#Sonoko Lee

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(32 bracket base here by @mad-scientist-showdown)

This is the full 128 bracket!! Full list of matches under cut!!

Preliminary Polls

Round 1 Statistics

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (the finals!)

Directory

Bracket 1 - Side A

Mizuki Akiyama (Project SEKAI) Vs. Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess)

Flora (Winx Club) vs. Abby Sciuto (NCIS)

Mitsuba Sousuke (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun) vs. Forrest (Fire Emblem)

Enid Sinclair (Wednesday) vs. Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon)

Haley (Stardew Valley) vs. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Veruca Salt (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Willy Wonka) vs. Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)

Cinderella (Cinderella) vs. Silena Beauregard (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible) vs. Amy Rose (Sonic)

Bracket 1 - Side B

Sakura Chiyo (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) vs. Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaries) vs. Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)

Rosie Mayfield (Style Savvy) vs. London Tipton (Suite Life of Zack and Cody)

Momoi Satsuki (Kuroko's Basketball) vs. Tuesday Simmons (Carole and Tuesday)

Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games) vs. Stella (Winx Club)

Honey-Senpai (Ouran High School Host Club) vs. Victorique de Blois (Gosick)

Sakura Minamoto (Zombieland Saga) vs Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Cure Sparkle/Hiramitsu Hinata (Precure Pretty Cure) vs Lindsay (Total Drama)

Bracket 2 - Side A

Lola (Shark Tale) vs. Colette "Coco" (Thea Sisters)

Therese Wolf (Fable Comics) Vs. Orca/Dex @labor9 (Tumblr User)

Princess Ozma (Wizard of Oz) vs. Aelita Schaeffer (Code Lyoko)

Webby Vanderquack (Ducktales) vs. Hiyoko Tosaka (Hatoful Boyfriend)

Fernet (100% Orange Juice) vs. Donko (Taiko no Tatsujin)

Blythe Baxter (Littlest Pet Shop) vs. Shezow/ Guy Hamdon (Shezow)

Numbah 3 / Kuki Sanban (Codename: Kids Next Door) Vs. Ami Onuki (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)

Jessica Day (New Girl) vs. Caitlin Cooke (6Teen)

Bracket 2 - Side B

Shirou Fuji (Mizutama Honey Boy) vs. Kitty (BBC Ghosts)

Rainbow Brite (Rainbow Brite) vs. Zari (Duolingo)

Momoko Ryugasaki (Kamikaze Girls) vs. Peaches (Ice Age)

Barbie (Sandman) vs. Tilly (Rent a Bridesmaid by Jacqueline Wilson)

Sally (Ninjago) vs. Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Generation 3)

Princess Pea (Super Why!) vs. Mai Oota / P-Chan (Gokinjo Monogatari/Neighborhood Story)

The Cat (Red Dwarf) Vs. Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories)

Arcee (Transformers Generation 1) vs. Gaby Solis (Desperate Housewives)

Bracket 3 - Side A

Cher Horowitz (Clueless) vs. Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H)

Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) vs. Clover (Totally Spies)

Perfuma (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)

Lilligant (Pokémon) vs. Biscuit Krueger (Hunter x Hunter)

Allison Reynolds (The Foxhole Court: All For the Game) art by @detrinity vs. Isabella Garcia Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb)

Hello Kitty (Sanrio) Vs. Barbie (Mattel)

Mari Tsutsui (Rainbow Days/Nijiiro Days) vs. Ella (Total Drama)

Tahani Al Jamil (The Good Place) vs. Rosalina (Mario)

Bracket 3 - Side B

Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) Vs Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)

Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs. Amulet Heart (Shugo Chara!)

