#Yoshida Nishiyama

[cheryls-blossomed]

JSF opting to keep the ice dance spot at Worlds TBD and waiting to see how the results pan out at 4CC - we’re seeing the rise of Azusa and Shingo, and Utana and Masaya. Japanese ice dance is so exciting.

[hsylog]

[sywtwfs]

Team Japan: 2024 ISU Championships

World Championships

Men: Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Kao Miura (alt: Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato, Kazuki Tomono)

Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida (alt: Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe, Rion Sumiyoshi)

Pairs: Miura/Kihara, Nagaoka/Moriguchi*

Ice Dance: TBD

Four Continents Championships

Men: Yuma Kagiyama, Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato (alt: Kazuki Tomono, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Nozomu Yoshioka)

Women: Mone Chiba, Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe (alt: Hana Yoshida, Yuna Aoki, Rion Sumiyoshi)

Pairs: Miura/Kihara

Ice Dance: Komatsubara/Koleto, Tanaka/Nishiyama, Yoshida/Morita

Junior World Championships

Men: Shunsuke Nakamura, Rio Nakata, Haru Kakiuchi (alt: Daiya Ebihara, Seigo Tauchi)

Women: Mao Shimada, Rena Uezono, Ikura Kushida (alt: Yo Takagi, Ayumi Shibayama)

Pairs: Shimizu/Honda*

Ice Dance: Kishimoto/Tamura (alt: Yamashita/Nagata*)

*Pending TES minimums

Source: 1, 2, 3

[the-monkey-ruler]

Gokudo the Adventureer (1999) ゴクドーくん 漫遊記

Director: Kunihisa Sugishima / Kenichi Kasai / Goro Taniguchi / Makoto Noriza / Yoshitaka Fujimoto / Akihiko Nishiyama Screenwriter: Atsuhiro Tomioka Starring: Akira Ishida / Sayuri Yoshida / Shinichiro Miki / Mana Mizuno / Shimaka Yu / Kanetsuki Mami / Asakawa Yu / Ayako Hori / Hino Yurika / Makiko Omoto / Kae Araki / Ikuya Sawaki / Soichiro Hoshi / Houko Kuwashima / Taeko Kawada / Ryutaro Okiayu Genre: Comedy / Action / Animation Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: English / Japanese Date: 1999-04-02 Number of episodes: 26 Also known as: 极道君漫游记 / Jester the Adventurer / Gokudo IMDb: tt0756269 Type: Appropriation

Summary:

The story focuses on an adventurer named Gokudo. Unlike most protagonists he is an antihero, willing to resort to violence to fulfill his agenda. He does not hesitate to abuse the needs of people, sell out his friends to save himself, run away from any dangers, or ditch others who helped him if he does not have any more interest in them. His life starts to change when he finds a magical Genie named Djinn who wants to grant him three wishes. While people would benefit from having three wishes, in his case it leads him to a lot of trouble, and it doesn't take long before he tries to escape from Djinn, and every other person he meets.

Other important characters are the Old Seer (or the Queen of the Magic World), who constantly appears out of nowhere, seemingly only to make Gokudo suffer more; Rubette La Lette, a noble girl with a tomboy attitude who sees Gokudo as a rival; and Prince (called Niari by the Old Seer), a mage much better at handling women than Gokudo will ever be.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/2211626/

Link: https://gogoanime.be/anime/gokudo-gdjv/

[austerlitzborodinoleipzig]

Hot take : team Japan saw the theme for the RD was going to be the 80's and did the CORRECT thing which was to go full camp.

KoKo brought Ghostbusters with bedazzled slime suits

Kishimoto/Tamura went for Mr Robot

Tanaka/Nishiyama went for fucking Mario Bros

Yoshida/Morita went a more classic road with Iggy Pop but that works because those kids have a truckload of charisma

[sunskate]

Azusa Tanaka/Shingo Nishiyama 2024/25 RD to September, Sir Duke, and Land of a Thousand Dances -- this one's a 60's/70's mashup from IAM. all 3 songs have a horn section

Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita 2024/25 RD: Be-Bop-a-Lula, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - they train with Cathy Reed in Japan. their costumes are so reminiscent of these, especially her dress:

if Utashin didn't work out, at least they're both thriving 💙 (and competing against each other for 🇯🇵assignments for the near future)

[figureskatingfanblog]

New Japanese dance team!

