Japan National Championships 2007

Japan National Championships 2007
http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/

Information from Japan Skating Federation in Japanese
http://www.skatingjapan.jp/Jsf/News/2007fnationalsgeneralinfo.pdf

Competition
Japan Nats 12/26/2007(WED) -12/28/2007(FRI) - Osaka, Japan

Schedule: Japan Time

1)12/26/2007(WED)
15:30～ Opening Ceremorny
16:30～16：45　Compulsory Dance
17:00～20：55　Men's Short Program

2)12/27/2007(THU)　
12:45～13：00 Original Dance
13:15～17：20 Ladies Short Program
17:35～21：45 Men's Free Skating
22:00～22：20 Commendation Ceremony for Men

3)12/28/2007(FRI)
12:50～13：10 Syncro's Short Program
13:35～13：50 Free Dance
14:15～14：45 Syncro's Short Program
15:10～19：15 Ladies Free Program
19:20～19：50 Commendation Ceremony for Syncro
20:00～20：30 Commendation Ceremony for Ice Dancing and Ladies

4)12/29/2007(SAT)
"Medalist on Ice" Exhibition

Practice orders for Men in Japanese
http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2007-2008/fs/national/j/practice.pdf
Daisuke will practice on 2nd group after Nobunari Oda.

Thanks Leode!
Japan National Championships are always so near Christmas!
In Italy 26th December is holiday too... so I don't work and I can wait for Daisuke's performance!

GO DAISUKE!!!

Oh I wish I could watch it live

Is anybody aware of possible viewing options online?

I just read that Oda withdrew... poor kid.
I hope that Kensuke Nakaniwa can get silver... within 50 points of Daisuke! LOL

As for the ladies, I hope it will be a great competition and that they'll all skate their best. I especially hope that Akiko Suzuki will do well enough to get 1 or 2 Grand Prix assignements next year.

Leode, are you going to Osaka?

Ah, MissC, you're faster than me

I hope Akiko will do well too!
She is really gorgeous skater.
I read her interview.. it really touched my mind.

Go Daisuke!!!

Hi, DTFF members!!
I'm very sorry to hear about Nobunari Oda. It's sad to me.
I was looking forward to seeing his performance this time.

MissC wrote:

Leode, are you going to Osaka?

Yes!!! I'm in Osaka now and gonna see Daisuke's short program today.
I will report it to you!!

And here is Fuji TV program official site Japan Nats in Japanese.
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure-japan2007/

Go, Daisuke, just do your skating and believe yourself!!

According to Japanese news, 1,2 groups were just now over.

1 Daisuke Takahashi 45.38+40.05=85.43
2 Takahiko Kozuka 39.80+32.90=72.70
3 Yasuharu Nanri 37.70+30.60=68.30

Yay Daichan!!!!!!!

Yay! Dai-chan!

Thank you so much, yerina!!

WOW!!!! It's almost as high as his score of 2006 Japan Nationals. So his peformance must have been perfect!!! GREAT, Dai-chan!!!

In Japan Men's SP will be broadcasted from 0:00 am (Japan time). I think someone will post it to youtube after that. Please wait a little more.
And of course Leode will report it for us. Thanks.


And Miss C and yerina, you know really well about Japanese skaters. I also expect Akiko Suzuki to do well in this competition.

According to a poster at FSU, the SP results are:

1.Daisuke Takahashi 85.43
2.Takahiko Kozuka 72.70
3.Kensuke Nakaniwa 71.30
4.Yasuharu Nanri 68.30
5.Takahito Mura 67.35
6.Hideo Umetani 57.99
7.Tatsuya kitagaki 57.71
8.Hirokazu Kobayashi 56.55
9.Akio Sasaki 54.50
10.Yukihiro Yoshida 52.15
11.Ryo Shibata 50.70
12.Jun Odajima 48.89
13.Junki Sano 48.09
14.Takemochi Ohgami 46.79
15.Ken Tanabe 46.61
16.Takumi Suenaga 46.08
17.Naofumi Torii 41.92
18.Hikaru Sato 42.69
19.Tohru Kimura 41.49
20.Mizuki Honda 37.34
21.Teruki Nagano 36.44
22.Tatsuya Ishii 35.62
23.Taketo Ohmae 34.02
24.Gento Yamanaka 26.41

I'm glad that Dai-chan skated another great SP and I'm also very happy for Nakaniwa - I hope he can stay on the podium and qualify for Worlds!

(but 26.41??! how did that guy qualify for Nationals??)

miyu wrote:

And Miss C and yerina, you know really well about Japanese skaters. I also expect Akiko Suzuki to do well in this competition.

I saw "Japan on Ice" this past summer, and Akiko was my favorite lady there. You have such an amazing national team!!

Thank you all for the news!

Good job, Dai-chan!

Now, I really hope he will skate a great FP!
I think he will not have difficulties for winning this competition without Oda, so he can skate without pressure, try two quads and do a great performance!

GO DAISUKE!!!

Here is the detail score.

