The start order for the ladies is up in Japanese but not in English, and it looks like live scoring will proceed on the Japanese results site but not the English site. If, like me, you took a Totally Planned afternoon nap and want to see how much of Nationals you can get through before you lose consciousness, here is a translation of the starting orders.
Ice Dance RD
1. Hirayama Kiria/Axel Lamasse
2. Iida Mio/Ishibashi Kenta
3. Komatsubara Misato/Timothy Koleto
Ladies’ SP
GROUP 1
1. Kagotani Ayumi
2. Aoki Yuna
3. Yokoi Yuhana
4. Nagai Yuka
5. Oba Miyabi
GROUP 2
6. Araki Nana
7. Kawabata Tomoe
8. Tokura Hiyori
9. Kato Riona
10. Hosoda Ayaka
11. Nitaya Rin
GROUP 3
12. Sato Ibuki
13. Watanabe Rinka
14. Nakashio Miyu
15. Naganawa Wakana
16. Miyake Saki
17. Isobe Hinano
GROUP 4
18. Hongo Rika
19. Mihara Mai
20. Sakamoto Kaori
21. Matsubara Akari
22. Yamashita Mako
23. Takeuchi Sui
GROUP 5
24. Takeno Hina
25. Higuchi Wakaba
26. Honda Marin
27. Kihira Rika
28. Shiraiwa Yuna
29. Miyahara Satoko
Pairs SP
1. Miura Riyu/Shoya Ichihashi
2. Suzaki Miu/Kihara Ryuichi
Men’s SP
GROUP 1
1. Yamada Koshin
2. Shimada Koshiro
3. Tsuboi Tatsuya
4. Sato Shun
5. Sasahara Keiichiro
GROUP 2
6. Kamata Hidetsugu
7. Kobayashi Ryoma
8. Hino Ryuji
9. Kishina Yuto
10. Watanabe Junya
11. Nakano Kosuke
GROUP 3
12. Ishizuka Reo
13. Nakano Yoji
14. Kushida Kazuki
15. Tokikuni Junsuke
16. Miyake Sena
17. Kagiyama Yuma
GROUP 4
18. Uno Shoma
19. Sato Hiroaki
20. Tanaka Keiji
21. Nakamura Shu
22. Takahashi Daisuke
23. Honda Taichi
GROUP 5
24. Tomono Kazuki
25. Yamakuma Taichiro
26. Yamamoto Sota
27. Suzuki Jun
28. Kobayashi Kento
29. Karakawa Tsunehito
Enjoy! I’ll update this post with the free skate starting orders if they continue to only be posted in Japanese.
Thank you, sweet light. This and your writings through 2018 are very much appreciated, even in India.