ISU wasn't much wrong. Maybe, they read an interview in which Dai talks about their RD.

"In the first half of the performance, the waves, the sea, and the sea Expressing fish and "water things", in the second half, Kabuki, ninja, geisha, the world of ukiyo-e, so that you can feel a Japanese feeling."

original text in Japanese and facebook translation in eng

And the ninjas mostly used ninjutsu which has some trace of judo (which grew out of jujutsu).
So it goes.

 

[mikeko666]

The local PBS/NPR station visited Hertz Arena and interviewed Marina and KanaDai.

EDIT: They replaced the video with a longer one with more practice footage.

 

[yugra]

The good news.
There's nothing more comforting than to find them enjoying the sunshine while maintaining inner peace.

 

[demarinis5]

Dai and Kana are in this piece about Bonita Springs Gym

Olympic athletes flock to Bonita Springs gym for training

Olympic athletes have the unique opportunity to train anywhere they want in the world, but several have picked Southwest Florida as their training home.

nbc-2.com

 

[demarinis5]

Wishing Kana a very Happy Birthday

 

[gsk8]

 

[synesthesia]

Happy birthday, dear Kana-chan!

Stay the inspiring and positive person you are and may you catch as many dreams () as possible!

 

[dorispulaski]

What a great action photo of Kana.& Dai!

And again Happy Birthday

 

[mikeko666]

Happy birthday, Kana! I hope you enjoy your life as much as we enjoy your skating!

IFS Magazine posted an article about Kana and Dai a few days ago, still unhappy with the PCS for their FD at 4CC .

https://twitter.com/ifsmagazine/status/1498151452551827457

"Trusting the judging panel in Montpellier will have a better grasp when it comes to artistry than the one that judged Four Continents."

 

[surimi]

Happy Birthday to Kana! I love KanaDai dancing, and look forward to watching them at WC.

 

[deedee1]

Belated Happy Birthday to Kana-chan!!! In two weeks will be Dai-chan's, too.

 

[synesthesia]

Kana-chan and Dai-chan with their training mate's dog :

 

[synesthesia]

Kana and Dai were interviewed by Fuji TV at 4CC. The interview was shown on FS TV last Sunday:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

A fan posted a transcript on their blog (Deepl and google translate work decently enough):

『「世界と戦えるチーム」村元髙橋組 世界選手権に向けてのインタビュー（FSTV）』

四大陸選手権で銀メダルを獲得した2日後のインタビュー、アイスダンス村元髙橋組のコメントが届けられた3月のFSTV。世界選手権に向けての意気込みがたっぷり聴けて…

ameblo.jp

Igs on twitter also kindly translated a bit (thank you!):

https://twitter.com/soranbushis/status/1500963195455946755