World Team Trophy 2009

Thanks a lot!
This is so cute the fluff about the food! Can someone translate please?

I thought it was incredibly cute how Mao went straight for the ice-cream. I immediately flashed-back to that interview where she said that she was "punished" for eating too much bread with butter by not getting ice-cream for dessert with everyone else

Somebody please translate! I thought it was very funny when only Miki had the 'yes' sign to one of the questions.

They all look very spiffy in the video!

I translated it but I think I made many mistakes.
I hope you can at least get what is going on in the movie
sorry for making it too long...


Translation of the fluff Part 1

00:00 Team Japan and Shuzo Matsuoka(the man with pink jacket) all gathered. All of their fans hope they will be the first winner for this competition.

00:16 Look over there please!
today, we prepared the desserts from all the six countries!

00:26(Shuzo) Can we eat that?

00:27 As much as you want!

00:30(Nobu) everyone goes so fast

00:32 These skaters do love eating sweets. They start to choose sweets with more serious face than when they are in the competition.

00:40(Mao) What is this? Tt says maple... something.


00:42(Miki) Wait! why are you guys all still there? I'm a little embarrassed here alone.

00:44(Nobu) This is a cheescake.

00:49(Miki) Why don't you eat blanc manger?

00:50(Nobu) Don't you think blanc manger and Almond jelly are similar?

00:53(Miki) Its okey.

00:67(Mao) What kind of crepe is that? What is it?...

01:07 Please pay attention to a glass in your hand.
It's the special Baccarat crystal glass made for the World Team Trophy.

01:20 You can bring it home with you.

01:21(Miki) Yes!

01:25(Shuzo) Let's taste it, Itadakimasu.

01:29(Mao) Looks good. I go for the ice cream first.

01:33(Nobu) Ice cream itadakimasu.
I try to eat vegetables alot. (I think he is talking to someone)

01:41(Miki) Almond jelly is good.

01:44(Nobu) This ice cream is good too.
Im getting happier with this.

01:54(Mao) Oishi!(good)

02:04(Shuzo) Mao you are really concentrating to eat.

02:10(Syuzo)We image Miki as a bid sweet eater

02:14(Miki) What? Is it true?

02:17(Shuzo)I remember when we interviewed you, you were really enjoying the cake.

02:22(Nobu) Yes yes!

The scene of Miki when she was seventeen.

02:34(Nobu) Miki said that she tried to eat vegetables often to keep her body healthy, but she eats like this much.

02:40(Shuzo) Takahiko and Mao aren't listening at all.

02:44(Miki) It tasted good.

02:46 Please answer the question with the sign of YES or No.

02:52(Shuzo) You don't have to stop eating.

02:56 1st question: did you always want to do a team sport?

03:14 Mao and Takahiko go for yes while Miki and the captain Nobu says No.

03:23(Shuzo) Why don't you like team sport, captain?

03:28(Nobu) It's not that I don't like it, but I've been competing in individual sport and I need to be good at teamwork if I wanna do team sports. I don't know if I'm good at it or not.

03:45(Miki) I guess... I might be isolated in the team.

03:52(Nobu) Oh,that's not gonna happen.

03:55(Shuzo) You wanted to do team sports?

03:57(Mao) Yes, I'm always alone on the ice rink. I've been thinking it's good to have teammates with me because I can feel relieved even though I have to skate alone on the ice rink.

04:15(Takahiko) I was playing baseball and soccer when I was little so I always wanted.

04:19(Miki) Yeah, I remember you were.

04:25(Shuzo) Oh No, Miki, did you eat it all?
this is not competitive eating, you don't have to eat so fast.

04:31(Nobu) You see, she eats a lot.

04:35 2nd question; Do you feel pressure under the competition in Japan?

04:54(Shuzo) Please don't chenge your answer!

04:56 Only Miki says Yes for this question.

05:02(Shuzo) It's not pressure at all, Mao?

05:08(Mao) I can actually feel relaxed competing in Japan where I've been living. I don't have to worry about the food either.

05:26(Shuzo) How about you, captain?

05:27(Nobu) I'm used to the enviroment and I get lots of power from the audience when they are enjoying.

05:41(Takahiko) My friends can come to cheer me up, that's why.

05:46(Shuzo) OK, there are friends. That makes you feel more comfortable about the match. However, only one person says that she gets pressure more in Japan...Miki?

06:03(Miki) I'm always not comfortable at people paying attention to me. I don't wanna be seen so much.

06:15(Shuzo) We don't think you are like that. that makes you suffer more, right?

06:20(Shuzo) These days, You are good at English too even in the interview.

