Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season

[Interspectator]

http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/41840

Article about Yuzu family. I'm sorry that I don't have enough English competency to translate.
Gendai is a weekly magazine known for gossip and naked women, so you'd have to discount what they say, but this article at least is not hostile to Yuzu unlike some other weekly magazines.

http://otomodachi0409.tumblr.com/post/109720879250
This blog post gives a quick summary. But it's mostly stuff we know.

 

[oestemiho]

Some magazines are hostile? Why? What are they saying?

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

 

[cheerknithanson]

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

I want to slap to writers. Yuzuru is capable of making his own decisions and stuff like that.

 

[shiroKJ]

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

I don't know why reading this made me laugh...maybe cause it just sound so ridiculous Anyways, It's sad to hear that his family had to move due to the excess media attention Must have been hard for the Hanyu's..I hope the situation has gotten better now.

 

[Hanmgse]

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

 

[Hanmgse]

Cuteblog post about Yuzu and his Pooh tissue box

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/yuzuru-hanyu-the-evolution-of-the-pooh-tissue-box

This is so adorable. Thanks for sharing

 

[shiroKJ]

Beautiful Phone cases inspired by Yuzu's costumes So beautiful!

Time Traveler
Chopin
POTO 2.0
POTO 1.0
Hana Wa Saku and POTO 1.0 Case and scrunchie (?)
R&J 2.0

 

[Alba]

Cuteblog post about Yuzu and his Pooh tissue box

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/yuzuru-hanyu-the-evolution-of-the-pooh-tissue-box

Oh god, this is adorable. Thanks for sharing.
This one just killed me: https://sportymags.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/brian-3.png


and is he having a chat with Pooh here? https://sportymags.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/brian-2.png

 

[cruzceleste]

http://otomodachi0409.tumblr.com/post/109720879250
This blog post gives a quick summary. But it's mostly stuff we know.

Thank you.
I didn´t knew his family has to move after Sochi.

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

 

[ayarose]

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and for the 5th, seems like it wasnt easy for both dai (recent translation from his new book, can see at dai thread) and yuzu but hopefully they both made peace with it (seems like it)

Reading that part made me sad. Went I got to the part about Dai's thoughts about Yuzu, I felt I wanted to pound on Dai's head how much he change Men's FS in Japan and how a lot of skaters aims to be a little like him. And to actually see someone say that Yuzu was also affected further broke my heart. Although I loved Dai, I was never resentful of Yuzu's success because he worked for it. I'm just thankful that Yuzu has a strong heart to overcome those conflicting feelings and continue aiming for his goal.

Sota is not very good with axel though. I think quad is easier for boy with this noodle body type, look at Boyang, who landed quad when he was 13.

Edit: This was when Yuzuru 15 IIRC, same age as Sota now. http://youtu.be/Q8EYy2MaWIs
In my opinion Yuzuru has better soft landing and pleasing air position.

IA, Yuzu just flies in the air and lands so lightly. His jumps gives me the same feeling as a ballerina jumping a grand jete. I remember he said during the playback that he landed his first 4T on his first try during SOI2010, so he was 15 years old and 4 months, I wished they caught that on film.

I don't know why reading this made me laugh...maybe cause it just sound so ridiculous Anyways, It's sad to hear that his family had to move due to the excess media attention Must have been hard for the Hanyu's..I hope the situation has gotten better now.

I also laughed at those "articles", there seems to be a lot of bitter men out there. Maybe the lost to Yuzu in terms of attention from the women in their lives that's why they are "hurt".

Thanks for the updates

 

[Rissa]

There are several weekly magazines with predominantly male readership in Japan such as Bunshun, Shincho and Gendai in the order of readership. Shincho seems to me that they have decided to talk mainly negative about Yuzuru calling him "mama's boy" and "being under control of a cult-like physical therapist"

Cult-like physical therapist? Lol wut.

Then, even if, it seems to work because Yuzuru keeps getting medals.

Whatever sells, I suppose.

 

[giulia95]

Cult-like physical therapist? Lol wut.

Then, even if, it seems to work because Yuzuru keeps getting medals.

Whatever sells, I suppose.

