I think that moment was special christmas gift for him and his home Osaka.
According to news article from newspaper it was for the first success since 2005 Worlds.

Others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWk4cvgjPU4&feature=player_embedded
Next generation
Shoma Uno 7th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb41MdWevqU&feature=player_embedded
Funny guy
Akio Sasaki 10th

Japan

Men's Free

1.Hanyu 167.59
2.Kozuka 165.37
3.Takahashi 158.55

http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2011-2012/fs_e/national/data0105.htm

Total
1.Takahashi
2.Kozuka
3.Hanyu
http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2011-2012/fs_e/national/data0190.htm

Ladies short program

1.Murakami 65.56
2.Asada 65.40
3.Suzuki 59.60

http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2011-2012/fs_e/national/data0203.htm

Ice Dance

1 Burina OI
Taiyo MIZUTANI Juujou FSC
47.02 26.80 20.22 5.20 4.80 5.05 5.20 5.00 0.00 #2
2 Emi HIRAI
Marien De La Asuncion KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB
43.08 22.30 20.78 5.35 5.10 5.25 5.25 5.05 0.00 #3
3 Anna TAKEI
Yuya TAMADA
28.18 12.68 15.50 4.10 3.70 4.00 3.85 3.75 0.00 #1


Marien De La Asuncion represented France till 2008.

Daisuke skated a great SP - I hope he hasn't peaked too early, Nice in March is still three months away!

Men's Free Skating at Japanese Nationals


Shoma Uno, 9th place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YzP3lgYnd8

Takahiko Kozuka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKlGGypwT8

Daisuke Takahashi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWWi_6G2xo

Yuzuru Hanyu was super!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXX7mfeKJ_M

In case anyone drops by during the holiday (Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating), Mao won the ladies' event. No 3A attempts. Suzuki won the FS and finished 2nd, while Kanako Murakami dropped to third.

Congratulations to all three medalists and especially to Mao!

1 Akiko SUZUKI Howa sports landSkateclub 119.67 56.87 62.80 7.85 7.50 7.80 8.00 8.10 0.00 #19
2 Mao ASADA 118.67 54.43 64.24 8.10 7.85 7.95 8.00 8.25 0.00 #22
3 Satoko MIYAHARA kansai univ.jhs.shs sc 116.79 65.59 51.20 6.50 6.25 6.55 6.35 6.35 0.00 #8
4 Miu SATO Grand Prix Tokai Club 109.72 59.16 50.56 6.50 6.00 6.40 6.45 6.25 0.00 #14
5 Haruka IMAI Nihonbashi Jogakkan 108.85 53.25 55.60 7.00 6.75 6.95 7.05 7.00 0.00 #23
6 Kanako MURAKAMI Chukyo Senior High School 107.13 48.21 59.92 7.55 7.25 7.55 7.60 7.50 1.00 #24
http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2011-2012/fs_e/national/data0205.htm

Total
1.Asada
2.Suzuki
3.Murakami

Representative members for ISU senior championships

Four Continents
Men
D.Takahashi
Tatsuki Machida
Takahito Mura

(Sub)
Daisuke Murakami
Kento Nakamura

Ladies
M.Asada
K.Murakami
H.Imai

(S
Yuki Nishino
Kana Muramoto

Pair
Takahashi/Tran

Dance
Reeds


Worlds
M
Tahahashi,Kozuka,Hanyu
(Sub)
Machida,Mura

L
Asada,Suzuki,Murakami
(S
Nishino,Imai

P
Takahashi/Tran

D
Reeds

I don't know if anyone is interesting but I show that there is russian nationals and plushenko is first after SP with 88.24. I saw that Brian had higher TES (43,...) while Plushenko 42,... but in PCS Plushenko got 45,94. I thought Brian and Evgeni are in the same category concerning the components but he got almost 8 points above Brian. I've read on facebook in ISU group that Tatiana Tarasova was less than impressed with the result. Does anyone know if he will compete at euros or worlds?

http://fsrussia.ru/upl/results/1112/nat2012/SEG103.HTM

Pl. Name Nation TSS= TES+ PCS+ SS TR PE CH IN Deduction- StN.
1 Евгений ПЛЮЩЕНКО
СПБ 88.24 42.30 45.94 9.11 8.61 9.36 9.32 9.54 0.00 #7
2 Артур ГАЧИНСКИЙ
СПБ 83.52 42.09 41.43 8.25 8.00 8.39 8.36 8.43 0.00 #12


He got 9.11 point at 'Skating skill'.
Very too high,it is because of national competition.(In 2009-2010 national,he got 100 point at Russian national sp)
Arthur Gachinskiy also got very higher point than international competition.

@ Bublijojo - I saw part of Plushenko's SP; the video kept freezing. He was not in great form (though the 3A was lovely) and looked to me like his knees were still troubling him, or whatever other lingering injuries he has. I have no idea what he'll do re the rest of the season. I'm concerned that by pushing himself to compete, he'll do himself real damage, so while I admire his commitment and hard work, I hope he'll sit Euros out, at the very least.

As Selia noted, Russian Nats are marked on the high side. I don't know if they still have bonuses for quads, but the marks there will generally be high even for a national championships. French Nats tend to be more in line with international scoring - possibly a bit more, but not by much. You definitely can't compare scores between those two events.

My understanding was that Tarasova had issues primarily with the dance event, though I'm not sure what specifically set her off.

Russian Nationals:

Plushenko's SP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e_Sm2TqvuI

Gachinski's SP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHfUOXowKxM

Article:
http://www.goldenskate.com/2011/12/plushenko-returns-triumphant/

It really sounds like Plushenko is planning to compete at the Europeans:

Quote:

"I'm still on the way to my top form and there's plenty of work to do for it. I'm happy to win my ninth Russia title and now I will start my preparations for the European championships."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPrCq87WICFX4dQmIGSR_l0_KOtQ?docId=CNG.338344ab8d18dae52f81ea10b09cb127.61

I am so tired of him! I doubt he will win tough, but probably get a medal anyways.

Thanks for the links.

Here is Plush's LP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWT4t5agzs&feature
I can't believe it, almost all his jumps are there, especially the big ones. Once again I think that the man is a machine

Results:
Men
1 Evgeni Plushenko 259.67
2 Artur Gachinski 249.58
3 Sergei Voronov 240.79

Ice Dancing
1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 171.47
2 Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov 161.94
3 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko 154.65