Yuzuru Hanyu

[DizzyFrenchie]

Many fans attending the show, also visited the Zuihoden Shrine (the mausoleum of Date Masamune, founder of Sendai) who held an exhibition of Tanabata decorations inspired by Yuzuru Hanyu's costumes, as they had done during Notte Stellata:

https://x.com/love_HY1207/status/2043137325933498504

https://x.com/JolandaMelville/status/2043496184246092087

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Different types of ramen to recover after an exertion... Who does this Kourakuen ramen chain have in mind? (Purely rhetoric question.)

https://x.com/kourakuen_pr/status/2043610295256637523

After all, the word "restaurant" means "that which restores", implying restoring one's strength, it was the name of rich broths, and from the second half of Eighteenth Century, some shops started selling them to travellers, workers...

RESTAURANT : Etymologie de RESTAURANT

www.cnrtl.fr

It's very close to the idea of the ramen restaurant!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Fans lucky (and patient: the queue was huge) enough to have a Yuzuru Hanyu cherry tree acrylic stand at the Nanakita park (apparently it came with a smaller nemophiles acrylic stand) placed it with a Yuzuru Hanyu acrylic stand:
https://x.com/URunamamaYH/status/2043599013782716678


https://x.com/messier_zero/status/2043657757799424447

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru's first "own" ice show "Continues with Wings" has its 8th anniversary today
An occasion to reminisce a bit!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yuzuru Hanyu has signed a REALIVE poster and a program, which are exhibited at the khb headquarters between khb's mascots, I understand the latter post as meaning that people can freely go and watch them, and photographing them is allowed?

https://x.com/khb_5ch/status/2044226884683346238

Apparently this fan has done it:

https://x.com/n_kurosippo27/status/2043971769275683272

https://x.com/n_kurosippo27/status/2043967640725795176

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

As planned, after exhibiting the original of the 2023 Notte Stellata signed letter (from Yuzuru Hanyu) during the REALIVE pop-up shop, Irene lent it to the Yurindo Ebisu bookstore for their Irene exhibition; until today they had a copy:

https://x.com/_irenenews/status/2043993264316199351

 

[Magill]

Here's from Indian official Olympic account on Yuzuru changing into art what others call a sport

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Teapot Magazine took notice of the new Haier refrigerator covers featuring Yuzuru Hanyu:

https://x.com/teapot_magazine/status/2044173860447367664

Also about Haier, the fourteenth virtual encounter between mascot Reito and Yuzuru Hanyu has taken place:

https://x.com/HaierJapan/status/2043079141478502576

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yuzuru Hanyu now has gathered a total of over 200,000 spectators at his Solo shows:
https://x.com/Henni147/status/2044144060512755850

https://x.com/Henni147/status/2044116165723598996

Thinking that it was his choice only to go to smaller venues, particularly Sekkisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu near his home and a temporary morgue after the Great Eastern earthquake, or Saga who had invited him for their inauguration but he was already "booked", or Hiroshima for the 80th anniversary... Even Tokyo Dome, he could have filled it twice I'm sure, thrice I'm less sure.

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru Hanyu now has gathered a total of over 200,000 spectators at his Solo shows:
https://x.com/Henni147/status/2044144060512755850

https://x.com/Henni147/status/2044116165723598996

Thinking that it was his choice only to go to smaller venues, particularly Sekkisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu near his home and a temporary morgue after the Great Eastern earthquake, or Saga who had invited him for their inauguration but he was already "booked", or Hiroshima for the 80th anniversary... Even Tokyo Dome, he could have filled it twice I'm sure, thrice I'm less sure.

