Yuzuru Hanyu

[DizzyFrenchie]

Henni147 must have worked quite a lot since REALIVE:

https://x.com/Henni147/status/2046263153122574487

Here's the Wikipedia link:

Realive (ice show) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Yuzuru Hanyu series have now 14 Wikipedia pages (including three ensemble shows, actually)!

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Who are the Miyagi Prefecture heroes? A survey among Junior High School and High School students gave Date Masamune (founder of Sendai, and model for instance of mascot NekoMasamune) as first, Yuzuru Hanyu as second, and Shizuka Arakawa as third:

https://x.com/yzkyun_4A_mami/status/2046173258907820085

Edit: Even less surprising, a ranking of refrigerator and freezer accessories on Rakuten, the Haier refrigerator covers featuring Yuzuru Hanyu monopolise the three first ranks:

https://x.com/korirakumao/status/2046412321912938663

Edit 2: Actually it's not even less surprising because these magnet covers can be used only on one model of Haier refrigerator, while the rest is shock absorbers/levellers, plastic floor mats and the like, usable with most refrigerators of all brands.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This fan gathered photos of the 2026 blooming of Yuzuru Hanyu's cherry tree at the Nanakita Park, from March 18th (very little buds) to April 19th (nearly all flowers gone):

https://x.com/moriko33/status/2046456905107968461

 

[TallyT]

Who are the Miyagi Prefecture heroes? A survey among Junior High School and High School students gave Date Masamune (founder of Sendai, and model for instance of mascot NekoMasamune) as first, Yuzuru Hanyu as second, and Shizuka Arakawa as third:

https://x.com/yzkyun_4A_mami/status/2046173258907820085

The only one above him is the actual founder of the city.

Sendai really does love their ice prince.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The only one above him is the actual founder of the city.

Sendai really does love their ice prince.

It has to be noted that as popularity comes, from what I read which is certainly very little, the Sandwichman comic duo seems as popular as Yuzuru Hanyu. But in this survey the question was, who are the heroes of Miyagi? Either the Sandwichman aren't perceived as heroic in comparison of Yuzuru Hanyu or Shizuka Arakawa, or they don't appeal as much to the younger generation.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Another magazine cover...

It's first in sales already!

https://x.com/norakichi_/status/2046354630620406128

This other TV guide cover isn't all Yuzuru Hanyu but he does appear on it:

https://x.com/digitaltvguide/status/2046477192188899830

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Iketerubouzu, the "scary" mascot of Miyagi TV, seems to feel Guriri's concurrence? They've taken a nemophiles "bath" near Yuzuru Hanyu's cherry tree at the Nanakita Park in Sendai:

https://x.com/iketerubouzu/status/2046124336822788140

Or maybe is it elsewhere?

 

[Magill]

8 years ago today 100K+ people gathered in Sendai to celebrate Yuzuru's second OGM for a parade.
I guess that was truly unprecedented crowd to get together to celebrate just one athlete, no performance included !!!
Oh, wait! it was the second time, the first one being his first OGM (92K people turned up)

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I've been doubled!

Speaking of NekoMasamune, they're reminding us that today is the eighth anniversary of Yuzuru Hanyu's second Olympic Parade in Sendai:

https://x.com/nekomasamunecom/status/2046629657936793900

Here's the video:

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This fan was there and reported in English:

https://yuzusorbet.tumblr.com/tagged/sendai%20victory%20parade

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Quadruple Axel had promised postcards to those who attended March 30th Taketoshi Hara's online lecture on The Indisputable Charms of Figure Skater Yuzuru Hanyu in the Eyes of a Designer, or its archive. The shipping has started:

https://x.com/AxelQuadruple/status/2046543350548058463

 

[TallyT]

Quadruple Axel had promised postcards to those who attended March 30th Taketoshi Hara's online lecture on The Indisputable Charms of Figure Skater Yuzuru Hanyu in the Eyes of a Designer, or its archive. The shipping has started:

https://x.com/AxelQuadruple/status/2046543350548058463

I love that these people are running lectures on Yuzuru!

Oh, and here is what Machida said about him... recognising the uniqueness of Yuzu brilliance and beauty...

 

[Magill]

Today is the eighth anniversary of Yuzuru Hanyu's second Olympic Parade in Sendai:

Here's the video:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

This fan was there and reported in English:

https://yuzusorbet.tumblr.com/tagged/sendai%20victory%20parade

This is some additional interesting official data on the 2018 Yuzu Olympic Parade attended by 100K+ people.
Not only did the direct income from selling merchandise cover all the costs of organizing the parade with the surplus donated to Tohoku and Sendai City Recovery Fund. Total economic impact of the parade on the local economy, including the income generated by domestic and foreign tourists who attended, was estimated as 1.85 billion yen (appx. USD 11.6 million). Wow!!!! And he did not even have to skate

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

This is some additional interesting official data on the 2018 Yuzu Olympic Parade attended by 100K+ people.
Not only did the direct income from selling merchandise cover all the costs of organizing the parade with the surplus donated to Tohoku and Sendai City Recovery Fund. Total economic impact of the parade on the local economy, including the income generated by domestic and foreign tourists who attended, was estimated as 1.85 billion yen (appx. USD 11.6 million). Wow!!!! And he did not even have to skate

If I may be fastidious... 1.85 Billion yens of 2018 was something like 16 Million USD.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here's a photo of the S-Style report on REALIVE, to be released on April 25th:

https://x.com/s_style/status/2047182503342112884

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[DizzyFrenchie]

Khb's mascot Guriri reminds us that it's the same S-Style Magazine which organises the mascot contest it has entered:

https://x.com/khb_guriri/status/2046897858847338799

Here's the link to the form where votes can be logged:

https://x.com/khb_guriri/status/2046899282050154662

Of course, there are many Miyagi mascots in this form, and one can vote for any of them!
The deadline to vote is April 24th (Japan time)

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Regarding commercials rankings, the 2018 Olympic Parade was well celebrated, as videos featuring Yuzuru Hanyu (including a teaser for the Parade) came in first, second and fourth place:

https://x.com/jfifdecoder/status/2047057244689473590

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The three REALIVE subtrends in fanart are not over, far from it, but two big trends have emerged.
I'm posting only one of each for these three REALIVE subtrends (the shorts look, Kaku and other REALIVE visuals), but with each of them it's heartbreaking to have to choose:

https://x.com/LibertanewLife/status/2046745386975707250

https://x.com/TwDCNWVAA6AH0HJ/status/2046592278614221034

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here's a winged, white Utai IV:

https://x.com/kaguya4a/status/2046561390656417984

Of course, one of the new trends is the eighth anniversary of the 2018 Olympic Parade:

https://x.com/bean04097/status/2046653796584227023

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The other new trend, which in my opinion might last a bit more (as, I hope, Yuzuru Hanyu's rest) is the new emoji he's used in a recent Youtune comment, 3」∠) (I'm exhausted, I'm done), these two referring also to REALIVE (but the second, also to Echoes of Life):

https://x.com/Hikaru_Kira__/status/2046520763608612902

https://x.com/551207_551207/status/2046730381232369997

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I know that April's fools are long passed but this one can't wait until next year...
Isn't this Sendai house, the Hanyu family's home?
https://x.com/tantan__1go1e/status/2046266702485213569