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In ice shows, Hanyu has performed live with renowned artists like Japanese singers Toshi and Dean Fujioka, the J-pop band Chemistry, and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. The background and making of Hanyu's programs was broadly covered by the media, especially the creation of his signature free skate Seimei and other Olympic programs. Experts ...
Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, Hanyū Yuzuru, Hiragana: はにゅう ゆづる; born December 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. Universally regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history [note 1] for his well-rounded skills, achievements, innovations, longevity, popularity, and impact on the sport, he started skating at four years old and competed in the men ...
Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer who competed in the men's singles discipline and turned professional in 2022. [1] [2] Regarded as one of the greatest skaters in the sport's history, he is the first two-time Olympic men's champion in 66 years with back-to-back gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, [1] and the first male single skater to complete the ...
Two-time and reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu returned from a long injury layoff to land two quadruple jumps and score a world-leading 111.31 points in his short program at the Japanese ...
Yuzuru Hanyu has scored 19 world records in international competition, the most among single skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003. [2] He set new highest scores seven times in the +5/-5 Grade of Execution System, [note 1] three in the short program, two in the free skating, and another two in the combined total score.
For the free skate, Hanyu decided to repeat his program Seimei to the soundtrack of the films Onmyōji and Onmyōji II (The Yin-Yang Master) composed by Shigeru Umebayashi. [ 30 ] [ 86 ] In the 2015–16 season, he set back-to-back world records with the program at the NHK Trophy and the Grand Prix Final, becoming the first skater to score ...
Side view of the rink on the first day of Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata at Sekisui Heim Super Arena. The Sekisui Heim Super Arena is located in Rifu near Hanyu's hometown of Sendai and served as a morgue at the time of the disaster in 2011. [31] [32] The venue was sold out with an attendance of 6,000 spectators per day in 2023 and 6,100 in 2024.
[14] [21] Upon the conclusion of Continues with Wings, he was asked by Hanyu to allow him skate to Plushenko's 2003–04 free skate program Tribute to Nijinsky with music by Edvin Marton. With Plushenko's agreement, Hanyu used a new arrangement of the music piece for the free skate, titled Origin , and performed it as a tribute to his skating ...