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And in the first video in which Sota is practicing 4T and 3A, as Sota is a boy who goes his own way, he nearly gave up after falling. Nagakubo Sensei gave him candid advice as "Keep practicing the jump you failed! It's your weak point, Sota. Yuzu kept jumping the jump he failed till he landed it, even when he was exhausted. "
That can be a dangerous thing, and not just because of the risk of injury - it may work for Hanyu, but that doesn't mean it will work for everyone (there is only one Hanyu, right?).

I realise Nagakubo is trying to motivate Sota the best way he knows... but for some people, when a jump's not happening - trying and failing over and over for too long... can reinforce whatever is causing the jump to fail, especially if the coach is not there to correct the problems. It can become "training to fail". I hope Sota is not that type...

I recall coach Nobuo Sato saying something similar about Asada's training - he didn't like her spending so many hours training, because in order to skate that long... she couldn't be skating "all out". His view was, she was training herself to skate for long periods at say 70% (or whatever) of her ability... instead of training herself for the 4 minutes of intense all-out skating needed for competition. He preferred she skated for less time, but at 100%...
 
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24hr TV Charity Show
This is a 1 min program teaser shown on Aug 16.

This is the program shown today Aug 18 including his R&J1 skate. Translation already shared before here and here.

Yuri Chinen commented

"Usually 20 year olds are busy dealing with their own matter. I’m impressed that [Yuzuru] Hanyu cares and considers a lot about his surroundings, including areas that are affected by the earthquake" - Yuri Chinen’s comment on Yuzuru Hanyu translated by Yuzuland


What impressed me after watching it is the visit kept evoking his memories deep inside him. Yuzu emphasized with what Endos-san was going through in some ways.

The man named Endo-san is an activist to convey the current situation of Fukushima. Of course, he himself is a victim; his house was destroyed and his family now live in Tokyo for refuge. His hometown is suffering from the accident of the nuclear power plant.

Endo-san lost his new house 4 years after the construction (around 7:30-). Yuzu understands the meaning of a house. To build one’s own house is a kind of expression of determination to live here in one’s life. It may be like a symbol of certainty and reliability about life. The disaster destroyed it cruelly. Yuzu’s house also collapsed. Their internal thought is that they cannot reconcile themselves to the fact the house filled with their thought for the future had disappeared.

Another thing impressed me was the tragedy unique to Fukushima, linked to the nuclear power plant (around 7:45-). The damages are different depending on the region. The two homes across the same boundary received the different amount of money. The town used to unite. They held the festivals before the disaster. After the announcement of damages, people who had supported each other for reconstruction suddenly stopped interacting with those who obtained different damages. Facing the absurdity and the complicated human nature, yuzu admitted the difficulty of human relationships. However, he also remarked the absolute existence of something that can be shared with each other in spite of different standpoints or circumstances. As @alia said, the underlying thought inside him is basically positive, he seems to have sort of the premise of the optimistic view about humanity. But, in reality, the connections between some people of Fukushima are divided and they are far away from sharing their thought and supporting each other due to the damages. Lastly, he found it deeply sad.

Thinking about it, the choice of music “hana-ni-nare” and the collaboration with the singers really make sense. One of the messages of “hana-ni-nare” is “You shall find the answer. Never give up.” Chorus can play a role to amplify and strengthen the message.

Yuzu is always striking me as a very persistent and determined person. A newspaper article about one year ago described his wish to suggest new type of charity in the future. What he’ll provide this year is different from that of last year. That interests me.

I shall take in his thought, his performance tonight. At the same time, like @Moria Polonius said, we, who live in different countries and have cultural backgrounds can share the things, exchange our views through yuzu. It’s wonderful.

