Yuzuru Hanyu: 2021-22

[GS Forum Staff]

Yuzuru Hanyu (Kana: はにゅ うゆづる; Kanji: 羽生 結弦) is a Men’s Singles skater who represents Japan. He was born on December 7, 1994 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He announced his retirement in July 2022 and currently does shows.

He boasts an impressive list of achievements in the world of figure skating, including two Olympic gold medals (in 2014 and 2018), two World championship titles (in 2014 and 2017), and an incredible four Grand Prix Final championships (from 2013 to 2016). Additionally, he clinched the title of Four Continents champion in 2020, World Junior champion in 2010, and Junior Grand Prix Final champion in 2009-10. Hanyu's dominance extends to the Japanese national stage, where he has secured the title of Japanese national champion six times, spanning from 2012 to 2015 and again in 2020 and 2021.

His remarkable consistency is further highlighted by his numerous podium finishes at World Championships. He achieved the bronze medal in 2012 and 2021 and secured the silver medal in 2015, 2016, and 2019.

Biographical Info

ISU Bio:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010967.htm

Rink Results Bio:
http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=344

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzuru_Hanyu

Threads by Season

Season 2009-10
Season 2010-12
Season 2012-13
Season 2013-14
Season 2014-15
Season 2015-16
Season 2016-17
Season 2017-18
Season 2019-21
Season 2021-22
Season 2022-24

Competitive Programs by Season

2021-22
SP: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle and Shae-Lynn Bourne
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne

2020-21
SP: "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Heaven and Earth (from the NHK taiga series) | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne

2019-20
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne

2018-19
SP: "Otoñal" by Raul di Blasio | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Origin Composed by Edvin Marton | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Haru yo, koi [ja]" by Yumi Matsutoya | Choreo. by David Wilson

2017-2018
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson

2016-17
SP: "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Hope and Legacy by Joe Hisaishi | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Notte Stellata (The Swan)" by Camille Saint-Saëns | Choreo by David Wilson

2015-16
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Seimei from Onmyōji, Onmyōji II | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH: "Requiem of Heaven and Earth" perf. by Yasunobu Matsuo | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

2014-15
SP: "Ballade No. 1 in G minor" by Chopin | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
EXH:
"Hana wa saku [ja]" by Yoko Kanno | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
"The Final Time Traveler" by Hideki Sakamoto | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

2013-14
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Romeo and Juliet | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH: "Story" by Ai | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

2012-13
SP: "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Jeff Healey Band | Choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
FS: Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante | Choreo. by David Wilson
EXH Routines:
"Hello, I Love You" by The Doors | Choreo. by Kurt Browning
"Hana ni nare" by Fumiya Sashida | Choreo. by Kenji Miyamoto

2011-2012
SP: "Étude in D-sharp minor" by Alexander Scriabin | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
FS: Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong | Choreo. by Nanami Abe, Natalia Bestemianova, Igor Bobrin
EXH" "Somebody to Love" performed by Justin Bieber | Choreo. by Nanami Abe

2010-2011
SP: "White Legend" based on Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Vertigo" performed by U2 | Choreo. by Nanami Abe

2009-2010
SP: Mission: Impossible 2 by Hans Zimmer | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
FS: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov | Choreo. by Nanami Abe
EXH: "Change" performed by Monkey Majik, Yoshida Brothers | Choreo. by Nanami Abe

