Yuzuru Hanyu: 2015-16 Season

[kiches]

Last year when Brian came to Japan with Nam and he did opening/closing choreo for Faoi, He said to reporters that Yuzu will have new sp which will underline Yuzu's great sense of the rythm . Then we found out he kept Chopin,

Marin, do you remember if Brian actually said it was a "new" SP that would highlight his sense of rhythm, or was he talking about his SP for 2015-2016 in general? I thought maybe the rhythm comment may have been about Chopin itself rather than an entirely new program (although Chopin isn't what I would picture when using the word rhythmic).

 

[sweetwater]

Maybe that “rhytmic program” thing is based on this Japanese article...?
In the 4th paragraph there is a Brian’s comment on Yuzu’s programs for 2015-2016 season.

Original text:
羽生結弦は4月早々にカナダへ渡り、ショートはジェフリー・バトルに、フリーはシェイリーン・ボーンに依頼した。これは昨季と同じ顔ぶれで、コーチのブライアン・オーサーも「ショートはユヅルのリズム感の良さを生かし、フリーはドラマティックな世界観をふんだんに表現してくれる、最高の振付」と話しており、羽生との相性の良さは証明済みだ。

Brief translation:
Yuzuru Hanyu harried back to Canada in April and asked Jeffrey Buttle and Shae-Lynn Bourne to choreograph his short and long program respectively. His coach Brian Orser said, “The short program utilizes Yuzu’s sense of rhythm, and the long program provides a rich dramatic world. Both are a masterpiece.”


This article was published just before they release the information about Yuzu’s SP. However, Yuzu later commented that he decided to keep his SP before he resumed training for Worlds 2015. So it’s not clear whether there was another plan for SP or Brian just referred to Ballad No.1 without revealing its title.

 

[alia jackson]

^^ the discussion on the SP beginning from post #25518 16July2015

And on 7Aug2015 the news that he keeping Chopin

 

[Marin]

Marin, do you remember if Brian actually said it was a "new" SP that would highlight his sense of rhythm, or was he talking about his SP for 2015-2016 in general? I thought maybe the rhythm comment may have been about Chopin itself rather than an entirely new program (although Chopin isn't what I would picture when using the word rhythmic).

http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?35500-Yuzuru-Hanyu/page1702
here see the comments

 

[Hanmgse]

^^ the discussion on the SP beginning from post #25518 16July2015

And on 7Aug2015 the news that he keeping Chopin

 

[kiches]

http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?35500-Yuzuru-Hanyu/page1702
here see the comments

Thanks, I'm amazed you all are able to dig up such old threads!

Going back through the conversations at the time it seems Jeff did choreography for his short program around WTT in 2015. Whether or not that was an entirely different SP or Chopin 2.0 (before he decided to add the second quad - guess ultimately that one is Chopin 3.0) still seems to be inconclusive :think:. He either choreographed a new SP and Yuzu changed his mind to keep Chopin, or the updated version of Chopin was the only piece Jeff choreographed since Yuzu already knew he wanted to keep the program.

If it was the former, we could see it next season, or we may never see it at all if they do brand new choreography for the SP.

 

[won0066]

HI everyone:

Here is one of my recent posts....my first experience with sports photography....I'm working on it....enjoy.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/20...-my-first-experience-with-sports-photography/

 

[liv]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

Figure skaters make excellent subjects... what better way to learn than having to shoot our favourite sport?

Re: yuzu.Is it just me or does it look like he has a rectangular shaped flesh coloured bandage on his mid section? Gotta love zoom.

 

[won0066]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

Figure skaters make excellent subjects... what better way to learn than having to shoot our favourite sport?

Re: yuzu.Is it just me or does it look like he has a rectangular shaped flesh coloured bandage on his mid section? Gotta love zoom.

Yes, there is a flesh coloured bandage. I believe it was covering a heart rate monitor?? Thats the last i heard...

 

[Sorrento]

Yes, there is a flesh coloured bandage. I believe it was covering a heart rate monitor?? Thats the last i heard...

I had no idea he wore a heart rate monitor for that long now. I wonder if it's because of the side effects of the medicins he has to take for his asthma.

 

[hamaguri]

There is also a possibility they might use the "rhytmic program" that was choreographed for 15/16 season right? So perhaps whether jeff will be available or not (this is of course if he chose to work with Jeff again) the short program would have been done. His long program though, totally no clue
Right now other skaters have already announced their choreographer and/or their music. I am excited for yuzuru's.