Holly Munro (Lockwood and Co) art by @lucy-j-carlyle vs. Nikki (UP2U: World Traveller, Love Nikki, Shining Nikki)

Birdo (Mario) vs Lambdadelta (Umineko: When They Cry)

Smurfette (The Smurfs) vs. Regina George (Mean Girls)

Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish) vs. Todomatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)

Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

My Melody (Sanrio) vs. Nui Harime (Kill La Kill)

Bracket 4 - Side A

Emily (Stardew Valley) vs. Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer)

Nana Komatsu (Nana) vs. Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)

Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) vs. Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)

Rose Lavillant (Miraculous Ladybug) vs. Marie (The Aristocats)

Glinda (The Wizard Of Oz) vs. Hilda Valentine Gonreil (Fire Emblem)

Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew) vs. Coco (Bluey)

Princess Peach (Mario) vs. Starfire (Teen Titans)

Draculaura (Monster High) vs. Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and the Frog)

Bracket 4 - Side B

Bee (Bee and Puppycat) vs. Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake)

James (Pokémon) vs. Kurako/Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish)

Platinum the Trinity (BlazBlue) vs. Aoi Hyōdō (Maid-sama/Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!)

Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs. Minnie Mouse (Disney)

Tsunoda (Aggretsuko) vs. Cure Coral/Sango Suzumura (Tropical Rouge Precure)

Daisy Duck (Disney) vs. Cure Flora/Haruka Haruno (Go Princess Precure)

Yukiko Kanzaki (Assassination Classroom) vs. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

[lesser-known-composers]

Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-57) - Allegro Moderato for 4 String Quartets in D minor

The musicians: Janine Jansen, Ludvig Gudim, Johan Dalene, Sonoko Miriam Welde, Boris Brovtsyn, Yura Lee, Noa Wildschut, Won-Ho Kim [viool] Amihai Grosz, Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad, Timothy Ridout, Gareth Lubbe [viola] Jens Peter Maintz, Alexander Warenberg, Amalie Stalheim, Sandra Lied Haga [cello]

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9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better:

Tagged by @merinnan

3 Ships You Like: Weilan (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan), KaiShin (Kuroba Kaito/Kudou Shinichi), Joosik (Han Joowon/Lee Dongsik)

First Ship Ever: I'm not sure. Either Sonoko/Ran (from Detective Conan) or Hiei/Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho

Last Song You Heard: You're the Inspiration by Chicago

Favourite Childhood Book: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Currently Reading: Omniscient Reader Viewpoint & Snuff

Currently watching: Just finished Next in Fashion

Currently consuming: Just had a tootsie roll

Currently craving: No cramps and enough money to live on

And there's a 'tag someone else' component to this, but I'm like a vampire. I need invited to tag people, which defeats the whole purpose

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And then there's Mitch and Sonoko Lee's child, Shoko.

Shoko: Ty!!! Sorry about bailing on you and Regina last weekend.

Tyrian: Its not a problem, I know you've been busy.

Tyrian: So how did everything go?

Shoko: Awesome! We managed to beat the animal shelter's fundraising goal with over an hour to spare!

Tyrian: Wish I could have joined in and helped, but I made that promise to go with Regina to prom...

---There's no prom pics because... the prom never actually happened? Like it told me it was going to happen that weekend and then nothing popped up that weekend. IDK man.---

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OZ Academy (3/25/18) Results

Hita City Integrated Gymnasium (Ōita, Japan)

noki-A vs Kaori Yoneyama defeated noki-A via pinfall (7:58)

Hiroyo Matsumoto defeated Aoi Kizuki via Matsumoto with the Rock Drop (9:45)

Tsubasa Kuragaki & Hikaru Shida defeated Sonoko Kato & Arisa Nakajima via Kuragaki with the Metal Wing on Kato (16:22)

Sonoko Kato suffers a direct loss heading into her upcoming OZ Academy Openweight Championship match against Yoshiko.

Aja Kong & AKINO defeated Mayumi Ozaki & Alex Lee via Kong with a Diving Elbow Drop on Lee (12:46)

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OZ Academy Results for January 7, 2018

OZ Academy 1/7/18 [Sun] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo 486 spectators (1) Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto vs Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi ♦Winner: Ozaki (16:57) via DQ, Kong and Matsumoto ~ MIO, the referee, was clearly favoring Ozaki-gun during the match. Kong and Matsumoto attacked MIO in frustration, which brought about the DQ. (2) Kaho Koabayashi vs Shoko Sekiguchi ♦Winner: Kobayashi (7:28) with a…

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Hakuba's Best Friend -

Hakuba's best friend is Yasmin Janssen-Hussain. Daughter of rich oil business tycon and a dutch socialite. So she's like rich.

