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Yuzuru Hanyu (Kana: はにゅ うゆづる; Kanji: 羽生 結弦) is a Men’s Singles skater who represents Japan. He was born on December 7, 1994 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He announced his retirement in July 2022 and currently does shows.
He boasts an impressive list of achievements in the world of figure skating, including two Olympic gold medals (in 2014 and 2018), two World championship titles (in 2014 and 2017), and an incredible four Grand Prix Final championships (from 2013 to 2016). Additionally, he clinched the title of Four Continents champion in 2020, World Junior champion in 2010, and Junior Grand Prix Final champion in 2009-10. Hanyu's dominance extends to the Japanese national stage, where he has secured the title of Japanese national champion six times, spanning from 2012 to 2015 and again in 2020 and 2021.
His remarkable consistency is further highlighted by his numerous podium finishes at World Championships. He achieved the bronze medal in 2012 and 2021 and secured the silver medal in 2015, 2016, and 2019.
2004 to 2010 (Novice to Junior Career)
In the 2004-05 season, Hanyu made his competitive debut, achieving a gold medal at the Japan Championships in the Novice B category, which is the lower of the two novice level divisions. However, his home rink faced financial troubles, and as a result, he had to switch to the Katsuyama Skating Club in Aoba ward, Sendai. During the same year, Shōichirō Tsuzuki relocated to Yokohama, and Nanami Abe took on the role of Hanyu's primary coach and choreographer, guiding him until 2012. On weekends, Hanyu had to commute three hours from Sendai to Yokohama for additional training at Tsuzuki's new skating club.
At the age of 11, in the summer of 2006, Hanyu demonstrated his confidence by initiating a spin competition against Stéphane Lambiel, the Olympic silver medalist renowned for his exceptional spinning abilities. Hanyu faced a humbling defeat but saw it as a valuable career lesson, inspiring him to improve his spins.
Moving to the 2006-07 season, Hanyu secured the bronze medal at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category, which earned him an invitation to the Japan Junior Championships, where he finished in seventh place. Fortunately, his home rink in Izumi ward reopened in 2007 after a two-year closure. The following season, he claimed the top spot at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category and earned a bronze medal at the Japan Junior Championships.
In 2008-09, Hanyu transitioned to the junior level and made his international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix during the Merano Cup in Italy, where he placed fifth. During the same season, he secured a gold medal at the Japan Junior Championships, making him the youngest male skater at 13 years of age to win this event. This achievement also granted him an invitation to the Japan Senior Championships, where he finished in eighth place. His national junior title also qualified him for the 2009 World Junior Championships in February, where he concluded in 12th place with an ISU personal best score of 161.77 points in the combined total. In that season, Hanyu incorporated the triple Axel, a jump with three and a half revolutions, into his routines for the first time, despite receiving negative grades of execution (GOE) for all three attempts.
The subsequent 2009-10 season marked the beginning of an 11-year quest for the first Super Slam in the men's singles discipline, with victories at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and World Junior Championships. Hanyu secured first place in both of his Grand Prix assignments in Poland and Croatia, leading him to the Final as the top qualifier, which he won with a new personal best score of 206.77 points. At Junior Nationals, he successfully defended his title from the previous season, thus qualifying for the Senior Nationals, where he placed sixth. Based on his impressive results, Hanyu was chosen to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where he clinched the gold medal after ranking third in the short program and first in the free skate with a new personal best score of 216.10 points. Hanyu became the fourth and youngest Japanese man to claim the junior world title. Throughout this season, he notably improved the quality of the triple Axel, his most challenging technical element at the time, successfully landing nine jumps with positive GOE in ten attempts.