Competitive Results

Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2021-2022 Season
February 4-18, 2022	2022 Olympics	8 (95.15)	3 (188.06)	4 (283.21)
2020-21 Season
March 22-28, 2021	2021 World Championships	1 (106.98)	4 (182.20)	3 (289.18)
December 23–27, 2020	2020-21 Japan Championships	1 (103.53)	1 (215.83)	1 (319.36)
2019-20 Season
February 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents	1 (111.82)	1 (187.60)	1 (299.42)
December 18-22, 2019	2019–20 Japan Championships	1 (110.72)	3 (172.05)	2 (282.77)
December 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Grand Prix Final	2 (97.43)	2 (194.00)	2 (291.43)
November 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	1 (109.34)	1 (195.71)	1 (305.05)
October 25-27, 2019	2019 Skate Canada International	1 (109.60)	1 (212.99)	1 (322.59)
September 12-14, 2019	2019 CS Autumn Classic International	1 (98.38)	1 (180.67)	1 (279.05)
2018-19 Season
March 18-24, 2019	2019 World Championships	3 (94.87)	2 (206.10)	2 (300.97)
November 16–18, 2018	2018 Rostelecom Cup	1 (110.53)	1 (167.89)	1 (278.42)
November 2–4, 2018	2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki	1 (106.69)	1 (190.43)	1 (297.12)
September 20–22, 2018	2018 Autumn Classic International	1 (97.74)	2 (165.91)	1 (263.65)
2017-18 Season
February 16–17, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	1 (111.68)	2 (206.17)	1 (317.85)
October 20–22, 2017	2017 Rostelecom Cup	2 (94.85)	1 (195.92)	2 (290.77)
September 20–23, 2017	2017 Autumn Classic International	1 (112.72)	5 (155.52)	2 (268.24)
2016-17 Season
April 20–23, 2017	2017 World Team Trophy	7 (83.51)	1 (200.49)	Team 1st single 3 (284.00)
March 29 – April 2, 2017	2017 World Championships	5 (98.39)	1 (223.20)	1 (321.59)
February 14–19, 2017	2017 Four Continents Championships	3 (97.04)	1 (206.67)	2 )303.71
December 7–11, 2016	2016–17 Grand Prix Final	1 (106.53)	3 (187.37)	1 (293.90)
November 25–27, 2016	2016 NHK Trophy	1 (103.89)	1 (197.58)	1 (301.47)
October 28–30, 2016	2016 Skate Canada International	4 (79.65)	1 (183.41)	2 (263.06)
Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2016	2016 Autumn Classic International	1 (88.30)	1 (172.27)	1 (260.57)
2015-16 Season
March 28 – April 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	1 (110.56)	2 (184.61)	2 (295.17)
December 24–27, 2015	2015–16 Japan Championships	1 (102.63)	1 (183.73)	1 (286.36)
December 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Grand Prix Final	1 (110.95)	1 (219.48)	1 (330.43)
November 27–29, 2015	2015 NHK Trophy	1 (106.33)	1 (216.07)	1 (322.40)
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2015	2015 Skate Canada International	6 (73.25)	2 (186.29)	2 (259.54)
October 13–15, 2015	2015 Autumn Classic International	1 (93.14)	1 (184.05)	1 (277.19)
2014-15 Season
April 16–19, 2015	2015 World Team Trophy	1 (96.27)	1 (192.31)	Team 3rd single 1 (288.58)
March 23–29, 2015	2015 World Championships	1 (95.20)	3 (175.88)	2 (271.08)
