Summer competitions 2022 (Japan domestic)

[tsuyoboogie]

Missed the Kitakyushu Novice B Girls event earlier (coincided with Kinoshita Trophy)
Some notable skaters entered
I'll try to watch the archived episode later and report results if the Results page is still not up on the JSF site

Also, I've decided to give up on posting start orders and results for Kanto Summer Trophy
Lots of withdrawals there too (including Taiga Nishino) and not too many familiar names entered to this year
I'll report anything significant from that competition as well

Back to Kitakyushu for the Jr Men's FS (First group already done skating)

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kitakyushu Open
Junior Men Final Results

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

芳 岡 優 希 垂 水 爽 空 戸 田 晴 登 小河原 泉 颯 吉 岡 祐 誠 大 村 健 太 小 島 志 凰 神 田 龍之介 松 下 大 地 植 村 駿 久 積 栄 都 佐々木 優之介 松 尾 武 楼 髙 木 航 太 野 山 海 翔 鷹 取 慶 太 松 野 嵩 松 田 全 輝

Yuki Yoshioka Sora Tarumi Haruto Toda Ibuki Ogahara Yusei Yoshioka Kenta Omura Shio Kojima Ryunosuke Kanda Daichi Matsushita Shun Uemura Haruto Hisazumi Yunosuke Sasaki Takeru Matsuo Kota Takagi Kaito Noyama Keita Takatori Shu Matsuno Toki Matsuda

55.35 53.24 51.61 53.25 44.20 47.37 48.47 44.64 38.90 36.52 36.76 34.87 37.70 36.49 33.04 33.01 31.98 32.26

93.37 85.78 86.83 83.78 88.00 83.41 79.68 83.10 71.42 72.81 69.50 71.19 67.46 68.52 61.99 59.13 60.04 54.79

148.72 139.02 138.44 137.03 132.20 130.78 128.15 127.74 110.32 109.33 106.26 106.06 105.16 105.01 95.03 92.14 92.02 87.05

Sr Men SP Start Order
Kazuki Hasegawa, Mitsuki Sumoto

Sr Men SP results

1	須 本 光 希	Mitsuki Sumoto	64.71
2	長谷川 一 輝	Kazuki Hasegawa	62.47
WD	堀 義 正	Yoshimasa Hori

Kazuki
2A 3Lz3T 3F

Computer issues, delay with the scores

Mitsuki
3F 3Lz3T 2A
Nice skate by Mitsuki!
He's looking healthy

I wasn't recording!

I'm going to skip the Sr Women SP
and have a nap instead
Then I'll start working on video from Kinoshita Trophy
Probably video on yt of the Jr Women already...

 

[surimi]

Thanks for the updates, @tsuyoboogie and @cohkaix !
It seems like Mitsuki isn't going to include the 3A in his last season, and aim for clean programs instead? We'll see what the FS content will be. Good to know he's apparently left his health issues behind.
What happened to Yuhana in the SP? Was the 1F a fluke, or did she seem out of shape? The 3T3T combo sounds like she might have an injury?

 

[cohkaix]

Kinoshita Trophy Day 1


Unfortunately there has been quite a bit of withdrawls from this event
Sr Men~Koshiro Shimada, Kao Miura and Sena Miyake

About the above 3 Sr. men who missed the competition:
Sena - is dealing with boots problem
Kao - is dealing with C-19 infection (doesn't seem to be serious though...)
Koshiro - is dealing with fever

 

[tsuyoboogie]

About the above 3 Sr. men who missed the competition:
Sena - is dealing with boots problem
Kao - is dealing with C-19 infection (doesn't seem to be serious though...)
Koshiro - is dealing with fever

Thanks @cohkaix
I knew what was happening with Kao and Sena but not Koshiro
Adding to this info, in their instagram posts both Sena and Kao say they still plan to compete in Gensan Sumnmer Cup next week
It seems Kao has already fully recovered from Covid (according to him, with no lasting effects) but has only been back to training for a couple of days

Thanks for the updates, @tsuyoboogie and @cohkaix !
It seems like Mitsuki isn't going to include the 3A in his last season, and aim for clean programs instead? We'll see what the FS content will be. Good to know he's apparently left his health issues behind.
What happened to Yuhana in the SP? Was the 1F a fluke, or did she seem out of shape? The 3T3T combo sounds like she might have an injury?

