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Yay at Kazuki at Dreams on Ice! It's not 100% official yet, but Japanese fans posted a pic of a poster for The Ice 2023 and it had Kazuki (among others) in it! Once again, it seems his off-season will be very busy!

Lots of content to post, so please bear with me...

First of all, Hiraike-sensei posted a video of the SP he skated at the Hiraike Challenge Cup on Monday. Finally, we get to see clean Happy Jazz 😭


Then, TV Asahi posted some fun pics from the WTT press conference:
 
Now on to the SOI updates! Kazuki skated to his FS Die Fledermaus yesterday, and he also helped Mao Shimada with her EX. It seems they even did cartwheels together! Apparently he skated to Happy Jazz today, so I wonder if he'll stick to his competitive programmes as a way of 'practice' for WTT.


 
Finally, someone posted on Twitter CBC/Kurt Browning's commentary from Kazuki's Worlds free skate. I thought it was quite interesting, although bear in mind it was originally in English, then translated to Japanese, then Google Translated to English 😅 So some things might be lost in translation. I wish I had access to the original commentary...

Here's the link to the thread: https://twitter.com/akaknkonko/status/1641292400470691840
Kurt: (4T-2T) 4T, huge. Applause too. He makes facial expressions part of the choreography in all his programs. (4T) Ah, I heard the sound of your hands hitting the ice Carol: But that sound fit the music perfectly. should be commended K: What I actually got was a -4.75 GOE and a blue bruise.

C: If I were the judge, I would give more points. K: Based on the rhythm...the beat advances to 4S. The first two are toe jumps. This is an edge jump. Ride the BO edge and go up. Wow! A delay was added to the rotation! 4 spins with a slight delay in the air. amazing! ! Look at GOE! 3.46!

C: OMG! It is an additional point for about one jump to one jump. wonderful K: Choreo break. catch your breath. Call me old school, but I drew a perfect BO loop on ice C: It has a very modern feel. Like the last day of prom. He clearly conveys the charm of this programme. Completely committed.

K: You're being modest. C: He is a modest man. K: Did you just gesture “Call me” on the phone? C: Yes. C: (Choreo sequence) Look at the speed! OMG, it's flying. K: He's been waiting for the party for a long time.

C: 19,000 spectators are also participating in it. What a great Brenda: great performance by Tomono Kazuki! His career speaks to the depth of Japanese men's ranks. It's been three years since I was selected for the 2018 Worlds. And for the first time this year, I got on the podium at All Japan. How could that happen?

K: Yes. The layers in Japan are incredibly thick. Was he in the waiting room? He is Japan's response to Keegan. turn the party on. very physical and exciting (4T) The blade did not turn completely. Sometimes it's okay and other times it's not. I got caught this time. Subsequent 4S delay from takeoff.

Physically blessed. Artistically he uses the most important muscles in the body. It's cheeks! It's smiling, it's engaging, it's all full of energy, and the audience reaction is... C: Fully propagated. He wowed the audience with his wonderful performance.
 
Doshisha University published a new interview with Kazuki, sadly it's in pdf form and not as easy to translate, but he speaks about his university life and how he balanced his training and studies:


Also, Mitsuki posted a pic with him at the Hiraike Cup on Monday. Mitsuki said he's known Hiraike-sensei for a long time and he felt his very last performance should be in Osaka 😭
 
There was a beautiful article published on magazine mi-mollet today. I have translated using DeepL, it's a long read but worth it:
mi-mollet.com

フィギュア友野一希選手の戦う姿に、私たちが勇気づけられる理由。観客総立ちの“魅せる”演技と「自分を信じる」勝負強さ | mi-mollet NEWS FLASH<br>Lifestyle | mi-mollet（ミモレ） | 明日の私へ、小さな一歩！（1/4）

宇野昌磨選手・坂本花織選手による日本初の連覇。りくりゅう（三浦璃来選手、木原龍一選手組）による日本勢初の年間グランドスラム達成。さらに、日本初の３カテゴリー制覇。かなだい（村元哉中選手、高橋大輔選手組）の日本歴代最高位タイ。と記録づくめだった世界フィギュアスケート選手権。
mi-mollet.com mi-mollet.com

Why we are encouraged by Kazuki Tomono's fighting spirit. His "captivating" performance that had the audience on their feet, and his competitive spirit of "believing in himself".
Japan's first back-to-back championships won by Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto. Rikuryu (Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara) became the first Japanese team to win the Grand Slam of the year. Furthermore, they became the first Japanese team to win all three categories. Kanadai (Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi) tied for Japan's highest ever ranking. The World Figure Skating Championships were full of records.

