#rostelecom cup 2017

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樋口 新葉 Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

2017 Rostelecom Cup Short Program (69.60)

[rikeijo]

Today’s translation #899

Animage 2017/03, Hiramatsu Tadashi interview

Part 6.

-- Victor during Rostelecom Cup also said that Yuuri is the type that is more motivated when he's an underdog in a foreign land.

Hiramatsu: It's like he can feel more confident, when he underestimates himself, like 'that's the best I can do anyway, so'. I think that when during Cup of China, Yuuri jumps and in his mind he shouts 'Victor, you idiot!!', and lands the jump successfully, that's also very Yuuri-like behavior.

-- Makkachin is also an important character, that brings Yuuri and Victor closer together. Her characteristic is the fluffy, very manga-like look.

Hiramatsu: She looks more like a stuffed animal toy than a real dog. But well, poodles actually do look like stuffed toys. A lot of pets make an appearance in this anime, but Makkachin is somebody who Victor has a real emotional bond with, his family. I draw her as one whole separate character. On the other hand, that would be rather unfortunate if people thought that there is a human hiding inside a dog-costume, so I'm careful to balance that properly.

-- Starting with episode 4. Yuuri gradually opened his heart to Victor, The scene when he touched his hair whorl was also interesting.

Hiramatsu: Ah yes, Victor is a bit worried about his hairline, perhaps? (laugh) At first, I didn't know what's the meaning of this scene. That 'am I so much in danger?' and why was he so depressed, when Yuuri touched his hair whorl.

-- Is it the reason why a part of Victor's character design is that larger-than-usual forehead?

Hiramatsu: No, no! (laugh) It's just how his hair flows, and the large forehead is a by-product of that! Everything is okay!

[yuzu-all-the-way]

Yuzuru Hanyu's K&C reactions to breaking World Records (Through the Years)

Historical world records (during the +/-3 GOE ISU scoring system)

1) October 19th, 2012 (Skate America) - Parisienne Walkways 95.07

2) November 23rd, 2012 (NHK Trophy) - Parisienne Walkways 95.32

3) December 5th, 2013 (GPF) - Parisienne Walkways 99.84

4) February 13th, 2014 (Sochi Olympics) - Parisienne Walkways 101.45 (Yuzu was the first men's single skater in history to score above 100 points)

5) November 27th, 2015 (NHK Trophy) - Ballade No. 1 106.33

6) November 28th, 2015 (NHK Trophy) - SEIMEI 216.07 (Yuzu became the first men's single skater in history to score above 200 points)

7) November 28th, 2015 (NHK Trophy) - Total 322.40 (Yuzu became the first men's single skater in history to score above 300 points)

8) December 10th, 2015 (GPF) - Ballade No. 1 110.95 (Yuzu was the first and remains the only skater to score above 110 points before the 2018-19 season*)

9) December 12th, 2015 (GPF) - SEIMEI 219.48

10) December 12th, 2015 (GPF) - Total 330.43 (Yuzu remains the only skater in history to score above 330 points prior to the 2018-19 season)

11) April 1st, 2017 (World Championships) - Hope & Legacy 223.20 (Yuzu became the first and remained the only skater in history to score above 220 points in the free skate prior to the 2018-19 season)

12) September 22nd, 2017 (Autumn Classic) - Ballade No. 1 112.72

Modern World Records (*during the +/-5 GOE ISU scoring system introduced in the 2018-19 season)

13) November 3rd, 2018 (GP Helsinki) - Otoñal 106.60

14) November 4th, 2018 (GP Helsinki) - Origin 190.43

15) November 4th, 2018 (GP Helsinki) - Total 297.12

16) November 16th, 2018 (Rostelecom Cup) - Otonal 110.53 (Yuzu became the first skater in the new system to score above 110 points)

17) March 23rd, 2019 (World Championships) - Origin 206.10 (Yuzu became the first skater to score above 200 points in the new system)

18) March 23rd, 2019 (World Championships) - Total 300.97 (Yuzu became the first skater to score above 300 points in the new system)

19) February 7th, 2020 (Four Continents) - Ballade No. 1 111.82

[merionettes]

rubicon program references

due to the slow death of twitter i'm collecting my program links here. (almost) none of the rubicon skates are meant to be identical to real life programs, but some of the inspiration is pretty one-to-one… and some is a little less direct.

if you find yourself region blocked, try a free vpn - i recommend the veepn browser extension (firefox | chrome) or proton. 

if you only have so much time, i've starred the most important ones. if you want more… i have so many more.

chapter one

**tessa virtue/scott moir - mahler no. 5 (olympics 2010)

chapter two

tessa virtue/scott moir - carmen (worlds 2013)

kaitlyn weaver/andrew poje - the way you make me feel (canadian nationals 2017) | bonus worlds finish

chapter three

nadia bashynska/peter beaumont - romeo & juliet (gp espoo 2023)

maia shibutani/alex shibutani - smile (4cc 2011)

**michelle kwan - tosca (us nationals 2004) | music

chapter four

**meryl davis/charlie white - scheherazade (olympics 2014)

shizuka arakawa - turandot (olympics 2006)