Her mom died when she was five. Her mom and Hakuba's mom were bestfriend's growing up. She has known Hakuba since birth.

She is planning to study journalism but is kind of famous on ig. She's basically like a fashion influencer think Devon Lee Carlson.

She is acquaintances with Sonoko Suzuki. Both run in the same circles and are aware of eachother.

Is this crack? Probably, but I don't care. Hakuba deserves some fashionable friends

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With Special Episode One and Movie 22 being dub and released this month and Sept, any changes we should know about the cast? (Been away so feel so out of date) Also RanxShin is officially a thing manga wise?

This was the Episode One special English dub cast:

Shin'ichi - Griffin Burns

Conan - Wendee Lee

Ran - Cristina Vee

Agasa - Michael Sorich

Kogoro - Xander Mobus

Sonoko - Minx Le

Gin - D.C. Douglas

Vodka - Edward Bosco

Sherry - Erica Mendez

Vermouth - Laura Post

Chianti - Tamara Ryan

Akemi - Rebecca Davis

Shiro Suzuki - Doug Stone

Yusaku and Akai - Keith Silverstein

Genta - Andrew J. Russel

Ayumi - Janice Roman Roku

Mitsuhiko and Yukiko - Erika Harlacher

Makoto - Christian La Monte

Megure - Jake Eberle

Chiba - Jason Charles Miller

Jodie - Maureen Price

Takagi - Christopher Bevins

Heiji - Lucien Dodge

Eri - Jane Alan

Kaitou Kid does speak in this special, but the English credits don't credit the voice actor. I'm assuming it was Griffin Burns since he sounded similar to Burns' Shin'ichi voice that we heard previously in the special. Tomoko Suzuki speaks as well, but is also not credited. Unfortunately I don't recognize her voice.

Shinran is officially a thing both in manga and anime. 

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Full list of Round 2

Preliminary Polls

Round 1 Statistics | Round 1

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (the finals!)

Directory

Bracket 1 - Side A

Mizuki Akiyama (Project SEKAI) Vs. Flora (Winx Club)

Forrest (Fire Emblem) vs. Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon)

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura) vs. Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)

Cinderella (Cinderella) vs. Amy Rose (Sonic)

Bracket 1 - Side B

Sakura Chiyo (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) vs. Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)

London Tipton (Suite Life of Zack and Cody) vs. Momoi Satsuki (Kuroko's Basketball)

Stella (Winx Club) vs. Honey-Senpai (Ouran High School Host Club)

Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) vs. Cure Sparkle/Hiramitsu Hinata (Precure Pretty Cure)

Bracket 2 - Side A

Colette "Coco" (Thea Sisters) vs. Orca/Dex @labor9 (Tumblr User)

Princess Ozma (Wizard of Oz) vs. Hiyoko Tosaka (Hatoful Boyfriend)

Donko (Taiko no Tatsujin) vs. Blythe Baxter (Littlest Pet Shop)

Ami Onuki (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) vs. Caitlin Cooke (6Teen)

Bracket 2 - Side B

Kitty (BBC Ghosts) vs. Rainbow Brite (Rainbow Brite)

Momoko Ryugasaki (Kamikaze Girls) vs. Tilly (Rent a Bridesmaid by Jacqueline Wilson)

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Generation 3) vs. Princess Pea (Super Why!)

The Cat (Red Dwarf) vs. Arcee (Transformers Generation 1)

Bracket 3 - Side A

Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H) vs. Clover (Totally Spies)

Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls) vs.Lilligant (Pokémon)

Isabella Garcia Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb) vs.Barbie (Mattel)

Ella (Total Drama) vs. Tahani Al Jamil (The Good Place)

Bracket 3 - Side B

Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) vs.Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Holly Munro (Lockwood and Co) art by @lucy-j-carlyle vs. Birdo (Mario)

Smurfette (The Smurfs) vs. Todomatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)

Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs. My Melody (Sanrio)

Bracket 4 - Side A

Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer) vs. Nana Komatsu (Nana)

Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon) vs. Marie (The Aristocats)

Glinda (The Wizard Of Oz) vs. Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Princess Peach (Mario) vs. Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and the Frog)

Bracket 4 - Side B

Bee (Bee and Puppycat) vs. Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)

Kurako/Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish) vs. Aoi Hyōdō (Maid-sama/Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!)

Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs. Cure Coral/Sango Suzumura (Tropical Rouge Precure)

Cure Flora/Haruka Haruno (Go Princess Precure) vs. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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COVERS RIBBON AROUND A BOMB

The best, weirdest interpretations of songs by other artists-- it's the RAAB covers episode. I've included the original artist in parentheses, along with my usual practice of identifying the year the track came out.

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Ginny Arnell- Dumb Head (1963) 

Deborah and the Puerto Ricans- Respect (1981- Aretha Franklin) Denial- California Dreaming (1983- The Mamas and the Papas) Neonbabies- Jumpin’ Jack (1981- Rolling Stones) Mystery Girls- These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (1983- Lee Hazelwood) 25 Cents- The Witch (1982- The Sonics) Data 3- Heart Full of Soul (1984- Yard Birds) Lydia Lunch- Spooky (1980- Mike Shapiro) The Modernettes- Femme Fatale (1984 Velvet Underground) A.C. Marias- Vicious (1989- Lou Reed) Bakersfield Boogie Boys- I Get Around (1980- Beach Boys) Jeri Rossi- It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1983- James Brown) Annabel Lamb- Riders on the Storm (1983- The Doors) Judy Nylon- Jailhouse Rock (1983 Elvis) The Yeastie Girlz- Orgasm Addict (1988- Buzzcocks) Sin 34- Uncontrollable Urge (1983- Devo) Anomy- TVC 15 (1981- David Bowie) Blondie- Hanging on the Telephone (1978- The Nerves) Sonoko- Chéri, Chéri (1987- Suicide) Ronnie and the Rhythm Girls- I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend (1981- Ramones) Debbie Neon- Psycho Killer (1979- Talking Heads) The Flying Lizards- Great Balls of Fire (1984- Jerry Lee Lewis) Jeanette Und Das Land Z- Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son (1981- France Gall) Lizzy Mercier Descloux- Mission Impossible (1979- Lalo Schifrin) Baby Buddha- Stand By Your Man (1981- Tammy Wynette) Nervous Gender- Monsters (1981- Cher) Salon Music- See Emily Play (1982- Pink Floyd) Digette- Fred From Jupiter (1984- Die Doraus + Die Marinas) Thick Pigeon- Jingle Bell Rock (1981- Bobby Helms) Dombrowsky- Hor Ma (1982- Trio) Timbirche- Telefono (1982- Sheena Easton) X- Soul Kitchen (1980- The Doors) Mo-Dettes- Paint It Black (1980- Rolling Stones)

Photo: Sonoko

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by Txtbts_moarmy

Meet Kang Taehyun the heartthrob of Hanlim and a world renowed detective. Even though he is still in high school his unparalled intelligence has helped the police to catch dangerous criminal. Along with his childhood friend Hwang Hyunjin he has solved many complicated murder cases and the duo is regarded highly within the Seoul Police Headquaters. Oh- he also has a loving yet stubborn boyfriend Choi Beomgyu who is himself a campus crush . Boys and girls alike all would die to get a chance to date the beautiful diva (shh don't tell this to Taehyun) but he is in love with the one and only Tsundere Kang Taehyun. All was well for the couple and it was relatively peaceful but what happens when one day Beomgyu witnesses a murder attempt which caused his memories being completely wiped out.Taehyun needs to protect his boyfriend from the muderer since he had seen the killer's face. At the same time can Taehyun stop a series of arson that started throughout the city of Seoul? What is the killer's real motive. Will Hyunjin finally be able to meet his first love while at the same time saving the city he loves so dearly. What happens when the killer targets Jeongin to get what he wants.

