羽生結弦選手を全力で応援しています。趣味は🎹と🩰 AWW•英語版wikiチームメンバー🖊️東和薬品•KOSÉ•Kering SA•味の素の株主。無言引用RT失礼いたします🙏Welcome to my profile page😃As a🇯🇵Fanyu, I tweet mainly about Yuzu🪽
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May the final month in your 20’s be filled with many inspiring moments of elation and excitement in preparation for the unveiling of the brand new Ice Story, Echoes of Life ⛸️🧊📜
Wishing Yuzu a lot of happiness and good health, as always✨🍀
0:00 🙋♀️“4A has been certified.”
0:02 “Oh! Is that so?!”
0:05 🙋♀️“How do you feel? A world 1st.”
0:06 “I see, hehehe. I see, ahh”
0:15 “Well, it’s UR or something, right? Ahh...”
0:23 “I feel slightly rewarded, finally. Yes.”
From the press con:
“(You) probably didn’t notice it, but the form was the same as when I was 9 yrs old. Just a bit bigger. So we jumped together, & I felt it was my unique style. After searching for 4A for so long, I finally arrived technically at that axel jump from back →
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Interview with Shuzo with additional bits about his ankle injury:
Q: In the midst of this hardship, what did you see in the Olys?
0:17 Well, I thought, “Efforts are not rewarded.”
0:26 Tbh, amongst the skaters who skated here, I may not be the oldest, but the person →
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Also, he said his skating skills & PCS had reached more or less full marks back in 2015, & even though he’d improved since, the scores were coming down. He felt happier showing his performance to the audience who showed more appreciation, & not about winning/losing.
He hasn’t completely ruled out the next Olympics, he still feels he’d like to land a clean 4A and skate a clean program. He still wants to improve in his quest for the ultimate ‘Yuzuru Hanyu’. I’m so relieved that he’s looking ahead and looking calm✨✨✨
Coach Mishin on 4A & Yuzu on tonight’s “news23” program:
“I suppose, in my life, I don’t expect to see the success of 4A. But there is 1 person who could make it possible. Yuzuru Hanyu. Because of his unique physique- he’s very slim & very small, he can rotate very fast. →
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Yuzu has helped fill the holes numerous times in the past. Finlandia Trophy 2012, Helsinki Worlds 2017, Skate Canada 2019, ice shows...
It’s something he’s been doing naturally since he was young and is not a stunt, as some cynical people have claimed recently.
In News Zero, he said he chose the term “professional athlete”, to emphasise that he’s going to keep improving his skills as a sportsman, instead of “professional skater”, where there’s a connotation of an entertainer, where difficult jumps are no longer attempted, for example.→
Happy to see his session end with a smile on his face😃
“I’m glad I was able to show that I could still do SEIMEI in full in the Olympics version.” He said it will be once every 6 months that he’ll do something like this session. He says he’s really really tired!
Yuzu said :”My ankle hurts a bit, and I know people might say things, but I’m taking painkillers so please let me enjoy doing this”. With a gentle smile😊
I’m devastated. Why did this have to happen to Yuzu, who deserved all the happiness in the world, including a happy marriage. This is all so unfair.
Yuzu announced that he decided to get a divorce to free his wife & her family from media intrusion & for her future happiness.
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Here is a compilation that shows how 3 professionals could tell with confidence that Yuzu got his blade stuck in a hole when he missed the 4S, with easy-to-understand explanations.
Shizuka accurately explained what had happened seconds later. Junko Yaginuma said the back→
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On TBS they showed another video of Tsuzuki sensei’s message to Yuzu, and one of things he said was: “Let’s go to the sauna together and have a good time!” to which Yuzu muttered, “Again...?”😂
When asked about his current view on marriage/relationships, Yuzu said:
“I’d like a marriage or relationship that’s going to benefit my skating, that makes me more passionate about skating.”
Yuzu said that the “mistake” at Beijing Olys is an emotional scar...and that he wanted to make another challenge (to make it right)😭 he was so nervous & scared he was about to cry- he said there was a pressure to skate a clean programme when he couldn’t do it at the Olys.