Biographical Info
ISU Bio:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010967.htm
Rink Results Bio:
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=344
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzuru_Hanyu
2021-22
SP: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle and Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2020-21
SP: "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2019-20
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2018-19
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Haru yo, koi [ja]" by Yumi Matsutoya | Choreo. by David Wilson
2017-2018
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson
2016-17
SP: "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Hope and Legacy by Joe Hisaishi | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson
2015-16
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Requiem of Heaven and Earth" perf. by Yasunobu Matsuo | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2014-15
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH:
"Hana wa saku [ja]" by Yoko Kanno | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
"The Final Time Traveler" by Hideki Sakamoto | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2013-14
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Romeo and Juliet | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH: "Story" by Ai | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2012-13
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH Routines:
"Hello, I Love You" by The Doors | Choreo. by Kurt Browning
"Hana ni nare" by Fumiya Sashida | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2011-2012
SP: "Étude in D-sharp minor" by Alexander Scriabin | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
FS: Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
EXH" "Somebody to Love" performed by Justin Bieber | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
2010-2011
SP: "White Legend" based on Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Vertigo" performed by U2 | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
2009-2010
SP: Mission: Impossible 2 by Hans Zimmer | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Change" performed by Monkey Majik, Yoshida Brothers | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
SP: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle and Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2020-21
SP: "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2019-20
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
2018-19
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Haru yo, koi [ja]" by Yumi Matsutoya | Choreo. by David Wilson
2017-2018
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson
2016-17
SP: "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Hope and Legacy by Joe Hisaishi | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson
2015-16
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Requiem of Heaven and Earth" perf. by Yasunobu Matsuo | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2014-15
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH:
"Hana wa saku [ja]" by Yoko Kanno | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
"The Final Time Traveler" by Hideki Sakamoto | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2013-14
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Romeo and Juliet | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH: "Story" by Ai | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2012-13
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH Routines:
"Hello, I Love You" by The Doors | Choreo. by Kurt Browning
"Hana ni nare" by Fumiya Sashida | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto
2011-2012
SP: "Étude in D-sharp minor" by Alexander Scriabin | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
FS: Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
EXH" "Somebody to Love" performed by Justin Bieber | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
2010-2011
SP: "White Legend" based on Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Vertigo" performed by U2 | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
2009-2010
SP: Mission: Impossible 2 by Hans Zimmer | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Change" performed by Monkey Majik, Yoshida Brothers | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
2021-2022 Season | ||||
February 4-18, 2022 | 2022 Olympics | 8 (95.15) | 3 (188.06) | 4 (283.21) |
2020-21 Season | ||||
March 22-28, 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 1 (106.98) | 4 (182.20) | 3 (289.18) |
December 23–27, 2020 | 2020-21 Japan Championships | 1 (103.53) | 1 (215.83) | 1 (319.36) |
2019-20 Season | ||||
February 4–9, 2020 | 2020 Four Continents | 1 (111.82) | 1 (187.60) | 1 (299.42) |
December 18-22, 2019 | 2019–20 Japan Championships | 1 (110.72) | 3 (172.05) | 2 (282.77) |
December 5–8, 2019 | 2019–20 Grand Prix Final | 2 (97.43) | 2 (194.00) | 2 (291.43) |
November 22–24, 2019 | 2019 NHK Trophy | 1 (109.34) | 1 (195.71) | 1 (305.05) |
October 25-27, 2019 | 2019 Skate Canada International | 1 (109.60) | 1 (212.99) | 1 (322.59) |
September 12-14, 2019 | 2019 CS Autumn Classic International | 1 (98.38) | 1 (180.67) | 1 (279.05) |
2018-19 Season | ||||
March 18-24, 2019 | 2019 World Championships | 3 (94.87) | 2 (206.10) | 2 (300.97) |
November 16–18, 2018 | 2018 Rostelecom Cup | 1 (110.53) | 1 (167.89) | 1 (278.42) |