All the athletes, both domestic and international, shined in their own ways, but it was Kazuki Tomono who left an unforgettable sparkle in the hearts of all who saw his performance.
Despite some falls in both the Short Program (SP) and Free Skating (FS), he showed no signs of breakdowns, and placed 6th with his outstanding performance. Especially in FS, despite some mistakes, he marked 180.73 points, a new personal best. He made the packed Saitama Super Arena stand in awe of his performance.

He has now competed in 3 World Championships, and has recorded personal bests on all 3 occasions. What is the secret of his amazing strength in the competition? In order to tell you about Tomono's strength to live up to expectations, we would like to start by retracing his steps.

Never a promising athlete in his youth

Born in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture in 1998, Tomono began skating at the age of 4, but he was never a promising skater from the start. One of the proofs of this is the Nobeyama Training Camp. This was a training camp for novice skaters (9 to 12 years old as of July 1 of that year), both boys and girls, to gather promising skaters from all over the country, and the first group of students produced Shizuka Arakawa, a gold medalist at the Torino Olympics. Since then, world champions such as Daisuke Takahashi, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, and Yuzuru Hanyu have gone on to become world champions through this "Nobeyama Training Camp".

Current national team candidates such as Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato, and Kao Miura have also experienced the Nobeyama Training Camp. However, Tomono has never participated in the Nobeyama training camp. In other words, he was not considered a future national team candidate at that time. In fact, as a junior, he was not selected for the Junior Grand Prix Series three years in a row. There was even one year when he went home feeling frustrated that he was the only one who failed out of all the competitors invited to the selection rounds.

Because the competitions are usually broadcast on terrestrial television, we tend to be under the illusion that we are watching figure skating, but the figure skating we are watching is an amateur sport. Most of the skaters are students and retire as soon as they graduate from college.

Tomono is also loved by skating fans for his unique programs such as "Japanese Doll" and "Fate of the Dog Officer," but the road to the top in Japan was difficult, and he revealed that he had planned to leave the competitive world after graduating from university.

However, in 2018, he placed 5th at her first World Championships. What was supposed to be just a student sport turned out to be the world's TOMONO. From here, Tomono's skating life changed at once.

The glory of "world No. 5" and the new conflict that emerged from it

However, as long as our dreams are far away, we do not experience the frustration of missing them. It is precisely because it seems out of reach and out of grasp that we become disenchanted with our own powerlessness and devastated by the two words "talent. After achieving the glory of "5th in the world," Tomono's competitive life was a battle against another kind of pressure.

After that, he trained hard to get back on the world stage, but he was unable to show his ability in the competition and finished outside the podium every year at the All-Japan Championships. The only thing that weighed on him more and more was the fact that he was ranked 5th in the world. In addition, a new generation, including Yuma Kagiyama, who later became a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics, emerged, and the fierce race for selection became more and more intense. Tomono was always surrounded by first-rate talent.

And that seems to be where Tomono's conflict lay.

Uno, his classmate, has been called a "genius" since he was a Novice skater, and is a treasure of the skating world. Yamamoto, a rinkmate since childhood, was also considered a promising "star of the PyeongChang Olympics. The younger skaters, Kagiyama, Sato, and Miura, are such gems that they have been featured as "Kanto Three Crows" since they were still junior skaters. Of course, all of them have their own struggles and difficulties that cannot be described with superficial expressions, but they are exceptional in terms of the level of expectations. In contrast to these aces, I am just an ordinary skater. I have never experienced being a hopeful with high expectations. I have not come this far because I have special talent.

His openness to everyone is one of Tomono's virtues, but he is also a bit too gentle as a competitor, and is an entertainer at heart who professes that he does not like to fight. His many substitute appearances have paved the way for him, and he finds himself competing side by side with geniuses whom he thought were from a different world when he was a boy, but he is still somewhat unsure of his position in the world. I felt that such a weak heart, one more step, was clinging to Tomono's skating shoes.

