Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season

[cruzceleste]

But Hanyu also said he had always wanted to do POTO so maybe the discussion went something like this for the last few years:

Hanyu: What about Poto? I love POTO!
Coach: Let's try something like Poto...like Notradame de Paris?
Hanyu: hmmmm....ooookaaaay

Next year

Hanyu: This year I want to do POTO
Coach: What about Carmina or anything but POTO
Hanyu: If I win the Olympics, I will skate whatever I want
Coach: If you win the Olympics

This Year

Hanyu: POTO!!! AT LAAAAAST! I want to be Christine!
Coach: ....

Sorry. My imagination runs away with me.

Are you trying to tell me that Yuzuru´s entire motivation for winning Olympic GM was to skate to POTO? LOL

In chocolate related news (please someone translate)

 

[Pamigena]

Are you trying to tell me that Yuzuru´s entire motivation for winning Olympic GM was to skate to POTO? LOL

I think Newbiespecator was trying to tell us that his entire motivation was to finally skate as Christine

 

[cruzceleste]

I think Newbiespecator was trying to tell us that his entire motivation was to finally skate as Christine

Well since Kanako is the Phanton I have no objection about him being Christine...

 

[Pamigena]

p. 1021 - 1035

The Yuzuru Hanyu effect?

Just saw an article about Yuzu's father. Could anyone kindly translate?

Can translate, but it seem thet said his father is very strict, they call him spartam and a demon.

And said that maybe Yuzuru is so good because his dad is so strict.

http://instagram.com/p/x4QgKToz1A/

There's a Yuzuru Hanyu corner at Kinokuniya's in NYC if anyone is interested. I have to go to the city this weekend, so I'll go and pick up the Number's magazine + a copy of his book

https://twitter.com/kowamingo/status/555652993228357632/photo/1

I just watch this Yuzuru interview after Worlds 2012~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03gtMZf_fx8

at 0:17ish mark
Interview: So you're in Sendai now? What you've been doing?
Yuzuru: Well~ just rolling around/relaxing (Ma~ goro goro to..) hehehe

A translated interview with Hanyu...some hilarious comments about the 'Russia!' calls during the Olympics and how Hanyu dealt with them.
http://ice-kingfisher.tumblr.com/post/108232945898/special-interview-yuzuru-hanyu-the-19-year-old

Looks like a limited edition of stamps for Tohoku has been launch, it will ship around Japan

Edit.

The stamp collection has a special message from Yuzuru

"When someone believes in me, I can believe in myself. That is when hope is turned into strength. I was able to mature this far because of the thoughts I received from many people. Everyone in Tohoku, thank you very much for always warmly watching over me."

Special thanks to Nonchan for always helping with translations, girl you are a MVP

Yuzuru has many talented fans indeed: http://manami-nanana.tumblr.com/

Our rockstar on billboard, how awesome

Aaahhh! this is an incredible POTO fireworks

ok, let's give this another try and see how long it lasts this time
Sochi SP German version

Yuzuru "received" an a award for devotion to the region of Tohoku, he wasn´t in attendance. Here are the scans from the newspaper. Credit to troublemakerstorm in tumblr.

He looks so cool pitching ....like he mentioned in this interview about baseball and skating "Being able to pitch so gracefully with a skinny body; I wanted to do something like that with my own skating."

The Olympic channel on Youtube just uploaded something called: "The Art of Figure Skating's Triple Axel | Faster Higher Stronger"

It's a short talk/explanation on how to do the 3A (with Alexei Yagudin and Denis Ten), and it uses Hanyu's 3A from Sochi as an example, replaying it multiple times.

Hi there!

I've been lurking here for a while and decided it was time to come out from the shadow
First of all thank you to all of you for all the effort and time you put in updating this thread quite frequently.

And as a way to repay you, here is the translation of Sochi SP by the French-Canadian commentators. I have no idea as to how make subtitles and I don't own the video so here is the translation with the timing so you can follow it more easily. Also I'm not that great at translating the "technical parts" but that was the best I could come up with. Enjoy!

