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I hope he is doing great at Waseda University too, I've a feeling that Yuzu can achieve great many things beyond figure skating. I love his mathematical mind.
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Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season
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....This boy is a genius :shocked: I mean I've always known he was smart, you have to be smart to get in Waseda... but to be second only once...What a guy.
Not to say Yuzu isn't smart but I do believe the majority of figure skaters in Japan that are of age, go to university, and famous universities at that, due to their figure skating skills. I believe it is because there is either a special entry system for elite athletes or in some other cases they go to the elementary and secondary school that are related to a university and get to attend the university through an elevator system. These university also usually have a figure skating club attached. For example, I believe that Oda Nobunari and Takahashi Daisuke belong to the figure skating club of Kansai University and they also attended that university. I also believe Satoko Miyahara goes to Kansai University Junior high school and will eventually go to Kansai University.
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you might be right but i read somewhere (probably here) that he got in to the waseda by his grades not cause of the sport, maybe some other user can verify this
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It may be true for some skaters...but Hanyu did sit exams to go to Waseda. He mentioned that during the GPF of 2012-2013 he was taking his exams at the same time. So he got into Waseda the 'normal' way.
-I don't have the link to the article...maybe one of our other Japanese posters knows where it is?
-I don't have the link to the article...maybe one of our other Japanese posters knows where it is?
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seems like noone posted this yet, yuzuru fs with cbc commentary i loved everything they said , didnt know kurt has inner poet in himsaid so many beautiful things
We've missed the posting by nsaboten...thanks to both of you for posting this :agree:
Kurt Browning quotes:
"Jumps like that possibly are dropped from heaven and he is the right guy to catch it"
"He's got that Plushenko rockstar feeling etc where he can own a stadium..."
"...the thing that this kid got is the speed, the flow, the spin, and those jumps are ridiculous"
“On a personal level, he is a great kid, he is a good sportsman and a great representative of our sports”
“I don’t know how to try to explain how wonderful these jumps look to have the trajectory of a four revolution jump into the air perfectly. The right amount of height for the right amount of distance so that your body comes down like a float plane onto a smooth lake and no flow is lost. And I can’t get over how calm his upper body is when he jumps and lands”
“There is something so whimsical about the way he turns four revolution in the air….”
“And I don’t even mind hearing the Phantom of Opera again…”
Brenda quotes:
"You know, there are good skaters, there are great skaters, and then there is Yuzuru Hanyu who is on the whole other level"
“He is actually almost perfectly design figure skating machine…I don’t think I’ve seen anybody so naturally gifted on the ice…””
“This boy is absolutely incredible..”
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http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/winter/news/20121223-OHT1T00211.htm
This article says that Yuzuru passed an essay examination, and after that, he had an oral examination using Skype on Dec.9 in Sochi.No wonder he got sick from a lot of mental pressure.
Ok, so here it is.
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I hope Japanese posters can help us with this: http://youtu.be/G6ivrUjz6l8
It showed a clip Yuzuru was studying at the airport. And something like Yuzuru placed 2nd in highschool overall and he was kind of crossed about that. I am like: "Dude! Your results at highschool was 2nd overall in class and you are not satisfied?"
Hey I'm pretty competitive with grades too depending on the class. Like 2 years ago I got a 17/20 on my IB Math Studies Independent Assignment which translated as a 7/7 on the IB scale. There was this one kid who got a 18/20 and I kinda blurted out not meaning it literally, "I hate you!" Cause I felt like I was the only one who worked their tailbone off while others kinda slacked. And mine was more complex than the others.
Now if we're talking about chemistry, yes I would still be competitive but not as much cause it's not really my forte unlike biology (Which is my major).
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no wonder mums want their children to be like him!
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Haha I am competitive with grades too, but like you, only really with certain subjects. But it seems like Yuzu is competitive with so many things! One would think that skating would be enough! :shocked:
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^^ competitiveness is a nature. I have a guy friend who is very competitive, but when it comes to his wife he always let her win 
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This fascinates me.