Words: 2276, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: TOMORROW X TOGETHER | TXT (Korea Band), Stray Kids (Band), 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS, ATEEZ (Band)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Other

Characters: Kang Taehyun, Choi Beomgyu, Choi Soobin, Choi Yeonjun, Huening Kai, Hwang Hyunjin, Yang Jeongin | I.N

Relationships: Choi Beomgyu/Kang Taehyun, Choi Soobin/Choi Yeonjun, Hwang Hyunjin/Yang Jeongin | I.N, Lee Felix/Seo Changbin, Han Jisung | Han/Lee Minho | Lee Know, Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V, Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin

Additional Tags: loosely based on Detective Conan movies, Captured in her eyes, The time-bomb skyscrapper, Crossroad in ancient capital, beomgyu as Ran, Taehyun as conan, Hyunjin will be the ever oblivious heji, Jeongin would take the role of Kazuha, Yeonjun as Sonoko, Alternate Universe, Community: au100

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OZ Academy (7/17/17) Results

Nagoya City Tsuyuhashi Sports Center (Aichi, Japan)

Aja Kong defeated May Lee via Kong with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (9:46)

AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi defeated Aoi Kizuki & Yoshiko via AKINO with the Aki Imploder (14:54)

Mayumi Ozaki defeated Yako Fujigasaki via Ozaki with the Tequila Sunrise (9:32)

Kaori Yoneyama defeated Manami Katsu via Yoneyama with La Magistral (9:56)

Sonoko Kato & Manami Toyota defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto & Tsubasa Kuragaki via Kato with the Kowloon’s Gate on Kuragaki (16:09)

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OZ Academy Results for November 26, 2017 OZ Academy 11/26/17 17:30 @ Nagoya City Kita Sports Center in Aichi 299 spectators (1) Kaori Yoneyama vs Shoko Sekiguchi…

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The ladies of figure skating: heading into the 2017-2018 season

Here we are, we finally made it to the Olympic season and a lot of stuff has happened since Sochi. The Russian dominance started by Adelina Sotnikova and Yulia Lipnitskaya, continued by Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorilaya and finally Evgenia Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. The new generation of Japanese ladies led by Satoko Miyahara; later joined by Mai Mihara, Wakaba Higuchi and most recently Marin Honda. The new generation of South Korean ladies starting with So Youn Park, then Dabin Choi and the 3 junior phenoms Eunsoo Lim, Young You and Ye Lim Kim. The rise of the Canadian ladies Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman. Basically it’s safe to say the PyeongChang Olympics will see the deepest field ever - dare I say not only in ladies, but overall in all disciplines and you’re all lucky to witness it. The ladies will have to deliver perfect programs because the slightest mistake could be enough to make the difference between #1 and #5. The 2016 World Championships was a good example of what happens when literally everyone in the house delivers; the top 7 ladies scored above 200. You read that right, top seven. The 2017 World Championships was the opposite example, only the top 3 ladies scored over 200 so the Olympics can really go either way. I’m hoping it’ll be more like 2016 and less like 2017. But until then, let’s see who are the ladies we should keep an eye on this season.  (the list is based on the order of the World Standings)

1. Evgenia MEDVEDEVA, RUS (#1 in the WS)

2016, 2017 World Champion

2016, 2017 European Champion

2015, 2016 Grand Prix Final Champion

2016, 2017 Russian National Champion

Birthday: November 19, 1999

Nicknames: Zhenya, Janny, Medo-chan for the Japanese fans

Current record holder in the SP (80.85), FS (160.46) and combined total (241.31)

Trademarks: tanos (one arm above the head on jumps), rippons (two arms above the head), use of pantomime in her programs, throwing a 3T combo anywhere in her program, transitions galore, + 3 GOE, consistency, winning everything

Coached by Eteri Tutberidze, famous for coaching Olympic Team Champion Yulia Lipnitskaya but also for being the current overlord of ladies skating in seniors and juniors

Known for working with Russian choreographer Ilia Averbukh, whose dictionary does not feature the word “subtlety” 

Averbukh has given her themes such as terrorist attacks and clinical death for her programs

