Kazuki Tomono

AQFS · May 3, 2019

Tsurara said:
Does this play in your countries?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGiQIWkbYMs
0:20~ Tomono-kun raising a Reiwa board with Shoma in New Cinema costume
0:40~ Tomono-kun interview response in Japanese with the new Ex partly without music

Yeah, I can see this video. Thanks ^^

Tsurara said:
So... how do you like his hair at PIW? (I'm pretty sure his hair is still ramen though!)

His hair sure had better days but I don't want to be hard on him, he is cute regardless

AQFS · May 3, 2019

A kind soul uploaded the full athlete check program. This mark the part for Kazuki that Tsurara mentioned

https://youtu.be/Xy--Q-RfNX8?t=299

KiraraChin · May 4, 2019

Hi everyone!

First of all, I am dead. I'm typing this from my grave after seeing today's pictures of Kazuki wearing rabbit ears:
https://twitter.com/ahi_ruuuuuun/status/1124624941423267840
https://twitter.com/113xr/status/1124623743957921793

I mean, what to say after this???? :love:

(he went back to the Riverdance hair style, AQFS must be happy!)

Second, OMG that new EX looks LIT. I cannot wait to see it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBbBgOnt_f/
https://twitter.com/sn_figure/status/1124284035021148163
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_kxYGnuEI/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_kurQnwXb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_kqPzHCB9/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_ks64n7ot/

Third, he seems to be having a blast at PIW, especially with Marin and Shoma :love:

Tsurara · May 4, 2019

Okay, one by one...

AQFS said:
https://twitter.com/AxelQuadruple/status/1124186384737026048
https://twitter.com/TeamKISSandCry/status/1124182431647461376

Quadruple Axel tweet: " I presented my new ex ("Freaks"). It's a really intense number, but I enjoyed skating to it and I'd like to bring additional excitement to the show in the next one again. It was the first performance in Reiwa, so I got psyched up too. I want to absorb various things in the future too, to grow/improve more and more."
Kiss & Cry tweet: "The moment the era changed to Reiwa, I got really psyched up. I want to absorb new things to grow."

AQFS said:
And to add to our excitement here is the first look at his costume

https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2019/05/03/0012297702.shtml

Daily Sports: (skipped the first intro) He appeared in a red costume. With his Super-sharp dance on the strong beats, he brought an excitement to the venue. "It's a really intense number, but I enjoyed skating to it," said Tomono. In his performance, there was also a part of choreo where he used a music instrument. With the new era of Reiwa starting, "It doesn't feel so different from usual days, but I got psyched up as it was the first performance in Reiwa. I would like to absorb various new things one after another to grow/improve as I age," he said, looking ahead.

AQFS said:
A kind soul uploaded the full athlete check program. This mark the part for Kazuki that Tsurara mentioned
https://youtu.be/Xy--Q-RfNX8?t=299

Tsurara said:
He was doing some jump measurement, and at one of them (can't really remember but jumping only on one foot?):
Examiner: 40.9 cm
Tomono: Hmm (said, not as good as expected or something along the line, but can't remember the exact word)
Examiner: You had 40.8 cm last year.
Other skaters: Ohhhh! (amazed voice)
Tomono: ...... almost the same, isn't it? (<- tsukkomi)

Thanks! Okay, The conversation on the measurement part was when he was doing a jump with both feet lol
What he said was, "あかんわ" (No good) and after others saying Ohhh, he said, "いや、全然上がってなくね？(Wait, not at all higher/better (than before), is it?)" and someone (examiner?) said, "Yes, 1 mm higher!"
The interview part: "This is a season I felt(faced) a wall, that's what I thought. I was able to find a lot of issues, and I could feel how hard it is to compete on the senior level. So, to be stronger in the next (season), this was a good season that let me find tasks (areas to improve), I think. Of course, a lot of frustrations I had, but I guess such a (struggling) season was necessary for me."
(The video of Athlete Check Part 2 explains a bit on the exams they did and quite interesting. I recommend you to check it out too, even though Tomono-kun wasn't in it, because most likely he also did the same things.)

ETA: Forgot to add, but I think he's also at 03:16 for a very short moment... isn't it him?

KiraraChin said:
(he went back to the Riverdance hair style, AQFS must be happy!)

I think his hairstyle is what ppl call "soft two-blocks" with perm in Japanese and can just do his hair (styling) kinda freely. (casual undercut in English?) From the photos fans are tweeting, his hair on May 4th looked more like fettuccine or fusilli rather than ramen. :laugh:

BTW, what is LIT (what does it stand for)?

