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Yuzuru Hanyu

February 04, 2023

The native form of this personal name is Ha'nyū Yuzuru. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, Ha'nyū Yuzuru, born December 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. He is a two-time Olympic champion (2014, 2018), a two-time World champion (2014, 2017), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2013–2016), the 2020 Four Continents champion, the 2010 World Junior champion, the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time Japanese national champion (2012–2015, 2020–2021). He has also medaled at five other World Championships, taking bronze in 2012 and 2021, and silver in 2015, 2016 and 2019, making him the only male single skater along with Jan Hoffmann to win seven world championship medals in the post-World War II era.

Yuzuru Hanyu
羽生 結弦
Born (1994-12-07) December 7, 1994 (age 28)
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Alma materWaseda University (graduated in 2020)
Occupations
Years active2004–present
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Awards
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Figure skating career
Former coach
Former choreographer
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Former skating club
Former training locations
  • Sendai
  • Toronto, Ontario
Began skating1998
RetiredJuly 19, 2022 (turned pro)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total330.43 (HR)[note 1]
2015–16 Grand Prix Final
Short program112.72 (HR)
2017 CS Autumn Classic
Free skate223.20 (HR)
2017 Worlds
Medal record
Men's figure skating
Representing  Japan
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Years active2022–present
GenreFigure skating
Subscribers778 thousand[4]
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Having been called one of the greatest figure skaters in history[note 2] by many sport writers, commentators, and skaters for his well-rounded skills, achievements, popularity, and impact on the sport, Hanyu is the first men's singles skater to achieve a Super Slam, having won all major competitions in both his senior and junior careers. He has broken world records nineteen times—the most times among single skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004. He is the first man to have received over 100 points in the men's short program, over 200 points in the men's free skate, and over 300 total points in competition. Upon winning his first Olympic title, Hanyu became the first Asian men's singles skater to win the Olympic gold. At nineteen years old, he was the youngest male skater to win the Olympic title since Dick Button in 1948. In 2018, he became the first man to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals since Button's back-to-back titles in 1948 and 1952. At the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International, Hanyu became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop in a competition. He is the first men's singles skater from Asia to win multiple World Championships.

In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu became the youngest recipient of the People's Honor Award, bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan for "giving dreams and thrills to the people and hope and courage to society".[16] He is the first figure skater to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award and was named the Most Valuable Skater by the inaugural ISU Skating Awards in 2020. Hanyu also has been featured in prestigious lists, such as Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia as well as ESPN's World Fame 100 and The Dominant 20. In 2022, Hanyu was ranked sixth in the list of most-searched athletes on Google Search worldwide. The same year, on July 19, Hanyu announced his decision to turn professional and "step away" from competitive figure skating after a 12-year senior career, which according to Nikkei Asia, "marks the end of an era".

Family and early life

Yuzuru Hanyu was born on December 7, 1994, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, Japan, the second and younger child to his father, Hidetoshi Hanyu, who works as a junior high school teacher, and Yumi Hanyu, a former clerk at a department store.[17][18] Hanyu's given name 結弦 (Yuzuru, lit. 'tie the bowstring' in Japanese) was chosen by his father, wishing that his son may "live a dignified life like a tightly drawn bowstring",[19][20]: 1  symbolizing confidence, strength, and straightness.[21] Hanyu's father was an advisor to the baseball school club and recommended the sport to his son, but Hanyu eventually decided to pursue a career in figure skating. His mother used to make the costumes in his early career,[17] including the free skate costume for the 2010–11 season, which was designed by American figure skater Johnny Weir.[21][22] In 2012, she moved with Hanyu to Toronto, Canada, and accompanied him during training, while his father and older sister, Saya, stayed in Japan.[17]

At the age of two, Hanyu was diagnosed with asthma, a condition that gradually improved with time yet negatively affected his stamina, especially during his junior career.[21][23] According to his choreographer David Wilson, it was not until Hanyu's transition to senior level that he succeeded to cope with the asthma disease and develop a training method that suited his condition.[23] He began skating at the age of four at Ice Rink Sendai [ja] (formerly Konami Sports Club), Izumi,[24]: 2  after his sister's coach Mami Yamada had suggested him to try out the sport instead of being a nuisance during his sister's training.[25] Yamada noted Hanyu's impatience when he first got onto the ice but also praised him for his ability to express his sincerity.[26] After coaching him until the end of his second grade in elementary school, Yamada had to move to another prefecture and asked Shōichirō Tsuzuki [ja], former coach of Japan's first World medalist, Minoru Sano, to coach Hanyu and "not put his talent to waste".[26][27] Hanyu described Tsuzuki's practice sessions as particularly strict and exhausting, tempting him to skip lessons at times, but he appreciated his approach to build a solid foundation of skills and focus on basic training. Hanyu also noted: "He placed so much emphasis on skating and the Axel [jump]. Perhaps that made me confident to this day that the Axel is my forte."[28]

Competitive skating career

Novice and junior career (2004–2010)

Hanyu competed as a novice skater for the first time in the 2004–05 season, winning gold at the Japan Championships in the Novice B category, the lower of the two novice level categories.[24]: 2  His home rink then closed due to financial issues, forcing him to switch to the Katsuyama Skating Club [ja] in Aoba ward, Sendai. The same year, Shōichirō Tsuzuki moved to the Kanagawa Skating Rink [ja] in Yokohama and was replaced by Nanami Abe who became Hanyu's main coach and choreographer, guiding him until 2012.[24]: 2  On weekends, Hanyu travelled three hours from Sendai to Yokohama for additional lessons at Tsuzuki's new skating club. In summer 2006, Hanyu's confidence showed up when initiating a spin battle against that year's Olympic silver medalist, Stéphane Lambiel,[24]: 3  who was known for his world-class spins. Hanyu suffered a disarming defeat, which he remembered as an important experience: "After competing against him, I decided to improve my spins as well. You will definitely improve, learning from [the best]."[29] In the 2006–07 season, Hanyu won the bronze medal at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category, which earned him an invitation to the Japan Junior Championships, where he placed seventh.[30] Hanyu's home rink in Izumi ward eventually reopened in 2007 after being closed for two years.[31] The next season, he placed first at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category and won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior Championships.[30]

In 2008–09, Hanyu moved up to junior level and made his international debut in the ISU Junior Grand Prix at the Merano Cup in Italy, where he placed fifth.[32] The same season, he won gold at the Japan Junior Championships, becoming the youngest male skater with 13 years to win the event.[25] This result earned him an invitation to compete at the Japan Senior Championships for the first time, where he placed eighth. His national junior title also qualified him for the 2009 World Junior Championships in February, where he finished in 12th place with 161.77 points in the combined total.[30] In that season, Hanyu had included the triple Axel jump in his programs for the first time, though receiving negative grades of execution (GOE) for all three attempts.[33] The following 2009–10 season marked the beginning of an 11-year-long quest for the first Super Slam in the men's singles discipline, with wins at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and World Junior Championships: Hanyu placed first at both of his Grand Prix assignments, in Poland and Croatia, and entered the Final as the top qualifier,[25] which he won with a new personal best score of 206.77 points.[34] At Junior Nationals, he defended his title from the previous season,[25] qualifying him for the subsequent Senior Nationals, where he finished sixth.[35] Based on his results, Hanyu was selected to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships, winning gold after placing third in the short program and first in the free skate with a new personal best score of 216.10 points. He became the fourth and youngest Japanese man to win the junior world title.[36] In that season, Hanyu had significantly improved the quality of his triple Axel, having landed nine jumps with positive GOE in ten attempts.[33]

First Olympic cycle (2010–2014)

2010–11 season: International senior debut

In the 2010–11 season, Hanyu moved up to senior level at 15 years old, facing significant competition in the Japanese men's field, including Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, Takahiko Kozuka, and Tatsuki Machida, who all had finished ahead of him at the previous Japan Championships.[35][37] Hanyu skated his short program to "White Legend" from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake, performed by Japanese violinist Ikuko Kawai, and used Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate for the free skate. Both programs were choreographed by his coach Nanami Abe.[38][39] Hanyu gave his international senior debut at the 2010 NHK Trophy, where he landed his first successful quadruple jump at an ISU-sanctioned event: a quad toe loop. He placed fourth overall at the competition and seventh at the subsequent Rostelecom Cup, missing out on a medal at both of his Grand Prix events.[38] At the 2010–11 Japan Championships, Hanyu was in second place after the short program, but faltered in the free skate and finished fourth overall.[30] Based on that result, he was selected to compete at the 2011 Four Continents Championships, where he won his first medal at a main international senior competition,[38] placing second behind Daisuke Takahashi with a new personal best score of 228.01 points.[40] At 16 years old, Hanyu became the youngest medalist at the Four Continents Championships.[38]

