Yuma Kagiyama cheer/appreciation thread

[Cachoo]

Love that he practices figures…saving a lost art…

 

[Sylvia]

Nikkan Sports Premium gifted article (expires soon) has some nice photos of Yuma & his father when he competed (6th at 1994 Worlds) - "Mr. [Masakazu] Kagiyama's article about the world championship he hopes to achieve based on his own experience is worth reading (this article can be read for free until 23:35 on March 27, 2024)": https://twitter.com/wa_nashi/status/1772637862258717140

The series ``Masakazu Kagiyama ~ Philosophy ~'' approaches the philosophy of his father, coach Masakazu Kagiyama (51), who is in charge of coaching him, and in its seventh installment, we delve into his state of mind as he approaches the World Championships (starting March 20th, Montreal, Canada). We asked Yuma about the emotions he felt after winning the Four Continents Championship in January, the reasons for that, and his determination to win as he doesn't hide his pride.

 

[BittyBug]

His father was absolutely adorable in the K&C with him.

 

[eusebius]

Yuma + Brahms 4th symphony last movement FP. Or Dvořák 9. I am manifesting this into existence. Carolina & Lori, are you listening ??

 

[Sylvia]

From a FS run through at the Montreal Worlds practice rink (Verdun Auditorium):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775680231082193261

 

[Karen-W]

We played "Name That Tune" during our Team Meeting today and one of the songs was "Believer" and I got it right because... Duh. Then I proceeded to tell everyone on my team that they needed to watch Yuma's SP because it is so good. They all kidded me that they were just waiting for me to chime in with a figure skating reference, lol.

 

[Wyliefan]

Skating is the only reason I know any pop music at all.

 

[Sylvia]

Lori Nichol choreographed a new FS for Yuma after Worlds that’s in a new style for him: https://x.com/kagiyamaloops/status/1784181787691798854

【フィギュア】鍵山優真「かっこいいし、ステップも魅力的」来季もニコル氏に振り付け依頼 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

フィギュアスケート男子の鍵山優真（20＝オリエンタルバイオ／中京大）が27日、名古屋市で行われたイベントに参加し、来季のフリーを23～24年シーズンと同じくロ… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

ETA that he received the Outstanding Athlete Award at the Japan Skating Federation's awards banquet for the 2023-24 season held in Tokyo on April 24.

 

[Sylvia]

Yuma debuted his SP music at the Prince Ice World Yokohama May 3rd afternoon show, according to this article:

フィギュアスケート - 【写真】宇野昌磨が華麗な演技、鍵山優真と三浦佳生が新プロ披露　横浜でアイスショー | 4years. #学生スポーツ

アイスショー「プリンスアイスワールド2024-2025 横浜公演」が5月3日、横浜市のKOSÉ新横浜スケートセンターであった。18年平昌オリンピック銀メダルの宇野昌磨（トヨタ自動車）や、22年北京オリンピック銀メダルの鍵山優真（オリエンタルバイオ／中京大学）、23年四大陸選手権優勝の三浦佳生（オリエンタルバイオ／明治大学）らが華麗な演技で会場を沸かせた。

4years.asahi.com

Kagiyama skated to the opera song `Werther'' in the morning performance, showing beautiful skating. In the afternoon performance, he will perform his new program`The Sound of Silence''. This is a new piece prepared to be used for both SP and exhibition.

A clip: https://twitter.com/MsNATARY/status/1786335052709949484

SP music as identified by fans on X: "The Sound of Silence" by Garou (and in the second half) "Sound of Silence" by Miloš & Twelve Ensemble: https://twitter.com/barubarubaruko/status/1786318898188697939 & https://twitter.com/barubarubaruko/status/1786321347892965746
The choreographer is not mentioned (ETA) - likely to be Lori Nichol (waiting to see if this info is confirmed before posting in the Programs & Choreographers thread).

Yuma Kagiyama skated a new program, The Sound of Silence (choreographed by Lori Nicole).
He told a fan that he has not decided if he will make this program as SP.

https://twitter.com/MsNATARY/status/1786335052709949484

(He does a reverse spin).

 

[Sylvia]

Happy 21st to Yuma!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1786955250680918233

ETA Yuma's thank you for everyone's birthday wishes ("... I will do my best to make this a good year ...":

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787134227210981629

 

[Sylvia]

Birthday wishes on May 5th for Yuma from Japan's International Olympic Committee (IOC)!Twitter/X account (video of his 2022 Olympics SP): https://twitter.com/gorin/status/1786904989736313249