A couple of Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi, who formed in the second season of figure skating NHK Trophy and rhythm dance in the first half of ice dance, marked 70.74 and finished 6th.
In addition, the couple of Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto, who have won the All Japan Championship for the third consecutive time, finished 7th at 68.13.
After finishing the rhythm dance in the first half, the top was a couple of Russian Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov with 86.33, the second was a couple of American Madison Chock and Evan Bates with 86.02, and the third was 76.43. It was a couple of British players Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson.
The couple of Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto, who have won the All Japan Championship for the third time in a row, finished 7th at 68.13.
"Growth" shown by Daisuke Takahashi
The couple of Daisuke Takahashi and Kana Muramoto, who turned to ice dancing and entered the second season, finished their performances with expressiveness and ranked 6th in the top of the Japanese team, showing solid growth.
Takahashi showed his splendid skating everywhere last season, the first year since he turned to ice dancing, but he is proficient in ice dancing techniques such as slipping and lifting according to the movements of the couple. Did not catch up.
Also, as Takahashi himself recalled, "I couldn't afford it," I wasn't used to the atmosphere of the first ice dance match, and I couldn't act to lead Muramoto, who is a couple. It became an issue.
After the All Japan Championship in December last year, Takahashi vowed to further improve the future, saying, "All the challenges. The Beijing Olympics are not an easy road, but I want to clear them one by one toward the final goal." rice field.
Entering the off-season, Takahashi not only acquired basic ice dance skills, but also energetically worked to improve the strength of his upper body in order to improve the stability of the lift that lifts the opponent.
Then, by improving the technique peculiar to ice dance, we also refined the expressiveness of the characteristics to raise the level of overall performance.
This NHK Trophy was welcomed based on such preparations.
After the practice on the 11th, "I have grown up in various ways, such as a sense of stability in the lift, a sense of distance to slide, and a sense of unity when assembled. There are still some parts, but I want to express with confidence. I was confident in the growth from last season, which I was groping for.
As the word says, in rhythm dance, Takahashi slipped with Muramoto in a breathtaking manner, and when the two performed techniques such as twizzles that repeat one-legged turns with the same movement, a sense of stability was achieved even with the lift, which was an issue. I showed you.
In addition, the choreography was refined to match the Soran Bushi-based song, and the program was expressively performed, showing solid growth in the second season of ice dancing.