On March 11, 2011, Hanyu was skating at his home rink in Sendai when the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck his hometown and the Tōhoku region. With his home being damaged, he had to spend the following three days with his family at an evacuation center.[21][37] A month later, on April 7, the water pipes at his rink burst as a result of an aftershock, known as the April 2011 Miyagi earthquake,[41] and Hanyu was forced to move his training base to Yokohama and Hachinohe until his home rink reopened on July 24, 2011.[37] In the meantime, he had participated in 60 ice shows across Japan, using them as an opportunity to get additional practice time and raise money for the areas affected by the disaster.[21][38]

2011–12 season: First world medal

 
Hanyu with Patrick Chan (center) and Daisuke Takahashi (left) at the 2012 World Championships podium

In the 2011–12 season, Hanyu skated his short program to Alexander Scriabin's Étude in D-sharp minor and the free skate to a medley of Romeo + Juliet by Craig Armstrong. The choreographies were made by Abe in collaboration with Natalia Bestemianova and Igor Bobrin from Russia.[39][42] Hanyu's first competition was the Nebelhorn Trophy, where he won his first gold medal at an international senior competition. During the event, he shared his career goals with the media: "My goals for the future are to land all quad jumps in competition. I would also like to learn the quad Axel. Another goal is to win the next two Olympics, or at least win medals."[25] For the 2011–12 Grand Prix series, he was assigned to the Cup of China, where he placed fourth, and the Rostelecom Cup, which he won with one of the closest margins of 0.03 points ahead of Javier Fernández from Spain,[43][44] qualifying him for his first senior Grand Prix Final, where he placed fourth. Hanyu then won the bronze medal at the Japan Championships,[43] earning a spot on the Japanese team for the 2012 World Championships. At his senior Worlds debut, Hanyu competed on a sprained ankle,[25] placing seventh in the short program but moving up to second place in the free skate and third overall, winning the bronze medal with a new personal best score of 251.06 points.[45] He became the youngest Japanese world medalist, finishing behind then two-time world champion Patrick Chan and Daisuke Takahashi. After the competition, both skaters acknowledged Hanyu as a potential strong rival in the future.[46]

Upon the conclusion of the 2011–12 season, Hanyu changed coaches, training with Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club (Toronto CSCC) in Canada.[47][48] His main motivation for the change were the consistent quadruple jumps performed by Orser's student Javier Fernández.[49] According to Hidehito Ito, figure skating director of the Japan Skating Federation, the change was necessary to "challenge" Hanyu and "raise the level [of his skating] more".[47][50] The first months, Hanyu made frequent trips to Toronto, but continued to attend high school in Sendai.[47] After moving to Canada, he increased his on-ice training to 3–4 hours a day, up from 1–2 hours, which had been due to a combination of limited ice time in Sendai, schooling, and asthma.[21][31]

2012–13 season: First national senior title

In the first season at his new skating club, Hanyu also teamed up with two new choreographers. The 2008 World champion, Jeffrey Buttle, created all short programs for Hanyu from 2012 onward, including that season's program to "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore. The free skate was choreographed by Canadian David Wilson to a medley of Riccardo Cocciante's musical Notre-Dame de Paris.[39][42] The coaching change resulted in immediate success; at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy, Hanyu landed his first quadruple Salchow in international competition and won the competition.[51][52] In the Grand Prix series, he scored his first two world records in the short program with 95.07 points at the 2012 Skate America,[53][54] where he finished second behind Takahiko Kozuka,[42] and 95.32 points at the NHK Trophy, which he won.[53][55] The placements qualified him for the Grand Prix Final, where he finished second behind Daisuke Takahashi and beat Patrick Chan for the first time in competition.[56] At the Japan Championships, Hanyu won his first national senior title, defeating the reigning and five-time national champion, Daisuke Takahashi, scoring an unofficial record of 285.23 points in the combined total.[57] However, Hanyu's win was not well received among spectators and officials, being even booed on the podium, but Orser encouraged his student, saying: "They will come around. Just give it some time and they will come your way."[58] After the 2013 Four Continents Championships, where he had finished second, Hanyu suffered a knee injury and resumed training two weeks prior to the World Championships. An additional ankle sprain in practice forced him to compete on painkillers.[59]: 3  Placing ninth after the short program, he fought back with a strong free skate, finishing fourth overall behind Patrick Chan (gold), Denis Ten (silver), and Javier Fernández (bronze), and earning a third spot for Japanese men at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[52]

2013–14 season: First Olympic and world title

Main article: Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons § 2013–14 season

For his first Olympic season, Hanyu returned to his short program "Parisienne Walkways" and selected Nino Rota's music from Romeo and Juliet for the free skate, choreographed by David Wilson.[60] He launched the season with a win at the 2013 Finlandia Trophy,[61] and won silver in both of his Grand Prix events, the 2013 Skate Canada and Trophée Éric Bompard, qualifying him for the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final.[60] At the competition, Hanyu set a new world record in the short program with 99.84 points and won the title.[54][62] He subsequently competed at the Japan Championships, where he went on to win a second Japanese national title and was selected to represent the Japanese national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics and World Championships.[60] At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Hanyu participated in the men's short program of the figure skating team event, earning ten points for Team Japan.[63] In the individual event, he broke his world record, becoming the first skater to score above 100 points in the short program with 101.45 points.[50] Despite two falls in the free skate, he managed to win the event with a new Olympic record of 280.09 points in the combined total, finishing ahead of Patrick Chan (silver) and Denis Ten (bronze).[64][65] With his win, Hanyu became the youngest gold medalist since American Dick Button in 1948.[64] It was the first Olympic title for an Asian skater in the men's singles event and the second for Japan in figure skating, following Shizuka Arakawa's gold medal in the women's event in 2006 in Turin.[66][67] Hanyu completed the season with a victory at the World Championships in Saitama, Japan,[50] becoming the first skater to win the Olympics, Worlds, and the Grand Prix Final in the same season after Russian Alexei Yagudin in 2002–01.[68]

Second Olympic cycle (2014–2018)

2014–15 season: Second Grand Prix Final win

Hanyu withdrew from the 2014 Finlandia Trophy due to a back injury.[69][70] For the 2014–15 Grand Prix season, he was selected to compete at the 2014 Cup of China and 2014 NHK Trophy.[71]

At the Cup of China, Hanyu was second in the short program.[70] The next day, during the free skate warm-up, Hanyu collided with China's Yan Han. Hanyu was visibly injured but decided to compete. He fell five times in the free skate but scored enough to win the silver medal. After the competition, he received stitches on his head and chin due to the collision and the multiple falls.[72][73][74] He flew to Japan for further treatment. He had bruising to his chin and head, hurt his midriff and left thigh, and sprained his right ankle.[75][76][77][78]

A few days before the NHK Trophy, Hanyu announced that he would compete but stated that he wasn't in top form.[79][80] He struggled in the short program, placing fifth.[81][82] The next day, he continued to have difficulties but placed third in the free skate, fourth overall. The score just barely, by a 0.15 point margin, earned him a spot to the Grand Prix Final.[83][84] At the Final, he was first in both the short program (94.08 points) and free skate (194.08 points, a new personal best score, and the overall highest free skate score of the season),[85] earning the gold medal. His total score was 34.26 points higher than silver medalist Javier Fernández's score.[86]

In December 2014, Hanyu competed in the 2014–15 Japan Championships. He placed first in both the short program and free skate with a total score of 286.86 points, earning him his third consecutive Japan National Championships title and the first spot for Japan at the 2015 World Championships.[87] He withdrew from the gala following the competition due to abdominal pain.[88] Hanyu was diagnosed with a bladder problem related to the urachus and had surgery. He was hospitalized for two weeks and expected to resume training a month afterward. However, on February 9, he sprained his right ankle and was once again suspended from on-ice training, this time for two weeks. In March, he resumed training in Japan without his coach Brian Orser.[89]

Hanyu competed at the 2015 World Championships, where he scored a season's best in the short program. He entered as first into the free skate, and scored 175.88, for a total of 271.08. He finished second behind Spain's Javier Fernández by less than 3 points.[90]

Hanyu competed for the first time at the 2015 World Team Trophy, in Tokyo, Japan. He scored first in both the short program (with a new season's best) and the free skate, receiving 24 points to help Team Japan win the bronze medal, behind Team USA and Team Russia. He was the only skater to win both segments in the competition.[91]