This season's NHK Cup broke that spell.

Indeed, the result was not great, coming in 4th place. Uno, Yamamoto, and other rivals of the same generation were standing on the podium, but I could not bring home a medal. I wonder if he is still suffering from the same frustration that he felt at the Junior Grand Prix Series selection round. I felt that I was suffering from the same frustration that I had felt at the Junior Grand Prix Series selection round, and I was heartbroken. However, after the competition, Tomono's expression was clear.

He said, "I had been facing my weaknesses for a long time, and I thought it was time to let that go. After yesterday's match, I had a change in my mind, thinking that it was time for me to face my strength. Today was the first time I fully believed in my own strength and took on the challenge of facing my own strength.

Despite missing the podium, which had been his goal, Tomono never let out a negative or weak voice. Rather, he only looked forward. I felt a strength in him that I had never seen in Tomono before.

He faced his own strength, not his own weakness.

He won the representative battle, which was never in an advantageous position, and won the representative seat on his own. And then, he placed 6th in the World Championships in a magnificent performance, amidst the world's top skaters performing at their best. He himself commented on his "mysterious confidence," but I could no longer sense any sense of defeat or lack of confidence in Tomono, standing on the main rink of Saitama Super Arena. He believed in himself there, more than anyone else.

That is why, even if he fell down, he never lost his heart, never lost his passion, and skated what he could call his best. Unfortunately, he did not reach the medal, but without a doubt, he was the strongest Kazuki Tomono ever at that moment.

Behind those words was a break with himself, who had never been raised by the elite. It is true that my skating life may not have been what the adults expected of me. There may be many stars who are more talented than me. I believe that those who are in the world of competitions have to suffer in ways that we cannot even imagine.

But I am standing in this place right now. Let me believe in that, first of all. Let's expect more from ourselves than anyone else. That is how Tomono was able to change his mind. In this way, he was able to overcome his weakness.

Believing in Yourself" Makes Tomorrow a Little Better

Figure skating is famous for its short life span. Although not as long as women's figure skaters, most men's skaters also say goodbye to their competitive careers in their 20s. Tomono, now 24 years old, may not have much time left in his competitive career.

I am sure that teenage athletes will be gaining strength from now on. No one can guarantee that they will be able to compete in the World Championships again next year.

But strangely, when I look at Tomono, such pessimistic feeling disappears somewhere. Rather, my heart gets excited that Kazuki Tomono's prime period starts now. This is surely because we are also inspired by the "strength to believe in oneself" that Tomono has acquired.

People are not strong creatures. We make excuses, and we also make weak noises. We are tormented by a sense of inferiority, thinking we are not good enough compared to others, or we raise the white flag before we even begin to fight for fear of getting hurt. The more we grow up, the better we get at finding reasons not to do things.

It is easy to run away from our weaknesses. But that doesn't open the door to the future.

Even if you were not blessed with talent or the right environment from the start, if you have worked hard, you must first properly believe in yourself. Stop belittling yourself and give yourself more credit than anyone else for the person you are right now.

Seeing Tomono, who was defeated by his rivals that day, but still determined to "face his own strength, not his own weakness," gives me such courage. You don't have to have any evidence. It doesn't matter if it is bullshit or a bluff.

The highlight of Tomono's performance was the choreo sequence at the end of the competition. Failures, hesitations, worries, complexes, all are blown away as Tomono runs across the ice with such speed. The sense of speed and the exhilaration of his performance make the audience feel happy.

Even if I can't make someone smile like that, there must be something I can do. I too shall face not my weakness but my strength.

I was moved by Tomono's performance because it contained an important message for living life.
 