Okay, here's another one
https://twitter.com/mtinlv1522/status/1124619189803597825
Fan "What did you eat with Koshiro?"
T "Umm... Kushi-age!"" (Deep fried skewered food, meat, veges, whatever)
Fan "Kushi-age? Then, ramen later?"
T "(about to nod, and then stop) Wait! Ate ramen first and then Kushi-age!"
:rofl2:I just laughed so hard, Tomono-kun felt like he had to give correct info to his fans even on such a small thing!

Oh, one more thing
https://twitter.com/kaora_z/status/1124426702912770048
A fan apparently spotted the same trumpet Tomono-kun is using!

KiraraChin · May 4, 2019

Thank you for the translations, Tsurara! :love:

I'll check the physical evaluation video out when I have a chance

Tsurara said:
BTW, what is LIT (what does it stand for)?

Hahaha it's not an acronym, the caps was just me being extra :laugh:

'lit' is the past tense of the verb 'light' and it's used as a slang to describe something exciting and awesome

Tsurara said:
Okay, here's another one
https://twitter.com/mtinlv1522/status/1124619189803597825
Fan "What did you eat with Koshiro?"
T "Umm... Kushi-age!"" (Deep fried skewered food, meat, veges, whatever)
Fan "Kushi-age? Then, ramen later?"
T "(about to nod, and then stop) Wait! Ate ramen first and then Kushi-age!"
:rofl2:I just laughed so hard, Tomono-kun felt like he had to give correct info to his fans even on such a small thing!

Thanks for sharing this, that is so cute! He really is very funny and sweet :luv17:

KiraraChin · May 5, 2019

Another day of PIW, and more cute Kazuki content!

Here are some pics from today:
https://twitter.com/howatto_cake/status/1125010236664762374
https://twitter.com/kokage_paris_ny/status/1124978883500003330
https://twitter.com/mzmz2209/status/1124982722915520512
https://twitter.com/moyashi1700/status/1124984921091497984
https://twitter.com/oIP5hi/status/1124940118551171072
https://twitter.com/bonkoginsu/status/1124908959872081920
https://twitter.com/ahi_ruuuuuun/status/1124912061455015936 (you can see his 'noodle hair' in its full glory here :laugh:

Arriba627 · May 5, 2019

^^^These crazy three with their antics! Maybe they were as good as (or better than?!) the actual show!

The hats with the flapping ears are hilarious!

Tsurara · May 5, 2019

Arriba627 said:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_fTHJn6aW/

Let me give credit to where it is due because I know where they're from

and encourage the rightful photographers by praising their works so that they can live on.

The first photo by Sponichi from yahoo
The second by Daily from yahoo

KiraraChin said:
How are we going to survive now without PIW...

I personally enjoyed this fan's photos a lot
https://twitter.com/aoi02140904
https://twitter.com/aoi02140904/status/1125011902721970176
According to this person's later tweets, Machida-kun was there too, and some others also mentioned that there was a tv camera around. So you might be able to find a video (possibly with Machida's commentary) sometime later. So, survive!

KiraraChin said:
Hahaha it's not an acronym, the caps was just me being extra
'lit' is the past tense of the verb 'light' and it's used as a slang to describe something exciting and awesome

Ahhh! Could it be a translation for キレッキレ maybe? キレ is actually "sharpness" in movement, and repeat twice to make this slang for praising great sharp dance/movements. (I was thinking of "flickin" but didn't sound right and wasn't sure.

Arriba627 · May 5, 2019

^^^Thank you for giving the proper credits Tsurara. I fear we could be in for quite a "dry spell" now that PIW is over. The fan photos and all the interactions with the audience make that show so fun!

AQFS · May 6, 2019

Thanks KiraraChin and Tsurara for all the updates :love:

Tsurara said:
ETA: Forgot to add, but I think he's also at 03:16 for a very short moment... isn't it him?

I also think it is him :biggrin:

Kazuki and Marin posted so many updates today of the and Shoma in PIW, these three are adorable :laugh:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGvvJinhdb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGzaIXnJXX/
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266383292514304
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266285724622848
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266096490209286

Finally, our first look at his 4lo. Nice try Kazuki :clap:

(please be careful though)

https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125286090603139075

KiraraChin · May 6, 2019

Tsurara said:
Ahhh! Could it be a translation for キレッキレ maybe? キレ is actually "sharpness" in movement, and repeat twice to make this slang for praising great sharp dance/movements. (I was thinking of "flickin" but didn't sound right and wasn't sure.

