Notte Stellata | Mar 7-9, 2025

[Magill]

And here's more photos from the rehearsals posted by the official show account and by David Wilson

 

[TallyT]

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru's "News Zero" interview on Notte Stellata, how the show came about and how it evolved was aired yesterday on Nippon TV and today uploaded on their official YouTube channel where it can be viewed with the help of subtitles/translation tool.
Enjoy!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Aware of the thrill caused by the musical video Bow and Arrow, the Notte Stellata official account tries to gather the "stray sheep" (pun intended: it's the name of an album by the same Kenshi Yonezu who sings Bow and Arrow) to watch the News Zero interview of Yuzuru Hanyu by Takahiko Fuji:
https://x.com/notte_2025/status/1897275173616935067?ref_url=


Even Waseda University, Yuzuru Hanyu's alma mater, recommends Towa 2025 Notte Stellata:
https://x.com/wasedaouenkikin/status/1897513720533925975?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here we have a little bit of a practice, with this scary local TV mascot whose name I can't remember:
https://x.com/iketerubouzu/status/1897534127416758783?ref_url=

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru's 4T and 4T-Eu-3S from today's practice. According to Hochi news, he landed 4T3S, too, and dress rehearsal of the collaboration number with with Nomura-san went well and smooth!! Great news!
BTW, do you think we're going to see his newly restored 4Lz?

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I'm sure that none of his Notte Stellata programs includes a 4Lz.
(By the way, Nomura Mansai leaked some information in a podcast today/yesterday : their collaboration will indeed be a mix of Kyogen and Figure Skating.)
This being said, I will wait the last day's Finale because then, if he feels fit and has no particular skating plan for the next week, he might jump a 4Lz?

The scary mascot had an omamori (charm) for Yuzuru Hanyu, and Yuzuru Hanyu is always kind to mascots, even scary ones:
https://x.com/iketerubouzu/status/1897652235133436200?ref_url=


The official Towa 2025 Notte Stellata account has released photos from the open practice:
https://x.com/notte_2025/status/1897637067724915008?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here are other photos:
https://x.com/notte_2025/status/1897641273127047247?ref_url=


https://x.com/notte_2025/status/1897641472423608742?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The collaboration hasn't taken place yet, but NekoMasamune is publishing two series of postcards, one of which uses the Seimei image and the Yuzuru Hanyu association:
https://x.com/nekomasamunecom/status/1897413814989283362


Fanartists too are awaiting eagerly:
https://x.com/coonyanko22/status/1897298798327877785

 

[Magill]

Nomura Mansai, the master of traditional kyogen theatre who will appear in this year's show in a joint collaboration number with Yuzuru, has given an interview to Hochi News yesterday of Notte Stellata and his collaboration with Yuzu, published online already in two parts.

「ＳＥＩＭＥＩ」が生んだ出会い　「職業、野村萬斎」から「職業、羽生結弦」へ　インタビュー前編 - スポーツ報知

プロフィギュアスケーターの羽生結弦さんのアイスショー「羽生結弦　ｎｏｔｔｅ　ｓｔｅｌｌａｔａ　２０２５」（７～９日）にスペシャルゲストとして出演する狂言師の野村萬斎（５８）が、５日までにスポーツ報知

hochi.news

野村萬斎　羽生結弦さんは「同じＤＮＡを共有している」　今日からアイスショーで初共演　インタビュー後編 - スポーツ報知

プロフィギュアスケーターの羽生結弦さん（３０）のアイスショー「羽生結弦　ｎｏｔｔｅ　ｓｔｅｌｌａｔａ　２０２５」（７～９日、宮城・セキスイハイムスーパーアリーナ）にスペシャルゲストとして出演する、狂

hochi.news

 

[TallyT]

The cast! (with bonus David Wilson)

 

[TallyT]

Holy everything... Yuzuru and Manai did a Kyogen style Bolero (something Mansai has performed to before)

And now a Seimei collaboration! This was not unexpected, but apparently more than anyone expected

 

[TallyT]

Javier did Prometo, and Satoko Walking in the Air (I love Satoko)

 

[Magill]

Yes!!! I know it will not sound very credible now but I had a feeling it might be Bolero!
Wow, they are so majestic! Just gorgeous!
And Seimei, of course! Actually, two Seimeis, two different screens for each one of them,!
And the crowd going wild for them! An iconic moment, for sure!
I wonder if Shea Lynn had a chance to speak to Mansai Nomura. The choreo she created for Yuzuru - which was to become iconic - was widely inspired by his Seimei dance in the original movie!!!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

As planned, the online sale of the merchandises has started today, but I understand that there are already sold out items?
https://x.com/notte_2025/status/1897885599237111832?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

A photo of the bouquet sent by Kenshi Yonezu (singer of The Medalist opening song and partner of Yuzuru Hanyu in the musical video released two days ago) was posted in Yuzuru Hanyu's Fan Fest, here's another photo, I think (but I'm not sure) that the other bouquet on the photo is the one sent by... Abbot Ryojun Shonuma!
https://x.com/megdale1021/status/1897905206937190880?ref_url=


The florists had to bear the harsh weather of Rifu today, with strong wind and snow:
https://x.com/3OwlsKaruizawa/status/1897877304644452590?ref_url=

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here's the file to enter the venue, fortunately the organisers had kept a hall so that the attendants could wait for the opening of the rink, dry and warm:
https://x.com/jass7433/status/1897830382822998130?ref_url=


Here's the rink, a short time before the beginning of the show, of course it was "full house":
https://x.com/fimmaazzurro11/status/1897920047592730975?ref_url=

 

[Magill]

Here's from David Wilson and the cast

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This early news TV reports shows a bit of rehearsals, and a good deal of the market; we can see the usual street food (with grilled beef tongue, a Sendai specialty), and this year the sellers from the Wajima Morning Market, whom Yuzuru Hanyu met in last June as their market place had become unavailable after the Noto earthquake and the next day fire: smoked fish, Wajima lacquerware (bowls and chopsticks)...
https://x.com/luvchocolattt/status/1897937896734400970?ref_url=

 

[Magill]

This early news TV reports shows a bit of rehearsals, and a good deal of the market; we can see the usual street food (with grilled beef tongue, a Sendai specialty), and this year the sellers from the Wajima Morning Market, whom Yuzuru Hanyu met in last June as their market place had become unavailable after the Noto earthquake and the next day fire: smoked fish, Wajima lacquerware (bowls and chopsticks)...
https://x.com/luvchocolattt/status/1897937896734400970?ref_url=

And here it comes on YouTube where you can use the machine translation tool