https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2018/08/09/0011527116.shtml
They will look for new partners.
This makes me so sad!
They will look for new partners.
This makes me so sad!
It might be a good thing.
I'm really sorry to hear about this split. I thought that they were well-matched and had a lot of potential. I wonder who they will be able to find as new partners. There's not exactly a lot of depth in Japanese ice dance.
#3 Has anyone heard whether Fukase & Tateno are still together? They weren't assigned to NHK, which I thought they might be as they met the World minimum scores at the end of last season. And on the list I just checked, they didn't appear to be listed for any Challengers, which one would think would be much more likely. They did Lombardia last year. They also aren't listed for the upcoming Quebec dance event, which I think they competed at last year and/or the year before.
Fukase and Tateno train in Montreal (they're with Coach Haguenauer even before Komatsubara and Koleto moved there just this season). I think Tateno has just undergone some kind of surgery and was in rehab during the summer, and he just got back to Montreal for training. So they may have a delayed beginning with the season.