Video about practice today Aug 22! Further, yuzu will come to the venue of 24TV (Japan Budoukan)!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32m0sc_150822-24htv-直前sp_sport

24hTV ~ Prologue
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32mmdh_150822-24htv-prologue_sport

24TV before the Ice show, Yuzu at the 24HTV venue live
1. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32ml2h_2015-08-22-24htv-①_sport
2. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32mkpw_2015-08-22-24htv-②_sport
3. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32mu1d_2015-08-22-24htv-③_sport


The video of the ice show! (including his visit to Fukushima)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32n5jb_2015-08-22-想いをつなぐアイスショー_sport
His performances begin around 8:30-
1.Requiem
2.hana-ni-nare


This is part of video of 24HTV. Yuzu appeared at the live venue as a guest. It’s about the episode that the boy with the artificial arm tried to perform Japanese drum(“wa-daiko”) . It includes the performance mainly of Japanese drums.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32n74e_2015-08-22-24htv-④-和太鼓パフォーマンス_sport (About 10 minutes long)

The uploader made the video specifying him (enlarged yuzu, sometimes). http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32olm0_150822-24htv-番外編-ワイプの彼_sport (about 3 minutes)

You can see the performance by Japanese drums, flute and shamisen. Further, the Japanese martial art is included. It’s one of the forms of Japanese traditional arts. But this performance added some modernity to the tradition and achieved a nice hybrid.

Further, yuzu’s comment after performance (around 9:50)! He said something like “It’s fully hard to only beat a drum though, Masaru-kun(the boy) struck the poses (during performance) so beautifully as well and I found it wonderful.” It’s also the case with yuzu. His elements are technically difficult to execute well to much extent. What’s more, he must make his performance aestheticly fulffiling. He might have related the boy’s difficulty to his own. He is always performer and figure skater and seeks to learn something to improve himself. Of course, the boy tackling the hardships talks a lot to us and yuzu's tender and sincere eyes are really touching.

My blog entry that contains an english translation of the 24 hr tv special with Yuzu that just aired. It also contains a link to the video.

https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/yuzuru-hanyu-bringing-the-world-together/


- Requiem

- Hana ni nare

- YuzuCat

- Holy chest

- Another Yuzu & Sashida photo

- "Hanyu-sensyu's skin is white!! Skin is white!!”....Abareru-kun remark which made Yuzu laugh his head off. Translation by Miro Maa at YHIFG FB.

- His eyes are very tender and compassionate #1, #2, #3

- No wonder the fanart has a strand of hair sticking up

- Beautiful Requiem painting which captured his movement and expression.

- Requiem & Hana ni nare supporting each other.

- Four years on

- Beautiful requiem shots

- Hanyu & Sashida fanart

- Flowers are blooming

- The height guessing game continue

- This is heart warming like grandson listening to his grandma

- Thanking the audience from Fukushima (about 100 were invited)

- Fans noticed that he wore the same pair of jeans when visiting the stricken area of Fukushima this year and Ishinomaki last year...pix 1, pix 2

" TV documentary (in English) called "Tomorrow beyond 311" .
It was about Stephan Lambiel’s visit to Tohoku areas devastated by the disaster provably around the 2012 summer. Yuzu didn’t directly appear on the video, but it shows ice rink SENDAI after the disaster, the children there, Yoshida-san (around 4:00, Yuzu’s blade master), Nanami (around 7:00), and so on. The part (around until 13:30) was about Ice Rink Sendai. I want to introduce the video about the 311, the big underlying motivation for his skating before 24H TV ice show.

MJC is girls’ choir. It’s the documentary they visited Pope in 2013 summer. The members had to move to the different places due to the disaster, nevertheless they strongly desired to sing together in their hometown again.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xweele_それでも-歌いたい-福島-南相馬-少女合唱団_news


Yuzu's Tour de Tohuku shirt auction




TV Asaichi live interview and NHK Aug 28
According to Sarah Alainn's Twitter and Facebook, Yuzu's going to attend her live performance for NHK singing The Final Time Travller on Aug. 28.
Here's a photo taken backstage of this year's ice show in Japan: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1178713712155038


Others
Insane steps going in to the Chopin 4T Choctaw→Mohawk→Bracket→Counter→Three turn→change of edge(cross over?)→Three turn→4T→change of edge→counter→twizzle

Yuzu is so beautiful even from this short clip

Anyone could help to translate this Yuzu's message on 2010 DOI pamphlet?

