Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita: “Until now, people may have said that Japan wasn’t strong in couples events, but Riku and Ryuichi taught us that Japanese athletes can become strong. They made us want to become strong as Japanese ice dancers, too.”
Posted on 2026-05-05 • No comments yet
Ice dancers Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita, silver medalists at the Milan-Cortina Olympic team event, expressed [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “When Utana and Masaya started skating, the crowd erupted in applause. I was so moved I almost cried, thinking, ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry,’ but when I glanced over and saw Yuma Kagiyama crying, I thought, ‘Well, I’ll cry too,’ and we both ended up in tears.”
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Kaori Sakamoto on her and her teammates performances in the short program at the Olympic Team Event. original [...]
Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita: “We’ve worked all this time to secure an Olympic spot. Of course, we want results, but we also want to enjoy the experience.”
Posted on 2025-09-18 • No comments yet
Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita begin Olympic Qualifier with confidence original source: Nikkansports, September [...]