Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014-15 Season

[firal]

Who choreographed Hana ni Nare?? For some reason I thought it was Miyamoto-san too??

 

[xibsuarz]

Who choreographed Hana ni Nare?? For some reason I thought it was Miyamoto-san too??

His Wikipedia page says it was Miyamoto

 

[yhmafan]

Maybe they mixed up the SP to the free. lol

Anyways another popularity list in Japan?? It seems Yuzuru places 1st among 60s people's choices: http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/a76aad40gw1erp6zocxdrj20u70vkq74.jpg

He is national grandson

Yeah ,
but you know that the kinds of articles (the popularity lists) are all depend on the media research method of magazine each. It’s like they often have biases in the way of researching
I am glad that Yuzuru being a grandson for 60’s women though, still have a very much strange feeling that Mao was not chosen on that list considering her popularity...
In all, pls don’t mind to anyone I don’t take that serious either way

 

[ahkeekee]

His Wikipedia page says it was Miyamoto

I loved all the programmes miyamoto choreographed for yuzu, it'd be exciting to see what miyamoto could do for yuzu....

 

[cruzceleste]

Maybe they mixed up the SP to the free. lol

Anyways another popularity list in Japan?? It seems Yuzuru places 1st among 60s people's choices: http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/a76aad40gw1erp6zocxdrj20u70vkq74.jpg

He is national grandson

Correctme if I´m wrong but it saids he is also 2nd for the women over 50s and 7th for the women over 20s?

Edit:

In the first colum (Top 20) looks like he is 4th overall?

 

[Sorrento]

Yuzuru searches for his skating videos, so he can learn from his mistakes. He did not say he does general searches for his name. I doubt he's read any interviews about himself or others that aren't in Japanese. Too busy studying and skating.

He mentioned he had read what people said about CoC accident too. I doubt he only read Youtube videos comments of that accident. I hope he did not watch those vids too.

 

[Bonesfan]

Maybe we are talking about two different things?

Reading what people said about the CoC accident, were Japanese news articles quoting Japanese athletes etc.

Searching for videos of himself => skating performances where he can evaluate his jumps, etc.

I'd be very surprised if he has the time/interest to read youtube comments(?)

He mentioned he had read what people said about CoC accident too. I doubt he only read Youtube videos comments of that accident. I hope he did not watch those vids too.

 

[matmuh]

here is yuzuru fanboying because he got to highfive with his idol

 

[ahkeekee]

here is yuzuru fanboying because he got to highfive with his idol

So cute! Is there a link to the video?

 

[Meoima]

I don't know when was this: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd...._=1440571203_3d0b611009a671f059d6dbfd7c507e09

 

[Plumededragon]

I don't know when was this: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd...._=1440571203_3d0b611009a671f059d6dbfd7c507e09

Looks like it was in 2009-2010, judging by the photo. I can't read the caption very well, but it mentioned high school? :think:

 

[alia jackson]

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Videos

This is a really old video from worlds 2012 but there are some clips i've never seen before so I thought I'd share it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UktH83w20c (Yuzu appears from 1:55 until the end!)

Originally Posted by Lindacrow
Really cool fan-made video about Yuzu's ENTIRE season, including the off season. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n...E3%83%BC_sport

This is the first (main) part of the video – "2014-15 Recollections":http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2izg2r_y-h-2014-15-recollections_sport

Reposting these links from the TJ and Tatsuki threads:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nk2p7_hug-tears-2014-15-may-way_sportA
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2nwvwp_あしたへ-part3-good-bye-2014-15-hug-tears_sport

What an eventful season that was for Yuzuru, the equivalent of three seasons, according to him. Proud of him as to how he made it through.

The music pieces for the videos ( http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ntl95_y-h-2014-15-recollections-ーfinal-chapterー_sport ) are all from The Piano Guys.
https://www.facebook.com/PianoGuys?fref=ts
http://thepianoguys.com/

More on WTT

Some other magic jumps, and the score of 4Lo-3A.....20,5 !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kLTFfAYbRI

New fancam of WC gala. Love the distance of that 4T. So light and airy. All those pooh heads at 0.50 seconds

Here is Japanese broadcast version of wtt gala 2015, which I think is better in camera angle. During pw, Endo was excited and shouting! He was like a fanboy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_psOfLUcomE

An article post WTT, if google translator doesn't foil me, there are some infos about his issues with 4T and how they are linked to his surgery http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1462675.html

please watch from 4:26-4:33! ( I wonder what happened at around 4:30-4:33? I think it looked like yuzu realized that the mc said wrongly that Javi is from Japan lols!)