I’m relieved to hear the news of his marriage, that he has a special someone he can share the good times and difficult times with from now on. We’ve always said he deserves all the happiness in the world, & I can’t imagine how happy he must be feeling now🥹 What a wonderful day✨
Yuzu’s message to young skaters:
“What I’ve been told since I was little was, ‘Skating is an extracurricular activity.’ I’ve always been told to study hard & grow properly as a human being. Whether or not I’m really proper now, I’m not sure if I can say →
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During FaOI, he couldn’t practice 4A but now he is practicing it. He discovered new perspectives everyday during FaOI. He’s feeling excited & has a high expectation of himself now. At Beijing, he thought there was no more room for improvement but now he feels there are lots.
He says he wanted to show that he’s still an athlete, that’s why he did this practice session. He’s really glad he was able to do a no-miss programme and was very nervous.
Tospo newspaper dated 6 Aug 2023: “Yuzuru Hanyu will not change after getting married”
He’ll remain committed to figure skating, & his new life experiences with his partner can only extend his range of expression on the ice. I’m already looking forward to his next performance⛸️
It’s like we’re observing Yuzu’s emotional healing process through these gala practice sessions, which can only be done on the ice where he’s most happy. And we’re also healing ourselves by watching him having fun.
I’m happy if he’s happy 😃
Tsuzuki sensei says he was shown a video of Yuzu landing the 4A without falling, back in Nov’21. When he sent Yuzu a congratulatory message, he got a reply that he sprained his ankle 2 days later. Tsuzuki sensei said that he saw Yuzu’s strength to go →
In Live News alpha, Yuzu picked Hope & Legacy from Helsinki Worlds 2017 as the performance that says, “This is Yuzuru Hanyu”. He felt enveloped in music and was “in the zone”, and all of the jumps were successful.
According to the JOC, the press conference tomorrow was arranged in response to a large number of individual requests for interviews. It’s not because Yuzu wishes to make a special announcement, so they’d like everyone to refrain from making speculations. Phew😌
Patrick says, “I’m impressed with how far Yuzu has come in the 8 yrs since we competed at Sochi Olys. I considered myself a pioneer in the sport at the time. I believe that Yuzu inherited that status & has taken FS to a level that no one’s ever reached.”
Yuzu’s official YouTube Channel‼️
Yuzu’s comment:
“I have created Yuzuru Hanyu’s official YouTube Channel, ‘YUZURU HANYU’. I’m thinking about showing my skate to everyone from here as well! I would appreciate your support! Yuzuru Hanyu”
So exciting!😆😆
#YuzuruHanyu
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Newspapers today. I talked to a seller at the newspaper distribution centre, and he was telling me enthusiastically how much he admired Yuzu after watching his performance yesterday. He said he has a lot of respect for him & they sell more papers when he’s on the front page😁
Also in News alpha: he was thinking last season, “This GP is the last comp, “JNats will be the last”, then before Beijing, “This will be my last competition”. After Beijing, he finally allowed himself to be himself & move on to the next stage, and be free from winning/losing.
“I enjoyed it. Hehe. It still hurts a bit, but, um, please let me enjoy this a little bit longer. (What’s your EX program?) It’s a surprise (literally, ‘please look forward to it’). Thank you 😊”
A cameraman’s impression of Yuzu when he took photos that were used for Lotte’s 📰 ads:
“Off the ice, he’s friendly & kind. On the ice, it felt more like watching a wild animal than a human being, with every muscle extended so beautifully I couldn’t take my eyes off him.”→
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JSF’s sponsor Lotte said in their interview that:
- Yuzu always checked the concept of the advert & the costume used for it
- Even when the filming crew gave 👌, Yuzu sometimes insisted on retakes until he was satisfied
- he demonstrated the poses to make the prizes better
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Living life as “Yuzuru Hanyu” has always been a heavy burden- wants to be perfect all the time & be a better self. He’ll continue feeling the pressure. There were times he’d be in tears/couldn’t eat after Beijing, so he feels it’s important to look after his emotional health.
Yuzu must have felt so elated & confident after landing the 4A when he sent the videos to Ghislain with the message, “Check this out”, only to get injured 2 days after that😭 The amount of frustration & stress he must have felt, so much so that it caused him to get esophagitis😭
He was acutely aware of the judges’ attitude to his FS. He changed the programs at 4CC 2020 to get a definitive answer & the scores led to a sense of resignation. My heart ached reading the final interview- now we know how he felt. So glad he turned pro; they can’t taint him now.
On News 23, he said that this (turning professional ) is not a period (full stop), but a comma- the story will continue and he wants to show that. He wants to raise the quality of his performance. He’s finally allowed himself to enter a new, higher stage.
