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Yuzuru Hanyu draws Skate Canada, NHK Trophy for Grand Prix season

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Jun 25, 2019

Yuzuru Hanyu draws Skate Canada, NHK Trophy for Grand Prix season

by Jack Gallagher

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will start his Grand Prix campaign at Skate Canada, the ISU announced recently when the GP assignments for the 2019-20 season were released. Hanyu, who trains in Toronto, will travel across Canada for the event in Kelowna, British Columbia (Oct. ...

Yuzuru Hanyu tops best efforts by Japan skaters this season

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Apr 25, 2019

Yuzuru Hanyu tops best efforts by Japan skaters this season

by Jack Gallagher

With the long season now over, Ice Time has collated a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters during the 2018-19 campaign. The list places a priority on results in major competitions like the world championships, Grand Prix Final and national championships, ...

Mai Mihara mesmerizing in victory at Winter Universiade

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Mar 12, 2019

Mai Mihara mesmerizing in victory at Winter Universiade

by Jack Gallagher

It was a mixed bag of results for Japanese skating over the weekend. The good news arrived from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, where Mai Mihara won the Winter Universiade in decisive fashion. The bad news emanated from Zagreb, where Japanese skaters struggled at the world junior championships and ...

Rising choreographer Benoit Richaud says Kaori Sakamoto in good form ahead of worlds

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Mar 5, 2019

Rising choreographer Benoit Richaud says Kaori Sakamoto in good form ahead of worlds

by Jack Gallagher

Following a disappointing fourth-place finish at last month's Four Continents Championships in California, Japan champion Kaori Sakamoto didn't dwell on her result, but rather went right back to work to prepare for this month's world championships in Saitama. Benoit Richaud, Sakamoto's choreographer, whose stock is ...

Rika Kihira, Shoma Uno lead gold haul for Japan

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Feb 12, 2019

Rika Kihira, Shoma Uno lead gold haul for Japan

by Jack Gallagher

It was a banner weekend for Japan on the ice, with Rika Kihira and Shoma Uno taking the gold medals at the Four Continents Championships and Satoko Miyahara and Koshiro Shimada doing the same at the Bavarian Open. Kihira bounced back from her second-place finish ...

Sakamoto in 2nd after short program; Uno struggles to 4th at Four Continents

Figure Skating Feb 8, 2019

Sakamoto in 2nd after short program; Uno struggles to 4th at Four Continents

Defending champion Kaori Sakamoto placed second, just over half a point behind Bradie Tennell of the United States, after the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Thursday. American Mariah Bell is third and Sakamoto's compatriot Rika Kihira fifth heading into ...

Ayaka Hosoda very likely to continue competitive career next season

Figure Skating Feb 7, 2019

Ayaka Hosoda very likely to continue competitive career next season

by Jack Gallagher

Veteran skater Ayaka Hosoda, who stole the show with her triple axels at the Japan Championships in December, is very likely to continue her skating career, The Japan Times has learned. In an exclusive interview with Hosoda on Tuesday, the jumping sensation said, "I'm willing ...

Kihira, Sakamoto look to lead Japan to sweep again at Four Continents

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Feb 5, 2019

Kihira, Sakamoto look to lead Japan to sweep again at Four Continents

by Jack Gallagher

The skating season gets back in full swing this week with the Four Continents Championships in Anaheim, California, starting on Thursday. Japan's women will be looking for their second straight sweep of the podium at the event. Japan is sending a strong team that includes ...

Kaori Sakamoto bests Rika Kihira and Satoko Miyahara to win national title

Figure Skating Dec 23, 2018

Kaori Sakamoto bests Rika Kihira and Satoko Miyahara to win national title

by Jack Gallagher

Kaori Sakamoto put on a stunning performance Sunday night, using an incredible combination of power and grace, to win the title at the Japan championships. The 18-year-old from Kobe was absolutely spectacular in her free skate to "The Piano" and overtook Grand Prix Final champion ...

Satoko Miyahara holds slim lead over Kaori Sakamoto after short program at nationals

Figure Skating Dec 21, 2018

Satoko Miyahara holds slim lead over Kaori Sakamoto after short program at nationals

by Jack Gallagher

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara is in the lead after the short program at the Japan championships on Friday night. Miyahara, gunning for her fifth straight title, skated last and gave the fans an evening to ...

High drama for nationals with return of Daisuke Takahashi

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Dec 18, 2018

High drama for nationals with return of Daisuke Takahashi

by Jack Gallagher

With two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu out of this week's Japan nationals in Osaka due to injury, the focus will be squarely on the battle between the elite women skaters to make the team for the world championships and the return of Daisuke Takahashi ...

Rika Kihira will require full arsenal to win Grand Prix Final

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Nov 27, 2018

Rika Kihira will require full arsenal to win Grand Prix Final

by Jack Gallagher

Rika Kihira staked her claim as Japan's biggest female skating star with a victory at the Internationaux de France in Grenoble on Saturday night. The triumph clinched a spot in next month's Grand Prix Final for the 16-year-old. Two weeks after winning the NHK Trophy ...

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