- 00 :00 : He’s representing Japan of course.
- 00 :11 : And now the Olympic race, the race for the gold medal has finally begun.
- 00 :28 : He’s gliding at high speed. Watch this…
- 00 : 36 : 4T. Perfect ! Perfect! Nothing can beat that.
- 00 :43 : And now the flying spin, the camel spin, on the outside edge. Changing of position there, the donut spin. He’s increaing the speed of his rotation.
- 00 :54 : This is a very long rotation. Very good!
- 01 :01 : And now the steps that lead to the sitting spin. Excellent position he gets there. The rotation is very fast.
- 01 :14 : and there he goes again.
- 01 :20 : The spread eagle. He’s gaining momentum.
- 01 :31 : for the 3A. Yeesss ! He’s done it ! Preceded by a three-turn, something which is incredibly difficult because he goes into the jump by turning over and pushing on the leg, while it is usually done by transfering the weight from one foot to the other.
- 01 :53 : Watch this now… 3lz, yes ! 3T, yes ! Perfect ! No mistakes so far.
- 02 :04 : He’s raising the level of this competition to such heights!
- 02 :12 : This performance will serve as a benchmark for the judges.
- 02 :19 : And he’s holding nothing back! Now it’s not the time to make a mistake with the steps.
- 02 :26 : (Yuzu performing his pistol pose) Oh oh oh! He doesn’t shy fom anything. He can do whatever he wants with his body on the ice.
- 02 :37 : The camel spin. He changes from the inside edge to the outside edge to make things even more difficult. He changes to a half-sitted position. Changing of foot. He’s jumping, goes back to a sitting position. And this is Yuzuru Hanyu at his best!
- 02 :53 : Bravo!
- 02 :57 : This was perfection.
- 02 :59 : the stage has been set!
- 03 :00 : the stage has been set indeed!
- 03 :09 : What an incredible skater!
- 03 :16 : And Orser, the skating genius has made a wonderful job in preparing him for here. Brian Orser is the one who gave to this exceptional skater the tools to get there: on both the psychological and the physical level.
- 03 :39 : We’re talking about someone who got 99.94 this season.
- 03 :44 : What a programme!
- 03 :48 : I get the feeling he’ll get over 100 this time around. This was remarkable. Completely error-free!
- 03 :59 : Yes I think you’re right.
- 04 :01 : So here he is with Brian Orser.
- 04 :10 : Wonderful!
- 04 :13 : Let’s take a look at all this once again.
- 04 :16 : Let’s take a look at his 4T first. Look at the way he prepares for the jump, the way he throws himself, the rotation of the upper body and then the way his left knee goes up, allowing his free leg to go forward and then back, all this without losing any speed before he turns around again
- 04 :33 : Then the 3-turn preceding the 3A. Look at the rotation, the way he puts his free leg back. This is once again perfection and he knows it!
- 0443 : Then the 3lz – 3T which is literaly a walk in the park for him! And look at Orser who is living every second of the programme with his athlete.
- 05 :54 : What a great performance from Mr Hanyu, Yuzuru being his given name. He’s waiting for the judges’score.
- 05 :23 : I bet it’s going to break all previous records!
- 05 :27 : 101.45 !!! Yes !!! 101. 45 !!!

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/151137/3/

And here is the link to the video. I hope it works for everyone!

Pictures of yuzuru from 2005 competing at asian novice championships
https://mobile.twitter.com/Chiyochiyoyo/status/556820623054229504
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7o5Z9LCMAADBoB.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7o5Z9MCcAAJHli.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7o5Z2mCEAANSsY.jpg

Here are video collections of yuzuru's spins from 2008 to 2014 (+ some galas) that you might like
2008-2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8HyxSuk5c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
2010-2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJC_ED1qtbo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
cr: sorairo oriaros

You're all welcome !

Actually while I was doing the translation I realized there was also the Team event SP there I had never seen before! So I did this one too in case you were interested. As the commentators are Canadian they talk a lot about Brian too of course ^^

If you ever need other translations from French videos just give me a shout. I might not do it right away because of lack of time but I'll get to it at some point. It helps me work on my translating skills anyway!

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/188617

- 00 :00 : And now someone who’s having quite an interesting season so far. The Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu who’s being coached by Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson.
- 00 :27 : I’ve sometimes seen him making poor performances but when he’s on, boy HE IS on. (chuckling). This whole season I’ve seen him making errors and then at the GPF he completely owned the competition!
- 01 :08 : 4T!
- 01 :14 : He’s on a mission for Japan here. He’s settled his goal and his coaches told me he put a tremendous amount of efforts in his training. Have you seen the donut spin he’s just performed after the camel spin?
- 01 :42 : Wonderful position in the spin here.
- 02 :03 : And now the 3A preceded by a three-turn. Which means he doesn’t shift his weight but that he turns over and pushes on his leg.
- 02 :11 : And this will add bonus points to the base value of the jump.
- 02 :28 : Now the 3lz followed by the 3T. He’s in a tough position here with his body leaning forward but still he is able to perform the following jump. He’s got springs instead of knees !
- 02 :41 : The skating quality is excellent. And this is Brian Orser’s work here. Brian Orser who’s a skating god, an exceptional coach who led not only Hanyu but also Yuna Kim to this kind of level.
- 03 :03 : What a wonderful skater he is!
- 03 :11 : On the outside edge, the camel spin here. He reverts to an upright position on one foot. Sitting spin. And here you’ve just witnessed the winning programme from this section of the competition.
- 03 :28 : This season he got 99.84. I can’t wait to see how the judges will score him here. But in any case he was way above the other competitors.
You’re right. That was wonderful. Quite extraordinary. A very high level of skating here. And this is such an extremely nice person, so pleasant to talk to, and a wonderful skater on top of that. Congratulations to Hanyu and to his coach who you’re going to see on your screen any minute now. Brian Orser who went from being a competitor to a coach, a very high-level coach, which is something that you don’t see that often. Here he is. Here is the man who was able to pass on all his knowledge and sensitivity to this skater.
- 04 :20 : Let’s watch his 4T again. Look at this. Perfect ! He knows what he’s doing here!
- 04 :30 : (Talking about his 3A) Then see how he turns over here. This is what we call a three-turn. And here he goes again on the same leg. This particularly difficult move requires quite exceptional strength and precision.
- 04 :43 : (Talking about the combo) And that’s where it got tough, his exit from the 3Lz wasn’t that good but still he went on.
- 04 :59 : I was looking at Orser from the corner of my eyes during Hanyu’s performance and you should have seen this. He was skating too!
You did good to watch him. He is quite a sight to behold !
- 04 : 59 : And he is not a constraining coach, he is always able to play on nuances and sensations. He is equally good with the steps and the jumps. And he had such a difficult time you know. He’s always been beaten by the Americans for the Olympic gold. It was Scott Hamilton in 84 and Boitano in 88. So he never got the medal he had come for, the gold medal.
- 05 :50 : I can’t wait to see the score. A personal best to beat for him… 97.98. It’s below his 99 points but it puts him in first place of course, above Plushenko and Patrick Chan. Han Yan is 4th and Florent Amodio 5th.
For now Canada is in 3rd position.