“Last season I was able to win the title of Jr.GPF thanks to your supports. Further, I was also able to at the World Jr. Championships which I mostly aimed for.
My challenge in Senior competitions starts from this season. I shall concentrate on each competition and try to do my best. Thank you for your continued supports.”

A couple of Business Insider articles were shared a few months ago about the most dominant athletes in general and promising young athletes and Yuzu was on both of them.

It's about the most dominant athletes for every sport, and of course, Yuzu is the one for men's figure skating. Sort of old and such but it still makes me proud to see him in these articles
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dominant-athlete-in-every-sport-2015-4?op=1






Here's a hauntingly gorgeous CG animation of Yuzuru's Ballade No.1. The backdrop to this video is just :drama:

I found this gif of Yuzuru doing his Ina Bauer in practice. His position is almost an Arakawa bend.


A colaboration job between Hideiki Ano (Neon Genessis Evangelion) and Hayao Miyazaki (as producers?)

Hideaki Anno himself is serving as executive producer of the entire project initiative with Dwango President Nobuo Kawakami, and he also designed the image character mascot "(Tor)-kun." Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki created the title logo, and fellow Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki colored it. The shorts mostly feature the voice talent of Ranma ½ and Cowboy Bebop co-stars Kouichi Yamadera and Megumi Hayashibara.

The short was choreographed by Kenji Mijamoto. But the costumes and movements looks very Yuzuru to me.
http://animatorexpo.com/endlessnight/
 
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Before going to Nagakubo Sensei, Sota was struggling with his jumps. He and his family talked and decided to move to Nagakubo Sensei, and what he was told first was, "You have not practiced enough. You know that, don't you?" Sota said in an interview that he could not deny the Coach's words. "Honestly speaking, I didn't like practice." "Nagakubo Sensei quickly noticed that."

I think coaches control their skaters according to their respective personality, and of course they should know their trainees' physical limit.


EDIT: Sorry, I made a mistake with the coach's name, and corrected.
 
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Before going to Nagaoka Sensei, Sota was struggling with his jumps. He and his family talked and decided to move to Nagaoka Sensei, and what he was told first was, "You have not practiced enough. You know that, don't you?" Sota said in an interview that he could not deny the Coach's words. "Honestly speaking, I didn't like practice." "Nagaoka Sensei quickly noticed that."

I think coaches control their skaters according to their respective personality, and of course they should know their trainees' physical limit.
Well, yuzu didn't like to practice at first too, and look what he became now!! Lols!!
 
I just realised that when we talking about ships (caveat --> only for fun) a few thousands pages previously, we had missed one of the biggest of all in the HMS Prince Yuzu armada....Yushida.

Yushida bromance and friendship appreciation

- This is golden...translation of Sashida's blog on FOI 2012, the start of his friendship with Yuzu

- Backstage at Hana wa saku taping

- They are not a morning person. Sidenote: Mama Hanyu running away when she noticed the camera.

- Each other supporter

- Sashida talked about collaboration with Yuzu

- Peace all

- At the Sendai victory parade

Thank you!

I think I saw Yuzu's sister by his mom's side when they both were laughing and trying to hide from the camera.
She's the lady wearing black sport jacket.
They seemed to be very happy to see Sashida, too.
 
Thank you!

I think I saw Yuzu's sister by his mom's side when they both were laughing and trying to hide from the camera.
She's the lady wearing black sport jacket.
They seemed to be very happy to see Sashida, too.

I believe Sashida is like a family friend. Even though Yuzu is famous and extrovert, I'm glad he kept his life away from the ice private. His family cherish their privacy and stay away from the media; sometimes really funny watching mama Hanyu dodging the camera.
 
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I believe Sashida is like a family friend. Even though Yuzu is famous and extrovert, I'm glad he kept his life away from the ice private. His family cherish their privacy and stay away from the media; sometimes really funny watching mama Hanyu dodging the camera.
And since her escape and dodging attempts were captured by the camera and seen by us , she doesn't always succeeds in doing so.....
 