2015–16 season: Back-to-back world records

For the 2015–16 season, Hanyu skated to the soundtrack from the films Onmyōji and Onmyōji 2 in his free program, portraying natural philosopher and astrologer Abe no Seimei.[92] He also met with Mansai Nomura, the actor who portrayed Seimei in the film, to get advice on how to portray the character.[93] Hanyu started his season by winning gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic, finishing 36 points ahead of the silver medalist, Nam Nguyen.[94] For the 2015–16 Grand Prix series, Hanyu was selected to compete at the Skate Canada and the NHK Trophy.[95]

At the 2015 Skate Canada International, Hanyu placed sixth in the short program with a score of 73.25 points after missing his quadruple toe loop and doing a double instead.[96] In the free skate, he pulled up to second with a score of 186.29 after executing three quadruple jumps including the quad Salchow and quad toe loop in the first half followed by a quadruple toe loop-double toe loop in the second.[97] He finished second overall behind Patrick Chan with a total score of 259.54.[98][99] At the 2015 NHK Trophy, Hanyu placed first in the short program with a world record score of 106.33.[100] He cleanly executed a quadruple Salchow, a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination, and a triple Axel.[101] In the free skate, he landed four clean quadruple jumps to receive 216.07 and a combined total of 322.40, breaking the world records for the free skate and the combined total. With this result, he qualified for the Grand Prix Final in second place with 28 ranking season Grand Prix points which were accumulated over the several international events which are part of the Grand Prix.[102][103]

At the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Hanyu broke the short program record which he had just set two weeks prior, totaling a score of 110.95 points, putting him in the lead.[104][105] In the free skate, he broke another new world record, scoring 219.48 points, giving him a combined total of 330.43 and his third Grand Prix Final title in a row. Hanyu is the first man to have won Grand Prix Final for three consecutive seasons.[106] He won with a total margin of 37.48 points ahead of Javier Fernández, breaking the previous victory margin record held by Evgeni Plushenko in 2004 (35.1 points).[107]

On December 26, 2015, Hanyu won his fourth consecutive title at the 2015–16 Japan Championships, leading in both the short program and the free skate.[108] Following that event, Hanyu announced that he would not compete at the 2016 Four Continents Championships because he planned to focus on training for the 2016 World Championships.[109]

Hanyu skated another clean short program at the 2016 World Championships, scoring 110.56 points. He won that segment of the competition and had a 12.04-point lead over Javier Fernández, who came in second.[110] In the free skate, Hanyu put a hand down on a quadruple Salchow, fell on the second attempt without putting it into a combination, stepped out of a triple Axel, decided to do a double rather than a triple Salchow, and had another hand down on the triple Lutz. Following these errors, he finished the competition in 2nd place, behind Javier Fernandez.[111][112]

On April 26, the Japan Skating Federation announced that Hanyu would take two months off the ice to heal from injury. He had been dealing with pain in his left foot since the beginning of the season, which worsened in January. The pain was the reason why Hanyu elected to do a Salchow instead of a toe loop as his third quadruple jump in his free skate at Worlds. Hanyu was diagnosed with Lisfranc ligament damage in his left foot.[113][114]

2016–17 season: Second world title

 
Hanyu at the victory ceremony of the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki

For the 2016–17 Grand Prix, Hanyu's assignments were the Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy. His short program music was "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the free skate music consisted of "Asian Dream Song" and "View of Silence" by Joe Hisaishi, while Hanyu titled the program "Hope and Legacy". Hanyu competed at the Autumn Classic International, where he won the gold medal and became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop in a competition.[115][116]

At the 2016 Skate Canada International, Hanyu placed fourth in the short program, after landing his first jump on one knee, nearly putting his hand on the ice on the second, and electing not to perform a planned jump combination.[117] In the free skate, he pulled up to first with a score of 183.41. Overall he finished second behind Patrick Chan, and ahead of Kevin Reynolds. At the NHK Trophy, Hanyu scored 103.89 in the short program and led this segment of the competition by almost 16 points over Nathan Chen. In his free skate, Hanyu landed three quadruple jumps: a loop, a Salchow, and a toe loop, but made mistakes on two other jumping passes. He received a total score of 301.47 and won the gold medal.[118]

At the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final in Marseille, Hanyu placed first in the short program with 106.53 points after a solid showing. During the free skate, Hanyu had a strong start with clean jumps in the first half of the program but made mistakes on three jumping passes in the latter half. He came in third in that segment but was helped by his score advantage from the short program finished first overall. He became the first men's singles skater to win four consecutive Grand Prix Finals.[119]

After contracting the flu, Hanyu withdrew from the Japanese National Championships.[120] Despite this, he was selected to compete at the 2017 Four Continents Championships and 2017 World Championships. At the 2017 Four Continents Championships, Hanyu placed third in the short program with a score of 97.04 points, due to a mistake in his combination.[121] During the free skate despite a strong start, he again made an error in what was supposed to be a quadruple-triple combination. Hanyu then improvised his layout for the second half of the program, successfully changing three of his jumping passes into more difficult elements to maximize his score after the mistake. He placed first in the free skate with a score of 206.67 but overall finished second behind Nathan Chen by about four points.[122]

At the 2017 World Championships, Hanyu was fifth after the short program after invalidating the second part of his combination and receiving a time deduction. In the free skate, Hanyu landed all of his jumps cleanly with high grades of execution, including four quadruple jumps and two triple Axels, as well as executing level four footwork and spins. He scored 223.20 in the free skate which set both a new world record and a personal best, finishing the competition with 321.59 points and winning his second World title.[123][124]

At the 2017 World Team Trophy, Hanyu came in seventh place after a mistake-laden short program which left out a planned combination.[125] In the free skate, Hanyu placed first after receiving 200.49 points for a program that featured four quadruple jumps, three of which with positive grades of execution, while also becoming the first skater to complete three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free skate program. However, he turned two other jumps into a single.[125][126] Overall he added 18 points to the team score and took gold with Team Japan.[127]

2017–18 season: Second Olympic title

Main article: Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons § 2017–18 season
 
Hanyu with Shoma Uno (left) and Javier Fernández (right) at the 2018 Winter Olympics podium

For the Olympic season, Hanyu returned to his short program Ballade No. 1 and free skate Seimei from the 2015–16 season.[42] At the 2017 CS Autumn Classic, he scored a new world record of 112.72 points in the short program;[54] at the Rostelecom Cup, he landed his first successful quadruple Lutz jump in international competition.[128] However, due to mistakes, he finished second at both events behind Javier Fernández and Nathan Chen, respectively.[128][129] In November, Hanyu was scheduled to compete at the NHK Trophy, but injured a lateral ligament in his right ankle after a fall on a quad Lutz in practice and was forced to withdraw from all remaining competitions of the year.[129][130] At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Hanyu placed first in the short program with a new Olympic record of 111.68 points.[131][65] In the free skating, he missed a jump combination and stumbled on his final triple Lutz, placing second in the segment, but it was enough to stay in first overall with another Olympic record of 317.85 points in the combined total.[65][132] With his win, he became the first male single skater in 66 years to defend his Olympic title since Dick Button in 1952.[129][132] In order to allow his injured ankle to recover, Hanyu decided to withdraw from the subsequent World Championships.[133] In spite of the withdrawal, he remained first in the world standings for a fifth consecutive time at the end of the 2017–18 season.[15]

Third Olympic cycle (2018–2022)

2018–19 season: Records in new judging system

In August 2018, Hanyu announced that his upcoming short program would be set to "Otoñal" by Raúl di Blasio and choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle. His free skate, titled "Origin" by Hanyu, would be performed to "Art on Ice" and "Magic Stradivarius" by Edvin Marton and choreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne. The former paid tribute to Johnny Weir's 2004–05 free skate program and the latter is a homage to Evgeni Plushenko's "Tribute to Nijinsky" program, which was his free skate in the 2003–04 season. On choosing music used previously by his skating idols, Hanyu remarked "I am satisfied that as a result (of my Olympic success) I have been released from the pressure that I have to produce results. I think and feel, that I can skate for myself from now on. I want to go back to my skating origins".[134] For the 2018–19 Grand Prix series, Hanyu was assigned to the Grand Prix of Helsinki and Rostelecom Cup.[135]

Hanyu started the season by competing at Skate Canada Autumn Classic International. He received 97.74 points for his short program after one of his spins was invalidated.[136] In the free skate, Hanyu received 165.91 points due to several mistakes on his jumps, which placed him second behind training mate Junhwan Cha. He finished first overall with a score of 263.65 thanks to his lead after the short program.[137]