Yuzu's 2015 stamp collection - Tohoku - The ina bauer in the first stamp is
New magazine cover
Love his bow here...
They're selling Yuzu's Pooh tissue covers in those Arcade claw machines And they included a picture of him holding it in the background too. I want the winking one

What's this kid doing?
NHK poster
2011 Rostelecom Cup banquet 2

See compared 2011 to 2014 , He has actually grown up!

Hi, also my first time posting on the thread despite checking in everyday since sometime this summer

I translated the Sochi FS by the French-Canadian commentaters! (Thank you Terrapin, I had no idea Radio-Canada covered the event! )
Just a few things though, anything between ((double brackets)) are just notes I added and anything in [these] are implied words. Enjoy!

[0:00-0:12] Because if he skates to the height of his extraordinary talent, I think the slope might be too steep for Patrick Chan to climb.
[0:13-0:18] I think if both skate well, Patrick Chan could win… even if both skate well.
[0:20] Thank you.
[0:23-0:24] So, here we go.
[0:27-0:33]He opens with a…. a 4S! Missed!
Missed!
[0:36-0:40] And the pressure is gigantic. Gigantic!
[0:43-0:45] Patrick Chan is the chaser.
[0:47-0:53] Careful, 4T! Yes! He got it!
[1:06-1:08] 3F! Missed!
Missed!
[1:18-1:23] Ohlalalala, what a dramatic start.
Dramatic, you say?
[1:25-1:37] Winning a gold medal is a very hard job… Humanly… almost superhuman.
[1:40-1:42] We ask of them so much ((unclear…???))
[1:45-1:50] The spin, camel [spin], on the back outside [edge].
[1:51-1:57] He is already, already….
He knows.
He knows.
He’s got it, that it’s going to be very difficult.
[1:59] The layback spin ((probably meant Biellmann spin…))
[2:00-2:08] He is a shadow of himself even in the spins ((literal translation would be: he is diminished even in the spins.))
He has to get back with a series of difficult jumps.
[2:09-2:28] And we were talking about the order of skating and you can see how unreliable it is. We think that skating first is easier, but this is proof. It is the skater against himself… that makes the difference.
[2:31-2:37] Careful, the 3A, [it is with this jump], yes!, in combination with a 3T that he rebuilds himself. Bravo.
[2:45] He is slower than ever.
[2:49] Spread eagle.
[2:51-2:57] The 3A-
Oof
-difficult, with the 2T. Put it in there. ((sounds odd but not sure how to translate “mets-y là-dedans”))
[3:01] The 3Lo.
[3:07] Long road/fight.
[3:11-3:13] First in the short program.
[3:26-3:32] He takes a breath. The 3Lz, yes! Half Lo- Oh he loses his balance! 3S.
[3:35] He’s looking for his energy.
[3:39-3:42] ((unclear????))
[3:44] The 3Lz yes!
[3:55] Ina bauer
[3:57-4:11] And it looks like it’s a ((??)), and an imploration …to the god…to the god of figure skating to tell him “give me the chance, give me the chance to still have the energy to keep going until the end.”
[4:12-4:25] And to get through… this competition where the result is ineluctable for him. ((unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.)) The gold medal is slipping through his fingers.
[4:34-4:51] Spin… aah but…. On the back inside [edge], sit spin, change of foot, the position of the upright crossfoot spin. And it’s over.
[4:52-4:56] You can see… he is on the floor, ((unclear???))
[4:57-5:01] And here is someone who got 101.45 points this season.
[5:01-5:11] Defeated by himself, defeated by the stress, by the high stakes, and by the Olympic pressure of an Olympic competition.
[5:15-5:28] Yuzuru Hanyu, a proud soldier, a big performance that I thought would secure his gold medal, but it was far from a great performance.
[5:28-5:37] But once the first place secured after the short program, all the pressure was on him-
We’ll see.
-And that was the game of the competition.
[5:38-5:46] Even so, coming back to what’s left to come, it won’t be obvious. It could be Denis Ten that brings a surprise.
[5:46] (mumble mumble…) what surprise?
[5:51-6:03] Let’s wait for the judges’ scores. First, we’ll see in replay- You can understand just how surprised he is, dazed.
[6:06-6:11] In figure skating we never know what will happen and how the individual will react.
[6:11-6:22] So, let’s see… Here we see again… the 4S, the exit… and he misses it.
[6:25-6:31] It’s crazy isn’t it? And that was played out there, right at the beginning. After that, everything was difficult.
[6:32-6:37] The 4T, opening the free leg…
[6:40-6:42] And he couldn’t do the combinations he needed to do ((uhmm…. What.???))
[6:44-6:50] Next, the 3F, the exit missed.
[6:51-6:56] He was no longer focused, he was gone.
He could no longer control what was happening to him.
[6:56-7:06] The 3A, opening the free leg, the 3T afterwards. This was very good; he was beginning to bounce back.
[7:08-7:14] He was like a boxer that got a hit to the jaw, he tried to get out of it and get his bearings back.
[7:15-7:25] He needs 153.66 points to get into first place; first place that currently belongs to Denis Ten.
[7:25-7:29] But he has the points from his short program, we’ll have to look at the combined total.
Exactly.
[7:33-7:36] But for the free program… we have the answer.
[7:42-7:50] So here as well you’ll understand that…((??))... They’re taking their time to analyze everything.
[7:53] So…
[7:55-7:57] Maybe the medal… a medal, but…
[7:57-8:18] Let’s see. How many points have we granted him? 178.64. Despite 2 deduction points, we granted him 90 points for component score. He is in first place at 280.09 points.
[8:21] Okay?
Yes.
[8:24-8:28] Keep that in mind, 280.09, he is in front of- ((Denis Ten probably.))

