Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season

[Hanmgse]

Here is what I idealize when I see the costume. Alas, reality and fantasy are slightly removed.
http://fav.me/d8z82as

The ocean with waves crashing around and seafoam making up the crystals.

WOW breathtaking work as always . I also love the title

 

[Rissa]

Thanks! I did. I think the costume would look great if he were underwater.

Now I really want him to come out with a sea-themed SP in that very costume. Merman indeed!

 

[PatricksGaze]

Here is what I idealize when I see the costume. Alas, reality and fantasy are slightly removed.
http://fav.me/d8z82as

The ocean with waves crashing around and seafoam making up the crystals.

Your drawing is unbelievable :shocked: I'm just left breathless here Absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Plumededragon]

This is my fav costume list. I hope it doesn't shock anyone...

1. R&J 2, Etude
2. Final Time Traveller, Believe (I thought of putting them first, cause they're absolutely beautiful, but emotional attachment-wise first ones win)
3. R&J 1, Hana Ni Nare, Phantom 1
Sorry I couldn't choose between them so I put them in places this way I certainly LOVE his sparkly-frilly-elegant style and in my mind R&J2 fits his lines the best. I think I fell in love with his aesthetics when I first saw him in this costume. I think I'm in a minority here :

It's amazing how many people say that Etude is their number one. But I agree that it is a costume masterpiece. IMO, the best one he had so far.
Oh, don't worry, I love the sparkly-frilly-elegant style Yuzu likes so much. Beside, it makes me laugh to see people complaining about it.

 

[Interspectator]

WOW breathtaking work as always . I also love the title

Your drawing is unbelievable :shocked: I'm just left breathless here Absolutely gorgeous.

Thank you so much. : I don't necessarily like this costume more than the others, but it posed so many questions and possibilities that the image came to my mind and I had to draw it.

My favorite costume is
1. Etude
2. Final time traveler
3. hmmm so many tie for number 3

 

[Pamigena]

Shoma's new costume.

http://dotanba-muscle.tumblr.com/post/122492673810/shomas-new-costume

Boys in green

I want to say Peter Pan, but all I can think is Baby Boy Tinker Bell

Here is what I idealize when I see the costume. Alas, reality and fantasy are slightly removed.
http://fav.me/d8z82as

The ocean with waves crashing around and seafoam making up the crystals.

awesome :agree:

you don't by any chance work on commission, do you? I pay in gratitude and virtual hugs. Since I've seen the costume I hope someone will come up with fanart similar to this

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

you don't by any chance work on commission, do you? I pay in gratitude and virtual hugs. Since I've seen the costume I hope someone will come up with fanart similar to this

I'm not sure how easily the clamshells would work themselves into things.

 

[Interspectator]

I want to say Peter Pan, but all I can think is Baby Boy Tinker Bell
awesome :agree:

you don't by any chance work on commission, do you? I pay in gratitude and virtual hugs. Since I've seen the costume I hope someone will come up with fanart similar to this

I bet if you asked the guy who put Yuzu on the penguin, he might do it for you.

 

[shiroKJ]

you don't by any chance work on commission, do you? I pay in gratitude and virtual hugs. Since I've seen the costume I hope someone will come up with fanart similar to this

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

 

[nagini]

Here is what I idealize when I see the costume. Alas, reality and fantasy are slightly removed.
http://fav.me/d8z82as

The ocean with waves crashing around and seafoam making up the crystals.

This is Gorgeous!! You're Amazing! 10.0 instead of 9.9

I really hope that Yuzu will see this one day.

 

[Interspectator]

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

Yes!!! That's sooo disturbing! Did you do it yourself?

 

[nagini]

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

A masterpiece indeed

 

[shiroKJ]

Yes!!! That's sooo disturbing! Did you do it yourself?

No it was from 式神Ha's weibo A chinese fan was a step ahead of all of us haha

 

[Rissa]

This is my fav costume list. I hope it doesn't shock anyone...

1. R&J 2, Etude
2. Final Time Traveller, Believe (I thought of putting them first, cause they're absolutely beautiful, but emotional attachment-wise first ones win)
3. R&J 1, Hana Ni Nare, Phantom 1
Sorry I couldn't choose between them so I put them in places this way I certainly LOVE his sparkly-frilly-elegant style and in my mind R&J2 fits his lines the best. I think I fell in love with his aesthetics when I first saw him in this costume. I think I'm in a minority here :

I think you are not. It seems that there are at least as many fans of frilly-sparkly as those of more-subdued Yuzu.

I also agree that the R&J 2.0 costume fit his lines perfectly. I loved the ombre pattern and how it made him look so unusually slender and elongated. I loved the mesh on the sleeve and how sleeves gradually faded into the black gloves and made the movements of his hands more pronounced. I loved the assymetry and the color string around his wrist. What I think I could live without (and why this costume didn't make my top 3) are the big colorful rhinestones. They stood out a bit too much, I think just black or transparent ones would have been better.

