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I came across this video from August last year, and I remember watching it and being so disappointed in that program, almost hating it. I was so sure LOCO was wrong for Shoma. I thought he wouldn't get far with it. And I DREADED having to watch him skate this for a whole long season.

Oh, and now I cannot count how often I rewatched Shoma skate to it, and I think it's a really iconic program of his. I adore it. This is Shoma-magic.
 
MaiKatze said:
I think last season's disappointment at Worlds and this season's success will help Shoma tremendously in the next season. Nothing worried me more than his practice reports, even seeing him in warm-up I was always nervous. But Shoma doesn't let that phase him at all. He will need that "strong mind" more than ever in the Olympic season. The pressure will be enormous. But I believe he can handle it and will.
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I think that this season already the pressure was very prominent and difficult to handle/balance with all other factors, fatigue, physical tiredness on the lead, looking in what direction in general the discipline went...And for me, Shoma proved himself enough, even beyond that - he showed that he can follow the 'trend' in being competitive, challenge himself in both technical and presentation areas and yet still grow so much over his whole 'understanding', approach towards figure skating, which was reflected for me is his every performance, interview, gesture. He stayed humble himself, full of respect over other competitors and reserved in judgement, yet gained so much confidence and respect from others over his skating, his growth at the same time.

Shoma seems to be really good with focusing on right things, important ones not getting too 'attached' to e.g. falls/fails on practices. It is especially important when you're under so much scrutiny and attention from so many people who are monitoring your every step, assessing it on the lot. His strong work ethic, dedication, determination and being humble really came in handy this season. And I don't think he'll loose that anytime soon. Too fierce for that.
 
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Shoma will skate on DOI and FaOI (Makuhari, Kobe, Niigata)
FaOI: http://fantasy-on-ice.com/skaters.html
DOI: https://t.co/vdNXNFXc5X

And the other day, i read a tweet saying that in a magazine interview shoma states that he shall never accept the competition programs by other than Mihoko-sensei.
Thus, about competition programs, Mihoko-sensei will work also new season. I assume he feels secured with her programs for competitions. Of course, like stephane for Loco last year, other professional will be a help.
 
hamaguri said:
Shoma will skate on DOI and FaOI (Makuhari, Kobe, Niigata)
FaOI: http://fantasy-on-ice.com/skaters.html
DOI: https://t.co/vdNXNFXc5X

And the other day, i read a tweet saying that in a magazine interview shoma states that he shall never accept the competition programs by other than Mihoko-sensei.
Thus, about competition programs, Mihoko-sensei will work also new season. I assume he feels secured with her programs for competitions. Of course, like stephane for Loco last year, other professional will be a help.
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But what happens when Mihoko herself urges him to do so? *dilemma*
 
MaiKatze said:
But what happens when Mihoko herself urges him to do so? *dilemma*
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my two cents - Mihoko should be confident and 'secure' about her work as a choreographer regarding Shoma and surely, based on the level of experience she has and depth in relationship with Shoma, she will choose the best way possible to arrange Olympic season programs. Her programs this year were a revelation for me in terms mostly of their 'fit' to Shoma, his movement and interpretation skills. But another pair of eyes (or more) is always appreciated in terms of refinement and reception. The general conviction of mine is that Shoma will work his legs off on everything he'll get and that the programs will grow and develop themselves thorough the season as this year, honed to perfection.
 
hamaguri said:
Shoma will skate on DOI and FaOI (Makuhari, Kobe, Niigata)
FaOI: http://fantasy-on-ice.com/skaters.html
DOI: https://t.co/vdNXNFXc5X

And the other day, i read a tweet saying that in a magazine interview shoma states that he shall never accept the competition programs by other than Mihoko-sensei.
Thus, about competition programs, Mihoko-sensei will work also new season. I assume he feels secured with her programs for competitions. Of course, like stephane for Loco last year, other professional will be a help.
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I love Shoma's loyalty to his coach. :agree:
 
MaiKatze said:
In my search for the Pillow Love affair I found a video of 14-year-old Midori Ito from the beginning of the eighties, where they said Coach Yamada slapped her...I know these were different times, but it is kind of scary to think that the affectionate Yamada has another side to her....together with the "scary" Mother...I'm sure there are some things we don't get to see and rather won't see. But I can't imagine Fluffy slapping Shoma around.
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But I remember Shoma said Coach Yamada has never scolded him once and his own mother is the strict one. Kanako also the same. She said Yamada is very nice and her own mother plays the scary mother role. :agree:
 
skatefan22 said:
But I remember Shoma said Coach Yamada has never scolded him once and his own mother is the strict one. Kanako also the same. She said Yamada is very nice and her own mother plays the scary mother role. :agree:
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Like I said, that Midori video was in the beginning of the 80's almost 40 years ago. Yamada probably has changed, as the sport has changed. I don't want to accuse her of anything. At least in the KnC her students never once looked afraid of her. It was just something I found and thought to mention here.
 
MaiKatze said:
Like I said, that Midori video was in the beginning of the 80's almost 40 years ago. Yamada probably has changed, as the sport has changed. I don't want to accuse her of anything. At least in the KnC her students never once looked afraid of her. It was just something I found and thought to mention here.
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But I know that unlike to Shoma, Yamada did scold Kanako. In a video of Kanako's 2010 Jr National, she was scolded by Yamada for bad spins in practice. She was quite upset and sweeping tears.
 
Perhaps it was needed? A good coach I guess, scolds when they know their student can do better but starts to slack off. In Kanako's retirement message she says she kept on working but just couldn't improve and the results were bad. She didn't blame the judges. And perhaps Yamada also said, it is what it is. Some things cannot be forced. But if someone does only half-hearted attempts, when the coach knows what they're capable off, maybe a much more stern scolding is what is needed. In 2010 that might've been the case for Kanako.
 