First lady to win consecutive Worlds since Michelle Kwan

She’s probably more sure to win the Olympics than Yuna Kim was in 2009-2010

She’s a fan of anime and k-pop 

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2016 Euros SP, 2016 Worlds FS, 2017 Worlds SP, 2017 Worlds FS

2. Kaetlyn OSMOND, CAN (#2 in the WS)

2014 Olympic Team Silver Medalist

2017 World Silver Medalist

2013, 2014, 2017 Canadian National Champion

Birthday: December 5, 1995

Trademarks: jumps and spins clockwise, jumps are huge enough to go over the board - no seriously, huge doesn’t begin to describe them

Personal best scores: 75.95 (SP), 142.34 (FS), 218.13 (total)

Coached by Ravi Walia since she was 10

They have a rink and a street named after her in her hometown Marystown, Newfoundland

Often struggled with injuries; the most serious was a broken leg that made her skip the 2014-2015 season

Finished 13th in the individual event at the Sochi Olympics

Her Edith Piaf program fits her so well it could be her business card

Very likely to win an Olympic medal, all she has to do is skate clean

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 Worlds SP, 2017 Worlds FS

3. Anna POGORILAYA, RUS (#3 in the WS)

2016 World Bronze Medalist

2017 European Silver Medalist

2015 & 2016 European Bronze Medalist

2016 Grand Prix Final Bronze Medalist

2015 Russian Bronze Medalist

Birthday: April 10, 1998

Nicknames: Anya, Pogo (by skating fans)

Trademarks: big jumps, passionate skating, beautiful looks that sometimes distract fans, scary falls 

Personal best scores: 74.39 (SP), 143.18 (FS), 216.47 (total)

Coached for Anna Tsareva, epitome of the saying “if looks could kill” - if she looks straight at the camera you might wanna hide

Her parents are from Ukraine and she has an older brother

She’s good friends with Evgenia Medvedeva and they train at the same club, Sambo 70

Her status in unclear after finishing 13th at the 2017 World Championships, will have to produce good results in the Grand Prix for higher chances to get selected for the Olympic team 

Watch her programs this season: SP,  FS

Watch past standout performances: 2016 Worlds SP, 2016 Worlds FS, 2016 GPF SP, 2016 GPF FS

4. Satoko MIYAHARA, JPN (#5 in the WS)

2015 World Silver Medalist

2016 Four Continents Champion

2014 & 2015 Four Continents Silver Medalist

2015 & 2016 Grand Prix Final Silver Medalist

2014, 2015, 2016 Japanese National Champion

Birthday: March 26, 1998

Nicknames: Satton, Tiny Queen

Trademarks: spins clockwise and counter-clockwise, good skating skills, arabesque spiral, layback spin for the ages, small jumps 

Personal best scores: 74.64 (SP), 143.69 (FS), 218.33 (total)

Coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura, the same team that coaches Marin Honda and junior phenom Rika Kihira

Known for her superb collaborations with choreographer Tom Dickson (Miss Saigon, Firedance, The Planets, Madama Butterfly) 

Her parents are doctors and she has a younger sister 

She started skating in the USA and originally jumped clockwise 

Since the start of 2014 she has made the podium at every competition she’s been at, except 2016 Worlds where she got the small bronze medal for the FS

Pulled out of the second half of the 2016-2017 season due to a left hip joint stress fracture which she discovered before the 2016 GPF

Watch her programs this season: SP

Watch past standout performances: 2015 WTT FS, 2016 Worlds SP, 2016 Worlds FS, 2017 GPF FS

5. Gabrielle DALEMAN, CAN (#6 in the WS)

2017 World Bronze Medalist

2017 Four Continents Silver Medalist

2015 Canadian National Champion

Birthday: January 13, 1998

Nicknames: Gabby

Trademarks: huge 3T-3T 

Personal best scores: 72.70 (SP), 142.41 (FS), 214.15 (total)

Has been coached by Lee Barkell, Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson since 2015, when she moved to Toronto

Has been inspired by Joannie Rochette at the 2006 Olympics

Finished 17th in the individual event at the 2014 Sochi Olympics

Along with teammate Kaetlyn Osmond she got a 3rd spot for the Canadian ladies team in Pyeongchang

