Kazuki Tomono
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Summer Cup starts tomorrow! Kazuki is looking really cool on the thumbnail:
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Didn't happen to me, no! But I have pop ups blocked, so maybe the issue is a pop up?
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OK, so... he's clearly very tired, and the audience's clapping out of synch didn't help 
But at least we got confirmation that he's back to his usual layout with two quads
Message to fans after his skate:
But at least we got confirmation that he's back to his usual layout with two quads
Message to fans after his skate:
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Hope you had a good time regardless!I'm one of the audience...Kazuki popped almost all quads at 6min warm up...Let my boy rest
Yes, he's tired and it's early season so I'm not worried... Let's see how the free goes
I feel like every comp should have a tutorial for the audience during each warm-up on how to clap in time.OK, so... he's clearly very tired, and the audience's clapping out of synch didn't help
It's especially terrible on more jazzy numbers or when tempo changes during one performance. 
I always feed so bad for the skaters who have to keep skating to music when there's a roaring clap around them on every 3 beat instead of on 1.
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Post SP interview, machine translation below. As usual, he has an interesting take about everywhere he goes!
[Figure Skating] Kazuki Tomono discovers a new outlook on life in Jakarta: "What is happiness?" — Starts Summer Cup in 2nd place after Short Program
◇ Figure Skating: Summer Cup, Day 1 (9th, Kinoshita Kansei Ice Arena, Shiga)
The men’s short programme (SP) took place, with Kazuki Tomono (Daiichi Juken Group) scoring 75.57 points. He qualified for the free skate on the 11th in second place and reflected, “I was in good form, but I realised once again how difficult it is to perform at my best under pressure.”
Tomono, who won the Asian Open (Jakarta) on the 3rd, is competing in his second event of the season. His opening quadruple toe loop had a shaky landing, and the subsequent Salchow was downgraded to a double. However, he landed his final triple Axel (a three-and-a-half-rotation jump) cleanly. “The Short Programme is a competition held under pressure. There are still some areas I haven’t quite perfected.” However, he also spoke of the positive signs he is seeing early in the season, noting, “From this stage onwards, my jumping form is starting to settle.”
A veteran who turned 28 in May. “My own ‘instruction manual’ is nearing completion,” he says, noting that his understanding of his own performance and body is deepening. “I’m able to practise only after I’ve thoroughly understood the reasons behind each and every detail,” says Tomono. He analyses the ups and downs in his jumps not by feel, but through rational understanding. ‘I’m starting to clearly understand where the force is being applied and where it’s being released—in my head, shoulders, back and pelvis, and so on. I’m managing to do a great job of properly adjusting these elements off the ice and then practising them on the ice,’ he says, radiating a sense of fulfilment.
At the Asian Open in Jakarta, he also discovered a new perspective on life. ‘Everyone was so kind, and they had such happy expressions on their faces that it really made me think about what happiness actually is,’ he recalled. At a roadworks site, he observed, ‘Even though the traffic was absolutely gridlocked, they were carrying on with the work in their sandals without a care in the world. I thought, “There’s absolutely no way they’re going to build a decent road like that” (laughs).’ Seeing an elderly man who simply sat there smoking all day, he said with a smile, ‘It made me think I’d like to live life with a bit more ease. I felt the depth of each person’s life… though I’m not sure if it’s actually deep. It was really interesting.’
[Figure Skating] Kazuki Tomono discovers a new outlook on life in Jakarta: "What is happiness?" — Starts Summer Cup in 2nd place after Short Program
◇ Figure Skating: Summer Cup, Day 1 (9th, Kinoshita Kansei Ice Arena, Shiga)
The men’s short programme (SP) took place, with Kazuki Tomono (Daiichi Juken Group) scoring 75.57 points. He qualified for the free skate on the 11th in second place and reflected, “I was in good form, but I realised once again how difficult it is to perform at my best under pressure.”
Tomono, who won the Asian Open (Jakarta) on the 3rd, is competing in his second event of the season. His opening quadruple toe loop had a shaky landing, and the subsequent Salchow was downgraded to a double. However, he landed his final triple Axel (a three-and-a-half-rotation jump) cleanly. “The Short Programme is a competition held under pressure. There are still some areas I haven’t quite perfected.” However, he also spoke of the positive signs he is seeing early in the season, noting, “From this stage onwards, my jumping form is starting to settle.”
A veteran who turned 28 in May. “My own ‘instruction manual’ is nearing completion,” he says, noting that his understanding of his own performance and body is deepening. “I’m able to practise only after I’ve thoroughly understood the reasons behind each and every detail,” says Tomono. He analyses the ups and downs in his jumps not by feel, but through rational understanding. ‘I’m starting to clearly understand where the force is being applied and where it’s being released—in my head, shoulders, back and pelvis, and so on. I’m managing to do a great job of properly adjusting these elements off the ice and then practising them on the ice,’ he says, radiating a sense of fulfilment.
At the Asian Open in Jakarta, he also discovered a new perspective on life. ‘Everyone was so kind, and they had such happy expressions on their faces that it really made me think about what happiness actually is,’ he recalled. At a roadworks site, he observed, ‘Even though the traffic was absolutely gridlocked, they were carrying on with the work in their sandals without a care in the world. I thought, “There’s absolutely no way they’re going to build a decent road like that” (laughs).’ Seeing an elderly man who simply sat there smoking all day, he said with a smile, ‘It made me think I’d like to live life with a bit more ease. I felt the depth of each person’s life… though I’m not sure if it’s actually deep. It was really interesting.’
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