the Japanese r gave me some trouble but not anymore
His name is pronounced LH HHH (L=Low tone H=high tone)? Idk if it's correct but I think it is Oo
It's nothing to be praised in my case, all vowels except u are the same in Japanese and Spanish
. But eventually I got it. rr is a part of the alphabet after all. But the Japanese R's came pretty easy to me. Not sure if the years of anime exposure helped that or what. It's funny the different things language learners struggle with.
You can hear it here in the first few seconds - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x58jjgu_yuzuru-hanyu-fs-nhk-2016-sbs-aus-1_sport
Yeah the vowels made it easier (I studied Spanish first). You know, I couldn't roll my Rs for the life of me when I first started to learn Spanish. I would do a sort of growl to compensate
at the tender age of 9 
nowadays, I looked at the diagram of where you're supposed to articulate it and I'm doing it right (I have to admit it sometimes changes into an l for no apparent reason...)
I started studying before watching subbed anime
On the other hand, I never struggled with English but I'm so out of conversation practice that my accent is noticeable now...
(I melted into a puddle of fangirl when I heard him speak Russian and Finnish)I guess that's how he manages to stay a ninja kitten for ... well most of the year. Do TONS of CM's and campaigns in one goI wonder how many P&G yuzu days he did in one go XD
Speaking of which, this &Free CM by Yuzu has already reached 423 K views in 6 months lol wow.
He probably will do tons in between ice shows because hell yeah olympics and I bet all of his endorser really want to monetize on that.
Anyway, just random thought, I never thought nishikawa is a really big company hahaha. Their endorser beside Yuzu is Neymar (the football player), shohei otani (the baseball athlete) and that famous Japanese football player too, among their other endorsers.
and i love how he talks in thoseI'm all for getting more Yuzu cms because that means we will get a lot of "making of" videos
Both Lotte ghana and xylitol usually have a new CM each season, it is probably part of his contract obligation so we can expect at least that. Not sure about nishikawa and bathclin, since at the time Yuzu first signed with them, they don't have a CM with him and only use his images for promotional purposes, but I am guessing that is also because of Yuzu being busy. I assume they would want to shoot a new one too since the ones they shot were already from last year,. Also another PnG days series with all of their products. For ajinomoto, it has been ages since they shot a CM with him though he is still their endorser, so we'll see. While ANA... I don't think ANA would demand anything much from him but OP and presscon about his programs?
Phew that is quite a lot of PR/endorsement stuff to do, he'll be busy as heck. Stay healthy, Yuzu.
This! Sometimes it is not just about the medals and results, but there is also that X factor that helps an athlete have better general public perception/following/popularity too. I'm not American, but I have this impression that Kwan and Cohen has much higher/bigger fanbase, popularity and public awareness compared to Tara Lipinski or Sarah Hughes (despite the latter two winning OGM and Kwan/Cohen did not). Another example like in Japan would be how Mao Asada, imo, is more popular than Shizuka Arakawa or Miki Ando, eventhough Arakawa won OGM and world title and Miki being a 2X WC. You can't really force the public to like/support someone, despite how many achievements/awards/titles/results they have. If they don't care they just won't care, though having titles/medals/results will help the public to care/be aware more.
In my opinion, Yuzuru has that X factor and likability about him that just make people want to root for him. It is not necessarily explainable or describable
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8zCBmoCow
Sorry Yuzu, celebrity endorsements make me laugh. Acting is pretty good, but how much do you really love your foam mattress? Very wholesome ad, but now all of you are going to start talking about how you want to be that mattress
(i'd rather be his yoga mat tho)
should i change my name to the snake that brought the Sin into the Fan Fest? And here i was trying to lock invisible mode again...Zhenya did, she hugged Maia at the gala finale and blew a kiss at the camera. As for Yuzu, well we could see the back of his head when they were learning the choreography at the Gala practice