Thanks for the videos hamaguri,, I hope they will release another angle of Requiem in the future too.

Love the video shiroKJ, thanks for sharing. The "kiss" :shocked: is Love in Action :laugh:. I saw twitter photos of ladies hugging, holding the hand etc. of Yuzu's wax figure too...


This is about the guys. MyNavi did a survey on "What is the ideal build of men figure skater". Survey participants: 221 male MyNavi readers. 60.6% picked Yuzu as having the ideal build.

Below is the direct google translation of the survey report http://s.news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/08/25/111/. The translation will need to be corrected for the right wording/context/syntax/nuances.

Again Yuzuru Hanyu is good! Male figure player rankings I think the ideal body shape

To attract figure skater the viewer in a beautiful performance on ice. While jumping a jump of 3 rotation or four rotations in the air, because the elegant skating and step also requires a lot of players have a figure that combines the flexibility and strength.

Although regarded as one of the body shape also players charm, wonder look integrally which player is the most ideal body shape. This time, since I asked My Navi news member 221 persons of men for the "forms of male figure skater that you think is ideal", is trying to introduce in conjunction with reason.

Q. Please tell me you are forms of the male figure skater that you think is ideal

1st: Yuzuru Hanyu (60.6%)
2nd: Takahiko Kozuka (12.2%)
3rd: Takahito Mura (4.5%)
3rd: Evgeni Plushenko (4.5%)
5th: Javier Fernandez (3.2%)

■ Yuzuru Hanyu
• The "Because I think I may be a fine macho have skinny" (33-year-old male / Electric / Technical)
- "With a small face with long limbs, so many acting shone" (42-year-old male / Automotive / Technical)
• The "Even though slender, the body that produces it only hard step and jump great" (36-year-old male / metal, steel and chemical / technical positions)
- "Since the long limbs, because the jump is amazing and I look feminine, extra look beautiful" (44-year-old male / information · IT / technical positions)
• "Because the feeling that beauty of the frontier" (33-year-old male / retail / sales positions and service system)

A better translation by Angelica Yuzu @YHIFG FB.

- He is slim, the "thin and macho" type. (33-year-old male; Electrician)
- His arms and legs are long and his face is small, and he shines in all kinds of performances. (42-year-old male; Automobile mechanic)
- His body is thin but that body can do all those difficult steps and jumps, it's amazing. (36-year-old male; Metal, steel, chemical technician)
- He looks feminine because his arms and legs are long, but his jumps are amazing; he looks exceptionally beautiful. (44-year-old male; IT )
- Because of the feeling that he is in a state of beauty. (33-year-old male; Sales/service staff)

■ Takahiko Kozuka
• The "because medium build" (31-year-old man / media and advertising / creative staff)
- "Because it was a fine image I think has been able to firm the body" (29-year-old man / school and education-related / professional)
- "Reasonable in fleshed result can be assessed because they leave. Body felt Naa wonder is a strong part of the core of the" (37-year-old male / financial and securities / sales positions)

■ Takahito Mura
· "Because legs long tall" (28-year-old male / Staffing & Recruitment / Technical)
· "Because back high" (25-year-old male / organizations and public interest corporations and government / clerical profession)
· "Because strong" (28-year-old male / financial and securities / sales positions)

■ Evgeni Plushenko
· "Good highest on the length of the head of the small and feet" (43-year-old man / machine and precision equipment / Technical)
- "Since the handsome and have body well-equipped" (29-year-old man / school and education-related / clerical profession)
- "Neat features and height and body shape, such as tailored to it." (32-year-old male / trading company and wholesale / professional)

■ Javier Fernandez
- "Supple figure" (28-year-old male / medical and welfare / clerical profession)
- "Trunk Toka strength likely" (23-year-old man / machine and precision equipment / sales positions)

■ general comment
1 position of the commanding lead, was Sochi Olympics and the world championships, Ace Yuzuru Hanyu player of Japan figures field won the gold medal in a number of competitions such as the Grand Prix Final. Such as "are slender" and "long limbs is good is thin", "style is good", and praise smart body shape opinion was the majority. On the other hand, such as in "because the body is solid is thin but axis" (28-year-old male / financial and securities / professional), also respondents to be that it is ideal as a body that combines flexibility and strength many I had.

