Kazuki Tomono

[KiraraChin]

Deep Edge Plus paid article about Kazuki: 'Polishing his performance for Olympic debut, 27-year-old Kazuki Tomono: "I can live my youth"'

オリンピック初出場へ、演技に磨き　27歳の友野一希「青春できる」 - フィギュアスケート専門情報サイトDeep Edge Plus　最新ニュース・充実のコラムをお届け

フィギュアスケート男子の友野一希（ともの・かずき）（第一住建グループ）はミラノ・コルティナ冬季五輪を目指し、演技に磨きをかけている。日本の代表枠は３。初の五輪出場へ向けた争いは熾烈（しれつ）だが「一番青春できる１年。苦 […]

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NHK Sports updates ahead of his appearance on Sunday Sports today - both he and Hiraike-sensei will appear!


A message to fans:

 

[KiraraChin]

So, apparently the NHK Sunday Sports feature was great... there was a lot of unseen childhood footage, and Kazuki revealed he's been having Nobu help him with jumps! Considering that Nobu was able to jump quads in his late 30s, that's a great idea!

On a different note, Daiichi Juken is doing a lottery for his autographed pic!

 

[KiraraChin]

Number Premier articles about Kazuki (part of it is paywalled and apparently there is a paywalled video, too)

[Video] "Make sure to manage the room temperature thoroughly too" Kazuki Tomono's significant growth from a tough year... What does "Don't solve mental issues with mental strength" mean? 《Interview》 (Misa Fujii)


"How much can you give in a single shot?" Why Kazuki Tomono can approach his third Olympic season with unprecedented "understanding": "The final piece has fallen into place" Figure Skating (Mie Noguchi)


Loving all this pre-Kinoshita content!

 

[KiraraChin]

Pre-Kinoshita flood of content continues

【Podcast】"His vocabulary has grown tremendously..." Immediately after the Summer Cup, Mie Noguchi delves into the "overwhelmingly rich" video interview with Kazuki Tomono: "What is the appeal of 'the man, Kazuki Tomono'?" (Misa Fujii)


The Key Is Momentum: Kazuki Tomono Shares His Feelings After Two Summer Competitions

He discussed the current state of his quadruple jumps and his determination heading into the two Challenger Series (CS) international competitions scheduled for September.

 

[KiraraChin]

Press report from today's official practice: It seems that he was a bit taken by the atmosphere. He had hard a hard fall during training, but he was able to practice normally in the second half:

リンクサイド：友野一希「別世界に来たみたいな感じ」　木下グループ杯公式練習 | 毎日新聞

5日に大阪・関空アイスアリーナで開幕するフィギュアスケートのチャレンジャーシリーズ（CS）・木下グループ杯の公式練習が4日にあり、友野一希選手（第一住建グループ）が氷の感触を確かめた。

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In other news, there will be a two part series about Kazuki on Nikkan Sports Premium, including this cute childhood pic:

 

[kwanette]

Press report from today's official practice: It seems that he was a bit taken by the atmosphere. He had hard a hard fall during training, but he was able to practice normally in the second half:

リンクサイド：友野一希「別世界に来たみたいな感じ」　木下グループ杯公式練習 | 毎日新聞

5日に大阪・関空アイスアリーナで開幕するフィギュアスケートのチャレンジャーシリーズ（CS）・木下グループ杯の公式練習が4日にあり、友野一希選手（第一住建グループ）が氷の感触を確かめた。

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In other news, there will be a two part series about Kazuki on Nikkan Sports Premium, including this cute childhood pic:

Send that cute little boy to the Olympics! TY!

 

[KiraraChin]

Baby Kazuki alert! Kazuki was the cutest the baby/child to ever have existed in this world and you can't change my mind



oh yeah and there is this other thing happening called Kinoshita Trophy... Here are some pictures from today's practice, it seems his SP costume is still not ready:

 

[surimi]

With the Sota thriller situation, I entirely forgot to wish Kazuki good luck, so I'm doing so now! I hope Kazuki has a successful competition!

 

[KiraraChin]

Kazuki did so well! Very rough around the edges, but very good considering that's still early season! For once, I'm happy

 

[kwanette]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHp7GPiUgTw Music is from arena but includes kiss n cry..

 

[KiraraChin]

Ok guys, I got good and bad news...