KiraraChin said:
There was a beautiful article published on magazine mi-mollet today. I have translated using DeepL, it's a long read but worth it:
mi-mollet.com

フィギュア友野一希選手の戦う姿に、私たちが勇気づけられる理由。観客総立ちの“魅せる”演技と「自分を信じる」勝負強さ | mi-mollet NEWS FLASH<br>Lifestyle | mi-mollet（ミモレ） | 明日の私へ、小さな一歩！（1/4）

宇野昌磨選手・坂本花織選手による日本初の連覇。りくりゅう（三浦璃来選手、木原龍一選手組）による日本勢初の年間グランドスラム達成。さらに、日本初の３カテゴリー制覇。かなだい（村元哉中選手、高橋大輔選手組）の日本歴代最高位タイ。と記録づくめだった世界フィギュアスケート選手権。
mi-mollet.com mi-mollet.com

Why we are encouraged by Kazuki Tomono's fighting spirit. His "captivating" performance that had the audience on their feet, and his competitive spirit of "believing in himself".
Japan's first back-to-back championships won by Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto. Rikuryu (Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara) became the first Japanese team to win the Grand Slam of the year. Furthermore, they became the first Japanese team to win all three categories. Kanadai (Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi) tied for Japan's highest ever ranking. The World Figure Skating Championships were full of records.

All the athletes, both domestic and international, shined in their own ways, but it was Kazuki Tomono who left an unforgettable sparkle in the hearts of all who saw his performance.
Despite some falls in both the Short Program (SP) and Free Skating (FS), he showed no signs of breakdowns, and placed 6th with his outstanding performance. Especially in FS, despite some mistakes, he marked 180.73 points, a new personal best. He made the packed Saitama Super Arena stand in awe of his performance.

He has now competed in 3 World Championships, and has recorded personal bests on all 3 occasions. What is the secret of his amazing strength in the competition? In order to tell you about Tomono's strength to live up to expectations, we would like to start by retracing his steps.

Never a promising athlete in his youth

Born in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture in 1998, Tomono began skating at the age of 4, but he was never a promising skater from the start. One of the proofs of this is the Nobeyama Training Camp. This was a training camp for novice skaters (9 to 12 years old as of July 1 of that year), both boys and girls, to gather promising skaters from all over the country, and the first group of students produced Shizuka Arakawa, a gold medalist at the Torino Olympics. Since then, world champions such as Daisuke Takahashi, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, and Yuzuru Hanyu have gone on to become world champions through this "Nobeyama Training Camp".

Current national team candidates such as Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato, and Kao Miura have also experienced the Nobeyama Training Camp. However, Tomono has never participated in the Nobeyama training camp. In other words, he was not considered a future national team candidate at that time. In fact, as a junior, he was not selected for the Junior Grand Prix Series three years in a row. There was even one year when he went home feeling frustrated that he was the only one who failed out of all the competitors invited to the selection rounds.

Because the competitions are usually broadcast on terrestrial television, we tend to be under the illusion that we are watching figure skating, but the figure skating we are watching is an amateur sport. Most of the skaters are students and retire as soon as they graduate from college.

Tomono is also loved by skating fans for his unique programs such as "Japanese Doll" and "Fate of the Dog Officer," but the road to the top in Japan was difficult, and he revealed that he had planned to leave the competitive world after graduating from university.

However, in 2018, he placed 5th at her first World Championships. What was supposed to be just a student sport turned out to be the world's TOMONO. From here, Tomono's skating life changed at once.

The glory of "world No. 5" and the new conflict that emerged from it

However, as long as our dreams are far away, we do not experience the frustration of missing them. It is precisely because it seems out of reach and out of grasp that we become disenchanted with our own powerlessness and devastated by the two words "talent. After achieving the glory of "5th in the world," Tomono's competitive life was a battle against another kind of pressure.

After that, he trained hard to get back on the world stage, but he was unable to show his ability in the competition and finished outside the podium every year at the All-Japan Championships. The only thing that weighed on him more and more was the fact that he was ranked 5th in the world. In addition, a new generation, including Yuma Kagiyama, who later became a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics, emerged, and the fierce race for selection became more and more intense. Tomono was always surrounded by first-rate talent.

And that seems to be where Tomono's conflict lay.

Uno, his classmate, has been called a "genius" since he was a Novice skater, and is a treasure of the skating world. Yamamoto, a rinkmate since childhood, was also considered a promising "star of the PyeongChang Olympics. The younger skaters, Kagiyama, Sato, and Miura, are such gems that they have been featured as "Kanto Three Crows" since they were still junior skaters. Of course, all of them have their own struggles and difficulties that cannot be described with superficial expressions, but they are exceptional in terms of the level of expectations. In contrast to these aces, I am just an ordinary skater. I have never experienced being a hopeful with high expectations. I have not come this far because I have special talent.

