Shoma Uno: 2014-2024

[xeyra]

You know, I just came across this gif on tumblr and it made me think...

What are the odds Shoma will eventually (maybe next year or even this year, who even knows!?) go for a layout like this:

4Lo 4F 3Lz // 3A-4T 4S 4T-3T 3A-1Lo-3F 3S

5 quads, 4 triples. Jump BV a nice 99.16. Sure, the viability of a 3A-4T isn't particularly high since there's no incentive to landing a quad at the end of a combo at the moment, but this would allow him to have no doubles in his program and he does seem to do that combo rather easily? He is loco enough for it, I'd say.

 

[Nafetaks]

great fanart:
https://twitter.com/chinatsuillust

 

[Arriba627]

I do not like it either, but it seems he is fearless about adding those quads. Did he not say before that he would never do a 4s? Well, he obviously is successful enough to try, or wants the BV the 4loop and 4s give him.... and his program is oodles and oodles better than Nathan's. Maybe he wants to ensure that everyone remembers that he has 4 different quads too because right now everyone is so focused on Nathan.

He is definitely fearless. The mighty thighs have been working overtime these days. :gaah: This is my recollection too that during a press conference (was it maybe after the GPF?) he said he wouldn't be trying the 4S. I think they posed the question to all the medalists what quads would they be trying in the future. I know Shoma said no 4Z cos he hates the lutz and no 4A cos he was afraid of injury and it took him a long time to get his 3A. I have to go back and see if I can find that press conference. There's no comparison between his program and Nathan's. Frankly at this point, I'm just hoping for an injury-free Worlds for all the men.

 

[SuzyQ]

Nice pictures of Shoma and others :luv17:

http://behindphotos.com/showcases.html?id=149

 

[4everchan]

Nice pictures of Shoma and others :luv17:

http://behindphotos.com/showcases.html?id=149

nice pictures of shoma's behind? haha... i laughed when i saw the link's name... LOL...

but yeah.. nice photos of the japanese skaters. thanks for sharing

 

[Arriba627]

Wonderful photos! Thank you Suzy Q. Besides the Shoma ones, I especially like the ones of Rika. Wish there were one of Team Japan in their red jackets. I really liked those jackets!

 

[da96103]

You know, I just came across this gif on tumblr and it made me think...

What are the odds Shoma will eventually (maybe next year or even this year, who even knows!?) go for a layout like this:

4Lo 4F 3Lz // 3A-4T 4S 4T-3T 3A-1Lo-3F 3S

5 quads, 4 triples. Jump BV a nice 99.16. Sure, the viability of a 3A-4T isn't particularly high since there's no incentive to landing a quad at the end of a combo at the moment, but this would allow him to have no doubles in his program and he does seem to do that combo rather easily? He is loco enough for it, I'd say.

Feel sorry for tiny double toe loop. Shoma asked it to GET OUT!

 

[SuzyQ]

Has this Colantotte interview been already posted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYsk1tpLGW0

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNBN9qnEgoWxJ9DsWTm_jg

 

[Arriba627]

Apparently he is saying he likes the necklace's design. It is helping him to straighten his shoulders when he is playing games and is helping him as an athlete.

I don't quite understand these miracle necklaces, but I like this one he wears.

 

[micron]

Hello, I'm new here. i became a fan of his since TCC 2016. i'm a Japanese and I'm not good at writing English sorry!

He is definitely fearless. The mighty thighs have been working overtime these days. :gaah: This is my recollection too that during a press conference (was it maybe after the GPF?) he said he wouldn't be trying the 4S. I think they posed the question to all the medalists what quads would they be trying in the future. I know Shoma said no 4Z cos he hates the lutz and no 4A cos he was afraid of injury and it took him a long time to get his 3A. I have to go back and see if I can find that press conference. There's no comparison between his program and Nathan's. Frankly at this point, I'm just hoping for an injury-free Worlds for all the men.

Yees, he had said it before that he wouldn’t try the 4S but then he told the media that he's been jumping 4s successfully and the success rate is getting higher, there is no reason not to add a jump in the competition he’s been able to jump at practice. Higuchi-sensei also said he will highly likely try the 4s at the Luxembourg. Let's see how it will go! fingers crossed:agree:

In regard to 4A, he said it in early January he would try if somebody succeeds it. He wants to try when he's given to know that 4A ISN'T a jump nobody can jump.
He tends to attempt to jump a new kind if someone does it, like Yuzuru’s 4Lo. Shoma tried a 4Lo and succeeded it after watching the video of Yuzu jumping a 4Lo, thinking he wants it as well... but there is a case like 4F so i dnt know in the end...

 

[MaiKatze]

Hello, I'm new here. i became a fan of his since TCC 2016. i'm a Japanese and I'm not good at writing English sorry!




Yees, he had said it before that he wouldn’t try the 4S but then he told the media that he's been jumping 4s successfully and the success rate is getting higher, there is no reason not to add a jump in the competition he’s been able to jump at practice. Higuchi-sensei also said he will highly likely try the 4s at the Luxembourg. Let's see how it will go! fingers crossed:agree:

In regard to 4A, he said it in early January he would try if somebody succeeds it. He wants to try when he's given to know that 4A ISN'T a jump nobody can jump.
He tends to attempt to jump a new kind if someone does it, like Yuzuru’s 4Lo. Shoma tried a 4Lo and succeeded it after watching the video of Yuzu jumping a 4Lo, thinking he wants it as well... but there is a case like 4F so i dnt know in the end...

micron-さん、ようこそ！
Your english is perfect, and your information sublime. Shoma is clever. Who wants to injure themselves when attempting a 4 Axel? I'm not even sure I want anyone to jump this jump. I prefer a clean triple axel over quads anyway. That even a lot of men have problem with the triple axel just shows how hard that jump is. Midori Ito was just amazing in that regard.

