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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Milan Cortina Olympics: Figure skating

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's short program during the figure skating team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 6, 2026.

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Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 4 Kyodo - Video taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (1st row, far L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (1st row, 2nd from L), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (1st row, 3rd from L), curler Sayaka Yoshimura (1st row, 2nd from R), Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (1st row, far R), snowboarder Ayumu Hirano (2nd row, L) and speed skater Miho Takagi (2nd row, R). (Kyodo)

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan is pictured after an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan is pictured after an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan practices during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 4, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (1st row, far L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (1st row, 2nd from L), speed skater Miho Takagi (1st row, 2nd from R), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (1st row, far R), snowboarder Ayumu Hirano (2nd row L) and curler Sayaka Yoshimura (2nd row R).

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Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (1st row, far L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (1st row, 2nd from L), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (1st row, 3rd from L), curler Sayaka Yoshimura (1st row, 2nd from R), Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (1st row, far R), snowboarder Ayumu Hirano (2nd row, L) and speed skater Miho Takagi (2nd row, R).

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (R) and figure skating pair Utana Yoshida (C) and Masaya Morita jump in front of Olympics rings at the athletes village for the Milan Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 3, 2026, ahead of the games opening on Feb. 6.

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (R) and figure skating pair Utana Yoshida (C) and Masaya Morita jump in front of Olympics rings at the athletes village for the Milan Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 3, 2026, ahead of the games opening on Feb. 6.

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Traditional "hina" dolls featuring big names in Japan

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2026, shows traditional Japanese "hina" dolls unveiled by Kyugetsu Co., featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani (front L), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (front R), ski jumper Sara Takanashi (2nd row, R) and speed skater Miho Takagi (2nd row, 2nd from R).

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Milan Cortina Olympics

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan is pictured during an official training session for figure skating in Milan on Feb. 2, 2026, ahead of the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Figure skater Kaori Sakamoto speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Figure skater Kaori Sakamoto speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan pose for a photo in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan pose for a photo in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Taiwanese tourists to Japan

Tourists from Taiwan listen to a guide in front of a statue of Ryoma Sakamoto, a famed 19th-century historic figure who played a key role in Japan's transition from feudal rule to modern statehood during the Meiji Restoration, in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 15, 2025. ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Kaori Sakamoto

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (front, R) smiles at a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2025, after qualifying for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Figure Skating: Sakamoto

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2025, a day after winning her fifth straight women's singles title at the national championships and earning a place at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto performs during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto performs during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan acknowledges the crowd after winning bronze in the women's event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025, alongside silver medalist Ami Nakai (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025, alongside silver medalist Ami Nakai (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025, alongside silver medalist Ami Nakai (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Alysa Liu (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the women's event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025, alongside silver medalist Ami Nakai (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs in the women's free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2025.