And the link:

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/151077

I had no idea either RadioCanada had covered the event before I stumbled on this by chance. I hadn’t seen it on any thread so I thought it woudl be nice to share it.

Just a few precisons with the parts that had you confused :

[1:40-1:42] We ask of them so much ((unclear…???))
>>> « On leur demande tellement de choses » : Your translation is fine here.

-difficult, with the 2T. Put it in there. ((sounds odd but not sure how to translate “mets-y là-dedans”))
>>> He doesn’t say « mets-y là-dedans » but « mais il a tenu » : 'But he held on to it’

[3:11-3:13] First in the short program.
>>> He doesn’t say this but « trois minutes de programme écoulées » : ’We are three minutes into the programme’

[3:39-3:42] ((unclear????))
>>> He says « Voyez, petits pas, plus d’amplitude » : ’See how he skates cautiously (literally ’with small steps’), how there is not as much ice coverage than usual’

[3:57-4:11] And it looks like it’s a ((??)), and an imploration …to the god…to the god of figure skating to tell him “give me the chance, give me the chance to still have the energy to keep going until the end.”
>>> I must say, here it is unclear for me too. I hear « Et on dirait que cette fente est une imploration… » : ‘And it is as if this split (??) were an imploration…’ (maybe it is some weird Canadian slang I don’t know about ^^)

[4:52-4:56] You can see… he is on the floor, ((unclear???))
>>>He says : « Il est à terre, au propre comme au figuré » : ’He is down, both literally and figuratively’ (referring to his ending pose)

[7:42-7:50] So here as well you’ll understand that…((??))... They’re taking their time to analyze everything
>>> He says : « Alors là aussi vous comprendrez l’enjeu, on prendra bien son temps pour analyser tout cela » : ’Here as well, given what is at stake judges will take great care in analysing... ‘

Sorry if I’m being a pain in the *** but I thought this might help ^^ Otherwise you did a great job

Whoops the bow is here lol. The video I linked there was a video of Yuzuru and Mao versioned Hina Dolls. They're the Emperor and Empresses

*These authentic dolls are very expensive, usually ranging in the thousands (each one) and are passed down from generation to generation.

Sharing a fan review on Yuzuru's commercials....enjoy

Ghana chocolate
Nintendo Monster Hunter 4G
Amino Vital
Xylitol White
Japanese Red Cross - Love in Action

Can Japanese posters please help me with this information: i've read some where saying when Yuzuru was still in high school he got All 5 or something like that. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7qamj6CIAAd74M.jpg:large
I don't know much about Japanese school system so I can't tell for sure. But it seems All 5 is a good result in high school? I know it's a school for young athletes so the standard might not be too high. But it's good to know he and his family value education that much.