 
Hanyu in the opening pose of his short program "Otoñal" at the 2018 Helsinki GP

At his first Grand Prix event, the Grand Prix of Helsinki, Hanyu placed first in the short program with 106.69 points, a world record score under the newly introduced +5/-5 GOE system.[138] In the free skate, he performed four quadruple jumps, including the never-before-attempted quadruple toe loop-triple Axel sequence. Despite underrotating two of his jumps, Hanyu scored 190.43 points for a total of 297.12 points, setting two more world records in the process and winning the gold medal by a margin of nearly 40 points.[139][140]

At the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, Hanyu placed first in the short program with 110.53 points, a new world record. On the following day, he re-injured his right ankle in practice after falling on a quad loop jump. He considered withdrawing from the event but opted to compete, aided by painkillers, and changed his program layout to not exacerbate the injury. He placed first in the free skate and overall with a score of 278.42. This marked the first time Hanyu won gold at both of his Grand Prix assignments.[141] Subsequently, he stated: "I thought about withdrawing because of the injury, but it is my choice. I really wanted to skate this program in Russia."[142] He received his medal at the victory ceremony while using crutches. Japan Skating Association head of development Yoshiko Kobayashi reported recommending three weeks of rest for Hanyu's ankle to recover.[143]

On November 29, 2018, the Japanese Skating Federation announced that Hanyu would withdraw from the Grand Prix Final due to injuries to ligaments and tendons in his right leg, for which he required around one month of rehabilitation.[144][145] His withdrawal from the Japan Figure Skating Championships was announced two weeks later.[146]

Despite missing nationals, Hanyu was assigned to represent Japan at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan, based on his record from previous seasons.[147] Ahead of the competition, he stated that his injured ankle hadn't yet fully recovered, but insisted that he was "100% ready" for the competition.[148] He came in third after the short program with a score of 94.87 due to invalidating one of his elements.[149] He placed second in the free skate with a score of 206.10 after delivering a nearly clean program, which placed him second overall. Both his free skate score and his total score of 300.97 were world records but were quickly surpassed by Nathan Chen, who ended up taking gold in the event.[150] After the event, he stated he was "regretful" about his performance, but assured the result motivated him to continue skating and improve in the next season.[151] Similar to his preparations for the Olympics, he relied on painkillers before and during the event to make jumping possible. The expected timing of his recovery was uncertain.[152] Subsequently, the Japanese federation announced he would not be participating in the season's final event, the World Team Trophy, due to his injury.[153]

2019–20 season: Achieving Super Slam

 
Hanyu (center) at the 2020 Four Continents podium, completing the Super Slam

Hanyu opted to retain both of his programs for the new season.[154] Competing at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, Hanyu placed first in both programs to claim the gold medal, despite a fall on his quad Salchow in the short program and a few turnouts on landings in the free skate. Coach Orser praised Hanyu, saying "I have never seen him at this time of the year to be so focused."[155]

Commencing the Grand Prix, Hanyu went to his fourth Skate Canada International, having won the silver medal there on his three previous outings. Hanyu placed first in the short program with a clean skate, twenty points ahead of American Camden Pulkinen. Assessing his performance, Hanyu said it "was not so great, but I felt I did my best today."[156] In the free skate, Hanyu turned out of his opening quad loop, but otherwise landed all jumps cleanly, setting a new personal best and winning the event by almost sixty points.[157] His 59.82-point margin over silver medalist Nam Nguyen was the widest in the history of the ISU Grand Prix series.[158] He won his second Grand Prix, the 2019 NHK Trophy, by a similar margin.[159][160]

Hanyu went into the Grand Prix Final in Torino as co-favorite for the title alongside Nathan Chen. Hanyu's coach Ghislain Briand was delayed in traveling to the event, resulting in him having no coach present for the competition's first segment. In the short program, Hanyu stepped out of his quad toe loop without executing a combination, and as a result, placed almost thirteen points behind Chen.[161] In the free skate, Hanyu landed five quad jumps in one program for the first time in his career, including his first quad Lutz since his Olympic season injury, but popped an intended triple Axel-triple Axel sequence. He finished second behind Chen in that segment as well, taking the silver medal overall.[162]

Competing at his first Japanese championships since the 2016–17 season, Hanyu placed first in the short program, 5.01 points ahead of Shoma Uno.[163] Several jump errors in the free skate saw him place third in that segment, behind Uno and Yuma Kagiyama, and win the silver medal overall. It was Hanyu's first loss to Uno.[164]

Heading into the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, Hanyu opted to return to his Ballade No. 1 (Chopin) program and his "Seimei" program from prior seasons.[165] Referencing the 2018 Winter Olympics which were held in Pyeongchang, Hanyu noted that while he wanted to win a gold medal once again in South Korea, he wanted to showcase and focus on his own style of figure skating even more. In the short program, Hanyu broke his previous world record with 111.82 points.[166] Hanyu called it "the most perfect performance I've ever done."[167] Despite errors on two of his quad attempts in the free skate, he won that segment as well, taking the gold medal overall with 299.42 points.[168] Hanyu's victory on February 9, made him the first and only male singles skater to win all of the major ISU championship events at the junior and senior levels, a feat known as the Super Slam, previously only achieved by five other competitors in the other three skating disciplines.[169] He was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[170]

At the ISU Skating Awards in 2020, Hanyu was nominated for Best Costume and Most Valuable Skater for the 2019–2020 season, and proceeded to win the latter.[171]

2020–21 season: Seventh world medal

On August 28, Hanyu announced that he would skip the Grand Prix series, citing the risk of COVID-19 for himself, the competition staff, and for his fans who would gather to support him.[172] Despite feeling "conflicted" over whether he should have competed or not as COVID-19 continued and practicing without his coaching team, Hanyu decided to compete in Japanese championships, which doubled as the final qualifier for the upcoming World Championships in Stockholm.[173][174] He placed first in the short program (103.53 points) and the free skate (215.83 points) with all positive grades of execution on jumping passes and won his fifth national figure skating title with a total score of 319.36 points.[175][176]

The 2021 World Championships were to be the first direct competition between Hanyu and Nathan Chen since the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.[177] Hanyu placed first in the short program with a solid performance, 6.02 points ahead of compatriot Yuma Kagiyama.[178] In the free skate, Hanyu opened his program with two quadruple jumps and a triple Axel but received negative grades of execution for all three of them. Scoring 182.20 points, he placed fourth in the free skate and third overall, behind Chen and Kagiyama.[179] It was the first competition Hanyu had placed below second since 2014. On the following day, Hanyu confirmed the report of his asthma attack by overseas media. He stated that he felt a little painful after finishing the free skate, and explained: "There were few small troubles that kept stacking up ... However, if asked whether that was what led to the huge mistake (in the free skate), I don't think it was as big of a miss as it was in terms of the miss in the score."[180] Hanyu's placement combined with Kagiyama's qualified three berths for Japanese men at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[181] Hanyu competed as part of Team Japan for the 2021 World Team Trophy. He placed second in both the short program and the free skate, only behind Nathan Chen. He achieved a personal season's best score in both the short program and the free skate with 107.12 and 193.76 points respectively and earned a total of 22 points to help his team take home the bronze medal.[182][183][184]

2021–22 season: Sixth national title and third Olympics

Main article: Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons § 2021–22 season

Hanyu confirmed his plans to compete in the 2021–22 Olympic season, and was scheduled to compete at the 2021 NHK Trophy and 2021 Rostelecom Cup in November for the 2021–22 Grand Prix series.[185] On November 4, 2021, the Japan Skating Federation announced Hanyu's withdrawal from the NHK Trophy due to an injury in his right ankle ligament during a fall in practice.[186] The JSF subsequently announced his withdrawal from the Rostelecom Cup prior to the event, but said that he would remain in consideration for the Olympic team.[187][188]

Hanyu made his season debut at the 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships, placing first in both the short program and free skate, winning his sixth Japanese National title, tying Takeshi Honda's record of most national titles in the last 50 years. He also attempted a quadruple Axel for the first time during the free skate, although it was downgraded to a triple Axel with a two-footed landing.[189] Hanyu was assigned to represent Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 World Championships.[189][190]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Hanyu missed his opening quadruple Salchow jump in the short program due to a hole in the ice and placed eighth with 95.15 points, qualifying him for the free skate. The score was his lowest in the segment since the 2019 World Championships.[191] In the free skate, he fell twice in his first two opening jumps, a quadruple Axel and a quad Salchow.[192] His quad Axel attempt is the first that was not downgraded to triple Axel.[193] Other than these two mistakes, he delivered a clean skate, placing third in the free skate and fourth place overall with a total score of 283.21 points, behind fellow Japanese compatriot and bronze medalist Shoma Uno.[192] Following his free skate, Hanyu confirmed in a press conference that he had re-injured his right ankle in practice the day before the free skate, but since it was the Olympics and not a normal competition, he chose to compete on painkillers instead of withdrawing.[194] On March 1, 2022, the Japan Skating Federation announced Hanyu's withdrawal from the 2022 World Championships due to the unhealed injury.[195]