Hmmm I'm not sure, because 'lit' can be used for virtually anything, not only dance/movement. You can say 'the party was lit' or 'this film looks lit', for example. Or even to describe a fictional album cover: https://twitter.com/fanpower98/status/1125388030452359168 :laugh:

But beware because it's a very informal/internet slang term, so please don't use it on a job interview or something like that :laugh:

AQFS said:
Kazuki and Marin posted so many updates today of the and Shoma in PIW, these three are adorable

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGvvJinhdb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGzaIXnJXX/
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266383292514304
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266285724622848
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125266096490209286

Finally, our first look at his 4lo. Nice try Kazuki (please be careful though)

https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125286090603139075

Yes, I really loved all the updates and especially the video of the 4lo! I thought it looks very promising, his technique is good, but as expected he needs more strength in his legs/hips to pull himself higher and make the rotations with no issues. But great attempt, nevertheless! I'm very impressed.

He also posted a story with the many otter plushies he got at PIW: https://twitter.com/KiraraChin/status/1125348256245059585
So cute!

Of course, the fans are quick to react and some already posted great fan arts of him at PIW:
https://twitter.com/amk62469130/status/1124418415408533504
https://twitter.com/amk62469130/status/1124980383773118465
https://twitter.com/nozomi500k4/status/1124657175534624768 (I really love this one)
https://twitter.com/nozomi500k4/status/1125432998914977792

Tsurara · May 7, 2019

KiraraChin said:
Hmmm I'm not sure, because 'lit' can be used for virtually anything, not only dance/movement. You can say 'the party was lit' or 'this film looks lit', for example. Or even to describe a fictional album cover: https://twitter.com/fanpower98/status/1125388030452359168 But beware because it's a very informal/internet slang term, so please don't use it on a job interview or something like that

Ha ha, I guess 'lit' is more like 'yabai'. Maybe I should just go with 'fricking sharp' for kire-kire. (Not like kire-kire is appropriate on a job interview!)

According to some fan tweets, it seems that Tomono-kun is calling Shoma 'Shoma' without 'kun' and I didn't know that. :biggrin:

I wonder if they consider themselves the same age by figure skating year? (They will be soon in a few days anyways.)

I really loved his Riverdance green costume a lot, but now I look at his photos in red jacket for the new ex, he definitely looks best in red.

KiraraChin · May 8, 2019

Tsurara said:
According to some fan tweets, it seems that Tomono-kun is calling Shoma 'Shoma' without 'kun' and I didn't know that. I wonder if they consider themselves the same age by figure skating year? (They will be soon in a few days anyways.)

I really loved his Riverdance green costume a lot, but now I look at his photos in red jacket for the new ex, he definitely looks best in red.

Would you mind explaining a bit more what does dropping the -kun means, Tsurara? I seem to recall in Japan you don't call people by just their name unless you're fairly intimate (e.g. a very close friend), is that true?

I agree with your opinion on the red, he does look great in it!
Here's another awesome fan art with 'Freaks': https://twitter.com/nusunnosukeaka/status/1125754631378878465

I don't know if you guys saw it, but ISU updated their World Standings list for next season, confirming Kazuki in 20th! :yahoo:

http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsmen.htm

Also, Kazuki posted another story on his IG! Such a hard-working boy :biggrin:

https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1125985221768359936

ETA: SEV posted about him again! https://twitter.com/sevsports_info/status/1125667884422680576 We love a supportive sponsor :agree:

Tsurara · May 8, 2019

KiraraChin said:
Would you mind explaining a bit more what does dropping the -kun means, Tsurara? I seem to recall in Japan you don't call people by just their name unless you're fairly intimate (e.g. a very close friend), is that true?

Generally speaking, you can drop those honorifics either when you're very close to the person (intimate) or you're senior to them in the same group you belong to (e.g. you're their older family member, senpai, teacher, president, etc.) Or, when the person is a celebrity or famous enough and you don't know them in person. Please refer to a Japanese language guide for general rules on how/when to use different honorifics because it's too complicated to explain all here.