Apparently Han Yan was "informed" by fans about his and Yuzuru's pictures when they were novice that surfaced recently and he commented on it.
https://twitter.com/Chiyochiyoyo/status/557141895592173568

He said "Since I was a kid, I looks best if I was in shirt and he(Yuzuru) somehow seems to prefer frills since he was kid. haha"

=>

Quick correction, "Since I was a kid I wore a vest and shirt..."
B and V are written the same in Japan. In this case, I think vest is meant.

...and I think we have a new winner in the 'Hanyu's ugliest costume' contest. It's neck-and-neck with the vertigo shiny-pants, but it just might win gold!

Like this by @AXEL1271

How about those?

... and I might take you up on your offer
I´ve always wondered what where these commentators saying ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCBsmW42DX0

Stairway to heaven.

How to neutralize physical pain and to defeat personal ghosts…
unintentionally sharing some tragic sides with the phantom himself along the way.

A very emotional journey.
many thanks to Saizo K!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdTLlZuhCq4

yuzuru gesturing "NO(?)" to the camera man at 2014 gpf gala practice
number magazine advertisement
cover of 2015 figure skating fanbook
Publication date: January 22, 2015 http://www.amazon.co.jp/フィギュアスケートファ...650083&sr=8-1&keywords=フィギュアスケートファンブック+!+2015

Anyways, according to this news: http://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/contents/information/2015/01/19/post_83/
Yuzuru will appear on a VTR for the Big Sports Award in the end of this month. I guess he will not be there but they will show a clip of him saying thank you (???). I hope Japanese poster will help me with this. Maybe he's already on his way to Toronto already.

I hope you won't mind Terrapin, I was bored so I decided to translate this as well Please feel free to read over and add corrections!

[0:04]Now, Yuzuru Hanyu, the other Japanese.
[0:09]4th at CoC and winner in Moscow.
[0:17] You know, at CoC he had a few mishaps, the young boy.
[0:21]The free skate/long program.
Yes, he missed out on the long.
He is currently in 4rth place, skating to the soundtrack of Romeo and Juliet.
[0:30] It’s Craig Armstrong’s version.
[0:44] Technically, he’s solid, but it’s in the interpretation, again, and the components that he’s a little…
Like a junior?
Yes, a little like a junior.
[1:01]He seems to likes it, doesn’t he? That arm movement.
[1:05]He seems to like what?
He has an arm movement, you’ll see, count the number of times that he’ll do it. It’s quite impressive, that upward arm movement.
[1:14] Beautiful quad to open.
[1:21]There, that’s already three, four (counting the arm movements).
[1:31]A 3A, without fault (literal: something of purity).
[2:14]Five.
[2:20]Six.
[2:28]Wow…
[2:33]It’s always very beautiful, jumps like those with the arms above the head.
Yes, it’s not very very difficult
[2:36] It seems like it’s not very difficult, but only very few do it.
[2:40]With a triple at the back would have been better.
[3:06]Seven.
[3:13]And this one, you don’t count it.
No, I don’t count it, it’s only half done.
[3:17] Oh, he’s missing an arm?
[3:35]Come on, seven and a half.
Ah yes, I’ll stop.
[3:39] Yes, he’s solid, isn’t he, tactically? He would [be], wouldn’t he?
[3:45]Junior world champion in 2010.
[5:30] In any case, he gave it his best in this program, Yuzuru Hanyu.
[5:36] He gave it his maximum, he didn’t save up, he gave it his all and he’ll make it out of the final not too badly.
[5:43]Yes, that score x2
[5:45]he has clean technique. ((something about that last 3S??))
[5:48]We talked about it last time, his problems with his physical condition. We insisted on it, it was ((??)) enough, given his morphology.
[5:56]And we have the explanation; actually, it would be asthma problems. It’s probably linked with those.
[6:01]But, still, there is still content, content at the opening and middle of the program.
[6:07]It’s quite dense, technically. But when we look at this program, I don’t know what you think, Philippe, but I- There’s a certain standardization between the men and women.
[6:16]It’s not a “feminine” program, but we almost have the same programs, if we think back at Tuktamysheva earlier, it’s longer with the men, but…
[6:31]Yes, I’m thinking of Yuna Kim.
[6:33] In any case, looking at this boy- yes- it’s…. we can see the same thing, finally, in the men and boys. Some sort of standardization in the programs, in the morphology/forms/format (?).
[6:41]The principle goes like this; the first structure goes quad, 3A, Triple-triple. Either 3A with a triple or 3A then triple-triple. And a Spin, a first step sequence, then a second 3A, followed by a 3lz-3t or a 3f-3t with a 3lo
[7:05]And we finish, usually with a salchow… and a 2A. So we find those with a second step [sequence] inserted in there. And this, in practically every program.
[7:15]Yes, but it’s not on that that I wanted to-
[7:16]Yes I understood , I understood, but on the other hand, it should be said that Hanyu is certainly already very mature on the technical level. And we’ll see it, notably the 4T.
[7:29]But, he’s still a skater that seems like a junior, if not like a novice, when it comes to gestures. It’s quite poor.
[7:38] It would be important for this boy that has potential to podium at the [Olympic] Games to take up some dance.
[7:45]But, actually he doesn’t have an assigned choreographer, it’s his coach that takes care of it and it’s certainly a problem
[7:53]While it’s true that sometimes there are coaches who are also great choreographers, but when we work with the same coach/choreographer, we have difficulty getting out of our comfort zone. Which is why it’s good most of the time to see… to have an outside point of view.
[8:07]Listen to his result, he (??) of his performance, Hanyu.
[8:21] Yes, 166.49, it’s a little less bad than Takahashi, but it’s better in the technical score, evidently it’s not as good as Takahashi in the component score. And so he is second, in total scores. Maybe a podium, we’ll see.