It is worth noting it includes only spectators in the venues, as there were many many more on the paid streams, in cinemas and the like, not counting TV viewing and DVD/BR sales (which are quite impressive too)

Sure it was his choice to perform in smaller venues (though often the largest ones in the given city/province and substantially bigger than those chosen by other ice shows) but it would usually be combined with selling out Saitama / Yokohama super arenas each year for a couple of days, not to mention the Tokyo Dome, of course. And think of his consistency which gained him the nickname "Mr Sold-Out" in the business

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I think that I had already seen a Haier bear wearing Yuzuru Hanyu's costume from the Haier commercial, but I had assumed that it was Reito cosplaying as Yuzuru Hanyu. It seems that it's actually a new Haier mascot, Yuzuto, and I think that there are ten of them to be won at a lottery, on the occasion of the launch of the new refrigerator covers featuring Yuzuru Hanyu:

https://x.com/HaierJapan/status/2044585125078548730

https://x.com/HaierJapan/status/2044581539967619094

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This English textbook has a lesson about MIKIKO, in which a question mentions her collaboration with Yuzuru Hanyu in GIFT:

https://x.com/abcd9mooo/status/2044222039016517883

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Khb's mascot Guriri has posted more detailed photos:

https://x.com/khb_guriri/status/2044617316131111181

https://x.com/khb_guriri/status/2044669607630565842

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Tatsuki Machida is going to evoke among others, tomorrow on TV Asahi CS2 at 7pm Japan Time, the world of ice shows, and of course to mention Yuzuru Hanyu:

https://x.com/tvasahi_cs/status/2044898824796459437

For those who don't know, Tatsuki Machida, while being an exceptional performer and a scholar of the History of Figure Skating (particularly on collaborations with Ballet and on copyright matters), doesn't talk much with Yuzuru Hanyu. It is speculated that this "rift" originated in the 2014 World Championships, where Yuzuru Hanyu ended ahead of him by a fraction of a point. While I see no scoring problem (none of them have ever been a "pet", both were scored rather severely), it is probable that some other judging panels, weighting differently the criteria, might have scored them slightly differently and placed Tatsuki Machida ahead. I would be so happy if they could now fight together for a better Figure Skating!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yuzuru Hanyu has extended for another year his support to the Ishikawa Prefecture tourism, where he had performed the Challenge Ice Show after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake:

https://x.com/DeepEdgePlus/status/2045026048270795058

Here's an article, I think by the Ishikawa Tourism Board:

【１年間延長決定！】プロフィギュアスケーター羽生結弦さんによる石川県応援企画実施！｜インフォメーション｜【公式】石川県の観光/旅行サイト「ほっと石川旅ねっと」

設置期間の１年間延長が決定しました！！期間限定でプロフィギュアスケーター羽生結弦さんの「等身大パネル」や「ポスター」が県内各地の観光施設等でお待ちしております！！現地ではパネル、ポスターに記載されている２次元コードを読み込むことでしか観る…

www.hot-ishikawa.jp

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The deadline to submit proposals for next Radiko broadcast (themed on REALIVE) has also been extended, to April 20th, Japan time:

https://x.com/kodahanyu/status/2044914648248615046

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The big main fanart trend these days is still REALIVE, with three main sub-trends: the poster showing Yuzuru in short-pants and thighs, the character he skated to in Prequel, and the mysterious crystal-like character, Kaku.
This one won because there were three pictures in one:

https://x.com/TimothyMopsy/status/2044399141405786323

But for the rest, it's very hard to choose because many talented fanartists have done a lot! Yet I limited myself to older ones!

https://x.com/Hikaru_Kira__/status/2044234365912395854

https://x.com/Hikaru_Kira__/status/2044537010279616711

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

These two show both the Prequel character and Kaku (with Haru-chan and Ashu-chan, for the first):

https://x.com/OVlIriU8AwCZkM4/status/2044270438151512112

https://x.com/Yu_moon127/status/2044408117518279065

(I'm cheating, not too subtly!)

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

(Sorry, I had a computer problem.)
Here there's "only" Yuzuru Hanyu:

https://x.com/jintan_4a4lz4lo/status/2044451225186476439

https://x.com/salasa773/status/2044415632834539728

I'm sorry I'm leaving so many beautiful fanartwork aside, and the latest which I kept for next page isn't less overwhelming...

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This isn't specifically related to Yuzuru Hanyu, but as he often has interactions with Guriri...
From left to right, Big Guriri, Guriri, and Palm Guriri (and on the lower photo, we can see Yuzuru Hanyu with Big Guriri and friends):

https://x.com/khb_guriri/status/2044997275353804931