November 2–4, 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | 1 (106.69) | 1 (190.43) | 1 (297.12) |
September 20–22, 2018 | 2018 Autumn Classic International | 1 (97.74) | 2 (165.91) | 1 (263.65) |
2017-18 Season | ||||
February 16–17, 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics | 1 (111.68) | 2 (206.17) | 1 (317.85) |
October 20–22, 2017 | 2017 Rostelecom Cup | 2 (94.85) | 1 (195.92) | 2 (290.77) |
September 20–23, 2017 | 2017 Autumn Classic International | 1 (112.72) | 5 (155.52) | 2 (268.24) |
2016-17 Season | ||||
April 20–23, 2017 | 2017 World Team Trophy | 7 (83.51) | 1 (200.49) | Team 1st single 3 (284.00) |
March 29 – April 2, 2017 | 2017 World Championships | 5 (98.39) | 1 (223.20) | 1 (321.59) |
February 14–19, 2017 | 2017 Four Continents Championships | 3 (97.04) | 1 (206.67) | 2 )303.71 |
December 7–11, 2016 | 2016–17 Grand Prix Final | 1 (106.53) | 3 (187.37) | 1 (293.90) |
November 25–27, 2016 | 2016 NHK Trophy | 1 (103.89) | 1 (197.58) | 1 (301.47) |
October 28–30, 2016 | 2016 Skate Canada International | 4 (79.65) | 1 (183.41) | 2 (263.06) |
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2016 | 2016 Autumn Classic International | 1 (88.30) | 1 (172.27) | 1 (260.57) |
2015-16 Season | ||||
March 28 – April 3, 2016 | 2016 World Championships | 1 (110.56) | 2 (184.61) | 2 (295.17) |
December 24–27, 2015 | 2015–16 Japan Championships | 1 (102.63) | 1 (183.73) | 1 (286.36) |
December 10–13, 2015 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | 1 (110.95) | 1 (219.48) | 1 (330.43) |
November 27–29, 2015 | 2015 NHK Trophy | 1 (106.33) | 1 (216.07) | 1 (322.40) |
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015 | 2015 Skate Canada International | 6 (73.25) | 2 (186.29) | 2 (259.54) |
October 13–15, 2015 | 2015 Autumn Classic International | 1 (93.14) | 1 (184.05) | 1 (277.19) |
2014-15 Season | ||||
April 16–19, 2015 | 2015 World Team Trophy | 1 (96.27) | 1 (192.31) | Team 3rd single 1 (288.58) |
March 23–29, 2015 | 2015 World Championships | 1 (95.20) | 3 (175.88) | 2 (271.08) |
December 26–28, 2014 | 2014–15 Japan Championships | 1 (94.36) | 1 (192.50) | 1 (286.86) |
December 11–14, 2014 | 2014–15 Grand Prix Final | 1 (94.08) | 1 (194.08) | 1 (288.16) |
November 28–30, 2014 | 2014 NHK Trophy | 5 (78.01) | 3 (151.79) | 4 (229.80) |
November 7–9, 2014 | 2014 Cup of China | 2 (82.95) | 2 (154.60) | 2 (237.55) |
2013-14 Season | ||||
March 24–30, 2014 | 2014 World Championships | 3 (91.24) | 1 (191.35) | 1 (282.59) |
February 13–14, 2014 | 2014 Winter Olympics | 1 (101.45) | 1 (178.64) | 1 (280.09) |
February 6–9, 2014 | 2014 Winter Olympics (team event) | 1 (97.98) | – | Team 5th |
December 20–23, 2013 | 2013–14 Japan Championships | 1 (103.10) | 1 (194.70) | 1 (297.80) |
December 5–8, 2013 | 2013–14 Grand Prix Final | 1 (99.84) | 1 (193.41) | 1 (293.25) |
November 15–17, 2013 | 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard | 2 (95.37) | 2 (168.22) | 2 (263.59 |
October 25–27, 2013 | 2013 Skate Canada International | 3 (80.40) | 2 (154.40) | 2 (234.80) |
October 4–6, 2013 | 2013 Finlandia Trophy | 1 (84.66) | 1 (180.93) | 1 (265.59) |
2012-13 Season | ||||
March 10–17, 2013 | 2013 World Championships | 9 (75.94) | 3 )169.05 | 4 (244.99) |
February 8–11, 2013 | 2013 Four Continents Championships | 1 (87.65) | 3 (158.73) | 2 (246.38) |
December 20–24, 2012 | 2012–13 Japan Championships | 1 (97.68) | 2187.55 | 1 (285.23) |
December 6–9, 2012 | 2012–13 Grand Prix Final | 3 (87.17) | 2 (177.12) | 2 (264.29) |
November 23–25, 2012 | 2012 NHK Trophy | 1 (95.32) | 1 (165.71) | 1 (261.03) |
October 19–21, 2012 | 2012 Skate America | 1 (95.07) | 3 (148.67) | 2 (243.74) |
October 4–7, 2012 | 2012 Finlandia Trophy | 2 (75.57) | 1 (172.56) | 1 (248.13) |
2011-12 Season | ||||
March 26 – April 1, 2012 | 2012 World Championships | 7 (77.07) | 2 (173.99) | 3 (251.06) |
December 22–26, 2011 | 2011–12 Japan Championships | 4 (74.32) | 1 (167.59) | 3 (241.91) |
December 8–11, 2011 | 2011–12 Grand Prix Final | 4 (79.33) | 3 (166.49) | 4 (245.82) |
November 25–27, 2011 | 2011 Rostelecom Cup | 2 (82.78) | 2 (158.88) | 1 (241.66) |
November 4–6, 2011 | 2011 Cup of China | 2 (81.37) | 4 (145.16) | 4 (226.53) |
October 14-16, 2011 | 2012 Tohaku-Hokkaido Block 1 Regional | 1 (88.06) | 1 (150.77) | 1 (238.83) |
September 21–24, 2011 | 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 (75.26) | 1 (151.00) | 1 (226.26) |
2010-11 Season | ||||
February 15–20, 2011 | 2011 Four Continents Championships | 3 (76.43) | 3 (151.58) | 2 (228.01) |
December 24–27, 2010 | 2010–11 Japan Championships | 2 (78.94) | 4 (141.12) | 4 (220.06) |
November 18–21, 2010 | 2010 Cup of Russia | 6 (70.24) | 6 (132.42) | 7 (202.66) |
October 21–24, 2010 | 2010 NHK Trophy | 5 (69.31) | 4 (138.41) | 4 (207.72) |
2009-10 Season | ||||
March 9-13, 2010 | 2010 World Junior Championships | 3 (68.75) | 1 (247.35) | 1 (216.10) |
December 25-27, 2009 | 2010 Japanese National Championships | 3 (57.99) | 1 (137.23) | 6 (195.22) |
December 2-6, 2009 | 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final | 3 (69.85) | 1 (136.92) | 1 (206.77) |
November 22–23, 2009 | 2009–10 Japan Junior Championships | 1 (76.00) | 2 (118.15) | 1 (194.15) |
October 7-10, 2009 | 2009 JGP Croatia Cup | 1 (70.78) | 1 (130.37) | 1 (201.15) |
September 9-12, 2009 | 2009 JGP Torun Cup | 1 (66.77) | 1 (131.88) | 1 (198.65) |
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