As someone says, about SP, the possibility that this year’s one will be for the Olympic year. I’m sure he could meet a magical program like PW. :luv17:

I'm tearing reading yours and hamaguri posts, I can feel the excitement. Did anyone yelp or scream when he appears on the huge screen?

Enjoy yourselves tomorrow


Shared by Echo Cheng @YHIFG FB:
The movie of "The Magnificent Nine" (殿利息でござる) kicked off a great start in box office. It was 2nd place in ranking released on Monday. The first place is Disney movie "Zootopia" which has published two weeks in Japan. Last weekend (May 14 & 15), there were over 159,690 attendance from Japan nationwide to theaters for this movie and the revenue was 194,881,200 yen. The film productions, Shochiku-Fuji Company, expects to reach 1.5 billion yen overall. Olympic Champion, Yuzuru Hanyu's faithful fans coming to theaters is a help to create good box office for this period dramas. The movie box office news.

Scroll down this link, there is a teaser with English subtitle

Thanks. I recommend this movie to my family and friends for increasing the numbers of viewers.!

BTW, the liquor “Spring Breeze of Tono” seems to have won popularity and they’ve decided to produce more (I haven’t yet had it. But I’m sure I can greatly contribute about it.).
https://yamayagm10.jp/sendai/ygym/shyohinselect.php?cdshin=4933682510078

HI everyone:

Here is one of my recent posts....my first experience with sports photography....I'm working on it....enjoy.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/20...-my-first-experience-with-sports-photography/

Thanks! Personally, I looove camera and have collected single‐lens reflex cameras and lenses before. I would love to take photos about figure skating. (But I’ve never, since Japanese shows/competitions prohibit it totally. )
I could enjoy your experience with you (you got it, and practice, and… I know well about your excitement.)
Your sports photography journey must be fun. I envy you. Your photos are already fine. Further, you say you are perfectionist like yuzu. You’ll do better soon.
Figure skating photos are difficult to take… Limited amount of light, tremendous speed, far distance…
I burst out laughing to read the ratio of shots of 7,000 Yuzu to 1,000 everyone else!

Further, about his T-shirt shoto similar to Ninny, she begins the text with such lovely words about the photos, http://ameblo.jp/ninny-yuz/entry-12155005247.html
“I love yuzu standing with his downcast eyes.
You are calmly reflecting on yourself and listening to your inner voice.
At the moment, sound and scenery around me are fading away, and I forget even my presence.”
Her view is like yours? A nice pensive, thoughtful Yuzu.

 

[YesWay]

HI everyone:

Here is one of my recent posts....my first experience with sports photography....I'm working on it....enjoy.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/20...-my-first-experience-with-sports-photography/

So true what you said - that Hanyu is one of the hardest skaters to photograph. He skates so fast, and his movements and choreography are so fluid. He rarely seems to hold a position - rather, he is constantly flowing from one position to next. So you really have to be on your toes to catch the interesting/key moments...

(Completely different to somebody like Machida, he's so easy to get great photos - because he strikes dramatic poses and holds them for a moment - very easy to take a photo in that moment)

 

[JuliettaG]

New cover :luv17:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CivBbI1UgAAStHi.jpg

 

[Hanmgse]

HI everyone:

Here is one of my recent posts....my first experience with sports photography....I'm working on it....enjoy.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/20...-my-first-experience-with-sports-photography/

thank you for sharing some of your photos and your experience, you did a great job for your first time :thumbsup:

 

[tzazu]

I had no idea he wore a heart rate monitor for that long now. I wonder if it's because of the side effects of the medicins he has to take for his asthma.

Nowadays many athletes use those widgets in training, they are essentially a set of sensors tucked into a small adhesive bandage that sticks to your skin, with Bluetooth capabilities for sending the data they collect to a smartphone and companion mobile app, which helps athletes know how hard to train and when to rest. Something similar to a pulsometer. My husband uses it for running

 

[Sorrento]

Nowadays many athletes use those widgets in training, they are essentially a set of sensors tucked into a small adhesive bandage that sticks to your skin, with Bluetooth capabilities for sending the data they collect to a smartphone and companion mobile app, which helps athletes know how hard to train and when to rest. Something similar to a pulsometer. My husband uses it for running

It's just that I haven't seen it on other athletes so I've been wondering what kind of gadget he's been using (or was it a medicine inducing one). Thanks for the info!