06:25(Miki) Am I ? (her Japanese suddenly becomes bad)

06:29 3rd question; My quantity of training is larger than others.

06:42(Nobu) eh? only me?

06:45 Captain Nobu thinks he trains the most.

06:51(Shuzo) Who do you all think trains most?

(everybody points Mao)

06:56(Shuzo) That's what I thought too, but then why did you say Yes, Nobu?

06:59(Nobu) I thought I train as much as Mao does.

07:08 We wanna know what you think about each other so we let you write the
impression about each other.

07:18 Nobu and Miki shares the coach now while Miki and Kozuka and Mao are in the same college. What do they think about each other?

07:35 First, Mao Asada's image from her teammates.
07:39(Shuzo) Let's see!

Miki wrote Abecrombee & Fitch, Lego, Genius and heart, Likes to eat Yakiniku(grilled meat).

07:54(Shuzo) 'Abecrombee & Fitch', you mean her cloth? okey. and 'Lego'.
'Likes to eat Yakiniku(grilled meat)'. Do you mean she likes Korea?

08:02(Miki) No, at world championship, I only saw her eating at Yakiniku restaurant.

08:11(Shuzo) Why is that?

08:15(Mao) I get so much power from Yakiniku and I also eat lots of chili pepper and garlic.

08:26(Shuzo) Don't you worry about the smell of garlic?

08:29(Mao) I do! I always worry if I smell garlic, don't I? but when it smells, it smells.

08:41(Shuzo) Miki also wrote 'Genius and heart'.

08:45(Miki) Genius goes for her skating, heart is....Love!

08:51(Shuzo) Okey, Mao is like your younger sister.

Nobu wrote Likes to eat Yakiniku too.

08:54(Nobu) I also ran into Mao at Yakiniku restaurant near the hotel when we were at the world championship.I saw her going there quite often. I thought she really likes it.

Takahiko wrote Likes to trick(likes to play a joke).

09:07(Takahiko) When we were in the bus going for an ice show, Miki was sleeping and she wasn't wearing her shoes. What Mao did was...okey, Mao and I stuck potato snack called Jagariko to each hole of Miki's crocs shoes.(just like in the picture)

09:27(Mao) Two of us did together.
09:29(Takahiko) We enjoyed.

09:32(Miki) I'm acutually elder then both two even in the same high school and the university but when I woke up, I found my crocs shoes was stuck by Jagariko snack.

09:41(Shuzo) Mao,what did you think about yourself?

Mao wrote Aero, Tiara, Komachi.

09:45(Mao) It was a bit different.
I always think about them....

10:05(Shuzo) Mao alwalys has an image of three dogs, I see.
10:16(Mao) It was kind of diffrent.(with other's answers)

Next...Miki will talk about reall herself...

Thank you so much Coconut!!! I really appreciate your hard work. And now I understand almost everything from the part 1 Thanks a lot for such a detailed translation!

Thanks Coconut

ohh, Blue Man with skaters!!!
I heard they are going to participate in the gala or something.

Thank you for the picture, angelberry!!!

ohhh, I'm so happy!!
Look at 10:47 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xLLD0AY78
Mao seems to like so much the maple taffy on the snow from Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_taffy
It's sugar from maple trees!!
It's the time of the year (in the Spring) for all maple products. I just ate some of it last week at school. It's such popular here in Quebec because it's a tradition. The family and the friends have parties together to eat maple taffy on the snow. I bet Mao would like to taste the real maple taffy from Quebec

bibi wrote:

ohhh, I'm so happy!!
Look at 10:47 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xLLD0AY78
Mao seems to like so much the maple taffy on the snow from Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_taffy
It's sugar from maple trees!!
It's the time of the year (in the Spring) for all maple products. I just ate some of it last week at school. It's such popular here in Quebec because it's a tradition. The family and the friends have parties together to eat maple taffy on the snow. I bet Mao would like to taste the real maple taffy from Quebec

I am translating that video right now and I was just wondering what it was because they didn't explain it in the video...
It looks really good and Mao's expression is really cute
She is even eating that sometime around 03:00 to 04:37.
Thank you for the info, I was about to ask somebody!

coconut wrote:

bibi wrote:

ohhh, I'm so happy!!
Look at 10:47 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xLLD0AY78
Mao seems to like so much the maple taffy on the snow from Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_taffy
It's sugar from maple trees!!
It's the time of the year (in the Spring) for all maple products. I just ate some of it last week at school. It's such popular here in Quebec because it's a tradition. The family and the friends have parties together to eat maple taffy on the snow. I bet Mao would like to taste the real maple taffy from Quebec

I am translating that video right now and I was just wondering what it was because they didn't explain it in the video...
It looks really good and Mao's expression is really cute
She is even eating that sometime around 03:00 to 04:37.
Thank you for the info, I was about to ask somebody!

