News & Topics 2012/13

Twind

Hi everyone,

Finally Puma uploaded a picture from yesterday with Daisuke at their Osaka shop:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=524733810878859

I am still not sure whether I love or hate that yellow though

Thank you, rayhaneh!

The autographs other than Daisuke's are Shizuka Arakawa's on the left and King Kazu, Kazuyoshi Miura's on the center!!!!!!!!!

That is some locker room!!

rayhaneh wrote:

I am still not sure whether I love or hate that yellow though

That yellow looks better in video, IMO!

Nice photo of Dai. Yellow is a funny color for me to wear. I have just about the same skin tone as Dai and
I have to be careful when I wear yellow because it can make me look pale or as my mother
used to say "washed out" lol. The other color and the pattern in the jackt blends well with the yellow.

Hi, guys~

As you know, Daisuke is the cover model of IFS magazine february issue.

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483487_10151579496332538_157564929_n.jpg


Anyway, I really want to watch his Pagliacci but 4CC tickets has been already sold out....

Happy Holidays!

Thank you fosse for the photo.

No surprise that 4CC's is sold out, but I am sorry you could not get a ticket.
SOI is coming to Japan soon maybe you could get a ticket for that show, you
won't see Dai perform Pagliacci but you will see him and the other fabulous
skaters perform.


Stars on Ice: Japan! Takahashi, Asada, Buttle, Weir etc. Jan 5-6 Osaka | 12-14 Tokyo
05-06 January
Kadoma Sports Center, Osaka, Japan

12-14 January
Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo

Cast varies between dates here is the website http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/soi2013/index.html

Daisuke Takahashi
Mao Asada
Akiko Suzuki
Kanako Murakami
Shizuka Arakawa
Takahiko Kozuka
Alexei Yagudin
Jeffrey Buttle
Kurt Browning
Johnny Weir
Ilia Kulik
Ryan Bradley
Joannie Rochette
Irina Slutskaya
Dorothy Hamill
Sean Sawyer
Sinead & John Kerr
Philippe Candeloro
Yuzuru Hanyu
Kim Navarro/Brent Bommentre
Ekaterina Gordeeva

fosse wrote:

Anyway, I really want to watch his Pagliacci but 4CC tickets has been already sold out....

Already???
Thank you for the IFS cover! It's the best cover ever!

Thank you, Shyla, for the SOI info! (Twind, enjoy! )
I wonder if Dai will perform Sweat there. I hope he hasn't dumped it, I want to see it again.

Here comes Daisuke's new year's resolution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZ6IRgi3-o

He wrote only one word : Sochi

Thank you fossee !

Sochi-goal !

Sochi-Dai !

fosse wrote:

He wrote only one word : Sochi

That's short and clear
Thank you for the video, fosse

Thank you!

Daisuke just made it to the top of The Examiner's Jackie Wong top 35 list of 2012 with his WTT free skate

http://www.examiner.com/article/top-35-programs-of-2012-1-the-perfect-way-to-end-the-season

He was also at number 6 for his huge JP Nats free skate:

http://www.examiner.com/article/top-35-programs-of-2012-6-the-veteran-keeps-improving

The complete list is here:

http://www.examiner.com/article/top-35-programs-of-2012-the-complete-list

Interestingly, both Dai (#1 and #6) and Hanyu (#4 and #7) have two programs in the top ten (with Japanese skaters having 6 top 10 spots overall!)

Hello, guys~

In early Jan., has been poured tons of news about Daisuke..TV, portal sites, news papers etc even Reuters.
I think Japanes media start campaign for Sochi winter olympics with Daisuke.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-figure-skating-japan-takahashi-idUSBRE90405E20130105

Pj's Top 10: Noteworthy national champions
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/opinion/2013/01/pjs-top-10-noteworthy-national-champions.html
Yes, Daisuke's fans are very passionate..indeed.

And thanks rayhaneh for the news.
Yes, Daisuke is still improving.

According to Tvtokyo,
Daisuke will appear as special guest commentator on Jan.13 SOI broadcasting.
He is really busy.

fosse wrote:

According to Tvtokyo,
Daisuke will appear as special guest commentator on Jan.13 SOI broadcasting.
He is really busy.

www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/program/detail/13687_201301131954.html

Thanks to everyone for all of the links, much appreciated!

rayhaneh wrote:

Daisuke just made it to the top of The Examiner's Jackie Wong top 35 list of 2012 with his WTT free skate

http://www.examiner.com/article/top-35-programs-of-2012-1-the-perfect-way-to-end-the-season

rayhaneh, is that Mr Wong's personal list? Or was there some kind of readers' poll?
I'll explain why I'm asking. I've become rather skeptical of Mr Wong's views and opinions after his 'the right person won' statement following PChan's win past Worlds. I recall Mr Wong did not elaborate on his reasons, but rather compared Daisuke's and PChan's PCScores to conclude PChan PCS were higher and rightfully so

I'm kind of (pleasantly) surprised Daisuke's 2012 free made the top of Mr Wong's list after all.

Hi, hsuhs~

I know that's Mr.Wong's personal list.

Yes, he said Chan was a right winner at Worlds 2012 but picked Daisuke's FS as best performance at Worlds, either.

He also did very similar commentary about GPF2011.
According to IJS, Chan had 2quads one was combination so his program had more difficulty than Daisuke's..blar blar blar..

Now, Daisuke also had 2quads in FS and as you know his PCS are finally improved.

Thank you all for the news and insightful thoughts!

Hsuhs, I don't think those results are from a poll.

Mr. Wong has a poll here:

http://www.examiner.com/article/who-s-your-pick-an-examiner-figure-skating-buzz-experiment

And a funny, little video here: (as usual I am clueless about what he's saying...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TEf1PdHk1po

Thanks ostile17 for the link~


NHK gave Daisuke's fans a big present.

He said New Year's Greeting.

You maybe sensed, he made a mistake at first word so recorded again.
usually program's staff used to cut that NG cut but this time they didn't and edited NG+good cutts

Thank you, fosse!

Yes, it's a "blooper". Funny indeed!

Thank you for telling all that, guys
thank you for translating the video tidbit, fosse

ostile17 wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/who-s-your-pick-an-examiner-figure-skating-buzz-experiment

ostile, do you participate in Mr Wong's polls?

fosse wrote:

According to IJS, Chan had 2quads one was combination so his program had more difficulty than Daisuke's..blar blar blar..

True, but despite having 2 quads in FS, PChan's TES was very close to Daisuke's: 88.56 vs 88.16. PChan won that free skate thanks to his 'superior' artistry. I went through those scores yesterday and discovered 3 fully identical PCScores in PChan's FS protocol:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/WC2012_Men_FS_Scores.pdf
Judge nr 4, Judge nr 7, Judge nr 9 all gave same scores in exact same order. That could be an evidence of a major fix and cheat.

^This is why they need to get rid of the anonymous judging.

Shyla, I think the Russian federation(!) proposed that once at an ISU congress. But their proposal didn't pass.