On the 13th, the NHK Trophy for figure skating and the Grand Prix series will be free for the second half of the men's singles.
Shoma Uno, who is the top player in the short program, will challenge the performance composition of jumping 5 quads of 4 types, which is the highest difficulty ever.
The 4th round of the Grand Prix series, the NHK Trophy, will be held on the 13th of the second day at Yoyogi Daiichi Gymnasium in Tokyo, where a free dance will be held in the latter half of the pair with a male and female single, as well as a free dance in the latter half of the ice dance.
Of these, in the men's single, Uno, who is the top player in the short program, will challenge the performance composition of jumping 5 quadruple jumps of 4 types, which is the highest difficulty for himself in free.
The key to success was the quadruple loop and quadruple salchow scheduled at the beginning, and although the icing was disturbed in both the first round of the Grand Prix series in October and the American tournament, it was repeatedly successful in the official practice of this tournament. I did.
In the ice dance, a couple of Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi, who formed in the second season, marked the highest score in Japan's history in the first half of the rhythm dance and ranked 6th.
The couple of Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto, who have won the All Japan Championship for the third time in a row, is in 7th place, and we are also paying attention to the competition for the Beijing Olympics, which has one Japanese quota.
In the women's single, Kaori Sakamoto, who is the top player in the first half, aims to win the tournament for the second time in a row with a new program for the first time in two seasons. Aim for the top.
In the pair, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who are in 3rd place in the first half, will aim for the podium following the first round of the Grand Prix series in the United States last month.