No I don't mind at all ^^ Actually I had decided to wait until I have more time but going over some parts you didn't catch up doesn't take that much time (team work is always better)

So here are the parts you said where unclear to you. I think the rest of your translation is fine

Hanyu's GPF FS:

5 :45 : "Il y a du contenu technique, une petite erreur à la fin sur le tripe salchow"
>>> It’s quite loaded on the technical side, just a little mistake at the end on the 3S.

5 :48 : "C’était assez paradoxal étant donné sa morphologie"
>>> Which is quite paradoxal given his morphology.

8 :07 : "En tout cas ils sont contents, il est heureux de sa prestation"
>>> In any case they seem to be satisfied, he is happy with his performance here.

Chan's FS in Sochi:

1 :25 : "une bataille terrible"
>>> It’s a terrible battle

1:35: "Ce que ces jeunes gens ont à subir est terrible"
>>> What these young people have to go through is so hard.

2:19 "Quand il bouge ainsi il vole comme un oiseau au-dessus de la glace"
>>> When he moves like that he looks like a bird flying on the ice.

3 :35 : "ça va se jouer à très peu"
>>> It’s going to be a close call

5 :42 : "va-t-on lui accorder 4 points ?"
>>> Are we going to grant him 4 points?

Really these parts were quite hard to catch because their voices go down at the end of their sentences or they're just mumbling. I don't know if you're a native speaker ut even I had to listen to it again 2 or 3 times to be sure.



Haha I remember being so annoyed at these commentators the first time! Especially the guy named Philippe who keeps counting Yuzuru's arm movements with a mocking tone in his voice gets on my nerves every time ^^ And I think they're really harsh with their comments on the choreography: saying it is poor or insisting also on the fact that Hanyu's interpretative skills are non-existant (he is not a junior but a novice as far as interpretation is concerned here for them!).

I remember also that in another video (maybe Worlds 2013), one of the guys was annoyed at Hanyu collapsing on the ice at the end saying that he was overdoing it...

I don't know if this news has been posted but...JSF official confirmed that yuzuru left hospital a few days ago

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150120-00050094-yom-spo

Okay let's try this again. Following Meoima advice I reupload the French-canada commentary that Terrapin translated to Vimeo. Hopefully it will stay this time ^^;;

https://vimeo.com/117256487

Here's the subbed video for your team short program one https://vimeo.com/117268842

Wow! ice coverage of Yuzuru's Ballade No 1

On another note, here's a nice website with video links of Yuzu's programs with different language commentaries
Just hover over "各国放送（翻訳)", right next to "NEWS", and a list of languages/broadcasting stations should appear. I hope this can be useful for some of you

Interview with Shae Lynn Bourne. She talks about Yuzu and his choreography for his LP. Starts at 11:30

On another note, please help! Found this video of Hana wa Saku at NHK EX. It includes some extra footage that I didn't see before - Yuzu & Nanami sensei in a discussion about the EX and also Yuzu commenting right after he came off the ice it seems. Can someone who understands Japanese please help to translate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6740Zdl64OM

Another Yuzuru fan boy?

The same fan that did the scheme for Yuzuru´s ice coverage, did one only with his step sequence

 

[alia jackson]

They have made a pact :yes:...oooh! the passion when this and this get together....I mean on the ice . And this if the ship sail , still not losing hope

 

[cruzceleste]

They have made a pact :yes:...oooh! the passion when this and this get together....I mean on the ice . And this if the ship sail , still not losing hope

Join me in planning their wedding, I have lot´s of ideas

Never have seen this video from Nice 2012 before, is only the screem, but the screaming and chearing was insane. Another one of the end of the program.