It seems to work marvellously …
the cult-like physical therapist and coach Pooh helped mama's boy to recover fom hell and to win GPF, a very original team

 

[yhmafan]

Those lowbrow magazines say anything to get a lot of attention based on groundless rumors, is absolute nonsense though.
It’s a bitter reality to be bad mouth about celebrities would get people’s attention more than praise them.
But people in general don’t care about what they say and even laugh at them like us

 

[PatricksGaze]

It isn't even worth discussing I think. As long as general media is positive towards Hanyu we shouldn't worry. Who on earth would take these kinds of magazines seriously?

 

[alia jackson]

Thanks for all the links :agree:

Do we know when is he going back to Toronto?

 

[Rissa]

It isn't even worth discussing I think. As long as general media is positive towards Hanyu we shouldn't worry. Who on earth would take these kinds of magazines seriously?

It's fun to discuss even silly things (actually, it's probably more fun to discuss silly things than serious things) and does it seem like anyone here is taking it seriously?

 

[matmuh]

kinda off topic but kinda not, Shibutanis posted a new video
Alex: tried new tricks, some of them were more successful than others
Maia: no Yuzus were hurt in the filming of that short

they are just awesome glad to hear yuzu wasnt hurt

also thanks everyone for updates!

 

[Pamigena]

p. 1044-1056

The BBF (bestest bear friend), and of all the Yuzu and Pooh fanart this is the most tender.

This is totally out of context ... but after seeing the photo of Hanyu and Yuna side by side, don't their costumes kind of match?

Spread Eagle - 3A - Spread Eagle appreciation

CoC 2014 SP
GPF 2014 Gala view #1
GPF 2014 Gala view #2
DOI 2014
CoC 2014 SP Practice

This article saids that Yuzuru photobook has sold 2.3 millions or Google translations is doing crazy things?

Manly shoot from the back:
http://m.imgur.com/pb6q2ah

one more back photo

Have we seen this translation? credit to ohlovesosweet.

Is one of the question relay they do, pretty funny.

Question for Hanyu Yuzuru: “What is the source of your mental strength? Hanyu-kun, you really hate to lose from the bottom of your heart ne. Even when he’s not competing and we’re doing a show together, he’s so strong. During show practice, it’s like you have something to prove, it’s incredible. When everyone is doing choreography, you’re jumping. Even when it’s cold, you maintain your cool during his jumps…… You just do it, and it’s amazing.”

HANYU YUZURU
Answer: “Akio-kun, since things like training camps in juniors, we’ve gotten along quite well. You’re asking about mental strength! I don’t think I’m strong like that though (lol). Hmm…… I’m limited to what is inside of me, probably gratitude to the people around me and my desire to give it my all. Can one just have one source of strength. Really, the more you continue skating, it’s impossible to do it on your own. I don’t think there’s just one thing when we’re talking about mental strength, but if I had to choose one, it would be the support I received from others.”

Question for Shoji Risa: “Risa-chan, how’s your love life! Ah, I can’t ask that. I’ll get in trouble (lol). So, we’re both training abroad and it’s difficult, how is your English coming along?”

SHOJI RISA
Answer: “What’s this all of a sudden (lol). You may not know this, but Colorado is full of wild animals. I’ve met a lovely deer, but I can’t really say the same thing about human boys though…… Regarding English, I get by with everyday conversations reasonably well. I came here by myself, and I didn’t know English so I didn’t really talk. At the beginning, I made mistakes, and my conversation partners and I couldn’t really understand each other. But, even so, people would give me a kind smile and because of that, I started talking. In other words, it’s getting there! I want to sing songs in English one day!”

Also, this fan art is really cute! https://www.tumblr.com/search/yuzuru%20hanyu%20&%20pooh#

OMG! I'm tearing watching this fancam....loving these ladies, they fangirling Yuzu so much. Listen to what they're saying I will be squealing like crazy if I see him rocking Change for sure, and might even throw myself on the ice

This is the exhibition from TV angle...he is a rockstar

If he is healthier wishing for a more rocking exhibition like Change

Toooooo cute: http://40.media.tumblr.com/2e9bf6e436ecec940c5fbabe3d8469dd/tumblr_niru5bnwMD1tae69fo2_1280.jpg
And sweetest smile: http://41.media.tumblr.com/5e9b3c68bc96735ad9fd1c7fbb4f6ce6/tumblr_niru5bnwMD1tae69fo3_1280.jpg
From http://horiyan.tumblr.com/

Found these fancam of GPF 2014 K&C after SP and after LP. Can see him placing the red hat on BOrser. He sure talked a lot

Anybody can translate the cheering in Spanish after the LP, thanks.

