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Medalist on Ice 2021 ALL JAPAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

All Japan Figure Skating Championships December 22, 2021 – December 26, 2021 Location: Saitama Super Arena The 90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships has been held since December 26th. All categories of "Skate Championships" and the performances of all players will be delivered LIVE at FOD Premium. Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno and others will participate in the men's single (SP) on December 24th (Friday).

 "90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships" distribution page (PR) This tournament is the final selection of the Olympic representatives once every four years, where top Japanese skaters gather. Players recognized by the "90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships" committee and players who have won the East / West Japan Championship will participate.

  Will the boys win the second consecutive Olympic gold medal in Hanyu? Is it the recapture of Uno who won the NHK Trophy the other day? Will Yuma Kagiyama, who will be the future of the Japanese figure skating world, jump out !? The girls are Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara, and so on. Also, in the ice dance pair couple competition, skaters of higher level than ever gathered. It will be interesting to see if Daisuke Takahashi will be able to participate in the Olympics in ice dancing following the men's single.

  [Overview of "All Japan Figure Skating Championship 2021" LIVE delivery] ■ Competition schedule December 23 (Thursday) 14: 50-Ice Dance (RD) 16: 20- Women's Single (SP) December 24th (Friday) 15: 30-Pair (SP) 16: 20-Men's Single (SP) December 25th (Sat) 15: 00- Ice Dance (FD) 17: 00- Women's Single (FS) December 26th (Sun) 15: 30- Pair (FS) 17: 00- Men's Single (FS) December 27 (Monday) Medalist on Ice * Scheduled to be delivered at 13:00 on December 31 (Friday)

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◇ 90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships (December 26, Saitama Super Arena)

Kaori Sakamoto, the representative of the Pyeongchang Olympics, took part in the short program, showed no mistakes, and recorded a personal best of 79.23 points. She decided to advance to the free on the 25th in 1st place overall.

Sakamoto made a big jump with a long distance on the first two accelerators. When she succeeded in the following 3 Lutz, she landed cleanly in the second half of her 3 consecutive rotations. She smiled after she acted.

"I was nervous about a week before this match, and I felt a lot more nervous than the NHK Trophy," he said. "Before the 6 minutes (practice) started, Shinba (Higuchi) ) And chatting in the changing room to relieve each other's tensions, so I wonder if that lived in a very good way. "

In addition, Sakamoto who was running vigorously before the performance. "The more I move, the more I can move, so the teachers often tell me that it took me a while to start the first engine, but when it starts, it works. To warm up so that I can make the best movement in the game. I was running to. ", He revealed the reason for running.

This tournament also serves as the final selection for the Beijing Olympics. Sakamoto, who will be participating in two consecutive Olympic games, "I was at the bottom of the list because it was different from four years ago, so if I was lucky, I wanted to be in the second frame of the Olympics. I won the championship this year. "I want to decide on a job offer for the Olympics with one shot," he said strongly, and he was enthusiastic about "I wish I could be perfect without losing my concentration until the end."

*◇ 90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships (December 26, Saitama Super Arena)

The all-Japan championship of figure skating that also served as the final selection for the Beijing Olympics representative "3" frame. A women's free event was held, and Wakaba Higuchi, who was second in the short program, appeared free.

Higuchi lost his balance due to the icing of the triple Axel (3 and a half revolutions) at the beginning, but then recovered and all the remaining jumps were successful. She showed a powerful performance.

Higuchi made a powerful guts pose with both hands after the performance. When she got out of her link, she was so impressed that she hugged her coach with tears.

The score is 147.12 points, which is the best season in spite of being an unofficial tournament of the International Skating Union (ISU). She is second only to Kaori Sakamoto with a total of 221.78 points with the short program. She has made great strides in participating in the Beijing Olympics.

After the performance, at the press conference, "I was nervous and my legs were shaking, and I was slipping with the feeling that my legs were not really strong before and during the performance. I was worried whether I could get off the jump properly, but I felt I'm glad that I was able to survive to the end with a calm performance. "

She is Higuchi, who finished second in the All Japan Championship and made a big step forward in the Beijing Olympics. At this tournament, I sealed the triple Axel at the SP, but when asked if I was willing to take on the challenge at the Beijing Olympics, "Of course there is. I want to do what I want to do, so I haven't decided if I can do it yet. , I want to make the best use of what I have. "

UPDATE DEC. 26:

Japan has announced its teams for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Four Continents, World Juniors and Worlds. Official Fuji TV video links for the short and long programs of the medallists are below the lists.