 

[Pamigena]

p. 2591 – 2604


NEWS

So according to this seems like he will miss FaOI sapporo too
I wonder if he will also miss the rest of FaOI. Honestly, I kind of wish he would

J-Sports Channel 4 (paid channel) will air special request programs of the best six competitions. All are mens singles. Poor ladies
And Yuzuru is in the four competitions out of six

http://www.jsports.co.jp/skate/#archive

Some fans are now in spring cleaning/year-end cleaning state with their HD for the programs, and you know what is happening. They dig out old videos and cannot continue the work

I don't understand japanese so I had to use google traductor to know what this tweet says. https://twitter.com/Ume_bsfuji/status/731073990358274048?lang=es
I guess tomorrow they're going to release a interview with Yuzuru after Worlds or new images, Idk

Tomorrow Fuji will realize Yuzu's full interview after WC in Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjxMgmNEBGI
CCTV has realised Yuzu's interview in Boston. He said that he may keep skating till 2022 Olymic Games. ( Not sure if I am ready for 4 years more)

news about his condition

now figure skate tv is aired with his long interview after boston and im watching it.
http://www.bsfuji.tv/pub/figuretv/index.html

apart from the interview, announcer said about his latest condition.
"he is going to start practice around the middle of this month after his pain heals."

Translating a newspaper article someone posted today. I couldn't find a web version but I think it's this newspaper.

There was an awards ceremony for the Tohoku Sports Journalists Club(?) at a hotel in Sendai on the 16th. Yuzuru's father received the Sports Award, a certificate and a trophy, on his behalf. This is the 3rd consecutive year that he's won this award, and 4th in total.

Yuzuru sent a message by email. "From the numerous athletes from Tohoku who played significant roles in their sport, I'm honored (to be chosen) to received this award. I want to work hard to set my goals and aim to give performances that I can be satisfied with again this season.
It's been 5 years since the Tohoku Earthquake and I hear that many people in Kumamoto are currently living under difficult conditions. I hope that everyone will be able to go back to their normal lives as soon as possible."

MOVIE CAMEO

Tukitao Lord Yuzu gif

Translation below by Yuzusorbet tumblr of Lord Yuzu movie roadshow

Two actors and the director of the movie had a ‘talk event’ at a mall. (@3:40 of this video)
1) Sadao Abe-san asked the audience, “Have you seen Yuzuru Hanyu before? No, right? So I was very surprised. And I thought, ahh he exists!!!”
2) Yudai Chiba-san: “Newspapers wrote things like ‘The Treasure of Miyagi’. I am also from Miyagi but I thought this time I will surrender to Yuzuru.”
3) Abe-san: “I asked him questions like, how long are your training sessions… and is it ok that you eat the same bento as us….” (laughter)

Another programme: [video]
Abe-san said, “He was amazing. He’s a top athlete but he can act as well. It was really hot because filming was in summer, but he did not complain at all. (It must have been hard for him because) he is usually on the ice.” Then he added, “Even the way he ate his bento was beautiful.” (laughter)

Prediction for the academy awards in 2017

"殿の春風きたぁ~! Remember in the movie, Yuzu-Tono wrote 'Spring Breeze' as a name for a liquor? Now a shop is really selling it! It's a top-quality sake being named 'Tono no Shunpuu' (Lord's Spring Breeze)" - Shared by Angelica Yuzu @YHIFG FB

It's around 20 euros for a bottle of 750 ml - info by Sophie Vialet.

TV news on the Lord's Spring Breeze sake

DVD corner in one of the shop

i'm sure i'll get the liquor. i love Japanese liquor.

spring breeze:
hananinare"tono is the spring breeze itself."
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/status/730999136267329536

ballade"dancing elegantly with the spring breeze"
https://mobile.twitter.com/arien0201/status/730744313575931905

There is a blog with a review of the movie. As it contains spoiler I just post here the bit of the Yuzu part summarised & shared by Ayako Nakamura @YHIFG FB:

"Yuzuru shows-up at the climax of the film, he's in a position where he can make or break the film, and this author says that he executed his role very well. Yuzuru has to speak a lot when he appears. It's not one or two lines. Many athletes have ruined films when they appeared with their bad acting but Yuzuru did his job!"