Utana Yoshida / Masya Morita 

Both are Japanese Junior Champions with former partners and have both Junior Worlds and Junior Grand Prix experience. Yoshida last competed with Shingo Nishiyama and Morita with Nao Kida.

[justnotkrikkit]

4 Continents:

Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato, Sota Yamamoto

Mone Chiba, Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto, Azusa Tanaka/Shingo Nishiyama, Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita

[resssistance]

Nishiyama Shingo / SP 'That's Life' / Japanese Nationals 2022 photo by Kota Yoshida   

[mizukimatsuda]

The Eyes of the Wind Vol.2

Vennu: Freyaalt Dates: June 4, 2023 “followed by a permanent installation tour at various locations in the city” Co-planning/local coordination: Kyohei Fujio Assistant Director: Hara Chikei Companion Editor: Moe Nishiyama Graphic Design: Okuda Nahoko (NiNGHUA)  Design of Artwork Transport Box: Takuto Ohta Production of Artwork Transport Box: KIU furniture factory Concept Make: Yoshida yamar Organizer: FLOATING ALPS LLC - Exhibiting Artists: Ahmed Mannan Asako Ishizaki BIEN Etsuko Ichihara Hiroto Terauchi kazuki kimura Kenta Ishige Kyohei Fujio Meguninja Mizuki Matsuda Naoshi Kondo Nozomu Kishimoto Rick Yamakawa Rintaro Fuse Shota Tsukiyama Shu Yonezawa Tomotosi Waka Yoshida Yamar Yuki Hori Yusuke Asai

[figureskatingcostumes]

Utana Yoshida and Shingo Nishiyama skating to music from A Chorus Line for their rhythm dance at the 2020 Youth Olympics.

(Source: wikimedia)

[twizzleenthusiast]

A-Five, Six, Seven, Eight!

Utana Yoshida and Shingo Nishiyama | RD | JGP Lake Placid 2019

[woodwind-sensei]

ISU Junior Grand Prix USA

    The second stop on the JGP circuit is Lake Placid, NY, USA. This will also be the first event for Pairs, as JGP Courchevel did not have that particular discipline open for competition. With all four disciplines at play here, this will kick the Junior Grand Prix in full swing.

 This event will mark the international debut of Alysa Liu (USA), who made headlines for winning the Senior U.S. National Title last season. A jumping machine, Alysa will most likely attempt the triple axel at this event, which would make her the youngest to ever do so (the youngest ever right now being Mao Asada). We also know she is capable of quads, as there is footage of her doing quad lutzes in practice. If she hits, she could potentially win here. However, we really have no idea how she will be judged internationally. The skating skills are still in development. She isn’t the fastest person on the ice, and her jumps take considerable wind-up. Her performance at the new Aurora Games was good. The quad looked under-rotated to me. And she lands with almost no speed out of the jump. How the judges score these jumps will be very interesting.

  There will be a considerable amount of competition for Alysa at this event, with particular challenges from the Russians Anastasia Tarakanova and Ksenia Sinitsyna. This will be Tarakanova’s third consecutive year on the junior circuit (she’s so tall, I didn’t realize she was so young lol). After a season of being an Angel of Plushenko, she’s back working with her old coach Svetlana Panova, who also coaches Sinitsyna. Tarakanova can do a quad toe. Will we see it? Based on the Junior Test Skates, I don’t believe so, but we know it could be there soon. Sinitsyna has the added benefit of being 4th from the last Junior Worlds. There’s obvious momentum for her. 

  There are several ladies who could take home a medal at this competition. Recently I saw video of Mana Kawabe (JPN) training a triple axel, and it looked pretty solid. I had never really heard anything about her, but after some quick research, I’d be interested to see how she does. Out of all the skaters, she has some of the greatest fundamental skating skills. Another one of my personal favorites in this field is Alexandra Feigin (BUL), who will be in her third season on the JGP. She has the benefit of experiencing a lot of competition from last season, competing at Europeans and Senior Worlds as well as all the Junior events. She’s finished no higher than 8th at a Junior Grand Prix, but I expect her to climb here.