@ 5:05 it looks like Yuzu said I'm from Spain, and Javi said I'm from Japan loll

Yuzuru was shown in a Japanese animal show

Heres the link for anyone who wants to watch: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1e0x8v_2014-0301-天才-志村どうぶつ園_tv

They talk about him around 30 min! Miyu Honda was even in the episode. They basically talked about how this rink was known for producing Olympic Champions such as Shizuka and Yuzu, and all the little girls with so much talent saying "who will be the future champion?"

Regarding handling animal

I think he can handle plushs since he has a lot. But not sure about real animal.

Um........not an animal but...I mean its a non-human living thing so its the closest we've got?

He likes bugs actually. He talked about that at around 2:00 in this video.

Photos, Articles & Others

He deserve to be THE BEST. Thank you for voting him! If you want to vote this is the link:
http://www.thetoptens.com/favorite-figure-skater-of-all-time/

Just one year ago, we got the gold medal parade in his hometown! Yuzu looked very happy!
https://mobile.twitter.com/Crayon_key/status/459925190902689792
https://mobile.twitter.com/harurize/status/592182138214060032

http://yuzuland.tumblr.com/post/117414484612/compliments-from-yokozuna-to-yuzuru-hanyu

A translation of an article about the current Yokozuna, Hakuhou, talking about Yuzu.

To have a champion, highest rank sumo wrestler in Japan WANT to watch to Yuzu perform live and commend him of being a worthy champion is an honor. I know other champions such as Plushy have talked about Yuzu, but to have a Yokozuna, a very respected person throughout Japan, as well as someone who is not involved in FS is very surprising! Quite incredible!

Yuzu's photos in ANA catalog #1, #2....his arms . I love the tagline "Inspiration of Japan"

https://instagram.com/p/18LlxnwfXu/
I know this is from the parade, but doesn't it look a scene from a shoujo drama?!?!

This picture of yuzu made my heart race like hell!

has these pictures been shared before here? Yuzu cutting his b'day cake!
This fan-art is so cute too!

looks like our yuzu has swept the top places for all segment scores for the season! Wow!( sorry I just realized that it's for Japanese men, but still amazing! )

Learning to identify jumps

these articles will help you understand the jumps better, they include slowmotion gifs and explanations of each jumps. It was hard for me at 1st but the more you watch videos the easier it gets to figure out which jumps it is, understanding spins and step sequences (esp levels) are harder to understand though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbfRRXHqLm8 Here is Michael Weiss who explains each jump and even how to do it.

I'll do a very simple guide, if you don't want learn all the terms by now, assuming that you have absolutely no idea about the jumps so I won't focus too much on edges, just for flip and lutz. The only things that is needed is being able to identify:

1. A bit of edges for flip and lutz,
2. Recognize a certain 'motion' that is needed for a jump. (loop and salchow)
3. Which leg the skater uses for the take off (to go for the jump) which one he uses to land it
4. You can differentiate by the "assistance" that people talked about, how the skater gets the impulse to launch for the jump using their other leg.

That's it and you're good to go if you only want to differentiate them and nothing more, after that you will learn more at your own peace.

So first, about edges: the skater can be on his inside edge (interior of the blade), flat (evenly balanced on the blade), or outside edge (exterior of the blade) --> here (as a detail, there's also forwad inside, back outside, back inside etc. forward = front of the blade/boot, back = back of the blade/boot)

The jumps:

Triple toe loop: Take off from the right leg, lands on the right leg. You can notice that she "kicks" the ice with the other leg (with her toe) to get the impulse. Thats what toe assistance means.

Triple Salchow: Take off from the left leg, lands on the right leg (you can identify the edges she uses if you want but you don't need to). The easiest way is just recognize the circular motion that the skaters uses to launch. Notice how she doesn't 'kick' the ice with her toe, she uses her edges to launch the jump.

Triple loop: Just one thing - "crossed legs", notice how the skater cross their legs to do it. No toe assistance too, like the salchow.

Triple flip: Take off from the inside edge of the left leg, lands on the right one. Notice the edge of the take off, keep watching the left leg, see how she's on the interior of the blade. It's really important to differentiate from the lutz. When skaters "lip" is because they are setting up for the jump using their leg at the front on the inside edge but right before they do it they change for the outside edge and launch. With toe pick assistance, notice the right leg on the take off and how she kicks the ice with it.

Triple Lutz: Similar to the flip, difference is the edge. Take off from the outside edge of the left foot, lands on the right one. With toe pick assistance too. When skaters 'flutz' is the opposite of the 'lip'. They want to do the lutz, they are setting up for it on the outside edge but right when they are going do do it they change for the inside and end up doing a flip.

Triple axel: Easisest one to differentiate because it's a forward take off, the skaters launch themselves in the air so they end up doing plus half of a rotation so it's 3.5.

Watch this video, up until 0:01 he did half of a rotation, at 0:02 he did 1.5 rotation, at 0:03 2.5, then finally at 0:04 3.5 rotations.