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 Worlds SP, 2017 Worlds FS

6. Ashley WAGNER, USA (#7 in the WS)

2014 Team Olympic Bronze Medalist

2016 World Silver Medalist

2012 Four Championships Champion

2012, 2013 & 2014 Grand Prix Final Medalist

2012, 2013 & 2015 US National Champion

Birthday: May 16, 1991

Nicknames: Ash, Ash Wags, Diva Wagner

Trademarks: jumps and spins clockwise, showy, engaging ice presence

Personal best scores: 73.16 (SP), 142.23 (FS), 215.39 (total)

Is coached by Rafael #Raf Arutyunyan and used to work with choreographer Phillip Mills 

Is a military brat and has a younger brother 

Has suffered several concussions that she believes are the reason for her cognitive abilities being affected 

Won the first World medal for the USA in 10 years

She’s close friends with Adam Rippon

Watch past standout performances: 2016 Worlds SP, 2016 Worlds FS  

7. Karen CHEN, USA (#8 in the WS)

2017 US National Champion

Birthday: August 16, 1999

Nicknames: karebear, lord and savior (by skating fans)

Trademarks: huge 3Lz, fast and centered spins, gorgeous layback spin, arabesque spiral, layback Ina Bauer

Personal best scores: 69.98 (SP), 129.31 (FS), 199.29 (total)

Coached by Tammy Gambill

She choreographed her own programs in the 2016-2017 season

Her parents moved from Taiwan to the US and she has a younger brother

She finished 4th at her first World Championships in 2017

She wrote a biographical book 

Although generally inconsistent, she can deliver when it counts and is very likely to make it to the Olympics

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 Worlds SP, 2017 Worlds FS

8. Mirai NAGASU, USA (#10 in the WS)

2011, 2016, 2017 Four Continents medalist

2008 US National Champion and 2010, 2011 & 2014 medalist

Birthday: April 16, 1993

Trademarks: strong spinner, Biellmann spin with her hands on the boot of her skate instead of the blade, layback Ina Bauer 

Personal best scores: 73.40 (SP), 132.04 (FS), 194.95 (total)

Coached by Tom Zakrajsek; was coached by Frank Carroll in the past

Her parents are Japanese immigrants and her name means “future” in Japanese

She competed at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where she finished 4th

She won the SP at the 2010 World Championships

Starting with the 2017-2018 season she has introduced a 3A in the layout of her programs

She has high chances of making the Olympic team after missing it in 2014 regardless of placing 3rd at Nationals

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2016 Worlds SP, 2016 4CC FS, 2017 Nationals SP, 2017 4CC FS

9. Mai MIHARA, JPN (#13 in the WS)

2017 Four Continents Champion 

2016 Japanese National Bronze Medalist

Birthday: August 22, 1999

Nicknames: Cinderella 

Trademarks: exuberant presence on ice, smooth jump landings

Personal best scores: 72.10 (SP), 146.17 (FS), 218.17 (total)

Coached by Sonoko Nakano, who also coaches close friend Kaori Sakamoto

Made a strong senior debut after she was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and was hospitalized for it 

Is incredibly consistent and has high chances of making the GPF, winning Japanese Nationals and going to the Olympics

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 WTT SP, 2017 WTT FS

10. Wakaba HIGUCHI, JPN (#14 in the WS)

2014, 2015, 2016 Japanese National medalist

Birthday: January 2, 2001

Nicknames: Wakababy

Trademarks: big, powerful jumps, speed across the ice, good skating skills 

Personal best scores:  74.26 (SP), 145.30 (FS), 217.63 (total)

Coached by Koji Okajima in Tokyo

She has two older siblings 

When she was 13, she was invited as a guest skater to the gala at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Her music stopped midway her program but she continued to skate until the end

Used to be a very consistent junior but has struggled with injuries and competition nerves in her first senior season, however she has high chances of going to the Olympics

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 WTT SP, 2017 WTT FS

11. Marin HONDA, JPN (#18 in the WS)

2016 World Junior Champion

Birthday: August 21, 2001

Trademarks: endearing presence on ice, flowy edges and lightness

Personal best scores: 68.35 (SP), 133.26 (FS), 201.61 (total)

Coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura, the same team that coaches Japanese champion Satoko Miyahara

She is the 3rd born in a family of 5 children. Her younger sister Miyu is a popular child actress in Japan and also a skater

Was the first Japanese junior to break the 200 total 

She has numerous endorsements and is managed by her sister’s talent agency

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2016 Jr Worlds FS, 2017 Jr Worlds FS

12. Alina ZAGITOVA, RUS (#33 in the WS)

2017 World Junior Champion

2017 Russian National silver medalist

Birthday: May 18, 2002

Trademarks: 3Lz-3Lo combination, tano and rippon jumps, transitions galore

Personal best scores: 71.29 (SP), 147.17 (FS), 218.46 (total)

Coached by Eteri Tutberidze, overlord of all coaches since 2015

First junior lady skater in history to break the total score above the 200 mark

Has scored five junior world record scores in juniors

Basically the only one with realistic chances of beating Medvedeva 

She is almost sure to get selected for the Olympic team and has big chances of making the Olympic podium

Watch her programs this season: SP, FS

Watch past standout performances: 2017 Jr Worlds SP, 2017 Jr Worlds FS 

Other skaters to look out for: 

Maria Sotskova, RUS

Elizabet Tursynbaeva, KAZ

Elena Radionova, RUS

Dabin Choi, KOR

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, RUS

Gracie Gold, USA

Laurine Lecavalier, FRA

Mariah Bell, USA

Carolina Kostner, ITA

Yuna Shiraiwa, JPN

Kaori Sakamoto, JPN

Zijun Li, CHN

Polina Tsurskaya, RUS

If I were to predict the Olympic teams right now, they would be:

Team Russia: Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova, Anna Pogorilaya

Team USA: Ashley Wagner, Karen Chen, Mirai Nagasu 

Team Canada: Kaetlyn Osmond, Gabrielle Daleman, Alaine Chartrand

Team Japan: Mai Mihara, Wakaba Higuchi, Satoko Miyahara

*the bolded names are skaters that I think are 99% sure to make the team

**the names in italics are skaters that I think are 50% sure to make the team

Coming next: The men of figure skating going into the 2017-2018 season

[enzuigiripuro]

- 12/3 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (12:00) - ~No End Taboo~ Results (GAORA Sports 12/19 - 998 Fans) * Ryuji Ito def. Sakura Hirota - Michinoku Driver on Barbwire Board (7:22) * Rina Yamashita def. Maya Yukihi - Splash Mountain (6:21) * MISSION K4 ((W)AKINO, Sonoko Kato, Kaho Kobayashi, Shoko Sekiguchi) def. (L)Aoi Kizuki, Yumiko Hotta, Kaori Yoneyama, Koharu Hinata - AKI Imploder (16:50) * Aja Kong def. Hiroyo Matsumoto - Backslide Pin (11:56) * Ozaki-gun ((W)Mayumi Ozaki, Alex lee, Yumi Ohka) def. (L)Moeka Haruhi, Hikaru Shida, Saori Anou - Tequila Sunrise (21:49) * OZ Academy Openweight Championship : Yoshiko © def. Tsubasa Kuragaki - Diving Senton (13:45) - Info : A Lot of Things changed in OZ Next Year, they want to Bring 6 Person Elimination Match for the #1 Contender for Openweight Championship which they had done 2 Years Ago in the Biggest OZ Event at Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium with Sonoko Kato has done it against Mio Shirai (Champion at that time). In other news, Hiroyo and Aja Kong made a tag partner to challenging Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi with a non title match, match decided on 1/7 at Shinjuku FACE. here's Decision Card so far : - 1/7 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (18:00)(GAORA Sports) - The Wizard of OZ 2018 * Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Ozaki-gun (Mayumi Ozaki, Maya Yukihi) * 6 Womens Elimination Last Womens Standing Tag Team Match : Sonoko Kato, AKINO, Alex Lee, Kaori Yoneyama, Yumi Ohka, Rina Yamashita