His openness to everyone is one of Tomono's virtues, but he is also a bit too gentle as a competitor, and is an entertainer at heart who professes that he does not like to fight. His many substitute appearances have paved the way for him, and he finds himself competing side by side with geniuses whom he thought were from a different world when he was a boy, but he is still somewhat unsure of his position in the world. I felt that such a weak heart, one more step, was clinging to Tomono's skating shoes.

This season's NHK Cup broke that spell.

Indeed, the result was not great, coming in 4th place. Uno, Yamamoto, and other rivals of the same generation were standing on the podium, but I could not bring home a medal. I wonder if he is still suffering from the same frustration that he felt at the Junior Grand Prix Series selection round. I felt that I was suffering from the same frustration that I had felt at the Junior Grand Prix Series selection round, and I was heartbroken. However, after the competition, Tomono's expression was clear.

He said, "I had been facing my weaknesses for a long time, and I thought it was time to let that go. After yesterday's match, I had a change in my mind, thinking that it was time for me to face my strength. Today was the first time I fully believed in my own strength and took on the challenge of facing my own strength.

Despite missing the podium, which had been his goal, Tomono never let out a negative or weak voice. Rather, he only looked forward. I felt a strength in him that I had never seen in Tomono before.

He faced his own strength, not his own weakness.

He won the representative battle, which was never in an advantageous position, and won the representative seat on his own. And then, he placed 6th in the World Championships in a magnificent performance, amidst the world's top skaters performing at their best. He himself commented on his "mysterious confidence," but I could no longer sense any sense of defeat or lack of confidence in Tomono, standing on the main rink of Saitama Super Arena. He believed in himself there, more than anyone else.

That is why, even if he fell down, he never lost his heart, never lost his passion, and skated what he could call his best. Unfortunately, he did not reach the medal, but without a doubt, he was the strongest Kazuki Tomono ever at that moment.

Behind those words was a break with himself, who had never been raised by the elite. It is true that my skating life may not have been what the adults expected of me. There may be many stars who are more talented than me. I believe that those who are in the world of competitions have to suffer in ways that we cannot even imagine.

But I am standing in this place right now. Let me believe in that, first of all. Let's expect more from ourselves than anyone else. That is how Tomono was able to change his mind. In this way, he was able to overcome his weakness.

Believing in Yourself" Makes Tomorrow a Little Better

Figure skating is famous for its short life span. Although not as long as women's figure skaters, most men's skaters also say goodbye to their competitive careers in their 20s. Tomono, now 24 years old, may not have much time left in his competitive career.

I am sure that teenage athletes will be gaining strength from now on. No one can guarantee that they will be able to compete in the World Championships again next year.

But strangely, when I look at Tomono, such pessimistic feeling disappears somewhere. Rather, my heart gets excited that Kazuki Tomono's prime period starts now. This is surely because we are also inspired by the "strength to believe in oneself" that Tomono has acquired.

People are not strong creatures. We make excuses, and we also make weak noises. We are tormented by a sense of inferiority, thinking we are not good enough compared to others, or we raise the white flag before we even begin to fight for fear of getting hurt. The more we grow up, the better we get at finding reasons not to do things.

It is easy to run away from our weaknesses. But that doesn't open the door to the future.

Even if you were not blessed with talent or the right environment from the start, if you have worked hard, you must first properly believe in yourself. Stop belittling yourself and give yourself more credit than anyone else for the person you are right now.

Seeing Tomono, who was defeated by his rivals that day, but still determined to "face his own strength, not his own weakness," gives me such courage. You don't have to have any evidence. It doesn't matter if it is bullshit or a bluff.

The highlight of Tomono's performance was the choreo sequence at the end of the competition. Failures, hesitations, worries, complexes, all are blown away as Tomono runs across the ice with such speed. The sense of speed and the exhilaration of his performance make the audience feel happy.

Even if I can't make someone smile like that, there must be something I can do. I too shall face not my weakness but my strength.

