A surge of TV appearances… “After” Masama Uno and Marin Honda’s “supermarket shopping & hand-in-hand date

Uno Masama (27) and Honda Marin (23), professional skaters who retired last May, appeared together for the first time in a variety show on “Nepu League SP” (Fuji TV) broadcast on December 16, 2012. Since then, they have been reported to be on good terms with each other. This magazine also reported on their date. Let’s look back at the details based on the article distributed on March 22 last year.

A love so hot it melts the ice

After finishing “Faded,” the short program (SP) themed on the lights and shadows of her skating career, Marin Honda could not hold back her tears on the ice.

On December 21, 2011, at “All-Japan Figure Skating Championships 2023” Women’s SP, after her last performance as an active skater, an emotional Marin came back to the Mixed Zone, and a skater rushed to her. Marin, who has been in a relationship for a long time, ran up to her. It was Uno Masama, with whom Marin has been in a relationship for a while.

As Uno approached Marin, the two skaters were on stage together. The world champion and the former world junior queen impressed the media and other people who were present with their “ice-meltingly passionate love.

Uno, who was watching from the audience, said, “If I had watched it alone, I would have cried for sure. In January of 2012, Marin announced her retirement. She became a professional skater and continued to perform in ice shows. In parallel, she has become a brand ambassador. Uno, on the other hand, was working hard to prepare for the World Championships, which will start on March 18, 2012, in Montreal, Canada.

Three months have passed since that day when they proudly showed their two-shot in front of the media. This time, we found a handsome scene of the two of them in the city.

It was an evening in early March 2012 when FRIDAY spotted Marin and Uno walking proudly in one of the most prestigious celebrity towns in Tokyo. Although Marin was wearing a mask and a black cap pulled down over her eyes, she had long arms and legs, and her style was evident.

With their fingers intertwined with each other’s, they were headed for a popular chain of cafes that insists on domestic roasting.

He is the most understanding person.”

While Marin-san was getting a seat, Uno-san was taking our order ″coordinated play″. Uno-san brought a tray with two hot drinks and a cake on it, and we sat facing each other at a table for two.

We shared the cake quietly, though there was little conversation and our eyes remained down on our phones. It showed the length of their relationship and the carefree nature of their relationship. Halfway through the conversation, Marin left the table, but Uno stayed for about 30 minutes,” said a customer who was in the restaurant.

Later, Uno met up with Marin, who was probably on her way home from shopping, outside the store, and they started walking hand in hand again.

After stopping at a high-end supermarket on the way to the store, they headed for a newly built condominium tower. As they approached the entrance, perhaps concerned about being seen, they let go of each other’s hands and Uno went in first. Then, a few seconds later, Marin entered the tower apartment. It seems that it is Uno, who is four years older than Marin, who is leading the relationship. After announcing her retirement, Marin confided in an interview, “I think [Uno] is the one who understands me the most.

Uno is the one who understands me the most. When I was having a hard time, he told me, ‘You can quit anytime you want. I think it was his kindness.

That Uno had a difficult season before the World Championships, which he was winning two consecutive times.’ In the sixth round of the Grand Prix Series, the NHK Cup in the ’23-’24 season, he was harshly judged as “under-rotated,” finishing in second place, and commented, “I may withdraw from the competition at all.

However, Uno will be accompanied to Canada for the World Championships by a “strong helper. A reporter from the sports department of a national newspaper confided, “It’s Marin, of all people.

It’s Marin, of all people. She is going to Canada because she has been appointed as a “World Figure Field Caster” by Fuji Television. Marin was also a reporter at the World Junior Championships held until March 3, and her interviews with the athletes have been highly acclaimed. Since we can see each other at the rink on a daily basis, it will be an environment where Uno will be able to show her strength.

Marin ran up to Uno, who had won her third straight title, and congratulated her.

TV co-starring has increased dramatically for the two.

On March 23, ’24, Uno finished 4th at the World Championships in Montaure, Canada, missing out on her third consecutive title. Following that result, he announced his retirement on May 9. On his SNS,

I am very grateful to have been able to continue skating for 21 years and to have had a wonderful athletic life.

I am very thankful for the wonderful athletic life I have had. In an article in “NumberWeb” distributed on December 26, 2012, he described his feelings immediately after his final performance in Montreal in this way.

I think, “It’s just like me. The last was not my biggest spectacular performance. But Stéphane (Uno’s coach, Stéphane Vanviel) and I, if I had been fully satisfied here, I would have thought, ‘I’m done with skating. I interpreted it this way, as ‘it means I’m still going to skate,'” he said.

Uno transferred to Marin’s agency, Hero’s Management Co. immediately after her retirement. He turned professional and made his professional debut at an ice show in July of the same year. Her relationship with Honda seems to be going well itself. Uno, who is a special ambassador for “All Japan Figure Championships 2024,” which started last December 20, and Marin, who is a special field caster, had a talk show at an outdoor ring in Roppongi, Tokyo, on December 15.

When asked by the interviewer about how they spent Christmas and what gifts they received, the two sometimes looked at each other and seemed a little embarrassed.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, the two also co-hosted a variety show for the first time.’ We may be able to see them as a married couple together in 2013.