Takahiko!

illani wrote:

Thanks for sharing that with us, shikure!

Batsuchan wrote:

Such cute pictures! (I'm going to imagine that Taka-chan has his arm around Mao, but honestly I can't really tell. )

Hm... I confess, that's what it looks like to me! (Too bad the glare from the candle flames make it hard to see clearly...)

LOL so we are going to say it like this way I am going to imagine that Taka's arm was around Mao and Mao put her right hand on taka's lap~ just like what she did in the interview on the bus

Batsuchan, I noticed the Mao and Mao-chan too, since he is the only one called her Mao except her real family, Mai.
4u4a, you are welcome and it's always nice to share with ppl want to know:)

shikure wrote:

illani wrote:

Thanks for sharing that with us, shikure!

Batsuchan wrote:

Such cute pictures! (I'm going to imagine that Taka-chan has his arm around Mao, but honestly I can't really tell. )

Hm... I confess, that's what it looks like to me! (Too bad the glare from the candle flames make it hard to see clearly...)

LOL so we are going to say it like this way I am going to imagine that Taka's arm was around Mao and Mao put her right hand on taka's lap~ just like what she did in the interview on the bus

But Taka-chan really has his arm around Mao! I can see it He has his sleeves rolled up and you can see a glimpse of his skin between Mao's body and hand
^ hahaha i feel so stupid for anlysing that
Mao's right hand is behind her..

Thank you shikure for sharing the photos and translating
Looks like Taka had a nice birthday!

shikure thank you for the pics and translation!

Mao and Taka look soooo cute together. Now if only Mao would lean a bit more to her right, it would look even better.

Batsuchan, I too think, he has his arm around Mao...

kaarolcia I actually spend like 10 minutes looking at that pic, I have way to much free time.

Thank you for the pictures, Shikure!!! Taka and Mao look sooo adorable together

zarinaballerina wrote:

shikure thank you for the pics and translation!

Mao and Taka look soooo cute together. Now if only Mao would lean a bit more to her right, it would look even better.

Batsuchan, I too think, he has his arm around Mao...

kaarolcia I actually spend like 10 minutes looking at that pic, I have way to much free time.

This whole post made me laugh. You are too cute and funny. (Also, I spent a lot of time looking at the pic too!)

Happy belated birthday to Taka! I was so busy I completely missed it. Very glad to see that Mao celebrated with him. I'm sure she DID give him something special but he wants to keep it to himself

thanks for the pics and the updates, shikure!

belated happy birthday, Takahiko!
i just came back from my vacation, and i was not able to access my pc this whole time.
so happy to see that Taka had a great birthday
my shipper heart is so glad to see those pics with Mao

shikure wrote:

he said he slept too late and was late for rink then Mao said "it's your birthday so it's okay" LOL
he got a book with all the birthday wishes from ppl in chukyo and shin-yokoyama.
the cake he took pic with kanako and Mao was made by kanako.
then he had dinner with the Masseuse and mao.
comments: the distance between you and someone is the distance between your and someone's heart.

Taka must be happy that he got to spend his birthday with his girl friend best friend
they even had dinner together, and Taka ordered unagi don right? isn't unagi Mao's fave food?

shikure wrote:

looking at this pic, i think Taka used his elbow to hide a private message from a special someone lol
sorry i'm on shipper mode right now

LOL Haruka25, that is exactly what ppl talked about~ what he tried to hide by his elbow

the other thing is ...ppl was wondering who took the last shot~since taka looks different in last shot and shippers feel there is love in his eyes since mao was the cameraman
(shipper mode can go very very far)

another note, mao did wrong in the pic with taka since she should show "3" not "2" but she is too cute and no one will correct her.

http://blog.hokkaido-np.co.jp/sports-ryuji/archives/2012/03/post_234.html
a news about taka and he will leave for Nice on Sunday, hope we can expect there will be news about Mao soon.

ETA: the other related article http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~ryuji/

http://www.plus-blog.sportsnavi.com/figure_skate/article/27 sportnavi Taka special
I don't agree those ppl said he doesn't have facial expression.
his "あ～もう！" is so cute LOL

I think he has adequate facial expression for his skating programs.

I'm jumping in this thread for the uber-cuteness and joy that abounds and ignoring Worlds (though some very great things did happen there!).

This is somewhat off-topic and I may be the last person to have found out, but I think there was once discussion about how Taka probably had a twitter account but was lurking.... Thanks to Denis Ten, I think we have a pretty good candidate for his Twitter account (and a cute group pic!):

RT @tenis_den: Ok. This pic is not about food.
(Starring @MaiaShibutani,@AlexShibutani,@takapedia72,@D1sk61316) http://t.co/4Q6cFPob

dlynndao wrote:

I may be the last person to have found out

exactly
but the pic is nice, thank you)) I don't follow Ten's twitter

4u4a wrote:

dlynndao wrote:

I may be the last person to have found out

exactly
but the pic is nice, thank you)) I don't follow Ten's twitter

4u4a, are you the 4u4a on twitter? since I see someone with the account interact with Japanese fans
hope we can see more pics around after Maia and alex update their FB / official website.

dlynndao wrote:

I'm jumping in this thread for the uber-cuteness and joy that abounds and ignoring Worlds (though some very great things did happen there!).