Professional skating career

Main article: Ice shows produced by Yuzuru Hanyu
 
Hanyu skating to "Notte Stellata" that inspired the ice show of the same name

At a press conference on July 19, 2022, Hanyu announced his decision to "step away" from competitive figure skating at amateur level and turn professional, stating that "he had achieved everything he could achieve" and would no longer "seek those kinds of evaluations."[196][197] He also stated his intention to continue pursuing his "ideal skating" and dream of completing the quadruple Axel as a professional athlete. Nikkei Asia noted that Hanyu's exit from the competitive circuit "marks the end of an era".[198] Juliet Macur of The New York Times remarked that "we may never see another skater like Yuzuru Hanyu".[197] Numerous sports figures from and outside figure skating reacted to Hanyu's announcement with gratitude and praise, including Japanese gymnast Kōhei Uchimura,[199] baseballer Shohei Ohtani, and tennis player Naomi Osaka.[200][201]

Hanyu later opened accounts on social media, having long eschewed it for years, that are mainly managed by staff.[202] He stated his intention to show his skating through his YouTube channel and increase opportunities for everyone to watch it, including those who are unable to attend ice shows and live overseas,[203][204] but that he did not have plans to make videos about his daily life.[205] On August 10, Hanyu live-streamed an open practice session on his channel, where he performed his past free skate programs, including a flawless performance of Seimei with the same elements as he had performed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[206]

In November to December 2022, Hanyu held his first ice show tour as a professional figure skater, titled Prologue, in Yokohama and Hachinohe.[207] The solo show of 90 minutes runtime was produced and directed by Hanyu himself, featuring a selection of his past competition and exhibition programs.[208] The final shows at each venue were aired live on national television and livestreamed in select movie theaters nationwide.[209][210] On December 5, 2022, Hanyu announced his second solo ice show with the title Gift, which will be held at Tokyo Dome, one of Japan's largest entertainment venues, on February 26, 2023.[211][212]

On January 9, 2023, it was announced that Hanyu will be the chairman of a new ice show titled Notte Stellata to send out hope from the disaster area. The show will be held on the twelfth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake at Sekisui Heim Super Arena, Miyagi which was used as a morgue after the 2011 earthquake.[213]

Skating technique and style

Hanyu is regarded by analysts as an accomplished skater known for his high-level technical elements as well as mature and versatile artistry.[9][15][214] His performance is often characterized as "the perfect combination of skills, strength and elegance",[215][216][217] tending to "[blur] rigid gender lines".[10] According to four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko, Hanyu had a "decided edge over other skaters in the completeness of his performance—spins, skating skills, transitions between jumps and musical interpretation".[10] Two-time world champion Stephane Lambiel described him as "the most complete athlete in figure skating, probably ever."[10]

Hanyu is known for his ability to generate skating speed "out of nowhere" and cover long distances with only a few strokes.[13][216][218] At the 2021–22 Japan Championships, he managed to perform a clean short program without using consecutive crossovers and reduce the number of basic skating movements to a minimum.[219] This is a feat that has long been considered near impossible, as stated by former competitive skater John Misha Petkevich in his book Figure Skating: Championship Techniques from 1989: "Without a doubt, crossovers are the staple of every skater. Not only are they used to negotiate corners, but they are also used to pick up speed. Skating without crossovers would be virtually unthinkable."[220]

The ability to accelerate with a few strokes allows Hanyu to execute his jumps from a variety of difficult entries. Notable are the backward counter turn, twizzle, and spread eagle into his signature triple Axel jump.[221][222][223] Hanyu is also known for his strong vaulting technique with minimal pre-rotation on the ice at the take-off,[224][225][note 3] achieving trajectories of impressive size.[216][218] With a height of 70 centimeters and covering a distance of 3.62 meters, his triple Axel was the largest measured jump in the men's short program at the 2019 World Championships.[227]: 1  In 2018, Hanyu's triple Axel from the 2018 Winter Olympics was used as a demonstration example by the ISU for the GOE judging criteria "very good height and very good length" as well as "steps before the jump, unexpected or creative entry".[228] Despite the complex preceding steps and big trajectory, he manages to land his jumps smoothly and increase his skating speed from take-off to landing.[216][218][227]: 1  With the toe loop, Salchow, loop, and Lutz, Hanyu has successfully executed four different types of quadruple jumps in the course of his competitive career. He stated his preference for edge jumps, and notably featured all three types in his short program of the 2016–17 season.[229]

Hanyu is able to execute the layback Biellmann and doughnut camel spin,[230] which are more commonly seen in women's singles and known for their difficulty among male skaters due to the high flexibility required in spine, hips, and shoulders.[231][12][232] Other signature moves include the layback Ina Bauer, hydroblading, and the side lunge.[233] Overall, Hanyu's technical elements stand out for their high quality of execution,[9][11][216] having received a total of 29 maximum scores in international competition,[234][note 4] covering all four types of required elements in the men's singles discipline: jumps, spins, steps, and choreographic sequences.[235][236][237] Beyond that, his elements are noted for their seamless embedding into the choreography and his movements for their precise timing with the music,[238][239] the latter being awarded a perfect 10.00 in the interpretation component at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[240]

Hanyu's programs cover a variety of different music genres, including classical pieces, modern pop rock, musicals, and traditional Japanese music.[42][196] He notably portrayed the historical Japanese figures Abe no Seimei and Uesugi Kenshin in his free skate programs at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.[241][242] He also dedicated various exhibition programs to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and performed them as live music collaborations at shows like Fantasy on Ice among others.[243] Hanyu is known to be involved in all aspects of his programs, from the music selection and editing process to the costume design and choreography.[215][242] As his choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne stated, "He knows what costume he wants. He knows what jump order he wants. He makes a lot of the decisions on his own. You can't say 'no' to that ever. You know, with music especially, because he is going to skate with conviction."[241]

Figure skaters Hanyu looked up to while growing up are Evgeni Plushenko and Johnny Weir.[231][244] With his competitive programs for the 2018–19 season, he paid homage to the two skaters by skating to "Otoñal" by Raúl di Blasio as well as "Art on Ice" and "Magic Stradivarius" by Edvin Marton, which had been used by Weir and Plushenko, respectively, in their programs.[245] At the press conference of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hanyu also mentioned Stephane Lambiel, Javier Fernández, and Dick Button as the skaters who had influenced him as a skater.[246]

Former coaches and choreographers

 
Hanyu with his former coach Brian Orser (left) in 2014

Before the 2011–12 season, most of Hanyu's career was guided by Nanami Abe in Sendai.[47] After winning bronze at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships, he switched coaches to Brian Orser, who is known for guiding Kim Yuna to gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In switching, Hanyu continued to attend high school in Sendai but made frequent trips to Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club (TCSCC), where Orser works as a skating instructor.[247] Hidehito Ito, the figure skating director at the Japanese Skating Federation, said the change was necessary to "challenge" Hanyu and "raise the level [of his skating] more".[47] During his time at TCSCC, Hanyu was also coached by Tracy Wilson and Ghislain Briand.[48][248] On his experience working as a jump specialist with Hanyu since 2014, Briand stated that he was given a lot of room: "I have to admit [Hanyu] is probaby the first athlete who really recognizes what I'm doing with him."[248] After Hanyu turned professional, Briand stated that he would continue to work with him when he was needed.[249]

During Hanyu's junior career, all of his programs were choreographed by Nanami Abe.[250] Starting from his 2012–2013 season, his programs were choreographed by others, with Shae-Lynn Bourne and Jeffrey Buttle as frequent collaborators.[251][252] Hanyu has also worked with Canadian choreographer David Wilson for several years, including his free skate program for the 2014 Winter Olympics,[253][252] before collaborated on many exhibition programs.[254] Other choreographers for his exhibition programs include Kurt Browning, Kenji Miyamoto, and former coach Nanami Abe.[251]

In 2021, due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, Hanyu started to train alone in Sendai with some remote consultation from his coaches. Despite the difficulties of training alone, Hanyu found that it had been a good opportunity to learn how to control and analyze himself,[255] which led him not return to Canada until he turned professional and made Ice Rink Sendai his training base again.[206][256] During that period none of his coaches accompanied him to any competition except the 2021 World Championships. Hanyu also opted to receive remote choreography for his programs ever since and has contributed significantly to the choreography of his programs in the 2020–21 season.[257]

Public life

Endorsements and ambassadorships

 
Hanyu pictured with his endorsing brand Kosé at the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final

