Daisuke Takahashi (34 = Sekidai KFSC), a 10-year-old men’s bronze medalist at the Vancouver Olympics who turned from ice dance into figure skating and finished third in the first NHK Cup of the Grand Prix (GP) series, points out to “King Kazu” on the ice. On the 29th, I participated in an exhibition held at Towa Yakuhin Rakutabdome in Osaka with a couple, Yanaka Muramoto (27 = same). Between them, Takahashi wrote on the colored paper his future goal, “Aim for King Kazu !!”.

Soccer J1 Yokohama FC FW Kazu is still active even after 50 years. “I think it’s really difficult, but I think we can’t reach the goal unless we do it with that kind of mindset. I wrote a very big goal,” he said.

How old are you planning to be active? “No, I have not set an age limit. As long as I can,” he replied with a smile.

Muramoto wrote: “Beijing Olympics!” “The coaches say there is a chance to aim for the top of the ice dancer on the podium. I want to believe that. The road is hard and there is no time. However, I hope we can trust Dai-chan and climb every day to the stage of the Olympic Games “.[Atsushi Kinoshita]