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"When I went to see Tono Risoku de Gozaru, there were a lot of middle-aged couples. This is probably the first time I ever went to watch a movie with so many middle aged people in the audience. In that scene where the Lord makes his entrance, when the camera zoomed-in to show a close-up of his face, the middle aged man sitting behind me said: "WHAT?!" The lady with him whispered: "Hanyu-kun is in this film..." I'll bet she didn't tell him Yuzu was in the film and made him come."
- translation by Ayako Nakamura

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"I met the feudal lord in a movie theater. The time of his acting is very short. With laughter and tears , it is very good movie....Though the movie is about two hours, his scene is two or three minutes (I felt it like that).....I was not able to realize his beauty (><). “Wait~~~~ !! Don’t go!..My lord ... !!!" It’s my feeling."
- shared by Miro Maa @YHIFG FB

Shared by Echo Cheng @YHIFG FB:
The movie of "The Magnificent Nine" (殿利息でござる) kicked off a great start in box office. It was 2nd place in ranking released on Monday. The first place is Disney movie "Zootopia" which has published two weeks in Japan. Last weekend (May 14 & 15), there were over 159,690 attendance from Japan nationwide to theaters for this movie and the revenue was 194,881,200 yen. The film productions, Shochiku-Fuji Company, expects to reach 1.5 billion yen overall. Olympic Champion, Yuzuru Hanyu's faithful fans coming to theaters is a help to create good box office for this period dramas. The movie box office news.

Scroll down this link, there is a teaser with English subtitle

PICTURES & VIDEOS

For figure skating fans these are airlines to take

Fly Yuzu with ANA & Queen Mao with JAL

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%95%E...88%E3%83%A0%E3 %83%83%E3%82%AF/dp/4789962369
New magazine cover.

I saw tweets about Yuzu Pearl of Japan (came about from a Spanish El Pais Semanal article???) spurred a number of fanarts #1, #2, #3, #4, #5.

Photo collage of Yuzu the cameraman , source.


Looks like a number of fans went to Sendai last weekend and tweeted their experience:

Fan#1.
- Arrive in Sendai and met Yuzu at the station.
- Visited Ishinomaki, Matsushima and Lord Yuzu exhibition.
- Had some pints, Sendai bookmarks & athlete bookmarks .
- When visit the magazine shoot location must take picture like this (the original model) , the bench, i guess this is the field Yuzu laid down, the parking lot (the original), the FS figurine park & the pond.
- Yuzu corner at Ice Rink Sendai .
- A Yuzu plague? anyone can help to translate? and a place with Yuzu life size board.
- She had a great experience and will visit again!

Fan#2.
- Follow in the footstep of Lord Yuzu scene at the movie set, visited the movie exhibition, had Popping Shower .

I just saw the Requiem photo in this magazine, his emotions

Various galas Requiem's last spin


More Japanese pearl fanarts #1, #2, #3, #4

First time I saw this camera angle of Yuzu's expression in Hana wa Saku ...in January ice shows??

This interaction between Yuzuru and the little girl was near the end of the NHK special on 9 January, when he skated Hana wa Saku with Shizuka Arakawa, Takeshi Honda, and Akiko Suzuki. Thanks to Angelic Yuzuru for the video clip of trip, interviews, and performance!

http://yuzusorbet.tumblr.com/post/136945937952/hana-wa-saku-at-nhk-special-exhibition-9-jan

There are such good shots in this video, especially from the beloved original step sequence, thanks to the uploader.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koq60NmUDyU

When he cools down (GPF 2015 practice)
So fast, so cool!
https://twitter.com/hidetanmama/status/730296916324442112?lang=ja

About Japanese pearl
"You should put this chair at KC when he’s there."
https://twitter.com/taroutosachiko/status/730073571276390401?lang=ja

I love it, can watch him skating all day.

Another one from GPF and he clapped for Shoma..good senpai.

This one is from Boston cool down, but the slowmo gif is choppy, I hope someone will post the original footage.

New release Xylitol clear files with seven new photos from last year's photo shoot. The product packaging with these photos.


Apparently there's another Xylitol product in green, and here is a fan edit on that packaging

Fancam of Yuzuru's SP at Boston: http://youtu.be/pCbR6BOuKXo

Oh no , but look at this fan photo . By the way, his edges and lines are

Also it will be fun if we can have a colouring book of the fanarts

Another short practice clip with spread eagle - 4S - spread eagle and stroking after that...so fast and effortless

View of Yuzu cool down @GPF 2015 practice (same scene as Hamaguri posted before) but this one from higher seats. He is so exciting to watch, so much flair and so cool

GPF practice stroking clips
- Same scene but different angle #1, #2.....amazing speed and edges
- Others #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9,
- SP
- LP
- Beautiful 3A-1Lo-3S

Thanks for sharing Alia!