December 26–28, 2014	2014–15 Japan Championships	1 (94.36)	1 (192.50)	1 (286.86)
December 11–14, 2014	2014–15 Grand Prix Final	1 (94.08)	1 (194.08)	1 (288.16)
November 28–30, 2014	2014 NHK Trophy	5 (78.01)	3 (151.79)	4 (229.80)
November 7–9, 2014	2014 Cup of China	2 (82.95)	2 (154.60)	2 (237.55)
2013-14 Season
March 24–30, 2014	2014 World Championships	3 (91.24)	1 (191.35)	1 (282.59)
February 13–14, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	1 (101.45)	1 (178.64)	1 (280.09)
February 6–9, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics (team event)	1 (97.98)	–	Team 5th
December 20–23, 2013	2013–14 Japan Championships	1 (103.10)	1 (194.70)	1 (297.80)
December 5–8, 2013	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	1 (99.84)	1 (193.41)	1 (293.25)
November 15–17, 2013	2013 Trophée Éric Bompard	2 (95.37)	2 (168.22)	2 (263.59
October 25–27, 2013	2013 Skate Canada International	3 (80.40)	2 (154.40)	2 (234.80)
October 4–6, 2013	2013 Finlandia Trophy	1 (84.66)	1 (180.93)	1 (265.59)
2012-13 Season
March 10–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	9 (75.94)	3 )169.05	4 (244.99)
February 8–11, 2013	2013 Four Continents Championships	1 (87.65)	3 (158.73)	2 (246.38)
December 20–24, 2012	2012–13 Japan Championships	1 (97.68)	2187.55	1 (285.23)
December 6–9, 2012	2012–13 Grand Prix Final	3 (87.17)	2 (177.12)	2 (264.29)
November 23–25, 2012	2012 NHK Trophy	1 (95.32)	1 (165.71)	1 (261.03)
October 19–21, 2012	2012 Skate America	1 (95.07)	3 (148.67)	2 (243.74)
October 4–7, 2012	2012 Finlandia Trophy	2 (75.57)	1 (172.56)	1 (248.13)
2011-12 Season
March 26 – April 1, 2012	2012 World Championships	7 (77.07)	2 (173.99)	3 (251.06)
December 22–26, 2011	2011–12 Japan Championships	4 (74.32)	1 (167.59)	3 (241.91)
December 8–11, 2011	2011–12 Grand Prix Final	4 (79.33)	3 (166.49)	4 (245.82)
November 25–27, 2011	2011 Rostelecom Cup	2 (82.78)	2 (158.88)	1 (241.66)
November 4–6, 2011	2011 Cup of China	2 (81.37)	4 (145.16)	4 (226.53)
October 14-16, 2011	2012 Tohaku-Hokkaido Block 1 Regional	1 (88.06)	1 (150.77)	1 (238.83)
September 21–24, 2011	2011 Nebelhorn Trophy	1 (75.26)	1 (151.00)	1 (226.26)
2010-11 Season
February 15–20, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	3 (76.43)	3 (151.58)	2 (228.01)
December 24–27, 2010	2010–11 Japan Championships	2 (78.94)	4 (141.12)	4 (220.06)
November 18–21, 2010	2010 Cup of Russia	6 (70.24)	6 (132.42)	7 (202.66)
October 21–24, 2010	2010 NHK Trophy	5 (69.31)	4 (138.41)	4 (207.72)
2009-10 Season
March 9-13, 2010	2010 World Junior Championships	3 (68.75)	1 (247.35)	1 (216.10)
December 25-27, 2009	2010 Japanese National Championships	3 (57.99)	1 (137.23)	6 (195.22)
December 2-6, 2009	2010 Junior Grand Prix Final	3 (69.85)	1 (136.92)	1 (206.77)
November 22–23, 2009	2009–10 Japan Junior Championships	1 (76.00)	2 (118.15)	1 (194.15)
October 7-10, 2009	2009 JGP Croatia Cup	1 (70.78)	1 (130.37)	1 (201.15)
September 9-12, 2009	2009 JGP Torun Cup	1 (66.77)	1 (131.88)	1 (198.65)