Etude costume, on the other hand, was pretty much perfect. My favortie part, aside from the swirling electric blue color, was the black sparkly see-through sleeve, the assymetry of one black and one blue sleeve and how they both went all the way to the gloves. Probably my favorite male costume of all time, even better than some of the Johnny Weir's ones that l loved.

I liked many of the EX costumes, some more some less. Believe one is odd, it almost looks somewhat unfinished but I loved the color, the flowy, eatheral feel of it and how the sleeved flared a bit at the elbow to be getehred back at the wrist. Final Time Traveler, the blue one... I'm not a fan, to be honest. It's got all the Yuzu elements that I like but the frill on his chest wasn't flattering to his posture and the color was not that great. I liked the sleeves though and the white flowers detail at the waist, it was so Yuzu at his best/worst.

As far as his less frilly costumes go, I did love R&J 1.0, it was perfect for the program, suited him perfectly and was as sparkly as Yuzu costumes should be.

Chopin is great, very eatheral, esepcially the see-through volume-y sleeves. But I have one little complaint: the neckline (or rather no neckline) made him look a bit stiff. I think Yuzuru generally looks better in lower cut costumes. SEIMEI costume also has a very high neckline, but there is more detail to it, a bit of color, so it doesn't look stiff. But then SEIMEI costume looks wonderful, I can't even imagine how Yuzuru could improve on it. He said he wanted to make it more suitable for the harsher competition lighting but I can't imagine what can be done. Change color to red? Red with gold thread would look very striking.

[/costume fangirling]

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

OMG

 

[Pamigena]

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

that's why I love you people oh God, I won't be able to stop laughing for like a week now

I'm not sure how easily the clamshells would work themselves into things.

nice one
Well, I could think of a few things ........ I don't lack imagination. I lack artistic talent (I'm only useful if you need someone to put more rhinestones on those clamshells, then I'm your girl)

 

[Pamigena]

My favorites are;

1. Etude
2. R&J 1
3. Under Armour
http://prcm.jp/album/upaupaupapa/pic/21941216

I wanted to say
1. Etude
2. R&J 1
3. Hana ni nare
but I definitely like your idea better I'll second that.

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

My dear, if you ask, fans shall deliver! I present to you, this masterpiece! cr.

I think the serious look on his face paired with the ridiculousness of the fins is a lot to handle. It's awful quiet at work right now and my resulting laughter has caused quite a stir. I'm not a visual artist but oddly enough I'm drawing quite a few eyeballs...if you know what I mean.

 

[Pamigena]

p. 1641-1650

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/yuzuru-hanyu-seimei-a-defining-program/

Yuzuru's 3A at the age of 13 in case anyone hasn't seen it http://youtu.be/cYcH7dcSk9Q

Thanks everyone for the links of photos and blog etc

As a few-minute coffee break.

I see no difference?!　　①　　　②　　　③

Doki Doki in 2011
Doki Doki in 2015
Doki Doki by Mao and Kanako

I think some of you have already known it but Yuzuru’s new book will be published this summer !?!


Btw, It’s a very short interview when he was 16 years old haha. (was Translated by me, feel free to correct me)

The interviewee : Would you try cross dressing one day?
Yuzuru : Nothing doing! (laugh)

Why?
Yuzuru : No way no way!

I think that looks great on you. (laugh)
Yuzuru : No way no waay!

You should succeed it as a tradition of the man from Tohoku (region).
Yuzuru : No way no way no way! (laugh)
Oh wait, you forget Honda (Takeshi) -san, he hasn’t done it yet!!
but then, I just realised that he is a father (of his children).
umm…It may not be a good thing for a father doing shch a thing.

That’s it! so now it’s your turn, You would surely look good in a (woman’s) kimono.
Yuzuru : Are you sure? really ? Oh noooooooooooooo

New photo from Stephanes instagram:

http://instagram.com/p/4dHXR3ICZ_/

That's Tomotaka Okamoto. He's the singer of the theme you hear during the opening and closing montage of figure skating competitions in Japan.

He sings the song during these closing montage: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2l07dm_ending_sport

I'm pretty sure I heard this song being sung during some of the practice videos for FaoI Kanazawa so he was probably the vocalist for those shows.

Todays FaOI: 4T opening ; SEMEI 4S, 1T or 2T (conflicting reports), 3F, 4T2T tano, 3A (held on?)

And a fan drew out what something that happened in yesterdays (?) show. So cute

Cricket Club brothers in Kanazawa

This is a magazine specialized in cameras, "日本カメラ Nippon Camera" with the cover featuring Yuzuru and some pictures inside. And not to surprise, no stock already. I'm afraid they have miscalculated the number of copies. What a shame
They should have considered Yuzuru's popularity.

http://www.nippon-camera.com/monthly.php?1434746114

https://www.nippon-camera.com/itemimg/826_0.jpg

New interview aired today about Hana Wa Saku and regarding the 3.11 earthquake.

https://twitter.com/ErniMartinez/status/615063446757904384 Ernesto from Spain has gotten his wish.