**alexei yagudin - winter (olympics 2002)

chapter five

daisuke takahashi - blues for klook (worlds 2013)

mirai nagasu - pirates of the caribbean (olympics 2010)

chapter six

miki ando - the mission (4cc 2011)

meryl davis/charlie white - my fair lady (olympics 2014)

chapter seven

katarina witt - where have all the flowers gone (olympics 1994)

chapter eight

mao asada - bells of moscow (olympics 2010)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (internationaux de france 2019)

chapter nine & ten

mao asada - rachmaninov no. 2 (olympics 2014)

kazuki tomono - one more time (rostelecom cup 2018 gala)

tessa virtue/scott moir - what's love got to do with it (niagara ice show 2016)

yuna kim - les misérables (all that skate 2013)

ensemble - uptown funk (ice fantasia 2019)

chapter eleven

madison chock/evan bates - touch/contact (olympics 2022 team event)

chapter twelve

yuzuru hanyu - romeo and juliet (worlds 2012)

chapter thirteen

tatsuki machida - east of eden (worlds 2014)

johnny weir - the swan (olympics 2006)

kaitlin hawayek/jean-luc baker - feeling good (us nationals 2017)

tessa virtue/scott moir - prince medley (worlds 2017)

chapter fourteen

**jeremy abbott - lilies of the valley (olympics 2014)

nathan chen - le corsaire (us nationals 2017)

chapter fifteen

yuzuru hanyu - heaven and earth (olympics 2022)

denis ten - the artist (worlds 2013)

chapter sixteen & seventeen

ashley wagner - moulin rouge (us nationals 2015)

chapter eighteen

kaori sakamoto - elastic heart (worlds 2023)

shoma uno - dancing on my own (japan nationals 2019)

**adam rippon - arrival of the birds (olympics 2018)

chapter nineteen

michelle kwan - fields of gold (olympics 2002)

**tessa virtue/scott moir - moulin rouge (olympics 2018)

epilogue

tessa virtue/scott moir - long time running (olympics 2018 gala)

bonus 

the rippon lutz (quad edition)

stationary lift BASE?

f/f ice dance feat. madison hubbell and gabrielle papadakis

best of kpop in figure skating

fs dynamics 101

[persimmontea]

Favorite skaters ~ Wakaba Higuchi

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[redfar]

We definitely need a sequel! :))

[beautifulstorms]

Mikhail Kolyada, EX Night on Bald Mountain, Rostelecom Cup 2017

(requested by anon)

[kingquadandco]

Reblog if Nathan is a mood.

[nemesisdivina86]

Yuzuru Hanyu ♡ Practice ♡ 4Lz ♡ 羽生結弦

THIS.

[evgeniamedvedeva4u]

New photos from the Rostelecom Cup 2017

Source: https://twitter.com/palelimelight/status/1032262353268568065

[theskatingarchive]

樋口 新葉 Wakaba Higuchi

General Tag

Competitive Program

2016/17 -> FS: Scheherazade

GP France 2016: FS

2017/18 -> SP: Don Quixote, FS: James Bond

Rostelecom Cup 2017: SP

Worlds 2018: FS

2019/20 -> SP: Bird Set Free

JNats 2019: SP

4CC 2020: SP

2020/21 -> FS: Poeta

NHK Trophy 2020: FS

2021/22 -> SP: Your Song, FS: The Lion King

GP France 2021: FS

Olympics 2022: SP, FS

2023/24 -> SP: Never Tear Us Apart, FS: Fix You

GP France 2023: SP, FS

2024/25 -> SP: Dune, FS: Nature Boy/Running Up That Hill

Skate America: SP, FS

Worlds 2025: SP, FS

Gala/Show Programs

Your Song: SOI

[rikeijo]

Today's translation #443

Miracle!!! on ICE, Animage 1/2017, Uchiyama Koki's interview

Part 7.

-- In Rostelecom Cup, we see a lot of very distinctive characters, but is there any skater, other than Yurio, that's been on your mind in particular?

U: I think it's JJ, after all. How the music for his short program is used is very impressive.

-- What about other characters?

U: Phichit Chulanont is the trendy kid, I think, and he is so interesting to watch. He's a good friend of Yuuri and he posts everything on his social media accounts and so on. I couldn't wait to see Chris' (Christophe Giacometti) programs. I was really interested to see how they were going to animate his skating. And if we talk about interesting characters, I can't not mention Georgi Popovich.

-- When Yurio is back in Russia, sometimes we see Georgi just there in the background.

U: If you watch the latter part of the show and then re-watch again from the beginning, you start to really notice his presence (laugh). A character that could be seen on the screen from the first part of the story, but wasn't drawn with many details, later on makes an appearance and has very memorable scenes. If you know the backbone of his character and re-watch the show, you can make new discoveries, so I'd be happy if you re-watch the show.

[seimeiyuzu]

Waiting for the award ceremony in COR 2017. Yuzu improves hair in someone's phone. He always want to be perfect XDD

twitter.com

[shomouno]

source (x)

[shoma-yuzuru]

a flower boy gave yuzuru a handmade card while yuzuru was bowing

[skaistars]

Yuzuru being lifted

he enjoys it too much