NHK Cup figure Kihei, who won the championship last year, is enthusiastic at 16:43 on October 6

Next month, a press conference was held for players participating in the NHK cup of figure skating held in Sapporo City. talked.

The NHK Cup is one of the “Grand Prix Series” tournaments where the world's top players participate, and this event will be held in Sapporo City from the 22nd to the 24th of next month.

On the 6th, a press conference of the participating players was held in Tokyo, and women's single Kihei, who won the first Grand Prix series at this tournament last year, attended.

Kihei said, “I want to do my best to transform my experience into confidence so that I can exceed the scores of last year.

Regarding the four-turn jump that we are working on for this season, “I ’m jumping with a better feeling than before in this summer practice, so I ’m growing little by little. "

Yuzuru Hanyu, the second consecutive Olympic champion who is planning to participate in men's singles, sent a message in the video, “I want to do my best to do what I want to imagine. I want to be able to overwrite that memory. "

This year's NHK Cup will include Pyongchang Olympic women ’s single gold medal, Russian Arena Zagitova.