^^^We were laughing about this over in Nathan's thread and saying that the conversation was probably very interesting, given that Nathan's Japanese is most likely as good as Shoma's English. Hopefully Kento's translation skills were up to the test! :slink:
 
Arriba627 said:
^^^We were laughing about this over in Nathan's thread and saying that the conversation was probably very interesting, given that Nathan's Japanese is most likely as good as Shoma's English. Hopefully Kento's translation skills were up to the test! :slink:
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maybe Shoma's english is not that bad for basic communication?? He must understand the coaches and other skaters a bit when he goes to Chicago and such no?
 
daphenaxa said:
maybe Shoma's english is not that bad for basic communication?? He must understand the coaches and other skaters a bit when he goes to Chicago and such no?
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I'd say his English is pretty much non-existent except for a few basic things. I know when I spoke to him he understood "Good luck" and "Congratulations", but he and Alex and Vladimir use LOTS of sign language! :laugh2:It doesn't seem to bother him though. He just digs right in and does the best he can. Last time he was here, Alex told Gracie "I need to learn how to say 'Do it again' in Japanese." :biggrin:

ETA -- When they were working on quad toe combos, Alex would say 4-3 or 4-2 and hold up fingers for each number.
 
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hamaguri said:
Shoma will skate on DOI and FaOI (Makuhari, Kobe, Niigata)
FaOI: http://fantasy-on-ice.com/skaters.html
DOI: https://t.co/vdNXNFXc5X

And the other day, i read a tweet saying that in a magazine interview shoma states that he shall never accept the competition programs by other than Mihoko-sensei.
Thus, about competition programs, Mihoko-sensei will work also new season. I assume he feels secured with her programs for competitions. Of course, like stephane for Loco last year, other professional will be a help.
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I wonder if Shoma will do more than 30 ice shows, like last year! This guy!?! Interesting that he has full trust and such loyalty to Coach Fluffy. What an amazing relationship they have! Reminds me so much of Jason's relationship with Kori and Rohene...I was reading about Kanako M on Wikipedia and found it interesting that she used other choreographers. Camerlengo, Tarasova, Zoueva, and others. I wonder if that was due to Mihoko-sensai's suggestion that she try others, and will that maybe happen with Shoma some day. In any case, I hope maybe Stephane will have time to work with him again...And can he please hurry up and tell us his music for next year?! :scard7:
 
Arriba627 said:
I'd say his English is pretty much non-existent except for a few basic things. I know when I spoke to him he understood "Good luck" and "Congratulations", but he and Alex and Vladimir use LOTS of sign language! :laugh2:It doesn't seem to bother him though. He just digs right in and does the best he can. Last time he was here, Alex told Gracie "I need to learn how to say 'Do it again' in Japanese." :biggrin:

ETA -- When they were working on quad toe combos, Alex would say 4-3 or 4-2 and hold up fingers for each number.
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“Do it again” is “mou-ikkai” (OMG! How many times did shoma hear it during his training with Alex?lol)
:otopic: It reminds me of the articles about Jason at WTT. He instructed the young skaters, he instructed the children, “mou-ikkai, mou-ikkai”(lol). One child was delighted that he/she was praised by Jason, “suberi-ga-kirei” (your skating is beautiful.) . Further, at the media cantor, his brisk voice in Japanese sounded well. There was a specific Japanese article about him. He tried to answer in Japanese as much as possible so that the interviewer cared him, “Oh, you are allowed to speak in English.” His goal is he is able to speak Japanese fluently by the age of 40. Considering his current ability, he will do so much earlier than 40 yo, but he wants to be reserved with his goal.lol
 
Arriba627 said:
I wonder if Shoma will do more than 30 ice shows, like last year! This guy!?! Interesting that he has full trust and such loyalty to Coach Fluffy. What an amazing relationship they have! Reminds me so much of Jason's relationship with Kori and Rohene...I was reading about Kanako M on Wikipedia and found it interesting that she used other choreographers. Camerlengo, Tarasova, Zoueva, and others. I wonder if that was due to Mihoko-sensai's suggestion that she try others, and will that maybe happen with Shoma some day. In any case, I hope maybe Stephane will have time to work with him again...And can he please hurry up and tell us his music for next year?! :scard7:
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So far, his schedule about Japanese shows is PIW, DOI and 3 FaOI, total amount of time is about 18-20 times? I don’t think he will add the number of shows any more. At the end of August, there will be FaOI and shoma attended to it last summer. But this year is Olympics year.
At PIW at the beginning of May, there will be the time for interaction of skaters and fans. He will get a lot of presents! And at that time, some fan will ask him about his competition programs for new season. At PIW, he may show his new EX (or he may bring back the programs this season. PIW, skaters usually have only one program and they do it day and night.)
Mihoko-sensei is his just his preference? Anyway, for him, to interact with other choreographers, sometimes they are foreigners may be a burden. First, language barrier… and his character is different from Kanako.
I’m sure JSF will invite Stephane at their summer camp and they will have the chance to work together. Of course, shoma can get EX program by Stephane, etc.
 
I'm not sure if I want a warhorse or not for next season. Unfortunately Tango is out of the question, he won't do two similar programs in a row. I'm personally not a big Blues/Jazz fan, but I think Shoma could work that. I wouldn't like something like Blues for Klook normally, but seeing Daisuke skate to it...wow. I want somehing fast, like his SP in 2015/16 alrhough I'm not so sure if the judges like this kind of music. But I'd like him to do two different programs, one classical and one modern if possible. He could even do something like This Town ex for the competition/short. Would surely get him noticed and new fans! When do you guys think, we'll know?
 
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