Japanese → English transcript

This short program is a continuation from last season.

Last season, the theme was“ Dark,”

but this season the image is of pushing forward with strong determination.

With that theme, and truly holding on to that strong will,

they performed it to the end even with a dislocated shoulder,

the pair of Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara.

When you go in carrying some worry about an injury, doubt tends to creep in when

you attempt big elements,

but— They fully believed in themselves and in each other, and being able to do

all the elements without any hesitation was wonderful. The jumps were good too.

Their timing, and the flow after the landings, matched very well.

Their second triple toe loop often got deductions in competitions this season,

but here it received positive grades.

As for the lift, far from slowing down from start to finish, they actually

accelerated, which is a strange thing,

but— That kind of aspect is also one of“ Rikuryu’s” strengths,

and with this throw Lutz,

I thought it might have been a bit big,

but— Miura made a solid decision in the air, contained it with the minimum necessary

tightness on the landing,

and it ended up being a throw jump that received positive GOE.

And this low head position, this beautiful posture. Yes. It is wonderful.

The male partner’s

low hip position in the pivot is also good.

The two of them say that with this short program, they can go in confident about

every element. They showed us a performance that was exactly true to those words.