This is somewhat off-topic and I may be the last person to have found out, but I think there was once discussion about how Taka probably had a twitter account but was lurking.... Thanks to Denis Ten, I think we have a pretty good candidate for his Twitter account (and a cute group pic!):

RT @tenis_den: Ok. This pic is not about food.
(Starring @MaiaShibutani,@AlexShibutani,@takapedia72,@D1sk61316) http://t.co/4Q6cFPob

Would've wanted to check that @takapedia72 account but it's protected.

roma wrote:

dlynndao wrote:

I'm jumping in this thread for the uber-cuteness and joy that abounds and ignoring Worlds (though some very great things did happen there!).

This is somewhat off-topic and I may be the last person to have found out, but I think there was once discussion about how Taka probably had a twitter account but was lurking.... Thanks to Denis Ten, I think we have a pretty good candidate for his Twitter account (and a cute group pic!):

RT @tenis_den: Ok. This pic is not about food.
(Starring @MaiaShibutani,@AlexShibutani,@takapedia72,@D1sk61316) http://t.co/4Q6cFPob

Would've wanted to check that @takapedia72 account but it's protected.

That is protected and I saw miki twitt something asking "jet-leg" to that account when Taka went to LA for costume.
so yes, that is Taka's account.

Maia is more careful, she used tag for Taka like #takatime, then taka can find the msg later.
but fans noticed that too and use the tag...so maybe most of time they use DM and skype.

shikure wrote:

4u4a, are you the 4u4a on twitter? since I see someone with the account interact with Japanese fans
hope we can see more pics around after Maia and alex update their FB / official website.

yes, it's me
Looking forward to see more pics from Shibs, I know they won't fail us

shikure wrote:

roma wrote:

dlynndao wrote:

I'm jumping in this thread for the uber-cuteness and joy that abounds and ignoring Worlds (though some very great things did happen there!).

This is somewhat off-topic and I may be the last person to have found out, but I think there was once discussion about how Taka probably had a twitter account but was lurking.... Thanks to Denis Ten, I think we have a pretty good candidate for his Twitter account (and a cute group pic!):

RT @tenis_den: Ok. This pic is not about food.
(Starring @MaiaShibutani,@AlexShibutani,@takapedia72,@D1sk61316) http://t.co/4Q6cFPob

Would've wanted to check that @takapedia72 account but it's protected.

That is protected and I saw miki twitt something asking "jet-leg" to that account when Taka went to LA for costume.
so yes, that is Taka's account.

.

+ in the day of Taka's B-day Miki wrote smth like "Happy B-day @takapedia72"

I think there is smth interesting to read about Takahiko

http://hermiona-lj.livejournal.com/9486.html

Thank you , 4u4a. If Taka is going to have two new programs next season, I wish he can skate a perfect Fantasia for Nausicaa in World Team Trophy, but to my knowledge, it seems unlikely that the boot problem can be fixed in time.

qingshui wrote:

Thank you , 4u4a. If Taka is going to have two new programs next season, I wish he can skate a perfect Fantasia for Nausicaa in World Team Trophy, but to my knowledge, it seems unlikely that the boot problem can be fixed in time.

welcome))
agree with you... I also think it was bad idea to send him to WTT... well, will see. Let's hope for better.

Thank you, 4u4a. That was an interesting read!
Glad to know that he has really nice fans from Russia.

I'm kind of relieved that it was just boot problems and he does not have any injury.
I hope Taka can have a great season ahead, together with Mao!

thanks again 4u4a.
I saw comments from someone talked to taka's parents when taka was surrounding by fans.
then his father said taka is fine. he was trying something in competition but didn't go well (especially due to the boots issue)
then his father was laughing and said taka only showed half of his capability in worlds.
sounds like his father doesn't worry too much about him.

then i heard about comments from Kurt during worlds, when ppl asked him which program he likes or he remembered most, he said taka's program since he was fighting with himself~ he popped first quad then landed second one. although kurt is biased since he likes taka but I think what he said is right. taka lose the timing for first quad but he managed to landed second one which was just seconds after first one.

for now, I try not to worry to much about WTT and only hope he gets well with his new skates.

Thank you, shikure, for extra tidbits on Taka at Worlds. From Taka's dad's comments, it sounds Taka, like Mao, was determined to skate as he wanted and did not only think of winning.

qingshui wrote:

Thank you, shikure, for extra tidbits on Taka at Worlds. From Taka's dad's comments, it sounds Taka, like Mao, was determined to skate as he wanted and did not only think of winning.

you are welcome and you reminded me that the person also asked about mao. the person asked taka's dad how is mao and did she eat?
(don't know why all the fans think mao has eating disorder or something like that. I think mao looks better than last year, those she didn't want to eat too much thing happened earlier was the way she hided her losing weight due to family issue )
then taka's dad laughed and said she is okay and ate a lot LOL
sounds like they ate together all the time

ETA: ppl said they saw taka's dad, mon and satos checked skates for different brands in Nice they were trying to solve the problem.

haruka25, welcome I also wish them both great luck in new season

shikure, ohh, what valuable details you wrote! thanks a lot!
Kozuka-dad Well, I think they all understand that sometimes shit happens... and there is no Taka's fault in it. Except the fact that he should be practiced like a mad if he contrived to kill two pairs of boots during the season
Kurt is my endless love I saw that interview, well said! Taka is a fighter.