And is this video new?, I don´t remember it

 

[Fer]

I remembered what I saw is like, he always wanted to skate POTO but he also knew that too many people have skated it so it would be difficult to be impressive especially in Olympic season. And from the beginning of this season, vocal is allowed in program music so it is a good chance for him to skate it this year. Also this season is relatively less important and he could make his little dream come true.
BTW, although there are many POTO programs, there are still some good ones coming up like the one of Gracie Gold I think. I am a big POTO fan myself so when I heard Yuzuru would skate it I was so happy. It is also like one little dream of my own. However I do not hope he keeps this program to next season. Because according to himself he would only have 3 more long program at most for competition I surely want to see more.
For those who say he is underwhelming Olympic champion, please name one another skater that would not be underwhelming. It was not his fault that Patrick and others didn't skate well. And It was not like that judges liked him better and gave the champion to him when he did the same or worse than other skaters. And what he showed us after Olympics proved he is the right guy to be the champion.

 

[annca]

thank you for explaining it way better than i could have shingalas  

the guy didnt meant that yuzuru won the olympics in an underwhelming way, he meant that he's underwhelmed by him as the olympic champion or as the leading man of the sport.
and though it would have been polite(?) saying that they like the program to shae, I would have appreciated it more if they said what they actually thought about the program to her and not just pretend to like it. I dont know... thats just me... but hey! they did mention about the extensions so i guess thats a plus lol

and i did not watch their japan nats video so i dont know if they changed their minds after that lol.

If he manages to pull off a chorreographically good POTO without a quad ain the middle, he might want to aim to do a chorreagraphically perfect POTO with a quad in the middle next season. If it takes him 2 seasons to perfect a program, as we've seen with Parisianne Walkways, maybe he should take his time? It's fewer programs for fans to see, but higher quality ones and more records broken perhaps?

I would love to see him do high quality programs and breaking records but me thinks that he's skilled and capable enough of doing that with other/new programs and the truth is, the selfish me wants to see many beautiful programs from him (as many as possible) especially if he really plans on retiring after 2018.  

  I don't want him to keep POTO (especially this version) next season. If he's going to keep one program I hope it's ballade. Just personal preference.

 
I dont want him to keep any for next season but i would totally love it if he does ballade again at the 2018 olympics arty:

 

[Meoima]

I think there needs to be a distinction between an underwhelming Olympic champion versus an Olympic champion who won the Olympics underwhelmingly... I completely agree that he's the latter because the men's FS at Sochi was all kinds of disappointing, but I don't think he's the former i.e. underwhelming as a skater who happens to be the Olympic champion. The fact that he was the only Olympic champion to participate in Worlds, and the only Olympic champion to go on and even try competing in the next Grand Prix season and has an absolute nightmare of one, struggling terribly in front of the whole world and all his critics/people who thought he didn't deserve to win X or Y titles or who are resolved to say that he's always overmarked (while refusing to acknowledge any of the qualities of his skating that made him a champion in the first place)... it speaks volumes to me about his character and he is a more than worthy "Olympic champion".

you said it so well. Seriously after this season I become a fan even more. It's not that because he wins that makes me a fan, it's that he goes against all odd without backing down! He didn't get to the top by chance as we all can see.
It's not a walk in the past for him, or for anyone who wants to reach to the elite level. It is expected for all top skaters to handle the pressure, the injuries, the training and the stress of being on the top for long, because if you can make it out alive, you are definitely a champion, still I have never seen anyone with such a huge amount of pressure on himself like Yuzuru this season.
It's not that you always have to skate cleanly and beautifully to be an overwhelming champion, it's that you have the courage to move on and prove yourself.

So I don't agree with TSL that he's an underwhelming Olympic champion at all. He's simply just an Olympic champion with wonderful Olympic-champion-worthy qualities, that has had underwhelming skates (regardless of his injuries and how affected he may/may not have been affected by it, because if he doesn't use them as excuses then I think fans shouldn't rely on them too heavily either). This is I think why many quit after achieving the OGM, so that they can end their career on the highest note and their failures won't continually be held up to some ridiculously high standard of what the "Olympic champion" should be and this is what makes Hanyu unique and above all, what proves his strength.

I am very willing to ask TSL, if Yuzuru were a NA skater, what would they say. lol

I would agree with you. Although maybe I would have to watch Kovtun's LP again, I seem to remember him having transitions directly out of his quads(!), although maybe not too much else going otherwise. Or maybe that was his SP? But yes, Fernandez's program seems difficult like hell. Voronov, as entertaining and charming a character he is (I'm a fan), was really quite below the other skaters at the GPF in terms of skating/program quality. Not too sure about Mura, I admit that I don't rewatch it so I'm not all POTO-burnt out for Hanyu's lol

About Kovtun: His program looks very tortured, and the accidental music playing in the background makes it worse.
About Mura: At least his jumps have good height....

 

[Rissa]

he meant that he's underwhelmed by him as the olympic champion or as the leading man of the sport. But that is his opinion so good for him

There are so many professionals being sufficiently impressed that a few underwhelmed ones are necessary to keep the balance of the universe.