PL. TSS TES PCS SS TR PE CH IN Deduction StN.
1 Daisuke Takahashi 85.43 45.38 40.05 8.00 7.80 8.00 8.00 8.25 0.00 #12
2 Takahiko Kozuka 72.70 39.80 32.90 6.85 6.50 6.60 6.55 6.40 0.00 #3
3 Kensuke Nakaniwa 71.30 39.30 32.00 6.45 6.25 6.40 6.35 6.55 0.00 #20
4 Yasuharu Nanri 68.30 37.70 30.60 6.30 6.00 6.10 6.10 6.10 0.00 #6
5 Takahito Mura 67.35 37.30 30.05 6.25 5.80 6.20 5.90 5.90 0.00 #15
6 Hideo Umetani 57.99 32.44 25.55 5.40 5.00 5.10 5.10 4.95 0.00 #4
7 Tatsuya kitagaki 57.71 31.66 26.05 5.45 5.00 5.35 5.15 5.10 0.00 #5
8 Hirokazu Kobayashi56.55 30.40 26.15 5.55 5.05 5.20 5.15 5.20 0.00 #11
9 Akio Sasaki 54.50 27.50 27.00 5.50 5.15 5.35 5.35 5.65 0.00 #10
10 Yukihiro Yoshida 52.15 25.70 26.45 5.55 5.15 5.35 5.15 5.25 0.00 #19

MissC wrote:

I'm also very happy for Nakaniwa - I hope he can stay on the podium and qualify for Worlds!

Yeah! He is a deligent and good hearted guy and it might be the last chance to go to Worlds for him.

MissC wrote:

I saw "Japan on Ice" this past summer, and Akiko was my favorite lady there. You have such an amazing national team!!

Thank you! She was also 2007 Universiade Champion at Torino. Did you go there too?

Thank you miyu!

WOW! Daisuke Program Components Scores are so high!
Interpretation: 8.25!
I can't understand people saying he is only a technical skater...

GO DAISUKE!!!

glorydave wrote:

Now, I really hope he will skate a great FP! ............
try two quads and do a great performance!

Yeah!! It's really true!!!

glorydave wrote:

I can't understand people saying he is only a technical skater...

No!! It's really NOT true!!! (But do people really say so???)
He is a very very artistic, emotional and elegant skater!!!

Hi, DTFF members, now I'm back to Hotel from the competition. And many thanks for the result and information, everyone.

Yey!! Congrats, Daisuke, you are the 1st of short program!! You did a great job!!

Warming-up 6 min.
During the warming-up, Daisuke seemed that he was more relaxed than GPF because of his home town Osaka. Every time he jumped 3F-3T and he did 3A twice for making sure to do jumps, he asked Morozov about his jump's condition. His 3A was very high and stayble. So I was sure that he wouldn't fell 3A anymore. And he also practiced CCSt.

Short Program "Swan Lake"
Daisuke jumped 3F-3T, 3A and 3Lz completely. In fact I saw his very high 3A near the rink. I was very impressed his remarkable jump. His footwork was fine, however, his spin's rotation was not enough. I think that it was only his mistake today.
But the crowd of Namihaya dome was very excited his performance and was clapping hands with his emotional step!! We can see this sight everywhere he performs "Swan Lake" in this season.

After the performance, he bowed to the audience with big smile. And I saw he blew his kiss to everyone, but I'm not sure. It was very rare for Daisuke. Because I never seen it before.

While Daisuke was waiting for the result at Kiss and Cry, it took a lot of time for judgement and he said himself "Not yet??" with a smile. Suddenly, as the announcement said "We will take a break for 25 min." I thought "Why?? his judgement was not announced yet!!". After everyone was waiting his result, we were very surprised to see his high score at last!

I'm very glad his big smile and he seemed that he was almost satisfied with his result of short program.
I'd like to see his big smile again tomorrow!!

WOW Leode, thanks so much for report!!!
I'm so happy to hear that Daisuke was relaxing and had a big smile.

Go for Free skating!!!

Quote :

And I saw he blew his kiss to everyone

OMG!!! Really? I've never seen it from him!
As soon broadcasting will be start, so we can see!

Quote :

I can't understand people saying he is only a technical skater...

Yeah But that's only few people who don't know at all figure skating's real beauty.
More and more fans loving Daisuke, So don't worry!

Hi, yerina and DTFF members!!
You're welcome!!

yerina wrote:

Quote :

And I saw he blew his kiss to everyone

OMG!!! Really? I've never seen it from him!
As soon broadcasting will be start, so we can see!

Yes!! I'm sure that I saw his blew kiss again on Japanese TV program. It was not dream. Maybe he found his friends in the crowds and gave kiss to them, NOT ME. Hahaha.

yerina wrote:

Quote :

I can't understand people saying he is only a technical skater...

Yeah But that's only few people who don't know at all figure skating's real beauty.
More and more fans loving Daisuke, So don't worry!