Hanyu has appeared in many commercials and advertising campaigns over the years. In 2013, Hanyu, alongside fellow Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, became the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics campaign ambassador for P&G's global "Proud Sponsor of Moms" campaign.[258] He also signed an affiliation contract with All Nippon Airways and from February 8 to 23, 2014, Hanyu endorsed their new line of flight attendant outfits, which were designed by Prabal Gurung and appeared in a TV commercial for their 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics "Hello Blue Hello Future" campaign.[259][260][261] In September 2014, Hanyu starred in a TV commercial for Capcom's new video game Monster Hunter 4G.[262] and endorsed Lotte's Ghana milk chocolate with Mao Asada, singer Airi Matsui, and actresses Suzu Hirose and Tao Tsuchiya, in following years he also endorsed Lotte's Xylitol Whites and GUM FOR THE GAME.[263][264][265][266]

Hanyu has also worked with other brands such as Ajinomoto endorsing their sport nutritional products Amino Vital and nutritional meals along with other athletes like Uta Abe,[267] bath salts Bathclin Kikiyu,[268] bedding products Nishikawa Sangyo co.,[269] and Phiten for their line of Rakuwa nylon-coated necklace models including Hanyu's inspired necklace 'Wings Gold'.[270][271][272][273] In 2019, Hanyu became the ambassador for Citizen in China, Hong Kong, and Macau,[274] as well as the global ambassador of the Sekkisei series by Kosé.[275] He was later appointed as the global "muse" of the Sekkisei Miyabi brand in 2020.[276] In October 2021, Hanyu was chosen as a face of Towa Pharmaceutical co. appearing in a TV commercial with veteran actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi[277][278] and endorsed ANA's new teleportation services "avatarin".[279]

In 2013 and 2021, Hanyu was appointed as the model for Miyagi Prefecture Police's traffic safety poster aiming to encourage compliance with traffic rules and spread awareness of safe driving. According to an official in March 2021, Hanyu was chosen because "he embodies sportsmanship".[280]

In June 2021, Hanyu was appointed as the ambassador of the world's first official Paralympics game The Pegasus Dream Tour, making his video game debut with his avatar appearing in the game. According to the representative of the game's developer company, Hanyu was chosen because "he is an athlete as well as a person who has artistry in his way of life".[281][282]

Since April 2014, Hanyu has been acting as the tourism ambassador of Sendai and featured in the city's tourism posters as well as tourist guidebooks.[283][284][285]

Philanthropy

 
Hanyu in "Requiem of Heaven and Earth", a tribute to the victims of 3.11

Since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Hanyu has been an advocate for and supporter of various campaigns to help earthquake victims, as he was also directly affected by the disaster, stating: "When the earthquake hit, I was on the ice at my home rink in Sendai".[21] Shortly after the disaster, he and other skaters skated in ice shows to raise money for the victims, raising a total of more than $150,000. He also sold his personal belongings at the show, fundraising an additional ¥2,954,323 ($35,387).[21]

Hanyu donated his 2014 Olympic gold medal 6 million yen ($55,000) prize money as well as his 2018 Olympic gold medal 10 million yen ($92,000) prize money received from the Japan Skating Federation and Japanese Olympic Committee to Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture to help with the reconstruction of the disaster areas.[286][287] He also has been helping his original home rink Ice Rink Sendai, rendered unusable after the disaster, by donating all the royalties and part of the proceeds of his autobiographies Blue Flames and Blue Flames II which were released in 2012 and 2016 respectively.[31]. It was revealed, in 2021, that a total of ¥31,442,143 ($286,000) had been donated to the rink.[288][289]

In September 2014, Hanyu was appointed as the Tsunami Disaster Prevention Ambassador for one year participating in activities to spread tsunami disaster prevention public awareness.[290] In February 2015, Hanyu became the spokesman for reconstruction efforts led by the Japanese Red Cross Society.[291] He also lent his image as the spokesman for the Red Cross' "Hatachi no Kenketsu" donation campaign where he starred in the promotional video with patients.[292] In March 2019, he donated a pair of figure skates to an online charity auction which raised 7.12 million yen ($64,000) for the disaster area reconstruction.[293] He also collaborated with Line Corporation supervising the creation of "Yuzuru Hanyu 3.11 Smile Stamp" which went on sale with all revenues donated to the Nippon Foundation's "Special Fund for Disaster Reconstruction" to support acts for reconstruction and future disaster preparation.[294][295] On August 21, 2019, a poster of Hanyu with the protagonist of the anime Yowamushi Pedal was released to promote Tour de Tohoku, an annual charity cycling event held to support the cause. He appeared in five of the nine posters being released.[296] In 2021, marking the 10th anniversary of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Hanyu organized the "Together, Forward" exhibition that traces his footsteps during that difficult period, revisiting the affected people and places. The exhibition is held in multiple Japanese cities in an effort to remind everyone of the importance of disaster prevention and preparation.[297]

Hanyu also regularly participates in Nippon TV's annual charity program 24-Hour Television since 2014, holding special ice-shows and visiting victims in disaster areas. In 2014, he held a one-night ice show to bring in donations.[298] In 2015, he and Hey! Say! JUMP member Yuri Chinen designed "Chari-T-shirts" for the program under the slogan "To connect: a smile beyond time". The shirts were to be sold with the profits given to charity.[299] He also visited earthquake-affected areas in Fukushima and Ishinomaki, interviewing the victims as part of the program segment.[300][301]

Film and television

For more details about Hanyu's DVD and Blu-ray releases, see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu § Home media.
 
Advertisement pillars by TV Asahi at Tokyo Station, picturing Hanyu in 2022

Hanyu served as a judge on Japan's popular New Year's Eve music show Kōhaku Uta Gassen twice, in 2015 and 2022.[109][302] He made his on-screen debut as Date Shigemura, a samurai lord, in the 2016 movie, The Magnificent Nine.[303][304]

Hanyu's first DVD/Blu-ray album Time of Awakening, which compiled his career before the 2014 Winter Olympics, was released on May 21, 2014, selling 21,000 copies.[305][306] It was the first DVD from an athlete to top Oricon's DVD ranking since its establishment in 1999. The album also peaked at number 3 on the chart's Blu-ray ranking.[307] On December 18, 2015, NHK Enterprises released the DVD of The Flowers Bloom on Ice, featuring behind-the-scenes and interviews with Shizuka Arakawa and Yuzuru Hanyu as they skate at the ice show together to support reconstruction after the 2011 Japan earthquake.[308]

In 2018, Hanyu's first self-produced show Continues with Wings was live broadcast on TV Asahi CS and live-streamed at 66 movie theaters throughout Japan.[309][310] He is also one of the lead cast members besides Stéphane Lambiel and Johnny Weir at the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice, having participated in all editions of the tour since its revival in 2010 with one exception, having missed the shows in 2016 due to rehabilitation from a ligament injury.[243][311]

Books and magazines

For the full list of Hanyu's publications, see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu § Bibliography.
 
Print media with Hanyu on the cover at the Junkudo bookshop in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

In addition to his autobiographies Blue Flames and Blue Flames II, Hanyu also released some photobooks. His first photo book, Yuzuru, was released on October 4, 2014, selling over 23,000 copies. It ranked first in Oricon's weekly charts for photos and sport-related categories, as well as second in the chart's general books category.[312] On September 25, 2015, Yuzuru Hanyu Goroku was released containing pictures and quotes by the skater. In September 2015, the book topped Amazon's reservation sales rankings.[313][314]

Hanyu has graced covers of numerous Japanese sports magazines as well as well-known magazines, such as An An and Aera.[315][316]

Personal life and education

Since Hanyu began carrying a Winnie-the-Pooh tissue box to competitions in 2010, his supporters and fans eventually made it a custom to acknowledge the end of his performances by throwing Pooh bears onto the ice instead of other kinds of stuffed toys or gifts, which has been a tradition in figure skating. Hanyu donates the bears to disadvantaged children at local hospitals and charities surrounding the arena that hosted the event.[317][318]

Hanyu studied at Nanakita Elementary and Junior High School.[319] In 2013, Hanyu graduated from Tohoku High School [ja] then entered an e-school program on Human Information Science at Waseda University.[30][320][321] He attended the school from his training base in Canada.[322] In August 2020, it was revealed that his graduation thesis summarizes how 3D motion capture technology could be used in figure skating, and in particular its potential for use in figure skating judging.[323] One area of research he did is recording and analyzing his movement while doing the triple Axel jump off-ice which he hopes can be used to improve the skills of athletes and AI judging.[324] He officially graduated from the university in September 2020, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[325] In March 2021, a bulletin paper summarizing his graduation thesis was published in the Waseda Journal of Human Sciences.[326]

Accolades and impact

For the full list of awards and honors, see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu § Awards and honors.
 