That said, Japanese figure skating community has a sort of a bit odd culture/tradition, according to this ex-skater blog page (I've linked to another blog page of his the other day, if you remember), so do not always take their habits/customs/traditions as something normal here! Please do not follow those for your real life interaction with general Japanese people

Their tradition, according to the blog owner who was once one of them till recently (I heard of it from some other sources too but don't remember where), is 1) they call their senpai with "kun" (instead of general "san" or "senpai"), which hardly happens in general communities here except for some idol groups, 2) they sometimes even drop "kun" for those they consider the same generation or same age (like 1-2 years difference doesn't seem to matter much, and some exceptions depending on their characters/personalities and/or environment, e.g. Dai-chan for Daisuke T), although you could be in deep trouble outside the skaters' community if you did so to someone senior by Japanese academic calendar (starting in April). I often read in interview articles that Koshiro is calling his senpai, Kazuki-kun, Shoma-kun, Keiji-kun, Ryuju-kun...etc.

So, I was just wondering whether it's Shoma's character or it's Tomono-kun's (or even both) that he started calling Shoma without "-kun". By dropping it, it sounds (to me) like they're especially in good terms. (They are the same age by skating calendar, but Shoma is 1 yr senior by school calendar, and I believe Tomono-kun wasn't at Nobeyama camp when he was in novice.) I'd assume it's Tomono-kun's friendly character, but my assumption is often wrong :slink:

ETA: PIW broadcast by BS TV Tokyo on May 19th. I'm hoping I don't have to work that day...
https://www.tvguide.or.jp/feature/kissandcry/20190508/01.html
(The above article is a report on PIW before Tomono-kun appeared, no pic of him there.)

KiraraChin · May 8, 2019

Thank you so much, Tsurara! Japanese language/culture is fascinating!

I know a bit about the honorifics because of anime/manga, but I had no idea the figure skating community had their own rules. I can imagine Kazuki wouldnt stop using the -kun if Shoma himself wasn't comfortable with it, right?
From what you said, it sounds like a good development in their relationship, so I'm happy! :biggrin:

BTW, remember the photographer of these amazing pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlXQ1znlfU/

They had a Q&A this weekend, and Kazuki featured in three of the answers!
https://ibb.co/fqyBfr9
https://ibb.co/8cPdwgD
https://ibb.co/4TzBtcW (LOL the great mystery of our age :laugh:

)

Tsurara · May 9, 2019

So, Doshisha Sports Atom x Kandai (Kansai univ) Sports collaboration series started!
(But this session is apparently done in January during In-Colle, so... mostly old info and Tomono-kun with straight hair.)

1)
https://twitter.com/atom_doshisha/status/1126320963119751169
Short vid of Tomono, Shu, and Taichi advertising the coming collaboration article:

Kazuki：対談が無事終了いたしました！（拍手）素晴らしい！ (The session has just finished fine! [claps] Wonderful!)
Taichi：普段聞けないような裏話もたくさんでーす！ (It also has a lot of inside stories that you don't get to hear!)
Shu：Twitterのフォロー、リツイート、お願いしまーす！ (Please follow and retweet this!)
Taichi & Shu：バイバーイ (Bye-bye)
Kazuki：ぜひ見てくださーい！　絶対見てくださーい！(Please check it out! Definitely you gotta check it out!)

2)
Short Edition on Tomono-kun
https://twitter.com/atom_doshisha/status/1126480727824973824
Short Edition on Taichi and Shu (a few Tomono-kun's tsukkomi in it)
https://twitter.com/kanspo/status/1126480702915014657

3)
Long Edition, Tomono-kun / Doshisha Version
http://doshisha-atom.net/web/result.php?no=2434
Long Edition, Taichi and Shu / Kansai Version
http://kanspo.univ.nikkansports.com/?p=39296
(I haven't compared the two in detail yet, so can't tell the difference for now. Gimme some time for translations.)

The title says "Part 1", and they'll publish "Part 2" later.

KiraraChin said:
I know a bit about the honorifics because of anime/manga, but I had no idea the figure skating community had their own rules. I can imagine Kazuki wouldnt stop using the -kun if Shoma himself wasn't comfortable with it, right?
From what you said, it sounds like a good development in their relationship, so I'm happy!

