Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season

[Terrapin]

Nishikawa (the mattress manufacturer of Yuzu's latest endorsement) new line of bolsters? Creative ideas from Yuzu's fans....maybe it will help to cure IYHS :think:

I think it would distract me from sleeping and make me do rather inappropriate things...

 

[ahkeekee]

I think it would distract me from sleeping and make me do rather inappropriate things...

True! totally agree!

 

[alia jackson]

...............if there is a bolster with this pix

 

[Pamigena]

p. 1163-1167

Just saw that the morning news which mentioned Yuzu is still in recovery of his ankle problem?? Could anyone check? I am not sure with my poor Japanese...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jgffc_巨大広告_sport

Another wide angle photo

I'm at the caption of this gif

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

I loved Kuro@Kurokuroiii tweets "In term of willpower and strength, he is much taller than this" (referring to the giant poster).

I'm sure you all have seen this pic before, but his smile really melts my heart and putting this as my phone's wallpaper can help me alleviate my IHYS attacks: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t31/1801357_700469843308138_194444259_o.jpg

Anyway, speaking of posters, how about this one, I belive it's in Monaco.

it was in Munich .close enough, though

That building sized poster of Yuzuru is all sorts of amazing . I wonder how Yuzu would react to that lol. News clip of it

Take Yuzu home....gulp!

Awesome drawings by twitter wankokoya on Yuzuru's walls of challenges on the way to Worlds 2015. Gambatte Yuzu

Nishikawa (the mattress manufacturer of Yuzu's latest endorsement) new line of bolsters? Creative ideas from Yuzu's fans....maybe it will help to cure IYHS

 

[gsyzf]

The ina bauer in your avatar looks awesome.

...............if there is a bolster with this pix

 

[gsyzf]

In anticipation of Worlds...i put together my predictions for the top ten at Worlds. Next year if Kozuka retires, my dream podium will be a Cricket Brothers podium (Yuzu, Javi, Nam in that order) but for now, I will go with this.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/2015-world-figure-skating-championships-my-predictions/

There seems to be more medal contenders this season and the field of this quad has more depth than last quad. I am not sure if Nam can get on the podium when Patrick comes back next season. But ice is slippery, you never know. The men’s field is especially unpredictable. It must be hard for you to make your prediction list. I like your faith in Yuzu.

 

[Sorrento]

But ice is slippery, you never know.

If Patrick comes back next season then the ice should stop being slippery and behave, you know.

 

[gsyzf]

If Patrick comes back next season then the ice should stop being slippery and behave, you know.

 

[won0066]

There seems to be more medal contenders this season and the field of this quad has more depth than last quad. I am not sure if Nam can get on the podium when Patrick comes back next season. But ice is slippery, you never know. The men’s field is especially unpredictable. It must be hard for you to make your prediction list. I like your faith in Yuzu.

You're right, next year with Patrick back, its a game changer!! But, i will put together a new prediction list next year.. I have my seat assignments already for Boston, so it will be awesome!! . It was hard to put this together, each time i re-read my list, i wanted to move names around! It sure will be an exciting competition!! Very nervous for Yuzu!!

 

[MaxSwagg]

Maybe I'm optimistic (which is surprising) but I think Yuzu will be just fine. Judges seem to love he and Patrick equally.

 

[Plumededragon]

Maybe I'm optimistic (which is surprising) but I think Yuzu will be just fine. Judges seem to love he and Patrick equally.

Because they're great skaters who can do what is right to get the points, even with the flaws. I hope for the best for Yuzu. Even if he doesn't do as well as he did in GPF (I hope he will tho, and without the falls caused by fatigue), I'm sure he'll still do something good.

 

[xibsuarz]

Maybe I'm optimistic (which is surprising) but I think Yuzu will be just fine. Judges seem to love he and Patrick equally.

As much as I want Yuzuru to do well and defend his title, I don't want him to win if the victory is not rightfully his. Although having the judges' love is inevitable for top skaters, I would like to see him win with a truly amazing performance and not because the judges held him up. It would be awful for people to hate on him because of that much like what happened with Chan at Worlds 2013, many questioned that title so much. :hopelessness:

 

[Sorrento]

As much as I want Yuzuru to do well and defend his title, I don't want him to win if the victory is not rightfully his.

We've seen him being fairly judged according to the actual performance this season already. He's the favorite but not a definite winner. He will have to fight to win. Everything will depend on his both performances.

 

[xibsuarz]

We've seen him being fairly judged according to the actual performance this season already. He's the favorite but not a definite winner. He will have to fight to win. Everything will depend on his both performances.

Right, the field is not easy right now either. Let's hope for him to have two programs that, regardless of the result, he can be proud of.

 

[gsyzf]

If we compare the scores between two reputable skaters, the gap is generally reasonable. If we compare the scores between two skaters who have no reputation, the gap is reasonable too. But if you compare the scores of a reputable skater and a non-reputable skater, the gap between them is pretty big. And the gap in general cannot be justified by skills and performance alone. The reputable skater generally gets a reputation boost.