A message from Yuzu, released by JSF:
“To everyone who supported me:
Thank you so much for everything until now.
Up to this point, thanks to everyone who cherished me, I was able to steadily lead my competitive career. →
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A Chinese Fanyu said that 2000 hats were sold because Yuzu wore it yesterday. The Chinese version of his book “Blue Flames” is out of stock due to growing demand and you have to order it. Hanyuconomy in China too😂
3 most important mottos:
1. Keep challenging towards success, including 4A & putting out a better performance than the last time,
2. Be beautiful as a person & lead a life where he’ll feel proud of himself when he looks back
3. Keep studying(like dance)& be a deeper person/skater
Some media reported that he got married, whilst others reported he’s going to get married. His wording usually means that official registration of marriage hasn’t happened yet (at the time of posting). But registration documents *may* have been submitted by now. He’s very smart.
Yuzu’s page on JSF’s site updated today⭐️
Comment: “Thank you so much for your support as always. I’ll strive for even greater heights this season.”
Hobby: “Listening to music”
He will be competing this season😆😭
As a professional athlete, he has plans in his mind which he cannot say in detail yet, like specific dates. But he thinks there are new ways of showing performances, new places, new ideas that might appeal to the audience.
Based on the more complete transcription of his reason for choosing the 9 programs:
“Until I came here, I was going to do H&L, Chopin & SEIMEI. That was the plan. Then I started to feel I’d like do other various programs too. After much thought,→
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I must admit, I’m feeling a bit emotional & teary right now... it’s finally sinking in. I thought I was all right, but translating his JSF statement, reading articles of his visit to JSF etc, & then the removal of his profile page from the JSF site... gotta pull myself together!
From 0:54:
“Tbh, opportunities to feel happy innocently in the K&C, like ‘Yes!!’, were diminishing. There were times tbh when I felt that may be I’m not needed, and thought that I was being told, “YH, why don’t you retire soon.” That, of course, was hard on me at times.”
I received my prize from Towa Pharmaceutical😆
I still can’t believe it, it’s like I’m dreaming✨ I can’t thank Towa #東和薬品 様 enough🙏
I’ll treasure these precious photos forever💚
#HANYUYUZURU
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#教え��黒柳さん羽生さん
#YuzuruHanyu
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✨Congratulations Yuzu✨
Wishing you a long and happy marriage💐
I’m very, very happy for you both.
And I’ll continue to support you!!😃
羽生さん、ご結婚おめでとうございます!
末長くお幸せに✨
(What subject were you good at?)
Y: I love science.
(1st time to hear that.)
Y: 1st time?! You’ve been interviewing me since I was in elementary school, and it’s the 1st time😅 I really like science. From junior high school, I liked maths. My brain’s science/maths-orientated. →
CEO of HoriPro Inc., a Japanese showbiz giant, says Yuzu’s press conference was a model example. His choice of words & powerful speech were filled with healing & light. He could visualize Yuzu skating with his 9-yr-old self. He thinks Yuzu is a lyrical, genius storyteller.
“....Yuzuru Hanyu asked the Chinese volunteers, ‘What else would you like to see?’ They replied, ‘Everything.’
So he skated his entire life's skating repertoire at the Beijing ice rink.
It's a very loving side😍”
(machine translation)
Well done & thank you Chinese volunteers👍
According to Nikkan Sports, Yuzu was asked to be one of the torchbearers in the final group at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. But he declined the offer, putting his priority on training during COVID-19.
Now we know!
I spent all day in Ginza with a Fanyu friend💜 We first went to Maison Kose Ginza, marveled at the purple Origin 2.0 costume again, bought an Eye Glow Gem & had it engraved with “4A☆22.2.10” & then went to Mitsukoshi department store to see Yuzu’s skating boots on display ⛸
In a teaser for TV Tokyo’s “Sports for All” programme tonight from 10:30pm, Yuzu said in an exclusive interview:
“There was a predetermined path (“rail track”), and it felt like I was a puppet, simply being made to run along that path.”
Translation:
“I'm surprised that wild ‘delusions’, ‘imagination’ and ‘pure lies’ are turned into articles.