Let's start with the bad: the bad fall in practice on Thursday left him with a slight injury - he said he was fine at the time but his left foot was more painful than he thought yesterday and it affected his morning training and the feeling on the axel (that's why he made that mistake).

The good news is that he said it's a minor thing and it has happened before, so hopefully it'll pass and it won't affect his training and the free skate. He landed 4T3T in the warm up yesterday and seemed OK today in practice, so that's a good sign.

Some press reports from yesterday (paid articles):

リンクサイド：SP2位の友野一希「逆にいけるわ、みたいな」　木下グループ杯 | 毎日新聞

フィギュアスケートのチャレンジャー・シリーズ（CS）、木下グループ杯が5日、大阪府泉佐野市の関空アイスアリーナで開幕。男子ショートプログラム（SP）で友野一希選手（第一住建グループ）は85・08点で2位に入った。

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友野一希、左足をちょっと痛めていて...　完成度の高いSPをして目指す点数は　【木下グループ杯男子SP後】 - フィギュアスケート専門情報サイトDeep Edge Plus　最新ニュース・充実のコラムをお届け

フィギュアスケートのチャレンジャー・シリーズ（CS）、木下グループ杯は5日、大阪府の関空アイスアリーナで開幕。男子ショートプログラム（SP）で友野一希（第一住建グループ）が85・08点で2位につけた。 　演技後の友野の […]

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Mainichi pics from yesterday's performance and today's practice - I like the duality!

 

[KiraraChin]

Aaaah I'm so happy and relieved for Kazuki. It was a messy skate and he lost too many points in the non-jumping elements, but manage to hold in 2nd place and won the silver medal! What a great start of the season, hopefully this will give him plenty of confidence for Nebelhorn

 

[kwanette]

Aaaah I'm so happy and relieved for Kazuki. It was a messy skate and he lost too many points in the non-jumping elements, but manage to hold in 2nd place and won the silver medal! What a great start of the season, hopefully this will give him plenty of confidence for Nebelhorn

Thank God for IJS! Earning ISU points!

 

[KiraraChin]

Thank God for IJS! Earning ISU points!

Yes, and let's not forget he was the highest placed Japanese man and the only one to medal. This is very important considering that JSF seemed to very deliberately assign the apparent contenders for the 3rd spot to this competition.

Sure, the difference in scores wasn't huge, and I'm sure he's not entirely happy with his performance today, but he seems to be in a good trajectory and slowly gaining form

 

[kwanette]

Yes, and let's not forget he was the highest placed Japanese man and the only one to medal. This is very important considering that JSF seemed to very deliberately assign the apparent contenders for the 3rd spot to this competition.

Sure, the difference in scores wasn't huge, and I'm sure he's not entirely happy with his performance today, but he seems to be in a good trajectory and slowly gaining form

He was also the highest scoring JPN man at 4 Continents..He has to just forge ahead..

 

[KiraraChin]

Press report after the free:
Second place winner Tomono Kazuki: "I was also in the magic number 1 position..." Kinoshita Group Cup

リンクサイド：2位の友野一希「自分もマジック1だったので…」　木下グループ杯 | 毎日新聞

フィギュアスケートのチャレンジャー・シリーズ（CS）、木下グループ杯は最終日の7日、大阪府泉佐野市の関空アイスアリーナで男子のフリーがあり、ショートプログラム（SP）2位の友野一希選手（第一住建グループ）は151・70点、合計236・78点で2位だった。

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Pictures from his performance:


Pictures from the medal ceremony:

 

[KiraraChin]

JSF tweet about his silver medal:


Finally, Nikkan Sports Premium article with baby Kazuki pics was published today:

 

[surimi]

Congratulations to Kazuki! Well deserved! Now on to Nebelhorn, and then regionals, right? I hope to see everyone's programs in the Kinoshita thread, hopefully one of our valuable posters has them on Google drive...

 

[kwanette]

Did anyone else see the full medal ceremony? When Tomoki was introduced he did a few Russian splits..then Kazuki was introduced he skated fast and did a back flip set up,,then shook his finger "No" at the audience. I saw it on Threads in the middle of the night..trying to find it..

 

[kwanette]

If anyone finds a FS link which includes the Kiss n Cry..could you post it? I'd like to see Kazuki's reaction when he realizes that he has gotten the silver medal. TIA