You're welcome! Can't wait to read the translation

Translation of the fluff Part 2

00:00(Shuzo) Please show it! (They are now showing the Miki's image)
00:04(Shuzo) Oh, all of you seem to have different images..

00:11 They wrote different impressions of Miki. Let's see how Mao thinks about her.

Mao wrote Fashionable

00:17(Shuzo) This image is cute. Miki is fashionable to Mao. Can you explain?

00:24(Mao) Even in the competition, she is really fasionable.

00:27(Shuzo) Do you mean her outfit?
00:28(Mao) Yes.

00:32 Miki has shown many kinds of her styles so far. This is when she was eighteen with her school uniform.

00:42 Next, she even had the VOUGUE magazine photo shoot.
00:58 She is wearing a red dress with more mature style.
We expect to keep her style from now on too.

01:13(Shuzo) You think she is a genius, in what way?

Kozuka wrote Genius.

01:17(Takahiko) I think she is really a genius about her skating.

01:21(Miki) Thank you very much.

01:25(Shuzo) How do you feel about people saying that you are a genius skater? You like it?

01:31(Miki) Yeah, I like it.

01:35(Shuzo) You are sensitive, right?

(I dont' know but I think Miki missheard what Shuzo said. I think Miki thought Shuzo said ''You are a genius, right?''. the word sensitive and genius have similar pronunciation in Japanese.)

01:42(Shuzo) Oh, You both are genius in different way, I guess.

01:47(Miki) Thank you anyway, but remember that.

01:51(Nobu and Takahiko) Scary..

Nobu wrote Good at cooking

01:52 (Shuzo) Is she good at cooking, Nobu?
01:54 (Nobe) She is.
01:55 (Miki) Yes!

1:57(Nobu) I helped her cooking before, It was really delicious.

02:02(Shuzo)Not only the taste, but her heart is important when she cook.

02:05(Miki) I can be a good wife.

02:10(Shuzo) Can you explain her cooking more?

02:14(Nobu) Let's see... It is manly cooking!

02:23(Shuzo) Like strong, you mean?
02:24(Nobu) It's really strong.

02:27(Miki) I don't measure the seasoning or anything.
02:35(Shuzo) That's the reall cooking.

02:37 Let's see what Miki wrote about herself..

Miki wrote Shy in front of strangers, Not good at smiling, Particular about a specific part.

02:50(Shuzo) You don't like smiling?
02:54(Miki) Usually, I try so hard to smile.

03:04 Kozuka's hidden character becomes clear now.

03:06(Shuzo) I think we can think of his image like reliability or conservative or something like that.

03:11(Shuzo) Please show the image of Takahiko. What did Mao write?

03:15(Shuzo) What is this??????

Mao just wrote Taka-chan (It is how Mao calls Takahiko)

03:29(Shuzo) What do you mean by Taka-chan?
03:30(Mao) It means Taka-chan.

03:34(Mao) Taka-chan is Taka-chan. Everybody calls him Taka-chan. I don't know how to explain...how should I say?

(They keep saying Takachan Takachan...and Takahiko is laughing)

04:03(Shuzo) What did you write about Takachan, Miki?

Miki wrote Likes to go to Karaoke, Sleeps a lot, Skating is clean

04:13(Shuzo) Does he like Karaoke?

04:14(Miki) These boys(Nobu and Takahiko) actually went to Karaoke yesterday too and they were singing untill 4:00 am!!

04:19(Takahiko) First, we were just planning to sing for two hours, but then we did extension of thirty minutes eight times.

04:26(Shuzo) It's my first time to hear such a story from him.

04:31(Miki) Takahiko once said that he cleaned his room.
04:33(Nobu) Yeah yeah.

04:35(Miki) Then we went to his room and found his bed filled with things.
04:42(Nobu) Yes it was.

04:44(Miki) Even his contact lens was on the table.
04:48(Miki) Usually, we put both left and right contact lenses together, right?
05:00(Shuzo) Yes.
05:01(Miki) Takahiko put the left lense over there while the right one is here.
05:04(Shuzo) Why do you do that?

05:06(Takahiko)I can't help it.

05:05(Shuzo) Because you are Taka-chan. This is Taka-chan.

Nobu wrote Careless

05:09(Nobu) His suitcase overflows with his things as if it's a scene in a Manga book.

05:17(Shuzo) Okey, Let's see how Taka-chan thinks himself.