I really hope Mitsuki is feeling better
Him being healthy was just the impression I got from watching him skate his SP
Honestly, at this point I think it's best if he avoided the stress of recovering his 3A and just confidently skate the beautiful programs, full of intricate transitions that his fans really appreciate him for
My greatest wish for him is to leave competitive skating on a high, feeling accomplished and worthy of his past success, rather than due to illness or injury

Regarding Yuhana's SP...I could be wrong but I believe that was just Yuhana being typical Yuhana
I think her team keeps changing up her SP jump layout to increase the chance of a clean program...trying to see what works best for her
Unfortunately, this could be messing her up even more

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Video from Kinoshita Trophy Day 1
Lots more video to process but wanted to get some up asap
I'll add more links as they become available

Junior Women SP (will get Ikura Kushida and Yo Takagi after episode is archived) Edit: Links added below
1 Ayumi Shibayama 62.43 Chorale VI (Sol-Fa), Cantus: Song of Aeolus; choreo Cathy Reed
2 Mao Shimada 62.10 The Lion King (I guess her new Tom Dickson SP is not quite ready to debut?)
3 Ikura Kushida 61.37 Red Violin; choreo Cathy Reed
4 Ami Nakai 60.74 I Got Rhythm; choreo Akiko Suzuki
5 Yo Takagi 52.04 Sous le Ciel de Paris; choreo Akiko Suzuki
6 Haruna Murakami 51.86 Just Wave Hello; choreo Mihoko Higuchi...
7 Sae Shimizu 50.48 Dark Eyes; choreo Cathy Reed)
8 Yurina Okuno 47.04 Beethoven's 5 Secrets; choreo Noriko Sato

Senior Women SP
1 Rion Sumiyoshi 65.32 (White Flowers Take Their Bath; choreo Cathy Reed)
2 Hana Yoshida 62.33 (Dog Days Are Over; choreo Lori Nichol)
3 Maria Egawa 60.17 (The Last Emperor; choreo Kenji Miyamoto
4 Kinayu Yokoi 58.18 (Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen; choreo Miho Kawaume)

Junior Men SP
1 Shunsuke Nakamura 71.03 (El Conquistador; choreo Cathy Reed)

Senior Men SP
1 Sumitada Moriguchi 74.11 (Breakthru)

Note: By choice or not, some skaters never made it to the KnC

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kitakyushu Open Day 4? (seems this event IS still being called Iizuka Cup)
Nov B Boys, Nov A Boys, Nov A Girls, Sr Men's FS, Sr Womens FS

Latter half of Nov A Girls, Men FS, Women FS all coincide with Kinoshita Trophy FS events

Anyway Nov B Boys happening now

They're having tech issues and making bb Koki Akimoto wait to skate his program

Novice B Boys Results

1 2 3 4 5 WD WD

秋 元 聖 輝 吉 岡 陽 稀 双 木 洸 髙 山 歩 朗 岩 根 玲 瑛 藤 井 斗 蒼 吉 野 咲太朗

Koki Akimoto Haruki Yoshioka Ko Namiki Amuro Takayama Reo Iwane Toa Fujii Sakutaro Yoshino

60.87 59.94 51.74 41.82 39.28 --.-- --.--

Oh yeah~ this time y'all gonna get video of bb Koki "cool kid" Akimoto skating his Cruella FS featuring a 2Lz2Lo, Yuzu inspired layback Ina Bauer and hydroblade

Novice A Boys Results

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

花 井 広 人 谷 圭 清 水 丈 當 利 優 真 佐 野 海 音 加 来 翔 映 伊 藤 虎 琉

Hiroto Hanai Kei Tani Jo Shimizu Yuma Tori Kaito Sano Shoei Kaku Takeru Ito

86.98 64.88 63.61 58.13 57.88 54.12 51.73

Hiroto Hanai can JUMP!