This reminds me of something I meant to ask a while ago. I wasn't keeping up with the forum as mush as I normally do while I was in Boston, but did anyone find clips of the end of Yuzu's practice on 3/29? This was the day he did his SP runthrough but he wound down his practice a bit early and was just practicing edges/stroking toward the end. I'm kicking myself because I didn't record it at the time and I'm really sad because it was amazing to watch! He was so fast. If I remember correctly he was practicing in a circle around half the rink

I've found bits and pieces like this:
https://instagram.com/p/BDkF_lTj-Xg/


And this is a short clip I was able to capture:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x44j833_2016-03-29-yuzuru-hanyu-practice-clip-a_sport

But I haven't been able to find a full clip, only recordings of his SP runthrough. Anyone able to find more video?

Nothing yet so far for the 3/29 full clip. I will ask around for that day and other days full practice clip. Not sure whether Upnights, KansaiPJ, Itiahs A and Raomina captured them.

I only found a partial 4/1 morning practice

- The top attraction in Sendai
- Finger counting has never been so sexy
- At a glance we know it is an English interviews...animated Yuzu = adorableness
- If Yuzu had a dollar for every time someone spelled or said his name wrongly

Fanarts
- Polish..polish...polish
- ANA
- Practice

No worries Roamina, thank you for your fancam. I didn't realise that Yuzu stayed alone in K&C for a few minutes after Brian left, he clapped for the next skater and just sat there. It was heartbreaking to see

New costume

Lotte new advert photo and new packaging. It looks like a white version of previous red.

Chopin 2015/16 was a bluish version of this

GPF Chopin practice...love the arms movements at 0:02min.

Whenever I see performance photos of Yuzu, they are almost picture perfect from top to toe and all the way to fingertips.

Even when he is not skating, looks like he is picking up something....bugs

Gorgeous NDP nailart

Never enough gums..source



You're right...a fan just did this edit

OTHER

Full translation of the Russian article analyses the difficulty of FREE program of top men at World Championship 2016.
http://chibura.tumblr.com/post/144143945205/full-translation-of-the-russian-article-analyses

Some parts about Yuzuru:
....
From the diagram Yuzuru Hanyu demonstrates the best variety of transitions in the long program, along with many one footed skating transitions (three turns) as well using difficult turns (4 rockers and 2 counters). He uses the least quantity of crossovers, enough steps with good variety of different linking elements (2 Besties, 2 spread eagles, 2 Bauers, Pivot, loop and half axel). The variety of transitions is very good. Patrick Chan in his LP demonstrates enough quantity of one footed transitions (three turns), only 2 difficult ones (rocker and counter) small amount of crossovers. He is using all instruments of figure skating transitions (Besti, Spread eagle, 2 Lunges, Spiral, Waltz jump and 3 Hops ) the variety of transitions are very good.
....
The difficulty of transitions in Yuzuru Hanyu’s program is very good, skating transitions (steps) are changing with one footed transitions and other linking elements, accompanied by head, hands and body movements, changing the direction of movement all the time. Yuzuru executes transition in between elements: posing from the body movement transitions, 2 three turns with arms aloft, Mohawk, Besti on the outside edges and counter. The difficulty of the transitions is very good. All 8 jumping elements are executed from difficult and various entries, besides all these, 3F has difficult exit as well (change of edge, counter, three turn). Entries on the jumping elements differ and they are combined (with steps he is using one footed transitions and linking elements). For example entry on loop combo is (spread eagle-Bauer-three turn-three turn-three turn- change of edge) or a 4T entry (Besti-Chasse-Chotcaw-Three turn). Yuzuru executes 3A3T combo from combined entry which includes linking elements, 2 one footed transitions and 2 steps: Spread eagle, Rocker, three turn, Mohawk, Chasse). The quality of execution is very good. Hand, body, torso and head movements are matching the music.
....
Evaluating all the criteria’s for Transition/Linking footwork PCS (difficulty of transitions before element and between them, frequency , difficulty and variety) the most difficult program is executed by Yuzuru Hanyu, then comes Javier Fernandez and Patrick Chan.