Takahiko wrote Japanese proverb whice means Tomorrow will always be another day
05:20(Miki) Trying to be cool?
05:23(Shuzo) What are you talking about? What do you mean?

05:28(Takahiko) Well, it sounds cool, but it means I'm just careless person.

05:31 Is it possible for Japan to go over Canada? Let's see how the rivals skate.

05:41(Shuzo) What do you think about Joannie's physique, Miki?
05:42(Miki) Beautiful.

05:44(Mao) Joannie says that she doesn't do muscular workout.
05:48(Shuzo) Did she say that?
05:49(Mao) Yes,

05:50(Nobu) She says that if she does workout, her muscle would grow more than she wants, so she is not doing it at all.

06:01(Shuzo) I see, What do you think is her best thing, Miki?

06:08(Miki) I think it's skating skill, and her ability to express herself.
06:11(Mao) She is powerful.

06:17(Shuzo) When I think about Canada, Patrick Chan rises up strongly. What do you guys think?

06:22(Nobu) He is good. Doing such a step and going to a jump is quite difficult.

06:30(Takahiko) The contents of his program are very thick.
06:35(Shuzo) I see. In a way, I thought he is a type of skater who doesn't get people's attention that much.

06:42(Nobu) He makes the difficult move look easy. His step is difficult too but he skates like it's not big deal. I think that's good thing about him.

06:54(Shuzo) When we think about this world team trophy, you have to pay attention to ice dance and pairs as well.

07:08(Shuzo) What do you think about ice dance, Miki? Do you get to see or train with them?

07:14(Miki) I don't do ice dance but watching ice dance gives me a good stimulus.

07:22(Shuzo) Your coach was an ice dancer, right?
07:25(Miki) Oh! (she just re-realized)

07:28(Miki) He acutually skates my program, my step sequence.
07:31(Shuzo) The one you are doing.
07:33(Miki) Yes. He is better than me and I don't feel good.

07:43 What is Captain Oda's true character?

07:45(Shuzo) Open!
07:55(Shuzo) Everybody wrote something like funny.

08:01 They all have similar image for Oda.

Mao wrote Comical, Comedy
08:06(Shuzo) Mao, can you explain?

08:07(Mao) He is comical and funny.
08:14(Shuzo) Will you explain more specific please?

08:15(Mao) No wonder why he is from Kansai.(center of comedy in Japan)

Miki wrote Positive, Generous, Funny, Cries often
08:28(Shuzo) We all know that he cries often.

08:31(Nobu) I don't cry so much!
08:32(Miki) You do!

Takahiko wrote Optimistic

08:49(Takahiko) In both good and bad ways, he is optimistic.
He always says things like ''It'll be fine''.

09:01 Can you go skate like that?

09:02 We all practice enough before the competition, so I always tell hime just to concentrate.

09:10(Takahiko) He encouraged me.
09:11(Nobu) Takahiko kept saying that he was so nervous, that's why.

09:18(Miki) We are really looking foward to this competition in Tokyo. It's also nice that if we win. Please support us.

09:37(Takahiko) I don't want to screw our team up because of me, so I will do my best.

09:50(Mao) This team event, I want to do my best with my teammates. Please support us.

10:03(Nobu) I feel a sense of responsibility as Japanese team captain for this first world team trophy. I will try my best so that my teammates would be happy in the end to have me as captain. Please cheer us up.

10:29(Shuzo) How was Nobunari's comment?
10:32(Miki) It was kind of....
10:32(Takahiko) He was the only cool one.

10:35(Nobu) I can't just be funny here. I have to be serious otherwise people will be worried about us.

10:40 Oda had to leave first right after they finished, on the other hand...

10:46(Mao) It's melting now.

10:48(Miki) Can I eat Almond jelly?

10:52(Mao) It's cold!

10:55 They were still eating...

Oh Thank you so much !! I just love how the four of them seem to have such a great relationship !! Can't wait for the World Team Trophy!

Coconut,Thx so much.
Do you mind if I translate them to Chinese and share with Mao's supporter from China?

OMG, I am *DYING* of laughter!! Just dying!! This was too cute and funny!

Especially Mao's "Taka-chan is..Taka-chan" - that killed me, that really did!!

Thank you coconut for the translation!

Thank you so much coconut for the fantastic translations!

I think it's quite interesting that Morozov skates Miki's step sequences. I wonder what the pros and cons are of having a "hands-on" coach like Morozov (or Robin Wagner), who actually skates the moves with their trainees as opposed to having someone like TAT or John Nicks watch from afar. But it's nice to see Miki's coach getting so involved with her training.

I love how Mao just keeps eating while the conversations are going on And she seems really passionate about grilled meat (even at the expense of having bad breath)

Oh, that's so funny and great overall!
Thanks a lot for your translation effort, coconut!

