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I think he was training because he was first alternate for Worlds.
Meanwhile, Kazuki will be performing his new free skate at Dreams on Ice this week!
Kazuki Tomono
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Meanwhile, Kazuki will be performing his new free skate at Dreams on Ice this week!
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Guys! According to Kurasawa-san, Kazuki will be competing at Asian Trophy this year! Rinka and Rion will be there too:
In other news, non-no published a FaOI recap:
In other news, non-no published a FaOI recap:
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Meanwhile, I am still reeling from the shock of reading here on GS that JSF are not assigning to any Challengers other than Kinoshita this year! Like, seriously, the other two events they deigned to assign to are a joke - they don't send to Golden Spin unless a skater hasn't been competing much, and Challenge Cup is not a SB competition (or Asian Open for that matter). So, to get a SB chance at a Challenger, all the Japanese boys will likely need to face Shun and Nakata with their rep and PCS, which also means they can foget about winning a CS event again... Like little Nats, only slightly expanded by some foreign skaters thrown in - how exciting. And whoever gets the host spot at NHK will probably have to face the biggest aces Japan has at Kinoshita. Just great.
And my own chances of seeing either Kazuki or Sota in pretty much their last competitive season are gone. Thanks for nothing JSF!!! I truly didn't think that Japan getting a Challenger would mean that Japanese fans would be spoiled rotten by the amount of stuff they can physically see, while European fans lose the chance to see their Japanese faves unless they shell out hefty amounts of money for GP series. I'm so gutted and furious RN I can't even
And my own chances of seeing either Kazuki or Sota in pretty much their last competitive season are gone. Thanks for nothing JSF!!! I truly didn't think that Japan getting a Challenger would mean that Japanese fans would be spoiled rotten by the amount of stuff they can physically see, while European fans lose the chance to see their Japanese faves unless they shell out hefty amounts of money for GP series. I'm so gutted and furious RN I can't even
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@surimi you're right, it's absolutely ludicrous what JSF is doing. Japanese skaters are missing out on so much - standing points, SB opportunities and also building reputation in front of international judges! As you said on Sota's thread, it seems like the attitude is ever more 'keep Japanese skaters for Japan', with competitions and content being mainly domestic and behind paywalls. We're missing out on so much just because we are international fans 
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I hate it. So many skaters will loose their opportunity to get some nice SB and ranking points (not to even mention learning experience), which is crucial for grand prix spots next season. Especially ice dance teams, it's so hard to move up and not possible without competing as much as possible. I thought that after last Olympics JSF will be determined to push the ice dance development, seeing how close they were from team gold. No, what for. So many promising teams were formed recently and I'm afraid we won't see them much and they may not survive to the next olympics. Training ice dance is extremely expensive and without fed's support, opportunity to compete and sponsors it may just not be possible for longer time. And yes, they can blame it on weak yen but hello, I'm pretty sure JFS has more resources than majority of other feds. I hate this strategy, it's so bad both for fans and for skaters.@surimi you're right, it's absolutely ludicrous what JSF is doing. Japanese skaters are missing out on so much - standing points, SB opportunities and also building reputation in front of international judges! As you said on Sota's thread, it seems like the attitude is ever more 'keep Japanese skaters for Japan', with competitions and content being mainly domestic and behind paywalls. We're missing out on so much just because we are international fans
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Yeah. It's so ironic that in the age where ISU are saying that fans are looking for 'narratives', Japan is essentially hiding their skaters from the world as much as possible.
Japan has many great characters/narratives, but in Kazuki's case specifically, their obsession with lowballing him at every opportunity is costing them money in both the short and long term: he's a skater with immense normie appeal, popular with children and an excellent communicator. He has literally pulled sponsors into the sport that had never sponsored figure skating before. But it seems he gets punished instead of rewarded
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Kazuki's new FS music: "It's a Beautiful Day" by Queen 
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Kazuki is so loved around the world. Maybe we should crowdfund his trips to senior B competitions.Japan has many great characters/narratives, but in Kazuki's case specifically, their obsession with lowballing him at every opportunity is costing them money in both the short and long term: he's a skater with immense normie appeal, popular with children and an excellent communicator. He has literally pulled sponsors into the sport that had never sponsored figure skating before. But it seems he gets punished instead of rewarded
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Alas that's the problem. From what I read in several places, Japanese Skaters aren't allowed to compete abroad with their own (their Sponsors') funds, only JSF who has lost a lot of money after a decade lowballing Yuzuru Hanyu forcing him away, and are continuing their mischief with Kazuki Tomono and other Skaters who don't happen to come from the right region (or a coach father) and so on.
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