Interesting note: After analyzing transitions in both, short and long programs: Yuzuru Hanyu is the only skater who executed all types of jumps, including quads and triple axels with different entries in both SP and LP. In both programs Yuzuru Hanyu jumped 4S, 4T and 3A from different and combined entries, along with high difficulty from various transitions before and in between all elements. This path is more risky but on the good side program looks as the one whole and jumping elements are looking like the part of choreography. This is all, thanks for the attention.

http://yuzuruhanyuedits.tumblr.com/...-another-one-bites-the-dust-x-eita-officially

Another fanboy

More Yuzu Sketching...I paused the SP video at various times to do these speed sketches.
http://fav.me/da27uzw

http://fav.me/da2bydl
Another pencil sketch.

http://fav.me/da2ofk2 Hanyu in Watercolor.

HI everyone:

Here is one of my recent posts....my first experience with sports photography....I'm working on it....enjoy.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/20...-my-first-experience-with-sports-photography/

TRANSLATIONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjxMgmNEBGI
CCTV has realised Yuzu's interview in Boston. He said that he may keep skating till 2022 Olymic Games. ( Not sure if I am ready for 4 years more)

Translation by Jessie Kok @YHIFG FB

Q1: How are you feeling now after the competition?
Yuzu: Regrettable. (or using what Yuzu’s usually says in English will be “really regret my performance”) But at the same time I feel good to be skating with so much support from the audience. Although I feel regrettable, I am glad to have skated SEIMEI in front of the audience.

Q2: You did great in SP but your FS’ performance was a surprise to all. What would you think is the reason?
Yuzu: Well, I don’t think my condition is not good. It could be that I’m nervous and at the same time excited, so it caused my emotions to fluctuate. Although it will be another one tough/hard year ahead, I will transform this regret to hard work towards the next season.

Q3: There were reports that say that you are injured before the WC and you were not able to do 4T for 7 weeks. Does this affect your performance in this competition?
Yuzu: Of course this made me change my FS’ Quad jumps for the 2nd half. However, I feel comfortable after skating my program. I almost do not feel that my injury is affecting me. In any case, I just feel regrettable. I would like to thank all of you and please look forward to the next season.

Q4: You mentioned that it's going to be a tough/hard year into next season. So what are your plans now?
Yuzu: I want to do a lot of practices. And I will do more difficult things and to perform more programs that will be able to touch all your hearts. Also, I would like to consider what kind of programs I would really like to perform. At the same time, I will work hard towards the next season.

Q5: Last question. There were reports that say that you will retire from competition after the 2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics. Beijing will be hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, so could you please predict what you will be doing then?
Yuzu: I am still not sure about the retirement now so I can’t comment much. I will just work hard towards the Pyeong Chang. And until Beijing’s, there maybe possibilities that I may still be skating. Seriously, I can’t really imagine things that are so far away from now, so I just hope that by then I will be performing my best through all my hard work. Thank you.

I guess I'm in a translation kind of a mood today. This was hard! Please read is as my take on what he wanted to say and refer to other translations as well. Japanese speakers, please feel free to correct me. I also abbreviated some parts that seemed less important.

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What kind of a competition was this World Championships?
Regrettable. There were lots of issues found especially in the FS. I'm more optimistic than I thought I'd be and more frustrated than everyone might imagine. There's still some time until the next season starts but I want to do many things before the it starts and become stronger.

How frustrating is it now compared to Worlds last year?
Placing 1st in the SP last year and placing 1st in then SP this year is of a different quality. If we look at the scores alone, everybody's levels went up so it's regrettable but compared to last season, my placement in the FS went up by one so I think I grew a little bit.

Your FS didn't go as you hoped for. From the time I interviewed you in Toronto and your perfect SP, I thought things were looking good so I was surprised at your FS. Did something change in between?
Maybe I couldn't control the peaking time even though Brian, Tracy and I talked about it a lot so that's regrettable. I didn't think my SP was ready but when I arrived here and was interviewed at the airport, I realized that I was prepared for the competition in regards to how I'd been training, how I've been building my condition and my mental state, etc. In that sense, I thought I was in a perfect state but with this as the result, I need to rethink about a lot of things.