Yes, he does seem extremely gifted mathematically. The way he adds up the technical while he skates, and the way he re-organized his free skate at Cup of China, adding up the points on his hand during the practice. What else I find really interesting, adding to that, is also that he seems right-brain (I almost typed right-brian) gifted. He was described by Brian Orser in an interview (linked in a sighted blogpost on this thread) as extremely "visual" where he comes over to the boards, not just for water but to see a replay of his jump from Brian on the electronic screen so that he can see what he did correct or incorrect. He memorizes the visualization (right brain). He seems to be extremely gifted in both left brain and right brain abilities, and he so well uses them in his skating.
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I don't know very much about the left/right brain distinction, but I think many mathematically minded people are also visual thinkers. And have a lot of spatial awareness. After all, in maths there are a lot of graphs and it's often easier to solve problems by drawing out a diagram, e.g. in mechanics but also in set theory. Just my own experience
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The university he goes is a correspondence college which Waseda university runs, and there's no usual examinations but an essay and an interview etc.. But I heard that correspondence colleges are easy to enter, but very difficult to graduate. You have to push yourself hard to continue studying if you are studying alone, you know. And imagine how difficult it would be if your first priority is not studying but skating in a world-class level... Yuzuru must be very hard-working and disciplined as he is for skating
And, I don't mean to disappoint you at all, but the high school Yuzuru went is a famous high school where young athletes go. That means most of the students aren't good at studying
, so, to me, it's sounds a bit awkward to call someone that intelligent for keeping 1st place in such school (saying this cuz I know he's very smart indeed). But still, it shows that he's hard-working, competitive, and what I really like about this is that he respects education so much. That's something I would love to find in an athlete:thumbsup:
And, I don't mean to disappoint you at all, but the high school Yuzuru went is a famous high school where young athletes go. That means most of the students aren't good at studying
, so, to me, it's sounds a bit awkward to call someone that intelligent for keeping 1st place in such school (saying this cuz I know he's very smart indeed). But still, it shows that he's hard-working, competitive, and what I really like about this is that he respects education so much. That's something I would love to find in an athlete:thumbsup:
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good to know. Thanks for this information.
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Just for knowledge, Japan University ranking:
Waseda 15
Kansai 55
Chukyo 167
Yuzuru is highly influenced by the path that Arakawa did, he said that the reason why he choose to attend Wasada was because she liked the way that Shizuka was formed by the university.
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Can Japanese poster help us with this: http://www.plus-blog.sportsnavi.com/askafj/article/7
It seems like a ranking for GOE or points per elements and Yuzuru got the top 4 out of 5.
It seems like a ranking for GOE or points per elements and Yuzuru got the top 4 out of 5.
NHK banquet. Thank you for the uploader. NHK broadcasted the special program at the weekend
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d0ydj_n杯プレイバックよりバンケ_sport
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d0ydj_n杯プレイバックよりバンケ_sport
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No idea what Yuzuru said, but LOL he is so talkative
I keep repeating myself, but his English is so cute
Yes indeed, and was so "Japanese" (in a good way) in that interview with CBC. I said this because I studied with Japanese students at school ( i myself was an international student then), and I had a Japanese family lived next door for a year.
I took one semester Japanese course at college and got to learn how different it is from English in terms of grammar. It is a lot harder for Japanese (and Korean) students to learn English. To me, who have been through the language barrier (still a challenge for me) in a foreign country, Yuzu's English is not terrible at all...his pronounceation is much better than a Japanese student in my study group (i was not any better than she was at that time
). Off the topic...for all international students with different home tongues and accents, we kind of understood each other pretty well, while American students had a hard time to figure what we wanted to say.
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Thank you for the link! It is harder than a routine for sure
Haha.....if he starts adding "eh?" On the end of his sentences, i will die!!! I am Canadian and didnt realize i said it alot until some American friends pointed it out.