I was moved by Tomono's performance because it contained an important message for living life.
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TY for posting..I just read it on Twitter and I absolutely loved it..Really captured "the boy who wouldn't give up.."
 
non-no magazine published the most wholesome IG Reel, showing Kazuki choosing clothes for himself and for his friends Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto and Koshiro Shimada. The amount of thought and care he put into it 🥺❤️
www.instagram.com

non-no／ノンノ on Instagram: "発売中のノンノ5月号からオフショットが到着⭐️ 先日開催された世界選手権で会場を大熱狂の渦に巻き込んだフィギュアスケート日本代表 友野一希さんのnon-no web連載SP企画「カズキのカズ語り」。 本編では友野さんのスケート人生を数字で振り返り、アスリートとしての魅力をひもとく企画の他、フィギュアスケート界一のファッショニスタならではの企画も実施。 BEAMSさんのプレスルームにお邪魔し、仲良しスケーター3人と「一緒におでかけするなら？」

2,153 likes, 14 comments - nonno_magazine on April 4, 2023: "発売中のノンノ5月号からオフショットが到着⭐️ 先日開催された世界選手権で会場を大熱狂の渦に巻き込んだフィギュアスケート日本代表 友野一希さんのnon-no web連載SP企画「カズキのカズ語り」。 本編では友野さんのスケート人生を数字で振り返り、アスリートとしての魅力をひもとく企画の他、フィギュアスケート界一のファッショニスタならではの企画も実施。...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com

As per baseball, here's another video of Kazuki playing, this time with Koshiro:


and an interview for TV Asahi ahead of WTT:
 
Some updates from yesterday:

- Kazuki's banner towel is being sold online again! Delivery is expected by the end of April, so I saw some fans saying they will buy it in time for PIW and other summer ice shows. That's super nice!

- The Ice published an IG Reel which showed a bit of the Kazuki v Kevin dance battle last year. We can see Kazuki worked really hard but it was really no match for Kevin 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqm9preLXEo/

- There was another fun IG Reel from Piper Gilles, which shows a glimpse of one of the group numbers, with Kazuki and others dressed in school uniform: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqpcQKjgm30/

- Sota published a now famous photo of the Japanese boys + Ilia wearing yukata at the hotel:


- Finally, Kazuki got himself a very special hair stylist 🤭
 
kwanette said:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/arizakarian/3074894006980143308/ Kazuki and Ilia watching Hanyu..
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They were actually watching Sota's Poeta exhibition! Then, Ari posted a pic of Kazuki, Ilia and Sota watching someone else together (could well be Yuzu)


Nikkan Sports posted a photo-article with some pics from Kazuki's performance yesterday: https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202304060002020.html

Kazuki Tomono, 6th in the World Championships, captivates the audience with his natural expressiveness, co-starring with 14-year-old Mao Shimada​

The Yokohama performance of the figure skating ice show "Stars on Ice Japan Tour 2023" opened on the 6th at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa. Kazuki Tomono (24 = Ueno Shiba Skating Club), who ranked 6th at the world championships this season, entertained the audience with his natural expressiveness.
Skating to this season's free song "Die Fledermaus", he began to skate with a smile. When the triple axel (three and a half rotations), one rotation oiler, three rotation salchow, are landed, the voltage of the venue rises as the song rises in the second half. Dressed in a conductor's costume, he skated with a bright expression.
Immediately after that, hMao Shimada (14 = Kinoshita Academy) appeared at the beginning of the program. He skated in harmony with Shimada, who is 10 years her junior.
The performance will include Yuzuru Hanyu (28), Shoma Uno (25 = Toyota Motor Corporation) and Kaori Sakamoto (22 = Sysmex), who won the world championship for the second time in a row this season, and "RikuRyu" who won the world championship in a pair. Riku Miura (21) Ryuichi Kihara (30) (Kinoshita Group) and others will appear. The show will continue until the 9th at the same venue.
 
Yay for Kazuki at FaOI! I'm so glad he's getting so many opportunities to perform, although I'm also a bit worried about how he's gonna fit everything with getting new programmes and preparing for the new season... 😅

There were a couple of fun IG stories yesterday. The first one is from Kazuki's friend and kohai from Doshisha University:


Then, we had a sleepy Sota once again:


I'm guessing that 'sleepy Sota' is a bit of a running joke between them and honestly, Sota is a mood.
 
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