 

[liv]

I prefer the 3A compared to quads as well. There is something so pure about it, something so technical... to do all those revolutions without assistance. And so many guys with quads have trouble with this jump... that shows you the difficulty of the entry... I so want to see it, the 4A, done one day...

I hope Shoma can cleanly land all his jumps.... I would love to see his face if he did it... his expressions are priceless!

 

[Arriba627]

Hello, I'm new here. i became a fan of his since TCC 2016. i'm a Japanese and I'm not good at writing English sorry!

Yees, he had said it before that he wouldn’t try the 4S but then he told the media that he's been jumping 4s successfully and the success rate is getting higher, there is no reason not to add a jump in the competition he’s been able to jump at practice. Higuchi-sensei also said he will highly likely try the 4s at the Luxembourg. Let's see how it will go! fingers crossed:agree:

In regard to 4A, he said it in early January he would try if somebody succeeds it. He wants to try when he's given to know that 4A ISN'T a jump nobody can jump.
He tends to attempt to jump a new kind if someone does it, like Yuzuru’s 4Lo. Shoma tried a 4Lo and succeeded it after watching the video of Yuzu jumping a 4Lo, thinking he wants it as well... but there is a case like 4F so i dnt know in the end...

Hi micron! Welcome and for the information. Even if he said no 4S at the GPF press conference, that was 3 months ago. So I guess it shouldn't surprise me if he has changed his mind since then. I can only hope no one does the 4A since he will then have to try it. He already said No to Mura when Mura tried to get him to work on it with him.

Again, welcome! Your English is better than mine. We are all united here because we care about Shoma! Luxembourg should be very interesting. Hopefully the Lavender Prince doesn't give us all a heart attack before then.

 

[0smile0]

Shoma left for Luxembourg this morning. He will not try 4S at Coupe du Printemps.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170307-00000082-sph-spo

 

[micron]

Very heartwarming people here:luv17:, Glad that I met people like you guys in a thread in which I can openly discuss a favorite athlete.

As above, Shoma told the media he won’t jump the 4s. “I tried my best for few weeks but was too much to handle. I won’t change the content of SP.” “My performance wasn’t particularly good.” he said about his performance over 4CC and AWG.
“It’s a rare competition (about Coupe du Printemps), I want to re-check my condition now. There are not so many opportunities to check how myself handle the state of mind before the performance. I will go to Luxembourg to gain an experience.” “I did what I had to do, I don’t want to focus on jumps only, I want to perform each piece carefully.”

I kind of felt relieved he’s not trying the 4s. He already has 4t, 4f, 4lo. Those jumps are enough to get a high score if succeeded. He doesn’t have to try to be superior to Nathan. I was kind of worried if he had felt pressed even though he already has great skills. Now i feel relief he’s not focusing only on jumps. He’s not lost in this heat of quads fest. It can lead to an injury as well. In my opinion, he needs to work on his combination jump more... He needs to increase success rate of it… I love his 3A1Lo3F

 

[da96103]

So no quad salchow? Might as well. The Loco FS is already a beautiful and demanding programme. I hope he does the most perfect version at Worlds, all 4 quads and the two 3A combos.

 

[demarinis5]

Welcome @micron to Shoma's Fan Fest and thank you for the Shoma updates! I am also happy he won't be
attempting the 4S and imo he should be working on the content he already has so he will be able to execute his jumps
cleanly, that is what will put him on the podium because everything else he does is pretty much first rate.

Good luck to Shoma!

 

[Arriba627]

That 4Lo he did at 4CC was a beauty. It would be great if he could do it like that every time -- but I'm not so sure. I agree 100% on the combo. He needs to concentrate on the success rate of that. When well executed, that sequence earns between 15-17 points. I just don't think at this point he has the stamina for 4 quads, a 3A and a 3A combo. There is no way he's going to out jump Nathan, so why have a messy, flawed program to try to compete with him.

I'm looking forward to seeing how he does at Printemps and hoping there's a live stream. And a bonus would be to see you-know-who in her pink coat! :luv17: Although I'm looking forward to Worlds, I am starting to feel VERY nervous about it!

ETA -- Wonder if they interviewed him at the airport like they usually do.

 

[xeyra]

I posted earlier a possible protocol using Shoma's highest GOEs so far this season and his potential, if he actually manages a clean 4-quad 2-3As FS and an even cleaner SP, is higher than even a 5-quad Nathan, both in terms of GOEs and taking into account too that Shoma has a small but not insignificant PCS advantage that will shoot up if he goes clean. So I am glad he and his team have decided to drop the 4S for now and focus on the 4-quad FS, since the 4Lo is still a very new element that he's only tried twice in competition and it is still very inconsistent (heck, Yuzu has been trying it since the beginning of the season, in both SP and FS, and he's managed it only about 40-50% of the time! It ain't easy). Also, he needs to concentrate on getting the 4F in his SP to a higher GOE as well, since that's where it tends to fail more.

I mean, I won't be surprised if he brings the 4S and a 5-quad program next season, but then he'll have some time to train that program and it'll be AFTER Worlds, where Olympic spots will be decided. I am hoping that my favorites will have clean-ish performances at Worlds. Here's crossing all my fingers for everyone to do their best and be happy with how they skated.

 

[daphenaxa]

I agree with everyone that he should focus on refining his elements. I think that skating clean with his programs as they are now would for sure result in a podium and maybe even the world title! (let a girl dream, but i do actually think it is possible)
Hope he does well in Coupe de printemps and can gain the experience he needs. I am relieved he won't try the 4S but a small part of me is also a little bit disappointed (the loco loco part of me) because the 4S that we saw from his training video was a thing of beauty.