Nobody know what's going to happen on the ice so mistakes will happen. You mentioned at the press conference that you started to feel nervous.
This might be just my analysis, but I was able to perform 2 good skates consecutively and had good results and broke records. I was able to do more run-throughs without mistakes and my feelings towards winning increased too. But as a result, my feelings towards how to perfect the program, how I perform, how I jump, how I feel towards the program grew after every competition. When you interviewed me in Toronto, I said that there is no limit and there'll never be "perfection" for me but the scores I received told me that I was close to perfection so I think I got too caught up in that. This is the conclusion I came up with as I thought about this yesterday. I felt that I had to aim for perfection, and aiming for perfection leads to motivation and focusing but it also leads to feeling pressure and I felt I was chasing after something I'd already achieved. I think I was feeling this way at GPF also but I felt like I had to outperform myself from the previous competition. My analysis is that I trapped myself. What I said at the press conference is that "the quality of nervousness was different". I read various articles about myself when I try to clarify what happened and I noticed that I mentioned "perfection" and the "different quality of nervousness". These are the 2 key words for me here. "Perfection" didn't mean "performing the best that I can do now" but "outperforming the perfect skates I already had" and that brought out the different type of nervousness.

Last season, you weren't able to be where you wanted to be. This season was a season of progress, not just for you, but for the other skaters as well. How do you evaluate this season?
Javi included 2 quads in his SP and the 3A int he 2nd half of his FS. Shoma moved the 3A in the 2nd half. So there were a lot of evolutions going on during the season. Especially regarding Javi including 2 quads in the SP, this happened while I was away from the Cricket Club so when I found that out, I didn't think of him a rink mate or a team mate but a rival and a scary existence. So when I lost to him, I felt frustrated. It was the same as last season where I placed 1st in the SP and made mistakes in the FS and watched Javi's FS thinking "I'm going to lose to him again this year". But the quality of frustration is totally different. Of course I'm frustrated at myself but I look at Javi with more familiarity as well as more of a rival.

Did you sense his seriousness?
He changed a lot. I won 2 years in a row at the GPF at his home and he must have felt frustrated about that as well as missing the podium at Sochi. I think these experiences have transformed him. He is a scary existence but I admire him, have always admired him so I admire him even more.

Thoughts about next season?
One thing that is clear is to increase the level of difficulty. Now that the season has ended, my thought is that I can't remain at this level. About the quality of nervousness I was talking about, I'm extremely mad at myself for thinking that I was perfect. I received the maximum score with a layout of the most technical difficulty that I'm currently able to deliver so I think I was satisfied with myself in a way. So I need to aim higher and I want to be stronger.

Is it hard to escape from the past?
Yes, I could use it as a stepping stone like with the feelings of regrets from the past and present. These feeling have made me stronger in the past and will continue to make me strong. But past successes can't necessarily be usable as a stepping stone. Only I can make it become that. No matter what kind of an environment I'm in or no matter what anyone says, this is the dream I've been chasing after so it's only myself who can think and continue with the dream so I have to challenge my limit and go beyond my limit.

By "raising the difficulty," does it mean you'll be adding different types of quads?
I'm thinking about that too but if possible, doing 2 in the 2nd half. I want to keep on challenging myself. But on top of that, I want to increase the level of perfection of the program with the way I'm able to show, interpret, express and feel so I want to show that as well as deliver the utmost technically difficult program even if I have to fumble along the way.

What kind of a program would you like to do? SEIMEI was a great challenge so I'm really looking forward to what you'll choose next.
I'm still thinking about the music, even more than last season. I can't give a decisive answer in regards to what kind of music I'll choose but I think when the time comes, I'll think "this is it" or "I want to challenge this" or "I want to add depth to this type". Expression has so many directionality, not only in its breadth but also in depth and perfecting it. Reception is different for everyone so I want to think about how I feel, what I want to do and how I want to perform.

People will have high expectations now so it'll be difficult to satisfy them.
But people's expectations make me happy. It means that what I've been doing since I was a child is paying off. Since I was little, I skated to improve for a sense of accomplishment but also because I wanted to be praised. I want to do a program where I can move people as well as lay importance on how I want to perform. So I hope everyone looks forward to what I decide to do and I'll also enjoy feeling people's expectations as I prepare for next season.

Is there anything you want to do now that the season is over?
My head is full of things regarding skating. I want to do something that'll have good influences on my skating. I have fantastic earphones, headphones, and music players so I hope to use them to think about the next programs and absorb myself into music. There is nothing I'm thinking about that isn't related to skating.
I think this season where I achieved most of what I wanted mid-season, and having disappointing skates for the last 2 competitions is an ordeal from god. I think I'm being told to think about skating and about what I can do for my body and mind.