I totally agree with you, yerina. In other words, everyone admits his technical at skating. I think it is honorble thing.

Anyway, I'm very excited and can't wait to see his free skating in the afternoon!!

Hi, DTFF members!!
I found some articles about Daisuke's SP 1st placed and pics in Japanese News websites as bellow. Pls check some beautiful photos of Japan Nats. ENJOY!!

＜全日本フィギュア＞高橋、高得点でトップに立つ　男子ＳＰ
http://sports.yahoo.co.jp/news/20071226-00000085-mai-spo.html
Pics of Japan Nats
http://mainichi.jp/enta/sports/graph/2007/1226/?inb=yt

男子ＳＰは高橋大輔が首位　フィギア全日本選手権
http://www.asahi.com/sports/update/1226/OSK200712260080.html

全日本フィギュアが開幕、男子ＳＰで高橋が首位発進
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/winter/news/20071226i515.htm?from=navr

高橋大輔ダントツ首位／フィギュア
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/f-sp-tp0-20071226-300128.html

フィギュア・高橋、３連覇へ好発進 (時事通信)
http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/sports/story/20071226jiji5801404

Thank you yerina, MissC, and miyu for all of the information!!!

A big thanks to Leode as well for your detailed report from Osaka as well the Japanese articles/pictures of the men's SP!! I really enjoyed looking at those pictures very much.

Quote :

I can't understand people saying he is only a technical skater...

I highly disagree with this and believe that those who say this really are not familiar with Daisuke's skating at all and are being very unfair to him. In addition to having a high level of technical capability, Daisuke at his very best can also show a great amount of musicality, expression/emotion, passion, and intensity in his skating (the artistic aspects). In my opinion he is one of the best (near the top) in the men's field in terms of being able to maintain an impressive balance between both the technical and artistic aspects of skating.

It's cute that he blew a kiss to the audience at the end of his SP performance. I'm sure that he had a lot of his school friends there too, so hopefully that didn't make him too nervous.

Here are some English translated articles that I found about the men's SP for you all to look at in addition to those posted by Leode.

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200712270050.html
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/sp20071227a3.html
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/423762

Hi again guys. I just found a link to Daisuke's SP here-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC79bMTL340

Thanks very much to the original video poster Yusei****!!

Dai's performance here is as great as ever in my opinion. I was really shocked to see the actual kiss that he blew to the audience though. It was quite unexpected and unlike his normal actions. It was also more aggressive than I had thought it would be.

Thanks for the report and article/photo links, Leode (and UMgal for the video and English article links).

Daisuke never seemed like the type to blow kisses at the end of a performance. Maybe he was never comfortable doing it until now...I guess he and Stephane are more alike than I thought.

Also, I'm glad to read that Miki took some time for herself after NHK. She really needed/deserved it.

Thanks for the updates, guys!

Daisuke's performance looks great. The height on the 3A was incredible. And I loved the kisses part

Thank you UMgal for the vid link!
And many thanks to Leode for your report! I really appreciate you as always.

I watched TV last night. His performance was very GOOD and all of Team Daisuke looked very relaxed. I hope Dai-chan can try 2 quads in such relaxed state of mind tonight.

UMgal wrote:

It was also more aggressive than I had thought it would be.

Hahaha! I think he has a kind of comical taste, which Kansai (= Osaka and neighborhood prefectures) people especially love, in his character.

GO DAI-CHAN!!!

miyu wrote:

UMgal wrote:

It was also more aggressive than I had thought it would be.

Hahaha! I think he has a kind of comical taste, which Kansai (= Osaka and neighborhood prefectures) people especially love, in his character.

I commented about the blowing kisses thing (I know you weren't quoting me but still...) before actually watching the video. Now that I've seen it, I agree that he was trying to be funny. I did laugh when I saw it. Also, I thought it was cute. I think this is the most relaxed he's been all season!

Here's Ladies SP result -

1 Mao Asada 72.92
2 Miki Ando 68.68
3 Fumie Suguri 63.50
4 Yukari Nakano 61.16
5 Akiko Suzuki 58.66
6 Rumi Suizu 53.82
7 Yukina Ota 50.84
8 Shoko Ishikawa 50.10
9 Nana Takeda 49.43
10 Yuki Nishino 48.94
11 Aki Sawada 48.70
12 Sayaka Yodo 47.78
13 Nagisa Hayashi 46.60
14 Ayako Hagiwara 45.56
15 Ayumi Miyamoto 45.00
16 Emi Hirai 44.40
17 Mai Asada 43.92
18 Asako Yodo 40.76
19 Asami Nagumo 39.92
20 Risa Mochizuki 39.04
21 Eri Seto 39.22
22 Misaki Ohara 38.66
23 Miki Sone 38.14
24 Hinako kikuchi 37.12
25 Sachie Yamaguchi 35.74
26 Yuko Iwaki 35.30
27 Ami Kobayashi 34.72
28 Mira Nanri 32.48
29 Haruka Miki 30.10

Go Miki, Fumie, Akiko, Yukina!