The top-tier skaters are well known, but exciting quests are right behind as young athletes aim to earn their own spots on the national team.
Miura and Tatsuya Tsuboi are among the top contenders for the men’s title, while Hana Yoshida and Mao Shimada are expected to vie for the women’s...
Uno delivers a bold reminder that he remains one of the world’s premier skating stars.
“Everything is improving now and technically spiritual,” Uno said. “The most important thing I have practiced is the quadruple salchow.”
Kagiyama was nothing short of spectacular in his Grand Prix of Italy free skate to music from “Gladiator” en route to victory.
“I have been working hard for the NHK Trophy, but I suffered a fall and got injured. I’m very disappointed,” said the two-time Olympic champion skating...
Their pairs figure skating medal was Japan’s first on the GP circuit since Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran claimed the silver at the NHK Trophy in...
With all of the variables that skaters have had to deal with during the pandemic, it was a respectable start for Kagiyama, the favorite to fill...
Orser and Tracy Wilson will try to refine Kihira’s jump arsenal, which includes a quadruple salchow, so she can compete with the Russians.
Team Japan had 338 athletes at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964 there were a total...
“The competition was so special and so fun for me. During skating it was like skating inside a dream,” Miyahara recalled.
The JSF will say the decision is all about safety, but that doesn’t wash with me. This is all about nobody wanting to take responsibility in...