That's amazing😊
Even if I file a lawsuit and win it, there's nothing good that comes out of it, so I won't do it😊
Sorry, these are my own (
#HANYUYUZURU
’s) words!🙂”
“Hello👋I’m Yuzuru Hanyu. I’ll show you the bag I’m using everyday & what’s inside it. I screw it like this⛸️ Speaking of me, what comes to mind is…my tissue case cover!🧸This is my “war buddy-chan”, yes😂I don’t know how I should call it😅I’m embarrassed🙈”
Full video at 7pm😍
1:23 When I tucked my arms fully tight (during a 4A attempt in practice) I thought, “My ankle’s gone again.” I received many treatments this time & just about got the go-ahead to skate. But in my mind, I feel I jumped the best, the closest 4A. In that respect, I’m satisfied.
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Film director & producer Baz Luhrmann revealed that he’s a big fan of Yuzu🌟
“Actually, I’m a huge fan of superstar Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu. Yuzuru is absolutely wonderful. So I’m following him. He’s a superstar,→
#HANYUYUZURU
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It was Yuzu who insisted on giving individual interviews (25 in total). On one hand, it gives him extra media exposure & each press co. can benefit from exclusive interviews. On the other hand, it tests each company’s level of understanding about him & where their interests lie.
At last, an article criticizing the incomprehensible behaviour of a minority of Japanese people/media who despise/scorn Yuzu instead of praising his sincere, model behaviour on & off the ice. The writer makes references to the ice repair remarks, →
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Yuzu will livestream his practice this Wed‼️😆
Yuzu’s comment:
“As a first attempt for HANYU YUZURU channel, I’m planning a livestream of an open practice event, “SharePractice.” It will take place around 12pm on Wednesday, 10th Aug. Please look forward to it!”
#YuzuruHanyu
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Yuzu was complimented on his beautiful skin and was asked about his skincare routine. He said he doesn’t do anything special; just sweating is enough. However, he said that as he’s an ambassador for Sekkisei, he recommends their lotion and asked the viewers to buy it😂Well done👏
“Did you notice this moment? In this screenshot, it looked as if he were skating hand-in-hand with a shadow of his 9-year-old self. It was like they were chasing the light as fast as they can, together.” 😭😭
Nobu saying Yuzu’s jumps/spins/steps were so good he was pressing GOE+5 buttons for all of them in his mind. Although Yuzu said he’s hated by the ice, Nobu says Yuzu forces it to be his friend in the end, so it will be absolutely fine!
I hope so too!!
I’m actually surprised they announced Yuzu’s participation this early. May be they received many requests over the phone or they’ve been looking at our tweets hoping for an early announcement before we applied for the ticket lottery.
It also means Yuzu’s ankle is healing well☺️
According to The Beijing Daily (🇨🇳state-affiliated media), Yuzu will not live in the athletes’ village but instead will stay at a hotel with other ‘delegates’. Also, according to PP Sport, he will stay at a hotel provided by the JOC near The Beijing Zoo.
Yuzu had said to Jmedia in Beijing on 2/18, “Shall I hold an open practice session? A freakin’ carefree one. Doesn’t matter about interviews or anything, just forget about work, have a drink, whatever. I hope there comes a time (for everyone) to watch it.”
Thanks to Nobu-kun for posting this selfie taken by Yuzu on his Instagram stories😭 Yuzu looks impossibly cute and his eyes are so pure & focused✨ I’m just so happy that he looks really well & he’s on the ice, I’m literally crying😭 Now I need to research on his new mask😷
Video Director:
“When I worked with him 5 yrs ago, I felt that I’d never met such an innocent, untainted person. Like glass, like silk thread. But I think only such a person can do his 4-minute (program in) competition. I won’t let anyone hurt him- (he) makes me feel that way.”
Ice Rink Sendai announced today that Yuzu once again made a large donation to the ice rink⛸️
This time:
¥55,881,272 (US$ 395K /€357K)
Cumulative total amount donated:¥87,330,406 (US$617K / €559K)
#HANYUYUZURU
#羽生結弦
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Getty Images sports photographer Matthew Stockman says that Yuzu has left the biggest impression on him and that he has natural charisma & a strong aura. “First-class athletes make for first-class photos, and Hanyu’s one of them. He’s a great subject.”
Yuzu said the main objective today was to skate a clean SEIMEI, to show he’s better than before. He’s used to skating programs 3x in a row, all clean as well. So in a way, today’s practice was representative of his usual practice sessions. He was a bit too enthusiastic today.
What, 9 programs in today’s “show”😆
H&L
Paganini
Notre Dame de Paris
R&J2.0 (4S?)
