Tag Archives: Nobunari Oda

What a wonderful team Japan has assembled for Sochi

Yuzuru Hanyu, Tatsuki Machida, Daisuke Takahashi (Men); Akiko Suzuki, Mao Asada, Kanako Murakami (Ladies); Cathy Reed & Chris Reed (Ice Dance); Narumi Takahashi & Ryuichi Kihara (Pairs). Just look at these names and the incredible…

If Olympics were tomorrow… (5)

We reached the end of our project: here are the hypothetical rankings of the season, according to the scores received by the athletes participating at Skate America, Skate Canada, Cup of China, NHK Trophy, Trophée…

Rostelecom Cup: the girl with the butterflies

Leaving aside the controversy in the ice dancing event at Cup of Russia, here’s a subjective list of good and bad in Luzhniki arena in Moscow, at the end of the last week; a personal…

Daisuke Takahashi won’t be able to defend his title at the Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka

The news came as a shock in the evening of 28th of November in Japan: according to a personal message of Daisuke Takahashi, published on his blog hosted by Kansai University Ice Skating club’s website,…

NHK Trophy’s highlights: it rained flowers on Mao Asada

Hats off to the Japanese audience I’ll start with that: Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, the arena hosting the 2013 edition of NHK Trophy, was a joy to watch these days; those 16.000 people were…