It's not exactly rules, but just some weird traditions that Japanese male skaters have passed on for a while (My guess is it's going on since Nobeyama camp started, but I may be wrong. Otherwise, since there were not many boys before, they just started following how their coaches (or even their senpai girl skaters) called the other students at competitions and such?)
Btw, it's just a co-incidence, these articles just show that Tomono-kun is calling Shoma 'Shoma-kun' here (perhaps he started dropping 'kun' during PIW?), and they all call Daisuke Takahashi 'Dai-chan' lol

ETA: Find Kazuki Tomono (ramen hair) from the updated club member list!
http://dfsc.sakura.ne.jp/dfsc/club_buin.html

eaglehelang · May 9, 2019

Tsurara said:
So, I was just wondering whether it's Shoma's character or it's Tomono-kun's (or even both) that he started calling Shoma without "-kun". By dropping it, it sounds (to me) like they're especially in good terms. (They are the same age by skating calendar, but Shoma is 1 yr senior by school calendar, and I believe Tomono-kun wasn't at Nobeyama camp when he was in novice.) I'd assume it's Tomono-kun's friendly character, but my assumption is often wrong

ETA: PIW broadcast by BS TV Tokyo on May 19th. I'm hoping I don't have to work that day...
https://www.tvguide.or.jp/feature/kissandcry/20190508/01.html
(The above article is a report on PIW before Tomono-kun appeared, no pic of him there.)

Well, technically Shoma(born Dec 1997) is just a few months older than Kazuki(born May 1998). Though I wonder if Shoma himself told Kazuki to dispense off with the formalities. Like Yuzuru said he told Shoma dont have to be so formal.

KiraraChin · May 10, 2019

Tsurara said:
So, Doshisha Sports Atom x Kandai (Kansai univ) Sports collaboration series started!
(But this session is apparently done in January during In-Colle, so... mostly old info and Tomono-kun with straight hair.)

Thank you, Tsurara! The short video made me smile.
I'm looking forward to the translation of the article :luv17:
Some more pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPtmnYngHw/
Kazuki's hair looked sooo good back then. Those were the days... :laugh:

eaglehelang said:
Well, technically Shoma(born Dec 1997) is just a few months older than Kazuki(born May 1998). Though I wonder if Shoma himself told Kazuki to dispense off with the formalities. Like Yuzuru said he told Shoma dont have to be so formal.

Yup, I thought about this, too. I think it's very likely IMO.

On a different note, Kazuki replied with a supportive tweet to the Japanese skater who announced she was joining the Cirque du Soleil: https://twitter.com/naniwatomono/status/1126482789333749761
Such a sweet boy :luv17:

surimi · May 10, 2019

lol, Kirara, I think I may start the countdown till the moment you give in and start learning Japanese like others have. The Yuzuru thread did that to me one day, and you're not far behind I see. Just a few more Kazuki interviews...

hehe, ぜひ見てくださーい, 'zehi mite kudasai', 'make sure to check it out', is actually one of the first sentences I learnt in my classes when I got over the kinks of verb stems. Always a joy to me to see things I only know from books or from my teacher, put in actual use. Preferrably by skaters of course ^ ^

Btw don't tell me Kazuki intends to keep that strange flat hairstyle he had at PIW? I preferred him mop-topped. (lol, is that word even used anymore?)

Tsurara · May 11, 2019

eaglehelang said:
Well, technically Shoma(born Dec 1997) is just a few months older than Kazuki(born May 1998). Though I wonder if Shoma himself told Kazuki to dispense off with the formalities. Like Yuzuru said he told Shoma dont have to be so formal.

Yeah, that's very possible. The difference is that Shoma used to talk to Hanyu-kun and Mao with no formalities as a little kid, and at some point Shoma started using keigo to them, like several years ago? as a mature? boy, or maybe because they became the real top skaters? That's when Hanyu-kun told him not to be so formal, I believe, but my memory is failing a bit. I remember reading articles (or maybe a tv show) about it and how they miss(ed) 'kid Shoma' informality. Now he uses semi-keigo(half keigo, half casual) or something along the line. So, yeah, maybe Shoma liked it and tried to do the same as Hanyu-kun, as you suggested, though in a different situation.

surimi said:
lol, Kirara, I think I may start the countdown till the moment you give in and start learning Japanese like others have.

lol KiraraChin will have a head start once she starts learning it, because anime/manga (AND figure-skating!) should have given her loads of vocab or topics useful for entertainment purposes. (but can be risky for business or academic, and some teachers might hate it.) Like, many recent tweets mentioned 'オスカル(Oscar)' about Tomono-kun's new red jacket for ex, but you would have no idea what they're talking about if you don't know who Oscar is :laugh:

BTW, have you all seen this(Kiss&Cry's PIW report part 3) yet?
https://www.tvguide.or.jp/feature/kissandcry/20190510/02.html
I love the last photo with the red trumpet!
Tomono-kun's interview part is almost the same as the previous news article.

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