Figure Skating Competition Insights

- The All-Japan Championships are a big stage.

Yeah, since becoming a pair,

I hadn't really

been that nervous,

but after

last month's competition,

we got a good score,

so

at the All-Japan Championships,

our home event, I really wanted

to perform well

in front of the crowd,

so it had been a long time since

I'd competed with such a good

sense of tension,

and I think I was able

- to approach the competition that way.

I think one characteristic is that

we're in sync without trying,

but

do you feel that

- even off the rink?

No. We're nearly ten years apart,

so there's a huge generation

- gap.

It feels like it could still

happen even now.

Didn't you say the other day?

Something about being in sync.

You said sometimes your movements

really line up,

- didn't you? On the rink and off the

rink.

- Do we match? Didn't I say

- that?

- I don't think I said anything like that.

- I feel like you did.

No, as skaters, probably

our skating

form and

styles are almost

exactly the same.

But in private,

we're completely different,

so once we leave the rink, it's just,

"Good work today,"

and we each have our own

private lives,

and the foods we like

and our preferences are totally different,

as are our lifestyles.

I don't know about our lifestyles, though.

I sounded like someone from Kansai.

As for her private life,

I know she likes

moose dolls,

doesn't like scary things,

and gets really loud when

she gets an injection,

though.

That's about it, I guess.

I actually observe her

quite closely,

but she doesn't really

pay close attention to those things,

so I still

- have the edge.

No, he's childish,

emotionally.

- His emotional age is low.

- He says so himself.

Everyone says that.