Yuna Aoki

[surimi]

Yuna attended her graduation ceremony at Nihon U. Congratulations!!

And according to the interview posted here: https://x.com/online_on_ice/status/1772244842053251347?s=20
(Also Japanese news link: https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202403250001560.html)

She will continue skating next season!!!

I'm glad to hear that! She's definitely on my radar after this season. I like her visible joy of skating, she's like Miyabi Oba in that respect. Both are a joy to watch
And congratulation to Yuna on her degree!

 

[triplelutzzzzz]

A new interview with Japanese media!
It has to be translated, unfortunately I don't speak Japanese, but to give a synopsis from Google translate: Yuna talks about her early career, injuries, overcoming challenges, taking off the 2019-20 season, switching coaches, and her programs in the 2023-24 season!

 

[cohkaix]

According to the competition results (for the Lily Cup, Kanagawa) posted on Twitter, Yuna skated to the FS program 'She':

3Lz+2Lo 3S 2A+1Eu+3F 3T 2A 3Lz+3Lo(fall) 2F

with a total of 125.47.

She should be winning the Sr. women's competition. Nice attempt of 3-3Lo in the second half!!

I'll post the protocol here later when it's up.

Protocol of the competition (Women's FS)

 

[triplelutzzzzz]

Yuna has been assigned to Skate America this season! Congratulations Yuna!

 

[cohkaix]

2024 pre-season summer competitions (domestic)

Summer Cup, current on-going

Yuna placed 1st after the SP with a score of 68.57
Jumps layout: 3Lz-3L, 2A, 3F

A good start with the competitions of the season. Hopefully the FS will go well

 

[triplelutzzzzz]

Yuna has been listed as a substitute for the Asian Open! While she is not likely to compete I thought I should share, lol.

 

[triplelutzzzzz]

I am decently late but Yuna recieved a score of 117.79 for her FS at the Gensan Summer Cup 2024 and got a total score of 186.36 which kept her in first place. Congratulations Yuna!

 

[cohkaix]

I am decently late but Yuna recieved a score of 117.79 for her FS at the Gensan Summer Cup 2024 and got a total score of 186.36 which kept her in first place. Congratulations Yuna!

Here are the videos of Yuna's SP & FS from Gensan's:
SP - Adios Nonino
FS - Popsical

Bonus:
Awarding ceremony from IG
Yuna getting her winning prize (hamburger) [*there's no beef from the summer cup this year ]

And Yuna's next competition will be Tokyo Summer Trophy (Aug 31-Sept 1), which will be held at her home rink.

 

[triplelutzzzzz]

Yuna has been added to the NHK Trophy assignment list!


(second slide)

We wish her luck during her Grand Prix assignments!

 

[cohkaix]

Given 2 GP assignments, Yuna is now promoted to 'strengthened athlete - category A' under JSF.
Her original assignment of SA got her covered for East Section (Oct 24-27) from the required domestic competition. As for NHK, it's later in November.
So I wonder if she may still join the Tokyo Regional (Sept 20-24), which can be a warming-up competition for SA (besides, it's at her home rink Funabashi). But she doesn't have to worrying too much about advancing to Nationals this season