Tag Archives: Kaori Sakamoto

Prague 2026: These were Kaori Sakamoto’s Worlds. But also Worlds of redemption, of celebration, of using one’s voice

To us – and many of you there, we are sure – there were Kaori Sakamoto’s Worlds. Her final competition, Kaori saying farewell (with a win, her 4th World title) to competitive skating, her fans…

Kaori Sakamoto: “In this world of figure skating, I tried to make a sunnier, brighter atmosphere, so that everybody could compete in a positive way”

On a sunny Sunday in Prague, around noon – and not just any Sunday, but the one that marked the end of 2026 World Figure Skating Championships –, I felt the luckiest journalist on Planet…

Japan Figure Skating Championships 2025. As if a door had opened…

There’s something about this photo that makes us nostalgic already. Kaori Sakamoto: first step, first practice at Japan Figure Skating Championships 2025 – for the very last time. Last first step on practice ice at…

Inside Skating features Japanese Nationals 2025. First stop: the draw

You’ve seen the photos from Day One at Japanese Nationals – but you haven’t seen ours, we wrote on X at the end of December 18th. We stick by it: Klaudia Adamczak took some amazing…

Goodbye? Not yet, not soon, not at all… The final season of Kaori Sakamoto

The most emotional part of this year’s Grand Prix de France in Angers? For many skating fans – whether in the audience or at home, in front of their screens –, it was no doubt…