I would love to see him do high quality programs and breaking records but me thinks that he's skilled and capable enough of doing that with other/new programs

I hope so. But then POTO is my second favorite of Yuzuru's LPs as it is, so if there is actually so much more to it as they say, I'd really like to see it. Fingers crossed for a stellar peformance at the Worlds (no third quad required).

About Kovtun: His program looks very tortured, and the accidental music playing in the background makes it worse.

Somehow, despite being lean and fairly fast, he reminds me of a tank swooping across the ice. But in an enjoyable way? I don't know, I quite enjoy his tortured skating.

 

[cruzceleste]

Somehow, despite being lean and fairly fast, he reminds me of a tank swooping across the ice. But in an enjoyable way? I don't know, I quite enjoy his tortured skating.

Yesterday I saw the GPF SP for all the men again, and since Kovtun gets so much negatives reviews, I pay really close attention.

What I came with is that he looks heavy, is not that he is slow, just that he looks like to move his body he needs a lot of strenght and that takes away from his speed.

Don´t know if I make any sense.

PD.
I have no bias againts Kovtun. Know very little about it and never have understand the dislike he gets.

 

[Rissa]

Don´t know if I make any sense.

Makes sense to me!

 

[Eloyse]

I'm don't hate fernandez, but his this year's programs are so hard and packed with difficult elements that he doesnt have time to pay attention to interpretation, understanding, emotions, etc. I was very surprised to see that someone, not in this thread, said that fernandez's short program was artistic. For me, it's totally the opposite. On the other hand, kovtun is entertaining and attractive (I mean his programs). Although his techniques are not beautiful, I think he shows his style on ice (a strange style I don't know how to describe it), and he has star quality

 

[ayarose]

Are you trying to tell me that Yuzuru´s entire motivation for winning Olympic GM was to skate to POTO? LOL

In chocolate related news (please someone translate)

It's a list of performers/entertainers you would want to give chocolates to since Valentine's Day is around the corner. A survey was conducted on COOKPAD with 2,542 respondents and this was the result

1. Fukuyama Masaharu (he's the sang Kazoku ni Narou yo, one of my favorite actors)
2. Fukushi Sota (Yuzu thinks he can be him if his life will be made into a movie, cute kid)
3. Mukai Osamu
4. Yuzu - he sparked maternal instinct among women
4. Saito Takumi

 

[gsyzf]

No wonder Yuzu has so many fan aunties and fan girls.

It's a list of performers/entertainers you would want to give chocolates to since Valentine's Day is around the corner. A survey was conducted on COOKPAD with 2,542 respondents and this was the result

1. Fukuyama Masaharu (he's the sang Kazoku ni Narou yo, one of my favorite actors)
2. Fukushi Sota (Yuzu thinks he can be him if his life will be made into a movie, cute kid)
3. Mukai Osamu
4. Yuzu - he sparked maternal instinct among women
4. Saito Takumi

 

[Lindacrow]

Thought this was interesting

 

[gsyzf]

Though this was interesting

I would probably rank yuzu's spin and expressive power ahead of patrick.

 

[Rissa]

Though this was interesting

Looks like manga stats, where everybody's total is always the same, lol.

 

[gsyzf]

Speaking of transitionless and empty, his R&J 1.0 was a little bit empty, but the music and his youthful passion directed away people's attention (this is just my personal opinion). R&J 2.0 was so much better in terms of transitions, but it was too technical and less artistic. POTO had the potential to be a classical program of his, but....so, for whatever reason, so far none of yuzuru's LPs have shown his full ability. What a shame. In contrast, his PW and Chopin and a few ex are near perfection and should be remembered for many many years.

I don't want him to keep POTO (especially this version) next season. If he's going to keep one program I hope it's ballade. Just personal preference.

I think sometimes less is more. Doing less and meaningful transitions is probably better than doing more and meaningless transitions. I think R&J 1.0 works well because each move is purposeful and highlights the music, in addition to Yuzu’s youth and passion. There are no redundant transitions.

But doing more transitions increases the difficulty of the program and thus scores more points. (Doing too many “meaningless” transitions most likely will make the program too technical and less artistic.) From the judging’s perspective, it is reasonable for a more difficult program to receive a higher score. Otherwise, a more difficult program getting a lower score than an easier program would be very discouraging to the athletes and thus creates a bad incentive for athletes to attempt easier programs. So a simpler but more artistic program ends up getting a lower score than more difficult and less artistic program. So, that’s the dilemma created by the judging system.

I think Yuzu performs his short programs better because they are not as physically demanding as the long program. So it’s difficult to see his LP skated to his full ability.

 

[Interspectator]

I remember that tv special. It was during the lead up to Sochi and they were comparing Patrick and Yuzu's skill-set.
Yuzu has improved a lot over the past year in the other areas and even in the jumps. I was watching GPF 2012 and I was shocked at how much he has improved. Speed, ice coverage, expression, posture, jumps, everything has gotten better.