Thanks for all the updates everyone

Hina dolls feature faces of celebrity skaters

the Yomiuri best press photos (a look back on 2014 photograph collection)

a very detailed explanation of yuzuru's ballade program (sadly its in japanese but full of illustrations)
http://s.ameblo.jp/sorairohituj1/entry-11976878803.html
*view of entire rink
*part 1- 4t, spin
*part 2- 3a, 3lz3t
*part 3- stsq
cr: sorairohituji

https://mobile.twitter.com/norakuro008/status/560555995382812672
Guys... does this article said that yuzuru is already practicing his jumps on ice?

Yuzuru Hanyu competition costumes review

Looks like beside Yuzuru starting trainning he got a Blue Tuna as gift.

This article says he has not yet practiced on the ice.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150129-00000115-mai-spo


Anyway,

In this video of news clips at the end of last month, a doctor says Yuzuru would be able to start training after a month. I was not sure whether this doctor was familier with figure skating, and what type of training he meant. But everything is going well, I think he has started training at least on the ground by now including jumps as he always does.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dr5jj_1231グモニ_sport#from=embediframe

Chika Suguri, sister of Fumie Suguri, said that if not training for 3 days, you would feel dizzy when doing spins on the ice

I just pray our boy would never rush to prepare for the competition

There's a video of the event at this page http://mainichi.jp/graph/2015/01/30/20150130k0000m050055000c/009.html
Yuzuru's message(?) was read at 03:28 of the video.
+Sarah alainn singing the final time traveler

message said nothing special. rough translation below

I am very honored to receive Grand Prix of prestigious Mainichi sports person award.
Now I left the hospital and gradually started activities including rihabilitation.
I think I want to get in shape first. And at World Championships, I'll do my best.
Thank you very much for today. Hanyu Yuzuru

Not sure if this has been posted before. Yuzu's fans in China posted some competition related videos of Yuzu.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jBiqvZTw4th3GGT3ULTew

It's a Tuna Princess ...

Does this news state when he is going back to Toronto?

Japanese girls are funny

The way you can become Yuzuru, using Ghana clear file holder.

http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2142202659400426701

Team Brian

Chapter Three: Yuzuru and Javier

(credit to yuzuinfostation http://www.weibo.com/YuzuruInfoStation#_rnd1422641275749 for Chinese translation)…
Please bear with my rough English. I also apologize to those who had read the original Japanese version. If anything in my translation is inaccurate, please feel free to make corrections – thanks!
I did not translate the whole chapter word for word, so these are just some rough points.
In this chapter Brian mainly talked about the importance to learn about both students routines and their habits, how to give them suggestions, and maintain appropriate distance for observations, particularly during the preparation, warmup & then the real competition. Since both Yuzu and Javi are at the same level, they usually skate in the same group, with the orders close to each other. He has to split his time and attention between the two fairly. He needed to let them know that he cares about them and loves them the same way. (most of us already knew about this, the book just reveals more details)

1. Before Yuzu Joined, Brian felt that he had to watch over Javi the whole time. Surprisingly Javi does pretty well when he is let alone (when Brain was with Yuzu). While Yuzu seems to be fine by himself, he appears to be quite lonely without…POOH. (No more need to stretch how important Pooh-san is to Yuzu, especially Yuzu fans have fiercely defended pooh recently. And no wonder why Brian made peace with Pooh quickly)

2. How different Yuzu and Javi are: If Javi messes up his jumps in the 6 min warmup, he won’t do it again – he would just fix it in the competition. On the other hand, Yuzu takes the practice as serious as completion, and won’t feel satisfied until he lands everything in practice. (I have read this on the previous interviews as well)