What do you want to eat when you go back to Japan. You said sushi before but what is it now?
I guess you're telling me to relax but I can't think about anything but skating. It's inevitable, I can't change my personality even if I wanted to so I'll cherish it and face up to skating.

Sorry, I don’t know if it’s been posted already.
News clip in Sendai about “weekly Sendai” around May 5
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4...3%83%89%E6%9C%AC-%E3%81%A1%E3%82%89yuzu_sport

This book is not distributed in Sendai, since it is for tourists outside Sendai, so they introduce the book.
The city officer in charge of the book and went together for shooting appears (the left man)
He says about the first photo with flowers, at that time yuzu was 20 yo, and he was embarrassed that “the flowers for the 20 yo man?” but they asked and he did nicely. He doesn’t seem to have any hesitation to be with flowers on ice like hana-ha-saku and hana-ni-nare. But off ice, he has any. It's interesting.
About zunda-mochi, they prepared it since they wanted to get a photo where he ate something, and they relieved to know actually it was his favorite food.

Local news at Sendai is always warm to yuzu.

 

[Interspectator]

Thanks!
Honestly, I’m a bit worried about his performance. Yes, the director and actors have the good words for him, but still I suspect they are from some complement or commercial. If his performances are out of harmony among the leading actors! I’m sure I will share my true views without a lie.
Anyway, his challenging spirits and earnest and sincere attitudes towards his hometown are respectable. I'm looking forward to seeing his job with his whole body and crying.

So, how was the movie?

 

[alia jackson]

So, how was the movie?

....Specs you're not going to watch it ?


Here are gorgeous drawings for today

Yuzu (source)

the meaning of a name, a gift first bestowed with life what to give in return? whom to give in return?
by tumblr @cynthiatedy. @artsyblueem commented "I'm so glad you made me discover this beautiful person! I'm astonished by such pure beauty! Amazing art of an amazing person."

..Ninny, she begins the text with such lovely words about the photos, http://ameblo.jp/ninny-yuz/entry-12155005247.html
“I love yuzu standing with his downcast eyes.
You are calmly reflecting on yourself and listening to your inner voice.
At the moment, sound and scenery around me are fading away, and I forget even my presence.”

Lovely words by Ninny :luv17:. Thank you for the translation Hamaguri.

 

[hamaguri]

So, how was the movie?

I begin with the audience. The theater I went to was in Yurakucho near the office town, and it was evening time. Further, yesterday was the day of the discount price for women. Thus most of the audience was the women after their work or young women like students.

The movie was, in one word, a fine movie. Story is simple, but the scenario is well written with some educational words (No wonder his father read it and decided.) and the camera works of the scenery and lighting are stunning (Of course, all the castings had the perfect match including yuzu!). You can see how the movie was made in detail. While watching, I felt several times how good it was that yuzu could have worked in such a movie.

And finally, yuzu scene came. Small chuckle happened and I thought some audience came here to see yuzu. I don’t know why but I became a bit shy to see yuzu on screen (lol).
He was firmly a part of the movie and played the important role. I could see the reason the actors realized that he was the same performer trying to express something even though figure skating lacks speaking. He felt the person in the class. As daisy said, his movement was elegant. Further, one of the reasons some actors said he could be an actor, and the director had decided the casting is his voice, I think. His voice is so comfortable to hear and has a nice quality and volume. He must have troubled with the lines but they were saisfactory. I tried not to miss the last lines as daisy advised!

BTW, what impressed me was his eyes and especially, his hands. https://twitter.com/harurize/status/725644677995589632?lang=ja
The white and plump hands had some impact in that scene.

Finally, the song at endroll was a kind of highlight as well as the line "羽生結弦　友情出演”. It was arranged version of 上を向いて歩こう(sukiyaki song)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbH754gScuk（”sukiyaki-song””ue-wo-muite-arukou.）It’s sad but bright.I don’t know explain well, but I really thought if he could see the movie somewhere, the song would left something in himself..
(BTW, I find the English lyrics translated by Yoko Ono. It’s closer to the original lyrics than the previous one which hit in the 1960’s.). It was sung by Olly Murs as “Look At The Sky” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyhQcyiNShM )