Press Interview with Daisuke and Yukari Nakano for GPF

On Dec. 3rd, 2007 at Yokohama in Japan, Daisuke and Yukari Nakano are qualified for Grand Prix Final at Torino in Italy from Dec. 13th to 16th, 2007. Accroding to press interview, Daisuke said "I've placed 3rd and 2nd before, so this time I will be on top with 2 quads!!"

フィギュアスケートのグランプリ（ＧＰ）ファイナル（１４、１５日・トリノ＝イタリア）に出場する男子の高橋大輔（関大）と女子の中野友加里（早大）が３日、横浜市内で記者会見し、高橋は「３位、２位ときているので、４回転（ジャンプ）を２つ跳んで優勝したい」と日本男子初の制覇に意欲を示した。（MIYANICHI PRESS）


高橋、日本男子初Ｖに意欲　フィギュアＧＰファイナル
Pls look at their big smiles!! 　Daisuke's board says "Go on a top with 2 quads!".
高橋選手と中野選手の満面の笑顔いいですね。

http://www.the-miyanichi.co.jp/newspack/html/sports/2007120301000340.shtml
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=spo_30&k=2007120300624

Thanks for the links, miyu!!　 (from GPF topics）
http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/images/20071203/20071203-00000032-spnavi-spo.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20071203-00000017-jijp-spo.view-000

Ha ha, wow Daisuke sounds confident for the Grand Prix Final!

Thanks Leode for the information and miyu too for the links!

Leode, thank you for the translation and the articles links!

I know Daisuke wants to do more, to seek new challenges and to break new records, and and I fully support him on that. But I also appreciate his current achievement level. I watch his NHK free skating over and over again, and can't get enough of it, even though he didn't land the quad the way he should have.

Daisuke's skating is just that magical and mesmerizing. I hope he knows how people feel about his skating, two quads or no two quads.

hsuhs wrote:

Daisuke's skating is just that magical and mesmerizing. I hope he knows how people feel about his skating, two quads or no two quads.

This is really well said and heartfelt hsuhs. I completely agree and as you said it's his overall skating that captivates and moves us (not the number of quads he does). The quad at most is just a wonderful bonus to his overall skating. I don't think that he necessarily even needs two quads right now even though it might be a good long term goal to have. One quad might be enough for now but it seems that with his drive he wants to achieve more and to up the ante so that he can reach all the goals that he has not achieved yet. Either way I and many of you as well I'm sure will cheer him on no matter what he chooses to do.

UMgal wrote:

I don't think that he necessarily even needs two quads right now even though it might be a good long term goal to have.

This is what I've been thinking, too, based on my (limited) knowledge of CoP.

Yeah hsuhs, his point totals seem really good right now. With one quad and all other jumps completed he could definitely score 160-163+ as he did last year which would be good enough to win most competitions so far this year. Of course if Stephane Lambiel or Brian Joubert or whomoever else (Tomas Verner for example) start landing two or more quads in the LP this would be a completely different matter.

Anyhow, I really do admire Daisuke's guts for wanting to go all out for it and for taking on the challenge!

I think he's mostly wanting to do the two quads because he wants to win worlds, which means beating Brian Joubert, who has landed 3 quads in one program before.

I think Daisuke can do it, definitely.

Here are Daisuke's Interview vid and pics for GPF. Thank you for the information, miyu.
高橋選手のGPFの会見の模様がテレビ朝日のサイトにアップされていました。miyuさん、情報ありがとうございます。

miyu wrote:

Here you can see Dai-chan's interview for GPF.(You have to reload the page till his small photo will appear under the menu on the left side and click the photo.)
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/figure/

He said
"I have trained to do 2 quads in the program this seaon but I did only one quad at every game so far. If I'm in good condition, I'd like to try 2 quads at GPF. I've got 3rd and 2nd place at GPF. What I havn't got is only 1st. So I strongly want to win. So I wrote this."

Interview's Pic 会見の写真
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/figure2007/pc/gpfinal/kaiken.html

Daisuke's interview vid 　会見のインタビュー
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/sch/figure/figure2007/pc/movie/forFinalTakahashi.asx

Miyu-san and Leode-san, thank you for uploading the news and video. His comment is consistent. Clear mind, no distraction. Great!

Hsuhs-san, I have been doing the same thing:

hsuhs wrote:

I watch his NHK free skating over and over again, and can't get enough of it, even though he didn't land the quad the way he should have.

Now I think I can replay all the movement of NHK FS in my head! Then, I also have to replay his facial expression after the performance… He was not happy... that makes me unhappy. I decided to be a white-knuckled rooter for his quad, hoping I can see his smile after FS!! Cheers! Roko

Roko wrote:

Hsuhs-san, I have been doing the same thing:

Glad to hear I am not the only one obsessed

Roko and hsuhs, why don't you vote for FS? I'm the only one who voted for FS "Romeo and Juliet" so far.

Leode,

Leode wrote:

Roko and hsuhs, why don't you vote for FS?

Shoot, I've already cast one for Bachelorette… but I realized now that I have categorized them like this: Romeo is for Daisuke’s dream and Bachelorette is for my fantasy I could not help! Roko

B/c I was blown away by Dasuke's Cyber Swan from SA, and used my vote for it.

Roko and hsuhs, well, it's O.K.
I've been dreaming that his new program would be a "Romeo & Juliet" by P. I. Tchaikovski and now my dream come true!!

Music for Program
https://daisuke-takahashi.forumotion.com/discussion-on-daisuke-in-english-f3/music-for-program-t25.htm

Leode, I noticed that you picked Daisuke's new LP for this season to be "Romeo & Juliet" by Tchaikovski quite a few months ago. It really is a great pick! Are you psychic or do you just have a great connection with Dai?

My wish is that he would skate to "Polovetsian Dances" by Aleksandr Borodin which is the same music used by the ice dance teams of Domnina/Shabalin and Davis/White last year. I think that Daisuke could really be expressive with this dramatic music. I think I should post this in the correct "Music" thread next time.

Hey, UMgal. It's just a coincidence or synchronization with Morozov, ha ha.
"Polovetsian Dances" by Aleksandr Borodin which I'd like to recommend Daisuke for Short program is great!

Leode wrote:

"Polovetsian Dances" by Aleksandr Borodin which I'd like to recommend Daisuke for Short program is great!

UMgal wrote:

My wish is that he would skate to "Polovetsian Dances" by Aleksandr Borodin which is the same music used by the ice dance teams of Domnina/Shabalin and Davis/White last year. I think that Daisuke could really be expressive with this dramatic music.

I love this music, too! Very strong!

Leode wrote:

I've been dreaming that his new program would be a "Romeo & Juliet" by P. I. Tchaikovski and now my dream come true!!

I, on contrary, would have never guessed that