Mao and Kozu's Jagariko-sticking-out-of-Crocs joke is hilarious

It's always great to see fluff and interviews of the Japanese team together.

tianrushui wrote:

Coconut,Thx so much.
Do you mind if I translate them to Chinese and share with Mao's supporter from China?

I don't mind it at all.
Please share it with other Mao's supporters!

coconut, thank you for your transcription and translations!!

All four of them seem to have such distinct personalities. Glad that there's Nobu to bind them together. Mao is so busy eating all throughout the interview. It is hilarious! She's not very aware of the camera. I guess when she gets home and the interview is aired, her mother or Mai may bug her about her eating manners. Love her for being true to herself. It shows the down-to-earth side of Mao.

clovera wrote:

Mao and Kozu's Jagariko-sticking-out-of-Crocs joke is hilarious

I agree! And I was laughing at how Mao was like, "yeah, we did it together," as in "it's not my fault, blame Taka-chan!"

Hm, what else?

I thought it was sweet how Miki kept trying to say that Mao was the genius, not her, and I laughed when all the others said Mao practices the most.

Miki being so proud of her cooking was cute, and Nobu calling her cooking 'manly' really made me laugh.

When Mao said that she's always wanted to play a team sport because she feels alone on the ice - I started wondering if that was part of the problem. All her life up until last year, Mao and Mai trained together - they were always together. I wonder if it was weird for Mao to be training by herself, and not have Mai there to comfort her or make her laugh or relax, etc...

Well, hopefully Mao-chan and Taka-chan can train together and motivate each other, since they'll both be at Chuukyou Uni. I still can't get over that 'Taka-chan' bit!

ETA I was impressed that Nobu and Kozu did karaoke until 4am!! I was wondering why Miki knew that and why they were together - I guess Nobu, Miki and Kozu stayed in Tokyo, while only Mao went to Nagoya so she could go to the opening ceremony for school?

ETA2: My mom and I saw that Korean restaurant at the Wilshire Grand (for Worlds)! I totally thought Mao would eat there - now I'm kicking myself for not eating there myself!!

But I remember that Kozu also went to Nagoya immediately after his interview in Tokyo. And I think this interview is after Mao's opening ceremony. So it is possible that they stayed in Nagoya for some days then went to Tokyo.
And, next time, when go to watch Mao's competition, we should first check the locations of Korean restaurants around Mao's hotel!

Taka-Chan ( haha ) 's fluff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fp5F1Mx5DI
But at the end, we see a short clip of the practice of the World Team Trophy.. Can't wait !!

tianrushui wrote:

But I remember that Kozu also went to Nagoya immediately after his interview in Tokyo. And I think this interview is after Mao's opening ceremony. So it is possible that they stayed in Nagoya for some days then went to Tokyo.
And, next time, when go to watch Mao's competition, we should first check the locations of Korean restaurants around Mao's hotel!

I think both the interview/press conference for the Team trophy were done on April 1st, same as Mao's college entrance ceremony, which was in the morning, and everyone came back to Japan on March 31st, so my guess is that Kozu/Oda/Miki stayed in Tokyo and only Mao went home. You're probably right that he went to Nagoya immediately after the interview, probably with Mao and Miki.

Anyway, it's not important. I just thought it was funny that Miki knew all about the karaoke escapade and Mao looked kinda clueless.

Yeah, definitely need to check the Korean restaurants around Mao's hotel!!

Here's a link for the official blog for the Team trophy:
http://blog.tvasobi.jp/entries/index/figure/

There's nothing interesting yet, just some pics of them getting the rink ready.

Also - I translated the text version of the ~Taka-chan~ fluff - but it's pretty long and not all related to the Team Trophy, so please see the "Other skaters" forum!

ETA: Random question about the Team Trophy - are the coaches going to be there? It suddenly occurred to me...is TAT coming??

ETA2: Did you see the list of related videos for the Taka fluff?? They're all Taka-chan + Mao-chan clips!

Hmm...the previous continent vs. continent competitions usually had the team huddled together so I'm not sure if coaches are going to attend. I'm pretty sure Zakrajsek will be there to support Jeremy Abbott (and other coaches), but if they will show up, I'm guessing they'll be backstage?

The thing is, WTT is held over a period of several days with 1~2 events being held daily, so I'm expecting a K&C like a regular ISU competition actually. The official blog didn't show what the K&C will look for this event, so I guess we'll just have to wait until the event actually starts.

Asada goes for the 3 axel in the SP
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/090415/spm0904151212000-n1.htm

Also says Ando will do the quad.