3. During 2012-2013 GP Skate America, Yuzu skated his SP brilliantly (95 points, new record), however made many mistakes at LP, even he just did the LP wonderfully at Finlandia. It was not that Yuzu got too high from his SP and paid less attention to the LP. Brian spent a lot of time talking to Yuzu and finally figured the problem was the warmup. He also recalled Yuna had the same problem. At 2009-2010 Skate America, Yuna was perfect at SP (new record too). At LP after the 6min warmup she waited 30 minutes for her turn to skate. She left her shoes in the locker room so she literally sat on a yoga mat for 30 minutes. When she started the competition her body was completely cooled down already. (He regretted that he did not go to the LADY’s locker room to get the shoes for Yuna for her to keep warming up!). Yuzu’s case was on the opposite. He warmed up (running, jumping, all kinds of exercises) for a whole hour (he even got up the night before to run) and his body was tired out before the competition. From then on Brian worked hard to nail Yuzu’s routines before the competition (to make sure he maintains his best conditions before he takes the ice).

4. This part everybody should be familiar – it is about how Yuzu told him he wanted to win Sochi. Actually, he said he wanted to win both Sochi and Pyeongchang.

5. At 2012 Japanese Nationals, Yuzu dethroned Dai, however he did not seem to be happy. Brian respected Dai a lot while he recognized that it was inevitable (for any great skaters, such as himself) to be replaced by rising young stars. To be an Olympic Champion, Yuzu had to be the national champion first. The feelings of the transition between the “generations” are mixed and complicated, and Yuzu had to face this sooner or later.

http://fav.me/d8fzvo7
Here's a more detailed sketch I did last night...Final Time Traveler to cheer you up.
-Rather happy with how it turned out.

A flashback post on instagram from @Shibsibs: http://instagram.com/p/yfA8llh1vR/

Yuzu jumping with Pooh. Tiny Pooh attached to a movie camera.

Top row, right side.

Yuzu's video speech for the Sport Award He looks really good there, and I can't explain how relieved I am to finally see him after his surgery (or what I presume it is) Its also the first time I heard him stutter a bit

http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/41840

Article about Yuzu family. I'm sorry that I don't have enough English competency to translate.
Gendai is a weekly magazine known for gossip and naked women, so you'd have to discount what they say, but this article at least is not hostile to Yuzu unlike some other weekly magazines.

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http://otomodachi0409.tumblr.com/post/109720879250
This blog post gives a quick summary. But it's mostly stuff we know.

Cute baby face VS Competitive face

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0bCvXHtzx4
Hanyu's 2012 Worlds LP has reach 1 million+ views! Some of his other videos got close, but then were taken down. Anyway, hooray! How many views does it take for a video to be deemed viral? Or is it just how fast it spreads?

Edit: This was when Yuzuru 15 IIRC, same age as Sota now. http://youtu.be/Q8EYy2MaWIs
In my opinion Yuzuru has better soft landing and pleasing air position.

Cuteblog post about Yuzu and his Pooh tissue box

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/yuzuru-hanyu-the-evolution-of-the-pooh-tissue-box

Beautiful Phone cases inspired by Yuzu's costumes So beautiful!

Time Traveler
Chopin
POTO 2.0
POTO 1.0
Hana Wa Saku and POTO 1.0 Case and scrunchie (?)
R&J 2.0

This one just killed me: https://sportymags.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/brian-3.png

and is he having a chat with Pooh here? https://sportymags.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/brian-2.png

 

[knghcm]

Does anyone have links to the programs where the camera showed Brian "skating" on the sideline to Yuzuru's programs? I saw it for the first time during Javier's program in European a few days ago and some other posts said that he did stuff like the Biellmann and donut too. I was wondering if he has done that to Yuzuru's program and was curious to see them. From the few videos of Yuzuru's programs I've watched, the interactions between him and Brian were very refreshing.

 

[matmuh]

Does anyone have links to the programs where the camera showed Brian "skating" on the sideline to Yuzuru's programs? I saw it for the first time during Javier's program in European a few days ago and some other posts said that he did stuff like the Biellmann and donut too. I was wondering if he has done that to Yuzuru's program and was curious to see them. From the few videos of Yuzuru's programs I've watched, the interactions between him and Brian were very refreshing.

i think they mean world 2013 LP