Yuka Nagai (21 = Waseda University) won the first match of the last season with a complete victory.

The short program (SP) of the previous day started at the top with 61.08 points, and on this day it also marked the top 110.11 points. Tokyo won with a total of 171.19 points.

Starting with the graceful Lutz at the beginning, he decided to do three triple jumps of three types including Sarko and Toe Loop, and he dropped the double throttle (two and a half rotations) -3 rotation toe loop in the second half as the score increased 1.1 times. .. “I managed to hold on. I knew that today’s harvest could be done,” he convinced.

I thought, “I think I did the best I could at figure skating,” so I dropped out when I graduated from college. Get a job at a general company. Before that, aim for the Japan Championship (December, Nagano) as the culmination of the life of skating.

The last free song I chose was “East of Eden” when I was in fourth place in Japan in 2014, even though I was a junior. “I have a very good image of the song. Looking back at my skating life, I jumped when I used this song in SP. So I want to comfortably slide again.”

In 2015, he jumped to 3rd place in Skate Canada. After that, I experienced a life with mountains and valleys and I said, “I think it has changed a lot (since my youth). At that time, I had a lot of problems with skating, but now it is more important. Yes, I am sliding now with the feeling I had, “he said.

Passed the top of the East Japan Championship (November 6-8, Yamanashi / Ose) and advanced to all of Japan. To the last season again, “I would like to thank you for your hard work for 14 years. I met a loved one, I had several happy things, difficult things and many experiences.” A little more to the goal. “Practice well and move forward with confidence. I want to act so I can get my thoughts across the screen (because there is no audience) instead of concentrating on jumping. Supporting a lot of people I was asked to support myself, so I want to slide with the “Thank you” feeling, he said with a smile and moved on to the next stage.[Atsushi Kinoshita]