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama

Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Misato Komatsubara/Takeru Komatsubara

 

FOUR CONTINENTS

Kao Miura, Kazuki Tomono, Sena Miyake

Mai Mihara, Satoko Miyahara, Rino Matsuike

Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi

 

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama

Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi

 

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kao Miura, Shun Sato, Tatsuya Tsuboi

Rinka Watanabe, Rion Sumiyoshi

Nao Kida/Masaya Morita

The 2021 All Japan Championships will take place in Saitama, Dec. 22-26. A total of 32 men, 30 women, one pair and four ice dance teams are set to compete.

On Dec. 6 the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) announced that, per government restrictions, only foreign coaches with multiple entry visas will be allowed to enter Japan for this competition. That decision affects the ice dance teams of Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi and Misato Komatsubara, who are coached by Marina Zoueva in Florida, and Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto, who are currently based in Colorado Springs and train remotely with the I.AM team in Montréal, Canada. Ayumi Takanami and Shingo Nishiyama returned to Japan in early December, also without their coach Andrew Hallam. Stéphane Lambiel, the coach of Shoma Uno and Koshiro Shimada, is the only one confirmed to have the requisite visa. 

Rika Kihira has withdrawn due to a lingering ankle injury that has not healed. The selection criteria announced by the JSF last July states participation in the Championships is mandatory for selection to the Olympic team, other than for those who fulfilled the requirements in another manner. Under that criteria, Kihira does not qualify for a bye to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who train with Bruno Marcotte in Canada will not compete at nationals, due to the possibility of not being able to re-enter the country given the strong possibility of another border closure. On Dec. 15 Miura and Kihara were named to the 2022 Olympic and World teams on the strength of their successes this season.

Two ice dance teams — Rikako Fukase and Oliver Zhang who train in Canada, and U.S. based Nicole Takahashi and Shiloh Judd — will not compete at nationals due to the tightened immigration/re-entry restrictions as a result of the new wave of COVID-19 sweeping the world.

Japan has three spots in men and women in Beijing, and one each in pairs and ice dance. Yuzuru Hanyu, Uno and Yuma Kagiyama are the likely candidates for the men′s berths. This will be the first competition of the season for Hanyu who has been sidelined with injury. It is not so cut and dried for the women with Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Satoko Miyahara and others vying for one of the three places available.

In an interview with Fuji TV, Hanyu, who drew 24th in the short program, said his intention remains to land the quad Axel, but right now his goal is to make the Olympic team. “I still feel like I’m walking on clouds. Right now I have no intention of giving my ticket (to the Olympics) away. I’m a better skater than I ever was. At least inside my mind, I am the best I have ever been. That’s why I don’t want to give up.″ (Translation courtesy Akiko Tamura)

Muramoto and Takahashi had a solid start to the season, winning a local U.S. competition in August and finishing second at 2021 Warsaw Cup. They will be locked in a battle with Komatsubara and Koleto — who finished one place and 7.30 points behind their rivals at NHK Trophy in November and subsequently withdrew from Warsaw Cup — for the lone ice dance berth at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Reports are Muramoto and Takahashi have asked their former singles coaches, Mie Hamada and Utako Nagamitsu, to be with them in the kiss and cry at nationals.

Aside from the seeded skaters, the remainder of entries in the three disciplines were determined at the conclusion of the sectional competitions and the national junior championships. Skaters who received invitations following the 2021 Junior Championships:

Men: Kao Miura, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Nozomi Yoshioka, Kataise Takeshi, Mitsusho Oshima, Shunsuke Nakamura

Women: Rion Sumiyoshi, Chiba Hyakune, Hanna Yoshida, Tanaka Azusa, Ayumu Shibayama, Ami Nakai 

 

The opening ceremony and the draw take place at 6:30 p.m. (local time) on Dec. 22.

 

The All Japan Medalists on Ice show will take place on Dec. 27.

 

This competition takes place at the same time as the 2021 Russian Championships (link below).

TOP 11 MEN AFTER THE SHORT:

1 Yuzuru Hanyu 111.31

2 Shoma Uno 101.88

3 Yuma Kagiyama 95,15

4 Sota Yamamoto 93.79

5 Kao Miura 92.81

6 Sena Miyake 90.52

7 Kazuki Tomono 87.79

8 Shun Sato 87.27

9 Koshiro Shimada 86.76

10 Keiji Tanaka 84.10

11 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 78.53