Rika Kihira to train under Brian Orser ahead of Winter Games
Japan's two-time reigning national champion hopes the coach behind star skater Yuzuru Hanyu's pair of Olympic golds will help improve her chances of success in Beijing.
Rika Kihira to train under Brian Orser, joining Yuzuru Hanyu
Figure skater Rika Kihira said Saturday she will augment her coaching team with Canadian Brian Orser, who has coached her compatriot Yuzuru Hanyu to consecutive Olympic men's championships. "I decided this because I was certain I can absolutely grow (by working with Orser) ahead of ...
Japan shows skating power with 5 golds at Challenge Cup
The Japanese skating juggernaut rolled into The Hague last week for the Challenge Cup and left town on Monday with a total of five golds medals in an impressive show of dominance. Rika Kihira, Sota Yamamoto, Yuhana Yokoi, Shun Sato and Sara Honda all topped ...
Brian Orser 'very confident' in Yuzuru Hanyu's readiness for worlds
Figure skating coach Brian Orser said Saturday he is "very confident" two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu will be able to compete at this spring's world championships which will be held on his home soil in Japan. Orser told reporters at the European Figure Skating ...
Medical tests to determine if Yuzuru Hanyu returns to competition this year
Yuzuru Hanyu will decide whether he will compete again this year based on the results of medical tests he is undergoing in Japan, his coach Brian Orser said Wednesday. The two-time Olympic gold medalist twisted his right ankle in a practice fall Saturday at the ...
Choreography legend David Wilson a man in demand
Sometimes in life we encounter a person who is a veritable force of nature. Dynamic, honest, emotional. The kind of individual that stops you in your tracks. David Wilson is one of those people. After a short time with Wilson you feel like you have known him ...
Exclusive: Jin's move to train with Hanyu, Orser in Toronto not happening
Two-time world bronze medalist Jin Boyang of China will not be permanently relocating to Toronto to train with Yuzuru Hanyu under renowned coach Brian Orser, The Japan Times has learned. The 20-year-old Jin, who finished fourth at the Pyeongchang Olympics, was set to leave his ...
Rika Kihira making right call by moving up to senior ranks
Japan junior champion Rika Kihira, one of only eight women in history to land the triple axel in international competition, has decided to move up to the senior ranks for the coming season. Ice Time has confirmed this news with a source, after the story ...
Rafael Arutunian looking forward to coaching teen star Marin Honda
Rafael Arutunian is going through a bit of deja vu right now. Some 12 years after taking on a young Japanese prodigy in Mao Asada, the Armenian coach is doing it again with Marin Honda. Arutunian, who led Nathan Chen to the world title in March ...
Orser says Hanyu is greatest ever
"I have to say, he is the greatest of all time. That's for sure." The words of Brian Orser resonate more than ever after Yuzuru Hanyu became the first man in 66 years to win the Olympic gold medal twice in a row. Some might expect ...
Wakaba Higuchi seizes on defining moment at worlds
"Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss." Wakaba Higuchi could likely relate to the line by actor Hal Holbrook in Oliver Stone's 1987 classic ...
Yuzuru Hanyu reflects on Olympic glory
Yuzuru Hanyu achieved his fairy-tale ending at the Pyeongchang Olympics, winning another gold medal while enduring the pain of the serious ankle injury he suffered in November. Everyone knew he was still hurt when he took to the ice in South Korea, but few were ...