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kinoshita Trophy Day 2
Jr Men FS, Jr Women FS, Sr Men FS, Sr Women FS

Jr Men on ice for 6min warmup
Start Order
Taiga Isowa, Shuntaro Asaga, Taichi Isowa, Sena Takahashi, Ryoga Morimoto, Shunsuke Nakamura

Junior Men Final Results

			SP	FS	Total
1	中 村 俊 介	Shunsuke Nakamura	71.03	117.80	188.83
2	高 橋 星 名	Sena Takahashi	48.75	107.09	155.84
3	森 本 涼 雅	Ryoga Morimoto	49.87	105.74	155.61
4	朝 賀 俊太朗	Shuntaro Asaga	46.82	96.13	142.95
5	磯 和 大 智	Taichi Isowa	47.49	94.17	141.66
6	磯 和 大 雅	Taiga Isowa	42.19	62.04	104.23

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

Taiga
1Lz 3Lz(fall) 3Lo(fall) 2F 3T(ot) 2F2T 2A(ot)

Shuntaro
3A(fall) 3Lz(knee) 3Lo 3FEu3S 2A 2A+REP 3Lz(fall)

Taichi
3A(hangs on) 3Lo 2AEu2S 3? 3T2T 2A3T 2F

Sena T
3Lz(rippon)3T 2A3T 3Lo 3F(rippon) 3S2T2Lo 3Lz(rippon)(fall) 2A

Ryoga
3A(2ft) 3Lz3T 3F2T 3Lo 2AEu1S 3F 3Lz

ShunShun
4T(fall) 3A 3Lz2T 3F 1A 3LzEu3S 3Lo3T(so)

Forgot to record ...again

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kinoshita Trophy
Jr Women FS Group 1 warming up
Usa Tanaka, Koharu Yunoki, Rima Tateno, Nana Sugiyama

Junior Women Final Results

			SP	FS	Total
1	島 田 麻 央	Mao Shimada	62.10	134.40	196.50
2	柴 山 歩	Ayumi Shibayama	62.43	119.24	181.67
3	中 井 亜 美	Ami Nakai	60.74	114.63	175.37
4	櫛 田 育 良	Ikura Kushida	61.37	113.34	174.71
5	清 水 咲 衣	Sae Shimizu	50.48	103.76	154.24
6	村 上 遥 奈	Haruna Murakami	51.86	101.43	153.29
7	山 田 恵	Kei Yamada	43.44	100.95	144.39
8	髙 木 謠	Yo Takagi	52.04	90.75	142.79
9	奥 野 友莉菜	Yurina Okuno	47.04	90.45	137.49
10	柚 木 心 春	Koharu Yunoki	31.44	71.82	103.26
11	杉 山 菜 那	Nana Sugiyama	36.23	59.28	95.51
12	多々納 理 真	Rima Tatano	31.50	61.02	92.52
13	田 中 美 愛	Usa Tanaka	27.86	54.34	82.20

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

Warmup Group 2 on the ice
Kei Yamada, Yurina Okuno, Sae Shimizu, Haruna Murakami

Kei
3Lz3T 3Lo 3Lo2T 3Lz 2AEu3S 3F 2A

Yurina
3Lz2T 3F 2A 3Lo 2A3T(fall) 1Lz 3S(slipped off edge, fall)

Sae
3Lz2A+SEQ 3Lo 3F 3T2T2Lo 3Lz 3F2T 2A

Haruna
3Lz3T 3F 2A 3Lz 3S3T 3Lo 2A2T2Lo

Ice Resurface

Jr Women Final Group warming up
Skate Order
Yo Takagi, Ami Nakai, Ikura Kushida, Mao Shimada, Ayumi Shibatani

Yo
3Lz3T 2A 3Lo 3Lz 1S 1F 3TEu2S

Ami
3A(hand, fall?) 3Lz3T 3Lo 2A 3FEu3S 3Lo2A+SEQ 3Lz

Ikura
3Lz3T 3S3T 2A 3Lz 3F 3Lo 2A2T2Lo

Mao
3A 4T(fall) 3Lz3T 3F2A+SEQ 3S3T2T 3Lo 3Lz(rippon)

Ayumi
2A 3Lz3T 3Lo 3S 3Lz2T2Lo 2A3T 3F

 

[cohkaix]

I'm here again for the last group of Jr. women's final (Kinoshita side), waiting to see the battles between 3A and quad....

Adding: I want to see Mao-sama make it to the JWC this season….