 

[ankifeather]

Well the GP assignments have arrived - NHK and Rostelecom Cup. Good Luck Hanyu!

 

[Nachi]

Why always so far away QQ? And I heard that it's close to impossible to get into Russia as a visitor :/. Not that I would want to go on big trips when the world is still this crazy but why do the skaters need to go on big trips? Thought it would be great for all skaters to go to those competitions which are not too far away from where they train right now. But maybe the location of Rostelecom Cup is closer to Japan than Cup of China? Well....ganbatte, Yuzuru-kun!

 

[icetug]

But maybe the location of Rostelecom Cup is closer to Japan than Cup of China?

It's definitely not. But Yuzuru couldn't make a choice in fact as he was the 3rd at Worlds and had to wait for Nathan and Yuma to choose theirs GP events.
On the other hand: Yuzuru's first GP assignments (in 2010) were NHK and Rostelecom, so maybe he wanted to reply them? And CoC wasn't very fortunate for him (and last time he was assigned to CoC, the event was moved to Helsinki...).

 

[Nachi]

Choosing? Usually they are assigned to the events and can't choose no matter what, no?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Choosing? Usually they are assigned to the events and can't choose no matter what, no?

The top "seeded" skaters get to choose for the most part where they go. This means the medalists at Worlds, people who were 4-6 at Worlds, skaters with a high world ranking, etc. There's a whole protocol for who can choose where they go, and other skaters who aren't as high up can only put in requests for where they go. The federations have some say in who goes where, as does the ISU, and there are some rules as to who can go where. But usually the medalists get where they choose, since they're some of the first people to pick. So Yuzu picked NHK and Rostelecom, but he was somewhat restricted because Nathan and Yuma got to pick above him where they were going.

 

[Nachi]

Okay! Thank you for the info! I'm sorry. I'm often lazy when it comes to reading the rules thus I didn't know about this. Maybe Yuzu feels a bit regret that he couldn't skate to 'Origin' the way he wanted to and now he wants to show his best skate. All speculation BUT maybe also a little bit of truth ^^. Or do I mix it up again and it wasn't at Rostelecom? My last memory of that competition is that he hurt himself and had to go to the podium on crutches .

 

[ankifeather]

And he is back in DOI! Although he hasn't revealed his new SP, but at least we get to enjoy Masquerade again And he looks lovely in the T-shirt he wore for the opening group number

 

[giulia95]

https://twitter.com/caseyyl00/status/1413820269798457347

Monster 3A !!
many thanks to the uploader

 

[ankifeather]

He is just too beautiful at DOI

And today's Masquerade is probably his best performance of it. The intensity and that roar! Just Wow!

 

[ankifeather]

The level of Hanyu's fame - his name appearing on a new American drama and even Georgian TV series

 

[icetug]

I've just got an information of the new Yuzuru's thread for the new season. Taking DoI into consideration - what a beautiful and promising start for the Olympic season Yuzuru had . I'm so glad he decided to return to the Masquerade, it's a great program underlining his advantages as a brilliant, mature performer. And the 1A with a rippon is a piece of art, no less.
Have a wonderful, deeply satisfying season, Yuzu!

 

[ankifeather]

New commercial for Sekkisei




And he is mentioned in this L.A. Times article as the greatest figure skater of all time

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Yuzu says he's started listening to BTS and has become a huge fan, and he'd love to incorporate their music into skating. Can you imagine how crazy the audience would go if he skated to a BTS song?

 

[Nachi]

Yuzu says he's started listening to BTS and has become a huge fan, and he'd love to incorporate their music into skating. Can you imagine how crazy the audience would go if he skated to a BTS song?

At least some would. That's true ^^. I'd prefer some of the older songs ^^°. Junhwan would probably be the one to help explain the lyrics ♥.

 

[ankifeather]

Amazing new ice show performance of White Legend & Hana ni nare on 24 Hours TV
So serene and surreal




Also new Hanyu collaboration necklace from Phiten

 

[TallyT]

(Edited) There's a HD copy of his 24HR section and skating at https://player.vimeo.com/video/590482217, so beautiful, I suggest you download it quickly.

 

[Skatesocs]

I'm looking forward to his exhibition skating more than his competitive ones. He already has everything, I don't care what he does (or doesn't) achieve this season. I'll just enjoy his pure skating quality in the galas. Last season from him (probably), and far and away the best performer from the men's field, want to see something that encapsulates his best qualities: empathy and gratitude for life.

Will always love this performance:

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[ankifeather]

The new KOSE billboard in Haneda airport




Also the monthly audio blogs for KOSE, his voice speaking Japanese is so soft and soothing

 

[Skatesocs]

My favorite painting of Yuzuru in his new gala costume:

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