And Yuzu/Javi friendship is always so cute ^^ Between, a japanese fan made a summary of Yuzu/Javier pictures for the past season here

https://instagram.com/p/4eBHpEF_OS/
https://instagram.com/p/4d_8pNF_NE/?taken-by=miki_m_ando0403
From Miki's instagram.

A fan made a POTO figurine, the details of the costume/boots are amazing

Accoding to the fan who went to the show
"When the time of photo session, every skater had to fall into their positions but Yuzuru was so busy to speak to Marin.
Then it looked like Miki suggested him to go to his own place and in the end, his back was pushed by her who got impatient. that was funny (lol)"

Everyone, I present to you The Lettuce:http://sportiva.shueisha.co.jp/photogallery/2015/06/29/post_131/

Partial quotation from Yuzu interview in Kanazawa FaOI pamphlet
The interview was carried out at the Shizuoka FaOI

(Q)「ファンタジーでも金沢からはコラボではなく、また違ったものをやると聞きましたが、どういうもので すか。」

(Yuzu)「まだ作ってる最中なので詳しくは言えませんけど、これからやろうと思っているのは新しいエキ シビジョンプログラムです。曲自体はボーカルも入ってなくて難しいんですけど、かなり感情を出せるプログラ ムで…。それにこれまでの僕の経験とか、その時の気持ちとか感情を込めてやろうと思うんです。ただ、歌詞が ないから受け取るみなさんの感情などは、多分僕のものとは違いますよね。でも僕はそれを一緒のものにしよう とは思わないし、『これを受け取ってほしい』というのはないですね。もちろん振付の宮本賢二先生との間では 『こういうイメージでやろう』というのは固まっているけど、僕が作り出すイメージはその時限りのものだから 、そのひとつ一つを感じてほしいなというのと、それを観たときに感じたものが少しでも記憶に残ってくれれば と。僕の演技が記憶に残ってほしい、というまでのあつかましいことは言わないので(笑)。」

(Q)「観た人たちがそれぞれに感じたものを、記憶に残して欲しいということですね。」

(Yuzu)「そうなんです。僕の演技が映像に残れば何度も観てほしいですけど、アイスショーは試合じゃな くて１回しかないから。その時自分がナマで見て感じ取ったものというか、観ていて思い浮かんだ風景や自分の 経験、または思い出だったり・・・。そういうものをすごく大切にしてほしいなと思っています。 」

(Q)「観ている人たちの感情を触発するようなプログラムであり、演技なのですね。」

(Yuzu)「はい、多分僕はどちらかというと今までいろいろ演技させていただいていて、何かメッセージを 伝えるというプログラムはあまり得意じゃないと感じているんです。バレエの先生とかいろんな方にプログラム を見ていただいた時も、『自分に入り込みすぎるな。もっと周りに向けて表現しろ』と言われてましたから（笑 ）。だからどちらかというと僕は周りに与えるのでなく、自分を表現することの方が得意だと思う んです」

(Q)「それは去年も話していましたね。自分の中に入り込みすぎると。」

(Yuzu)「そうですね。それでもっと外に出したいと思ってファントムを表現していたけど、結局は『その ファントムとは？』と言われたらやっぱり、自分の経験などを表現しようとしていたんだと思うので。でも新し いエキシビのプログラムは自分の経験がかなり関わってくるものなので、自分のその時の心境を出すためにも完 全に自分の中に入り込んでもいいなと思っているんです。自分の世界の中に感情や体を全部溶け込ませるくらい に滑り込んでもいいなと…。だから、自分の生きざまじゃないけど、そういうのを観てくれた方々がどう感じて くれるかというのをすごく楽しみにしているというか。いろいろな感じ方をして楽しんでもらいたいと思ってる んです。」
（静岡エコパアリーナにて取材）

Talking of his costume, Here are my top 3.

①White Legend 　②R&J 1 　③SEIMEI (but I think Seimei will be no.2 in the near future.)

I also a lot like this and this (I say about costume of course )

As for the new EX costume, I think I already like that suits him and is too beautiful to resist in my eyes.

Anastasiya just posted a clip of SEIMEI from FaOI. His 4S looks really nice from above
https://instagram.com/p/4g_KMrsOG_/

Here is what I idealize when I see the costume. Alas, reality and fantasy are slightly removed.
http://fav.me/d8z82as

The ocean with waves crashing around and seafoam making up the crystals.

 

[Meoima]

I think the serious look on his face paired with the ridiculousness of the fins is a lot to handle. It's awful quiet at work right now and my resulting laughter has caused quite a stir. I'm not a visual artist but oddly enough I'm drawing quite a few eyeballs...if you know what I mean.

To be honest it's my fault thinking of the merman in the first place, and now I don't know should I laugh or cry.

 

[Pamigena]

To be honest it's my fault thinking of the merman in the first place, and now I don't know should I laugh or cry.

laugh till you cry