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kinoshita Trophy
Sr Men warming up
Skate Order
Yuto Kishina, Takumi Sugiyama, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sumitada Moriguchi

Senior Men Final Results

			SP	FS	Total
1	森 口 澄 士	Sumitada Moriguchi	74.11	141.90	216.01
2	杉 山 匠 海	Takumi Sugiyama	61.86	133.29	195.15
3	本 田 ﾙｰｶｽ剛史	Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda	71.16	120.48	191.64
4	木 科 雄 登	Yuto Kishina	56.80	101.65	158.45

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

Yuto
3A(fall) 2Lz 2Lo3T 3S 2F2A+SEQ 3T(so) 2Lo
(Coming back from injury and loss of training has been a B for him...Yuto, Ganba!)

Takumi
3A 3F2A 3F 3Lo(hangs on) 3Lz2T 3Lz 2AEu3S (all jumps Rippon except 3A, 3Lo and Eu)

Lucas
4T(fall) 2A?(pop?) 2AEu2S 3Lo 3Lz3T 3F 3Lz2T

Sumi
3A2T 3A(so) 3Lo 3F(rippon) 3S2A+SEQ 3Lz3T 3Lz(rippon)

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Kinoshita Trophy
Sr Women's FS Group 1 warming up
Skate Order
Rinka Izumi, Hinako Kato, Rinka Oseki, Harue Inoue, Azusa Tanaka

Senior Women Final Results

			SP	FS	Total
1	吉 田 陽 菜	Hana Yoshida	62.33	132.11	194.44
2	住 吉 りをん	Rion Sumiyoshi	65.32	122.98	188.30
3	江 川 マリア	Maria Egawa	60.17	117.54	177.71
4	横 井 きな結	Kinayu Yokoi	58.18	114.04	172.22
5	竹 野 比 奈	Hina Takeno	54.50	103.83	158.33
6	横 井 ゆは菜	Yuhana Yokoi	48.31	104.72	153.03
7	田 中 梓 沙	Azusa Tanaka	48.11	73.19	121.30
8	井 上 晴 絵	Harue Inoue	38.31	65.54	103.85
9	大 関 凜 花	Rinka Oseki	30.15	58.39	88.54
10	加 藤 日向子	Hinako Kato	28.43	57.24	85.67
11	泉 凜 佳	Rinka Izumi	27.06	52.77	79.83

Final Results
FS Results
FS Protocols

Azusa...

Final Group warming up
Skate Order
Yuhana Yokoi, Hina Takeno, Kinayu Yokoi, Maria Egawa, Hana Yoshida, Rion Sumiyoshi

Yuhana
2A 3Lo 1Lz2T 3F 3S3T 2Lz 2A3T(hesitates)2T(hangs on)

Hina
3Lz2T 3F(fall) 2A3T 1Lo 3Lz(fall) 2AEu2S

Kinayu
3A(fall) 3S2T2Lo 2A 3Lo 3T3T 3Lz2A+SEQ 3Lz

Maria
3Lz3T 3F 2A3T2T 2A2T 3Lz 3Lo 3S(so)

Hana
3A 3?2?(hit the boards) 3Lo 3F 3Lz3T 3Lz 3Lo2A2T+SEQ
I think 2nd jumping pass was supposed to be 3A3T but not sure if she jumped 2A2T
Edit: she jumped 2A3T

Rion
4T(fall) 3Lo(fall) 3F3T 3Lz 2A3T 3F2T2Lo 3S

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Video from Kinoshita Trophy Day 2
Wanted to at least share Mao's FS before work (actually I need some sleep before I go to work )
Will upload more video later

Junior Women FS
1 Mao Shimada FS 134.40 (Passepied; choreo Lori Nichol)
2 Ayumi Shibayama FS 119.24 (Turandot; choreo Tom Dickson)
3 Ami Nakai FS 114.63 (Miss Saigon; choreo Kenji Miyamoto)
4 Ikura Kushida FS 113.34 (Samson and Delilah; Cathy Reed)
5 Sae Shimizu FS 103.76 (Un Sospiro; choreo Cathy Reed)
6 Haruna Murakami FS 101.43 (Australia; Cathy Reed)

Senior Women FS
1 Hana Yoshida FS 132.11 (The Planets~Star Wars: Princess Leia's Theme; choreo Tom Dickson)
2 Rion Sumiyoshi FS 122.98 (Echantress; choreo Shae-Lynne Bourne)
3 Maria Egawa FS 117.54 (Les Miserables; choreo Kenji Miyamoto)
4 Kinayu Yokoi FS 114.04 (The Phantom of the Opera; Kohei Yoshino)
Edit: Forgot to make Kinayu's FS accesible for view. Should be working now. Sorry for the inconvenience

Junior Pair (showcase of their new FS)
Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi nickname: HaruSumi (Beatles Medley)
They obviously have A LOT to learn and improve on but the Death Spiral still seems to be their Pair element nemesis
During warm up they attempted it a couple of times unsuccessfully then went to the boards for advice from Narumi Takahashi and Cathy Reed
On their final try (during warm up) Haruna was able to stay on her blade and received lots of applause from all the skaters and coaches watching

Junior Ice Dance (showcase of their new FD)
Nao Kida/Masaya Morita (nickname: KidaMori)
They look ready for their JGP debut!