   Ice Dance is the second strongest field here. Avonley Nguyen/Vadim Kolesnik (USA) qualified to the Final last season, and will expect to return this year. They’ve got some great qualities, and they were relatively consistent last season, ending with a 4th place finish at Junior Worlds. The other team that intrigues me is Diana Davis/ Gleb Smolkin (RUS). Diana is the daughter of Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze. They’ve got this sass and fire I really enjoy. One team that turned some heads recently is Utana Yoshida/Shingo Nishiyama (JPN). Training in Canada currently, the pair competed at a Canadian competition as a special guest, and looked pretty solid! Ice Dance in Japan is virtually nonexistent. With only one really good team (Komatsubara/Koleto), this junior team will look to steadily improve and hopefully inspire an Ice Dance movement in the country, which already has a strong singles skating tradition.

   Pairs will be interesting, as the Russians will be pushing for a sweep here. All three Russian teams medaled on the Junior Grand Prix last year, with two teams, Apollinaria Panfilova/Dmitri Rylov and Ksenia Akhanteva/Valeri Kolesov reaching the Final. Panfilova/Rylov are also the World Junior silver medalists. Since the World Junior Champions Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galiamov moved to the senior circuit, the top Russian spot will be wide open for any of these teams to grab, and that competition begins here.

  It’s only week two, y’all! The Junior Grand Prix has been on fire so far, and the competition is only bound to get better as the weeks progress. I really think this year will be anyone’s game, as the field is much more diverse than in previous seasons.

[sakamotokaori]

Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama ♡ Don Quixote ♡ 2020 Junior World Figure Skating Championships

[the-monkey-ruler]

Monkey Typhoon (2001) アソボット戦記五九

Director: Mamoru Hamazu / Osamu Sekida / Ittoku Tanahashi / Kyousuke Mihara / Takenori Mihara / Yoshiaki Okumura / Shunji Yoshida / Kazuo Nogami / Yoshito Qin / Hiroshi Haraguchi / Akihiko Nishiyama / Yuki Kinoshita Screenwriter: Shinobu Shinobu / Hashimoto Yushi / Nakaze Rika / Urasawa Yoshio / Kobe Kazuhiko / Shizuya Isao Starring: Kappei Yamaguchi / Tomoichi Seki / Masaki Iizuka / Takeharu Kunimoto / Nozomi Sasaki / Minami Takayama / Atsuko Enomoto / Shinichiro Miki Genre: Comedy / Science Fiction / Animation / Adventure Official website: http://mv.avex.jp/asobot/asobot.html Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2002-10-01 Number of seasons: 1 Number of episodes: 52 Single episode length: 23 minutes Also known as: Association Robot Goku / Asobotto Senki Goku / Five-Nine Wars / Aboto Senki Five-Nine / Monkey King Five-Nine / Journey to the West / Assobot战记五九 / 五九战记 / 阿波特战记五九 / 猴王五九 / 西游战记 IMDb: tt5916944 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

On December 31, 2052, in order to prevent the scientist Ryutaro from destroying the world, Xuanzang Jiuzou asked his son Xuanzang Sanzang to select some robots from 99 robots numbered 1-99. Sanzang finally selected five robots: Gokyuu, Tongoh, Jou, Suuji, and Mioto. On January 1, 2053, Ryutaro modified the program of supercomputer Eve and began to destroy the world. In order to protect Sanzang, Zero, the first generation robot manufactured by Jiuzao, was destroyed along with the robots Soichi Fujimura and Souka Fujimura created by Ryutaro. Robot Tai is Wujiu's opponent on the surface, but in fact he is protecting Wujiu and his group. In order to restore the supercomputer Eve's program to its original appearance and return to December 31, 2052 to stop Ryutaro, they must find 49 parts to save the world. Head east! For Abbot (a life form of opportunity) to coexist with humans...

One thousand years in the future, the world has lost its balance. All the giant trees up to 10,000 meters high have been cut down by humans as obstacles. The entire world has turned into a desert. Only humans and Abbot are left in this world that is heading for destruction. As if guided by fate, Sanzang and Gokyuu meet. Traveling together, Sanzou - a young man shrouded in mystery, Gokyuu - the strongest and worst Anbot around, Tongoh - an Anbot fond of drinking, Jou - someone who is great with machines, Suuji - a female Anbot thief, and last but not least, Mioto. And so, their journey begins to the boundless East, to the land where the sun was born!

Source: https://myanimelist.net/anime/3193/Asobot_Senki_Gokuu

Link: https://gogoanime.be/anime/monkey-typhoon-xDRN/

[figureskatingconfessions]

“Utashin have amazing twizzles! Everytime I watch their performances I can’t wait to see it.”