 

[Lindacrow]

16 Athlete Phenoms Who Are Going To Take Over The World: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/athletes-who-are-going-to-take-over-the-world-2015-5

Business Insider is loving Yuzu lately...

 

[ahkeekee]

16 Athlete Phenoms Who Are Going To Take Over The World: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/athletes-who-are-going-to-take-over-the-world-2015-5

Business Insider is loving Yuzu lately...

Lols! They really are loving yuzu a lot!

 

[hamaguri]

16 Athlete Phenoms Who Are Going To Take Over The World: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/athletes-who-are-going-to-take-over-the-world-2015-5

Business Insider is loving Yuzu lately...

Thank you. Congrats. Yuzu!

 

[alia jackson]

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YUZURU'S ICE SHOWS SCHEDULES 2015. TOTAL = 19

29-May to 31-May FaOI in Makuhari (3 shows)
6-June to 7-June FaOI in Shizuoka (3 shows)
12-June to 14-June DOI in Shin Yokohama (4 shows)
26-June to 28-June FaOI in Kanazawa (3 shows)
4-July to 5-July FaOI in Kobe (3 shows)
11-July to 12-July Figure Skating Aore Nagaoka (3 shows --> updated on 9-May 2015)

Btw as some of posters said, it seems Yuzuru has been added to FOI in May!

Yuzu is going to join DOI too!

So, Hanyu-san has two more shows added for this off season. He will do one show a day on July 11th and 12th in Figure Skating Aore Nagaoka.

News on 9-May 2015

Just saw people tweeting one more ice show will be added so 19 ice shows now. Seems like Nagaoka 7/11 night show.

TV Broadcast Info (news on 8-May 2015)

FaOI will be broadcast live on May 30th in Japan on the BS Asahi channel. It will be broadcast again on June 6th. Yay!

Broadcast time
5/30 16:00～19:00
6/6 19:00～22:00

they are different shows.

5/30 16:00-19:00 FaOI in Makuhari (Live)
6/6 19:00-22:00 FaOI in Shizuoka (Record)
all in Japan time

I think there will also be TV broadcast for DOI (broadcasted by Fuji TV last year).

 

[hamaguri]

Cute yuzu in 2014gps?

https://mobile.twitter.com/0606Pi/status/595437140634402816/video/1

 

[alia jackson]

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Videos

130,860 views for Hanyu's PW Ex at WTT! Video has been up only one week.

I found this video with 4T at 15 years. Amazing boy !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CLAqF99nxg (1.46)

A clip showing Yuzu's jump from young till now

I uploaded "highlights version" from Polish Eurosport of Yuzu's SP from Worlds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqSZRDLEeQk

Yuzu and Javi Kiss & Cry. Such a synchro! https://twitter.com/yuzuyz127/status/593060849037680640

Articles, Interviews & Translations

Ice network Jeff Buttle interview there was a pharagraph where he talked about working with Yuzuru:

[ He approached me about skating to Chopin," Buttle said. "I went through Chopin's musical catalog and ultimately found ["Ballade No.1"]. It's not an unknown piece, but when I listened to it, I thought it almost comes in waves. I thought about [Hanyu] and how after the Olympics he was pulled in every direction, and I think the music was reflective of how he was so busy off the ice, but when he was on the ice, this was his place. It was very peaceful and mature." ]

Here for the complete article

Translation from a Magazine Sportiva. Young skaters talk about Yuzu. Shoma, Nagai, and Wakaba http://ice-kingfisher.tumblr.com/post/117578712098/sportiva-crazy-about-yuzuru

here is an article about Tracy Wilson and how she started coaching (her son's hockey team haha), not sure where to share article because she worked with so many skaters!
and here is Javi's message to yuzuru after Javi won his 1st european championship (sadly it wasnt the same medal for yuzuru though )

Photos & Others

The evolution of YuzuxPhiten

Beautiful yuzu in a poster of faoi Kanazawa. This costume is one of my favorites! So elegant! http://www.hk-event.jp/event/ev_detail.php?ed_no=1122

Yuzu looks so funny here LOLS!

Sorry, random question... What is considered difficult footwork?

Here is the link to give you a general image.http://iceskatingresources.org/CompetitionStepSequences.html If you are interested to know better, rules are aviable on isu.org I believe.

 

[YesWay]

16 Athlete Phenoms Who Are Going To Take Over The World: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/athletes-who-are-going-to-take-over-the-world-2015-5

Business Insider is loving Yuzu lately...

At first glance I thought that said "16 Athlete Phantoms who are going to take over the world"... :-D

 

[Hanmgse]

At first glance I thought that said "16 Athlete Phantoms who are going to take over the world"... :-D

It's okay, POTO's season has ended