Hanyu receiving the People's Honor Award from then Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2018

Many sport writers, commentators, and skaters have made the case for Hanyu as the greatest skater in history,[6][10][14][11] particularly after his second Olympic victory, for his well-rounded skills, longevity at the top in a highly competitive field, and ability to deliver under pressure.[7][8][9][13][15] His decision to attempt the quadruple Axel at the 2022 Winter Olympics instead of taking a conservative option was seen to have strengthened his status.[9][13]

Hanyu is regarded as part of the vanguard of the quad revolution in men's figure skating.[5][13] He was one of the few skaters who challenged quadruple Salchow at the 2014 Olympics.[231] He is credited as the first figure skater to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition after performing it in the short program at the Autumn Classic International in Montreal, Canada on September 30, 2016.[115][327] He is also the only skater who has landed a quadruple toe loop-triple Axel sequence in competition, doing so for the first time at Grand Prix Helsinki 2018.[328] Hanyu is also the first skater to land a quadruple toe loop-Euler-triple flip combination at Skate Canada 2019.[329] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Hanyu made his first attempt on the quadruple Axel in an international competition. Despite falling on the jump, he received the base value of quad Axel before being reduced for under-rotation.[330] It was the closest quad Axel attempt in a competition until American Ilia Malinin successfully landed one at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic,[331][332] who cited Hanyu as his inspiration to attempt the jump.[332] However, in regards to the ongoing debate on jumps versus artistry in the sport,[333][334][335] Hanyu spoke through an interpreter after his second Olympic win in 2018:[336]

"I believe [...] that this artistry is very much based on having the correct technique and a strong foundation at the core of everything. It is upon these that the artistry is built, and without that strong foundation and that basis in technique, it is not possible to have that full artistry required as well. [...] Of course there are some other figure skaters who perhaps place a much higher priority on the jumps themselves and they are also successful in winning in competitions through this as well. However, [sic] personally I believe that within these different difficult jumps these are used as the basis for the artistry, and this relationship is balanced, which comes together to form what is most important."

In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu has been awarded numerous accolades, including the People's Honor Award in 2018 becoming the first figure skater and the youngest recipient of the award.[16] He was also awarded the Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon in 2014 and 2018,[337][338] and received two monuments depicting his trademark poses performed at the 2014 and 2018 Olympics in his hometown of Sendai.[339][340] He was also nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year in 2019 becoming the first figure skater to be nominated for the award,[341][342] and was awarded the Most Valuable Skater of the 2019–20 season at the inaugural ISU Skating Awards in 2020.[171] In 2021, he was awarded the Azusa Ono Memorial Award, the most prestigious award that can be conferred to students and given to those recognized as a model, from Waseda University.[343][344] On October 11, 2022, he was announced as a recipient of the Kikuchi Kan Prize for his accomplishments as a competitive figure skater as well as his attitude of "continuing to take on challenges".[345]

Hanyu was featured in prestigious lists, such as Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia 2018[346] as well as ESPN's World Fame 100 and The Dominant 20,[347][348] and has received multiple awards and ranked high in multiple lists and popularity polls from various media outlets.[349][350] In 2022, he placed sixth in the list of most-searched athletes on Google Search worldwide, behind Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams (all tennis), Manti Te'o (American football), and Shaun White (snowboard).[351]

World records and other achievements

For Hanyu's historical world records and other notable achievements, see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu.
 
Hanyu at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki, where he reset the world record scores in all competition segments

Throughout his career, Hanyu has broken world records nineteen times – seven times under the current +5/-5 GOE system and twelve times in the old +3/-3 GOE system.[note 5] He holds the historical world record in all three competition segments: the short program, free skating, and combined total score.[54][353]

Chronological list of world records by competition segment[353]
No. Date Score Seg. Event Place
1 Nov 3, 2018 106.69 SP 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki   Helsinki
2 Nov 4, 2018 190.43 FS
3 Nov 4, 2018 297.12 Total
4 Nov 16, 2018 110.53 SP 2018 Rostelecom Cup   Moscow
5 Mar 23, 2019 206.10 FS 2019 World Championships   Saitama
6 Mar 23, 2019 300.97 Total
7 Feb 7, 2020 111.82 SP 2020 Four Continents Championships   Seoul

Programs

For the full list of Hanyu's programs, including details about the music pieces and choreographers, see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu.
 
Hanyu performing his free skate program Seimei at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Chronological shortlist of senior competition programs[42]
Season Short program Free skate program
2010–11 "White Legend" Zigeunerweisen
2011–12 Étude in D-sharp minor Romeo + Juliet
2012–13 "Parisienne Walkways" Notre-Dame de Paris
2013–14
  		"Parisienne Walkways" Romeo and Juliet
2014–15 Ballade No. 1 in G minor The Phantom of the Opera
2015–16 Ballade No. 1 in G minor Seimei
2016–17 "Let's Go Crazy" Hope and Legacy
2017–18
  		Ballade No. 1 in G minor Seimei
2018–19 "Otoñal" Origin
2019–20 "Otoñal" Origin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Seimei
2020–21 "Let Me Entertain You" Heaven and Earth (天と地と)
2021–22
  		Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Heaven and Earth (天と地と)

Competitive highlights

For the full list of Hanyu's competition scores, see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu § Detailed results.
  • ^team – Team event
  • GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • CS – ISU Challenger event
  • C – Event cancelled
  • WD – Withdrew from event
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only. The individual placement at the World Team Trophy is listed in brackets.
Placements at senior events since the 2010–11 season[32][30]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 1st 1st 4th
Olympics team 5th
Worlds 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st WD 2nd C 3rd WD
Four Continents 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st C
GP Final 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st WD 2nd C
GP Cup of China 4th 2nd
GP Finland 1st
GP France 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 4th 1st 4th 1st 1st WD 1st WD
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th 1st 2nd 1st WD
GP Skate America 2nd
GP Skate Canada 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
CS Autumn Classic[note 6] 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st
Finlandia Trophy 1st 1st WD
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
Japan Championships 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st WD WD WD 2nd 1st 1st
World Team Trophy team WD WD 3rd
(1st)		 1st
(3rd)		 WD 3rd
(2nd)
 
Hanyu with Song Nan (left) and Artur Gachinski (right) at the 2010 World Junior Championships podium
Placements at senior, junior, and advanced novice events until the 2009–10 season[32][30]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10
Junior Worlds 12th 1st
JGP Final 1st
JGP Croatia 1st
JGP Poland 1st
JGP Italy 5th
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Mladost Trophy 1st
Skate Copenhagen 1st
Japan Senior 8th 6th
Japan Junior 7th 3rd 1st 1st
Japan Novice 1st B 2nd B 3rd A 1st A

See also

Yuzuru Hanyu series

Other

Notes and references

  1. ^ The listed personal best scores were achieved in the +3/-3 GOE judging system, with the standing world records before the 2018–19 season being declared historical (HR). Hanyu's personal best scores achieved in the +5/-5 GOE system are 111.82 in the short program (scored at the 2020 Four Continents Championships), 212.99 in the free skating, and 322.59 in the combined total (both scored at the 2019 Skate Canada).[3]
  2. ^ Various news outlets and figure skating experts have called Hanyu as one of the greatest, or made the case for him as the greatest skater in history. See:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
  3. ^ Since the 2022–23 season, jumps with "excessive rotation on the ice at the take-off" are listed under "poor take-off" and result in a deduction of -1 to -3 in the raw GOE mark.[226]
  4. ^ In the ISU Judging System, a technical element is awarded a perfect score if it's credited with the full base value by the technical panel and the maximum grade of execution (GOE) after dropping the highest and lowest mark across the judging panel (+3 GOE before and +5 GOE since the 2018–19 season).
  5. ^ With the change of the judging system, the ISU decided to start the recording of highest score statistics from zero and declared all records historical that were achieved before the 2018–19 season.[352]
  6. ^ The 2015 Autumn Classic International was not part of the Challenger Series that season.

