Hoshino is second in the Women's Ski Mogul World Cup at 17:30 on February 22
The Ski Freestyle and Mogul World Cups took place in Akita Prefecture, and veteran Junko Hoshino ranked second in the World Cup at the highest level.
The Mogul World Cup was held at the Lake Tazawa Ski Resort in Senboku, Akita Prefecture for two days from the 22nd, and 100 men and women from 15 countries participated in the male and female moguls on the first day.
Among them, three Japanese women went on to the second of the finals held by the top six, and the 30-year-old Hoshino, a Sochi Olympic representative, got a high score on the turn to mark 79.75, making her the best in the World Cup And the podium for the first time in five seasons.
The champion was the gold medalist at the Pyeongchang Olympics, France's Perrine Lafon, who took his seventh win of the season at 82.03.
The 19-year-old Rino Yanagimoto, who progressed to the second round of the final, was fifth, and the 15-year-old Anri Kawamura was sixth.
Kosuke Sugimoto advanced to the first place in the men's finals with the top 16 players, but could not advance to the second place in the eighth place at 78.59.
Ace's Yukima Horishima, who has won two of the season, finished 48th with a mistake in the turn in qualifying.
The champion was a gold medalist at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and Michael Kingsbury of Canada.
On the 23rd, there will be a tournament-style dual mogul where two people slide simultaneously.