It was unfortunate for Patrick that for the first 3 years of the last quad, he was the only one that built a reputation and everybody else had little reputation. Daisuke was aging and lost his reputation due to inconsistency. Yuzu just moved up to senior and had to build his reputation. Everybody else was too inconsistent and had little reputation. So Patrick became the only skater to enjoy the reputation boost. I think that if only one skater in the entire field has reputation, then the field was pretty weak. It was only until Yuzu, Javi and Daisuke built up their reputation that the score gap between them and Patrick shrank (PCS gap was only 1-2 points). Denis Ten was an unknown skater in 2013, so even when he performed well, he would be scored lower than a reputable skater like Patrick.

The current field is a lot stronger than before. At least, there are several skaters that already built up their reputation, e.g. Denis Ten, Javi, Machida (before he retired). Also, there are other skaters that are building up their reputations, e.g. Joshua Farris, Jason Brown, Kovton. Yuzu also has a pattern of performing poorly early season and loses his reputation, and rebuilds his reputation in the second half of the season. So I don’t think Yuzu has much reputation advantage over others right now. He actually needs to skate well to win. We just need to have faith in him.

 

[Geo1]

I'll keep being my (VERY) stubborn self and say that Yuzuru is a bit smaller than Javi (172-173cm). All the pics I've seen (from this year) showed him being around 2-3 cm smaller than him.

If Javier Fernandez is 175 cm, Yuzuru is at least the same height.

2014 GPF Barcelona Men's Victory Ceremony at 9:00:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39RC-qyaHGs

2014 GPF Barcelona Yuzuru Hanyu's Gala Exhibition introduction by Javier Fernandez:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQTIwY1yVU

 

[Rissa]

Well, the pattern is that Yuzuru only does not-so-great during his first 2 GP assignments, so it's not like he'd lose much of his reputation. When he gets his act together at GPF and Worlds, the judges are more than happy to give him his PCS back. A good skate is all it takes in his case. Though, IMO, the pattern does cause the judges to score his PCS more adequately than Patrick Chan.

I agree that it's good that there are more more and more skaters who build up their reputation. The more experienced reputable skaters, the more fairly everyone will be scored.

I hope in 2018 Yuzuru will get himself an outstanding marvelous FS choreography, and gets all 10s in choreo and interperation. My dream, lol.

 

[msteach3]

If Javier Fernandez is 175 cm, Yuzuru is at least the same height.

Yes, I also think Yuzu is about the same height as Javi. Maybe we can all agree that Yuzu definitely weighs less than Javi!

 

[cheerknithanson]

Yes, I also think Yuzu is about the same height as Javi. Maybe we can all agree that Yuzu definitely weighs less than Javi!

Oh definitely. I agree.

 

[gsyzf]

Well, the pattern is that Yuzuru only does not-so-great during his first 2 GP assignments, so it's not like he'd lose much of his reputation. When he gets his act together at GPF and Worlds, the judges are more than happy to give him his PCS back. A good skate is all it takes in his case. Though, IMO, the pattern does cause the judges to score his PCS more adequately than Patrick Chan.

I agree that it's good that there are more more and more skaters who build up their reputation. The more experienced reputable skaters, the more fairly everyone will be scored.

I hope in 2018 Yuzuru will get himself an outstanding marvelous FS choreography, and gets all 10s in choreo and interperation. My dream, lol.

I probably shouldn't say he lost his reputation because before GPF 2013 he never won any major titles and didn't have much reputation. It's probably more accurate to say, he didn't build up his reputation by skating poorly in the GPs every season. Now, he is the Olympic Champion and has a big reputation, so his reputation won’t drop that much even when he skates poorly in the GPs. But consecutive poor performances in the GP did hurt his reputation (it does give judges the impression that he is an inconsistent skater), so even when he performed well at GPF, the judges didn’t go crazy giving him high 9s or 10s. (If he skated well in the GPs and had the momentum going into GPF, I believe he would've broken the world record.) The judges mostly gave him high 8s and low 9s. So I personally don’t feel his scores are inflated, which is a good thing.

When I checked his scores before he won the GPF 2013 and Olympics, I noticed that his PCS remained in the low 80s (or high 70s) for all of his international competitions. I think even when he performed well, the highest he got was mid 80s. So I feel that he never gained much reputation before he won the GPF in 2013 and the Olympics.

ETA:
(And I think that his PCS jumped to 90s at GPF in 2013 because he was skating on home ice, which IMO is a good thing, so he was not disadvantaged for his lack of reputation relative to Patrick. If GPF was not held in Japan, he would probably got mid 80s in the PCS again, and lost the title. If he didn’t win the GPF, I’m not sure he could win the Olympics either because he wouldn’t be considered a co-favorite going into the games. I would like to think this is destiny. I really think it’s a difficult task for newcomers to move up the rank.)

I do think that having a competitive field is good for fair judging.