Chopin
Otonal
White Legend
Notte Stellata
SEIMEI
I would willingly pay the cost of a full ice show for that...!!
Although he never criticizes anything/anyone directly, I feel that his heart-wrenching interviews are, in his unique, subtle way, a protest against everything that’s so wrong with FS right now. So subtle only those who know what’s been going on understand it. And it hurts so much
Asahi Shimbun writer Yu Iwasa says that outside the room where Yuzu was taking 5-minute interviews, there were journalists from 25 press companies waiting and taking turns to go inside. They were talking amongst themselves that it felt like they were the ones being interviewed😁
Costume designer Satomi Ito’s exhibition “Muse on Ice”, commemorating the publication of her book in the same name on 18th April, opened today at gallery SUGATA in Kyoto. There are costumes, sketches and fabric samples on display.
Of 'Origin' costume, she says: →
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Taking a deep breath... the press conference is not happening today, it’s tomorrow, Tuesday 19th July, from 5pm JST... my heart has been pounding non-stop. We’ll support Yuzu 100%, regardless of what decision he announces tomorrow.
The press con may well be broadcast live on TV.
I will be working with AWW on English translations of Yuzu’s membership posts from now on😃
これからAWWのメンバーとして、羽生結弦選手のメンシプ動画翻訳のお手伝いをさせていただきます。
どうぞよろしくお願いいたします✨
#羽生結弦公式YouTubeチャンネル
Hello everyone, the AWW team will be translating Yuzuru Hanyu’s future membership posts on his Youtube channel. お知らせ AWWチームでは、今後羽生選手のyoutubeチャンネルのメンバーシップコンテンツを翻訳していく予定です。
Read our translation update here:
Yuzu said eventually when he’s around 40, he’d like to help skaters who want to reach the top, although he’s unsure whether it would be at a club or as a temporary coach. He’d like a new ice rink to be built in Sendai. I think it’s the 1st time he said this so explicitly ⛸
I’m still in shock, angry, & I will never forgive those responsible for forcing him into this decision. No one has the right to take away someone’s happiness like this. It’s the first time that Yuzu has directly asked them to stop defaming them & interfering with their privacy.
It is rather amusing that the fact Yuzu’s holding a press conference is news in itself.
And I’m glad it’s a livestream- there’ll be no editing/chopping up his precious words into bits and pieces.
“There’s no time to rest&relax my body&mind. Like tuna🐟swimming until they die😅Skating, expressing some sort of emotions, being in agony&pain- otherwise, it doesn’t feel like I’m alive. Tbh, I'm really scared whether my fans will continue to follow me.”
Yuzu’s message to himself when he started skating:
“I think my 4 year-old self probably didn’t understand what was enjoyable about figure skating. It was fun everyday, just following my sister around, really. Then gradually, I started to get enjoyment from being watched by→
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I can’t start to imagine what Yuzu and his partner must be going through right now.
Yuzu, I will continue to support you in your professional skating career, no matter what happens in your private life. I will be praying for you and your partner during this difficult time.
Yuzu was very pleased with that performance, what he calls “a completed form”. He feels he’s finally overcome the trauma and now can move forward again. He said it would be nice if viewers felt that his performance gave them a little push to move forward, even for a second.
Yuzu once again stated that he’s at his best right now, without any doubt, having established a training method that works for him. Also, he’s getting less worn out psychologically. The balance between physical strength and mind/spirit has improved.
羽生選手の新SPは「序奏とロンドカプリチオーソ」
Yuzu’s new SP is “Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso Op.28” by C. Saint-Saens.
I wonder if it will be an all-strings version, a violin solo with piano accompaniment version, or a piano duet version??
¥85,935,835 from the sales of the 2022 Hanyu Yuzuru Exhibition goods will be donated to the Yomiuri Light and Humanity Association. It provides timely financial support to areas affected by natural disasters.
Donations from past HY Exhibitions:
2018 ¥42,780,000
2020 ¥27,804,540
I asked the help desk at Disney+ if GIFT special version will be streamed abroad as well, & they said it will be streamed in countries/regions where Disney+ is available🎊 The nice lady on the phone said, “We hope everyone enjoys the show”💝
#GIFT_tokyodome
#HANYUYUZURU
#羽生結弦
Yuzu’s set aside 5 hours (!!) for his live-streaming event on Wednesday, including time for media interviews, according to Sanspo😳 It’s not clear whether all 5 hours of it will be live-streamed or not.