 

[cohkaix]

KidaMori and HaruSumi warming up for their exhibition

@tsuyoboogie Is it possible to get the videos of their Ex?

 

[tsuyoboogie]

@tsuyoboogie Is it possible to get the videos of their Ex?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

There is too much depth in the Japanese women Mao did amazingly, Hana was wonderful, Ayumi was as great as always, Rion can at least rotate her 4T...

Also are HaruSumi going to do SBS 3-3s? 3-1Eu-3? Because they both seem to have very solid triples especially for a pairs team.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Senior Women Final Results

			SP	FS	Total
1	吉 田 陽 菜	Hana Yoshida	62.33	132.11	194.44
2	住 吉 りをん	Rion Sumiyoshi	65.32	122.98	188.30
3	江 川 マリア	Maria Egawa	60.17	117.54	177.71
4	横 井 きな結	Kinayu Yokoi	58.18	114.04	172.22
...	...	...	...	...	...

Kinayu
3A(fall) 3S2T2Lo 2A 3Lo 3T3T 3Lz2A+SEQ 3Lz

Damn, that's a great result for Kinayu

I must admit, I don't think I had heard of her before this, but looking into her past results this seems to be a big step in the right direction. Sadly, I feel like Kinayu was one of the victims of the pandemic. She was on an upward trajectory towards the end of the 2019/2020 season, improving in consistency and finally managing to land the 3A in competition... And then came the pandemic and she really struggled afterward.

This score would have had her in 5th at Jr Nationals and even if you detract the 3.60 points for the Choreo Sequence and take into consideration the Junior SP requirements of last season, she likely would have still been at least in the top 10 if she had skated like this back then.
(Side note: Very cute that she used the same dress for her FS for her JGP debut that her big sister Yuhana had also used 4 years earlier for her own JGP debut )

 

[yesterday]

Junior Women FS
1 Mao Shimada FS 134.40 (Passepied; choreo Lori Nichol)

Thank you again for your effort!
I saw her first last spring in this CS in Italy when they managed a live stream on youtube
I thought well she could bring a little smile after she finished but it's maybe because she's so young or not completely confident with the program at this stage? But hey, there it was when the score came up (were they talking about Axel and 4T being the reason for that score or something?)

And wow, that sound of the 3A! All the jumps here sound so crisp. And how nice is it that the camera angle got her coach's reaction to the fall as well

To me, she has like "best of both worlds" - spirals etc. like Karen Chen and ultra-c-elements like the russians. Very generally said, of course, and from a very outside point of view. I do like reading a lot of the Japanese skaters related threads where you all often post a lot of helpful information and also translate or give information what's going on in Japan. Really appreciate that!

I also hope Mao gets her time and that she can mature as a healthy teenager and stays in the sport as long as she wants to

 

[cohkaix]

And wow, that sound of the 3A! All the jumps here sound so crisp. And how nice is it that the camera angle got her coach's reaction to the fall as well

To me, she has like "best of both worlds" - spirals etc. like Karen Chen and ultra-c-elements like the russians. Very generally said, of course, and from a very outside point of view. I do like reading a lot of the Japanese skaters related threads where you all often post a lot of helpful information and also translate or give information what's going on in Japan. Really appreciate that!

I also hope Mao gets her time and that she can mature as a healthy teenager and stays in the sport as long as she wants to

Re. the coach (not the one by the rink side but the one with her at K&C), so it looks like Satsuki Coach will take over the place, as Coach Yamato is no longer working with Hamada (and joining Mao Asada's new tour.)

BTW, if ppl are not quite familiar with Satsuki Coach...Satsuki is the sister of Kana Muramoto.

 

[surimi]

Does anyone know how Mitsuki did in the FS?