2022-23 Japan National Championships - Free Dance

[lileychristie]

What's written in those towels for KanaDai? It looks like K7D1 to me - or am I blind?

Is it meant to be "Kana" as 7 is "nana" in Japanese and "Daichi" (?) cause 1 is "ichi"?

 

[cohkaix]

What's written in those towels for KanaDai? It looks like K7D1 to me - or am I blind?

Is it meant to be "Kana" as 7 is "nana" in Japanese and "Daichi" (?) cause 1 is "ichi?

Yes, something like that

 

[cohkaix]

Now I kind of wish they could've invited Jr. National champions...

 

[lileychristie]

Oooh those medals look so good!!

Great to see actual precious metals being awarded after the trend of cheap-looking glass/plastic medals flying around..

 

[synesthesia]

What's written in those towels for KanaDai? It looks like K7D1 to me - or am I blind?

Is it meant to be "Kana" as 7 is "nana" in Japanese and "Daichi" (?) cause 1 is "ichi"?

You're correct about K7! As for "D1" I hope it's fine to quote from KanaDai's fan fest:

D1 is a shortened form of "D1SK", which is a stylised version of D(a)is(u)k(e) with "1" replacing the "i". If I recall correctly Dai came up with the idea and I think he drew the prototype of what would become his official logo himself.

I recall Dai said somewhere, when he thought about the logo for his own goods, decided to replace 'I(=ai in Japanese)' to 1, wishing to be 'number 1'. In the same manner, I think Kana has chosen 'na' as 7 (-nana in Japanese) then k7.

 

[yuumagical]

It's not like Kanadai haven't made big mistakes before, but that was probably the most shocking mistake from them!

 

[gleungc6]

Is this the first time a skater of any country has won national titles in two disciplines?

 

[cohkaix]

Is this the first time a skater of any country has won national titles in two disciplines?

Kristi Yamaguchi?

 

[zanadude]

Kristi Yamaguchi?

Also her partner, Rudy Galindo.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Free Dance video links (video quality can be increased up to 720p by clicking on the settings wheel)

	Program Music	Choreographer(s)
Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi	Phantom of the Opera	Marina Zueva, Ilia Tkachenko, Kenta Kojiri
Misato Komatsubara / Takeru Komatsubara (Tim Koleto)	The Fifth Element	Romain Hagenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Ginette Cournoyer, Samuel Chouinard, Eva Airapetian
Nichole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd	Hans Zimmer - Day One (Interstellar), home with you by FKA twigs
Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura	Madonna Medley	Kenji Miyamoto
Saiko Kikuchi / Yoshimitsu Ikeda	Secrets by OneRepublic	Aaron Lowe
Haruno Yajima / Tsutomu Matsui	Les Misérables	Neil Brown

 

[yugra]

Is this the first time a skater of any country has won national titles in two disciplines?

synesthesia already wrote it on KanaDai's fan fest, but I hope nobody don't mind if I repeat it here.
Yamato Tamura - very expressive skater and good coach.
1996/97 gold medal in pair skating (with Marie Arai) and silver medal in single
1997/98 gold medal in single
2003/04 gold medal in single

sorry, I am writing so slowly..