It became the second place, long worked to have Takahiko Kozuka player Japan figure boundaries of the front line. Taken together, the respondents of opinion, it is in feeling that "moderately comes with a muscle, has an excellent overall balance." In addition, there were also voices of evaluating the Twink first time.
Ranked equipped with Takahito Mura players and Evgeni Plushenko players (Russia) is in third place. MuRyo players or to jump the compelling of the triple axel in dynamic, opinion Hyosuru as "tall" while the height of 170cm there were many. Plushenko players, drew support from men who envy the high stature of neat features and 178cm.

The high jump of figure skater, trunk and strength, and agility are required. Only could adversely affect the performance or too be too thin thickness, the figure skater of men, might be "fine macho" in many cases. Man named yearn to fine macho, it is their body shape than also good idea to help?

Survey date: August 14, 2015 - August 20
Research targets: My Navi news Member
Survey Number: Men 221 people
Survey Method: Internet login formula questionnaire
 
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Thank you!

I think I saw Yuzu's sister by his mom's side when they both were laughing and trying to hide from the camera.
She's the lady wearing black sport jacket.
They seemed to be very happy to see Sashida, too.

I saw his mom, but not sure about the other lady. Are you sure that is his sister? Just wondering, because I have never seen his sisiter before...
 

The creator’s talent is remarkable. Amazing!:love:

This is about the guys. MyNavi did a survey on "What is the ideal build of men figure skater". Survey participants: 221 male MyNavi readers. 60.6% picked Yuzu as having the ideal build.

Below is the direct google translation of the survey report http://s.news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/08/25/111/. The translation will need to be corrected for the right wording/context/syntax/nuances.

Congratus yuzu!:clap: He won the landslide victory! It’s wonderful he’s supported by also men. His physique is perfect enough for men to be fascinated by.

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Talking about his wax figure, I went to see it last week for the first time. Of course I didn’t touched it so ridiculously:laugh:. What surprised me is his body is larger and muscles are more built than I imazined. I realized how hard he trains himself.

There’s also plain hand-shaped sculpture. To my surprise, his hand is the same size as mine (I’m 156cm.). His hands are small! Further, his fingers are longer than me and palm is smaller!:hopelessness: I felt miserable. Why did Got give him so many gifts with his looks?:laugh:
 
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The creator’s talent is remarkable. Amazing!:love:



Congratus yuzu!:clap: He won the landslide victory! It’s wonderful he’s supported by also men. His physique is perfect enough for men to be fascinated by.

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Talking about his wax figure, I went to see it last week for the first time. Of course I didn’t touched it so ridiculously[emoji23]. What surprised me is his physique is larger and muscles are more built than I imazined. I realized how hard he trains himself.

There’s also plain hand-shaped sculpture. To my surprise, his hand is the same size as mine (I’m 156cm.). Further, his fingers are much longer than me and palm is smaller!:hopelessness: I felt miserable. Why did Got give him so many gifts with his looks?[emoji23]
His hand sounds a lot like a lady's hand hahas!!!
 
A better translation of MyNavi survey results; some of the respondents' reasons for choosing Yuzu as having the ideal build. Translated by Angelica Yuzu @YHIFG FB.

- He is slim, the "thin and macho" type. (33-year-old male; Electrician)
- His arms and legs are long and his face is small, and he shines in all kinds of performances. (42-year-old male; Automobile mechanic)
- His body is thin but that body can do all those difficult steps and jumps, it's amazing. (36-year-old male; Metal, steel, chemical technician)
- He looks feminine because his arms and legs are long, but his jumps are amazing; he looks exceptionally beautiful. (44-year-old male; IT )
- Because of the feeling that he is in a state of beauty. (33-year-old male; Sales/service staff)
 
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