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The native form of this personal name is Ha nyu Yuzuru This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Yuzuru Hanyu 羽生 結弦 Ha nyu Yuzuru born December 7 1994 is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer He is a two time Olympic champion 2014 2018 a two time World champion 2014 2017 a four time Grand Prix Final champion 2013 2016 the 2020 Four Continents champion the 2010 World Junior champion the 2009 10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and a six time Japanese national champion 2012 2015 2020 2021 He has also medaled at five other World Championships taking bronze in 2012 and 2021 and silver in 2015 2016 and 2019 making him the only male single skater along with Jan Hoffmann to win seven world championship medals in the post World War II era Yuzuru Hanyu羽生 結弦Hanyu at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongchangBorn 1994 12 07 December 7 1994 age 28 Sendai Miyagi JapanAlma materWaseda University graduated in 2020 OccupationsFigure skaterIce show producer and directorYears active2004 presentHeight172 cm 5 ft 8 in 1 AwardsPeople s Honor Award 2018 Medal of Honor 2014 2018 Yuzuru Hanyu article seriesOlympic seasons Ice show productionsCareer achievements awardscompetition results Programs and publicationsFigure skating careerFormer coachBrian OrserTracy WilsonGhislain BriandNanami AbeShōichirō TsuzukiFormer choreographerJeffrey ButtleShae Lynn BourneDavid Wilson full list Former skating clubANA Minato TokyoToronto CSCCMiyagi FSCFormer training locationsSendaiToronto OntarioBegan skating1998RetiredJuly 19 2022 turned pro ISU world standings and season s bestsWorld standing7 2021 22 2 2020 21 2 2019 20 3 2018 19 1 2017 18 1 2016 17 1 2015 16 1 2014 15 1 2013 14 2 2012 13 4 2011 12 19 2010 11 24 2009 10 95 2008 09 Season s bests 2 6 2021 22 2 2020 21 2 2019 20 2 2018 19 3 2017 18 1 2016 17 1 2015 16 2 2014 15 2 2013 14 5 2012 13 4 2011 12 10 2010 11 21 2009 10 ISU personal best scoresCombined total330 43 HR note 1 2015 16 Grand Prix FinalShort program112 72 HR 2017 CS Autumn ClassicFree skate223 20 HR 2017 WorldsMedal record Men s figure skatingRepresenting JapanEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 2 0 0World Championships 2 3 2Four Continents Championships 1 3 0Grand Prix Final 4 2 0World Junior Championships 1 0 0Junior Grand Prix Final 1 0 0World Team Trophy 1 0 2Total 12 8 4Detailed medal listOlympic Games2014 Sochi Singles2018 Pyeongchang SinglesWorld Championships2014 Saitama Singles2017 Helsinki Singles2015 Shanghai Singles2016 Boston Singles2019 Saitama Singles2012 Nice Singles2021 Stockholm SinglesFour Continents Championships2020 Seoul Singles2011 Taipei Singles2013 Osaka Singles2017 Gangneung SinglesGrand Prix Final2013 14 Fukuoka Singles2014 15 Barcelona Singles2015 16 Barcelona Singles2016 17 Marseille Singles2012 13 Sochi Singles2019 20 Torino SinglesWorld Junior Championships2010 The Hague SinglesJunior Grand Prix Final2009 10 Tokyo SinglesWorld Team Trophy2017 Tokyo Team2015 Tokyo Team2021 Osaka TeamYouTube informationChannelHANYU YUZURUYears active2022 presentGenreFigure skatingSubscribers778 thousand 4 Total views14 million 4 Creator Awards100 000 subscribers 2022Last updated January 27 2023SignatureHaving been called one of the greatest figure skaters in history note 2 by many sport writers commentators and skaters for his well rounded skills achievements popularity and impact on the sport Hanyu is the first men s singles skater to achieve a Super Slam having won all major competitions in both his senior and junior careers He has broken world records nineteen times the most times among single skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004 He is the first man to have received over 100 points in the men s short program over 200 points in the men s free skate and over 300 total points in competition Upon winning his first Olympic title Hanyu became the first Asian men s singles skater to win the Olympic gold At nineteen years old he was the youngest male skater to win the Olympic title since Dick Button in 1948 In 2018 he became the first man to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals since Button s back to back titles in 1948 and 1952 At the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International Hanyu became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop in a competition He is the first men s singles skater from Asia to win multiple World Championships In recognition of his achievements Hanyu became the youngest recipient of the People s Honor Award bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan for giving dreams and thrills to the people and hope and courage to society 16 He is the first figure skater to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award and was named the Most Valuable Skater by the inaugural ISU Skating Awards in 2020 Hanyu also has been featured in prestigious lists such as Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia as well as ESPN s World Fame 100 and The Dominant 20 In 2022 Hanyu was ranked sixth in the list of most searched athletes on Google Search worldwide The same year on July 19 Hanyu announced his decision to turn professional and step away from competitive figure skating after a 12 year senior career which according to Nikkei Asia marks the end of an era Contents 1 Family and early life 2 Competitive skating career 2 1 Novice and junior career 2004 2010 2 2 First Olympic cycle 2010 2014 2 2 1 2010 11 season International senior debut 2 2 2 2011 12 season First world medal 2 2 3 2012 13 season First national senior title 2 2 4 2013 14 season First Olympic and world title 2 3 Second Olympic cycle 2014 2018 2 3 1 2014 15 season Second Grand Prix Final win 2 3 2 2015 16 season Back to back world records 2 3 3 2016 17 season Second world title 2 3 4 2017 18 season Second Olympic title 2 4 Third Olympic cycle 2018 2022 2 4 1 2018 19 season Records in new judging system 2 4 2 2019 20 season Achieving Super Slam 2 4 3 2020 21 season Seventh world medal 2 4 4 2021 22 season Sixth national title and third Olympics 3 Professional skating career 4 Skating technique and style 5 Former coaches and choreographers 6 Public life 6 1 Endorsements and ambassadorships 6 2 Philanthropy 6 3 Film and television 6 4 Books and magazines 7 Personal life and education 8 Accolades and impact 9 World records and other achievements 10 Programs 11 Competitive highlights 12 See also 13 Notes and references 13 1 Citations 13 2 Books and magazines cited 14 Further reading 15 External linksFamily and early life EditYuzuru Hanyu was born on December 7 1994 in Izumi ku Sendai Japan the second and younger child to his father Hidetoshi Hanyu who works as a junior high school teacher and Yumi Hanyu a former clerk at a department store 17 18 Hanyu s given name 結弦 Yuzuru lit tie the bowstring in Japanese was chosen by his father wishing that his son may live a dignified life like a tightly drawn bowstring 19 20 1 symbolizing confidence strength and straightness 21 Hanyu s father was an advisor to the baseball school club and recommended the sport to his son but Hanyu eventually decided to pursue a career in figure skating His mother used to make the costumes in his early career 17 including the free skate costume for the 2010 11 season which was designed by American figure skater Johnny Weir 21 22 In 2012 she moved with Hanyu to Toronto Canada and accompanied him during training while his father and older sister Saya stayed in Japan 17 At the age of two Hanyu was diagnosed with asthma a condition that gradually improved with time yet negatively affected his stamina especially during his junior career 21 23 According to his choreographer David Wilson it was not until Hanyu s transition to senior level that he succeeded to cope with the asthma disease and develop a training method that suited his condition 23 He began skating at the age of four at Ice Rink Sendai ja formerly Konami Sports Club Izumi 24 2 after his sister s coach Mami Yamada had suggested him to try out the sport instead of being a nuisance during his sister s training 25 Yamada noted Hanyu s impatience when he first got onto the ice but also praised him for his ability to express his sincerity 26 After coaching him until the end of his second grade in elementary school Yamada had to move to another prefecture and asked Shōichirō Tsuzuki ja former coach of Japan s first World medalist Minoru Sano to coach Hanyu and not put his talent to waste 26 27 Hanyu described Tsuzuki s practice sessions as particularly strict and exhausting tempting him to skip lessons at times but he appreciated his approach to build a solid foundation of skills and focus on basic training Hanyu also noted He placed so much emphasis on skating and the Axel jump Perhaps that made me confident to this day that the Axel is my forte 28 Competitive skating career EditNovice and junior career 2004 2010 Edit Hanyu competed as a novice skater for the first time in the 2004 05 season winning gold at the Japan Championships in the Novice B category the lower of the two novice level categories 24 2 His home rink then closed due to financial issues forcing him to switch to the Katsuyama Skating Club ja in Aoba ward Sendai The same year Shōichirō Tsuzuki moved to the Kanagawa Skating Rink ja in Yokohama and was replaced by Nanami Abe who became Hanyu s main coach and choreographer guiding him until 2012 24 2 On weekends Hanyu travelled three hours from Sendai to Yokohama for additional lessons at Tsuzuki s new skating club In summer 2006 Hanyu s confidence showed up when initiating a spin battle against that year s Olympic silver medalist Stephane Lambiel 24 3 who was known for his world class spins Hanyu suffered a disarming defeat which he remembered as an important experience After competing against him I decided to improve my spins as well You will definitely improve learning from the best 29 In the 2006 07 season Hanyu won the bronze medal at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category which earned him an invitation to the Japan Junior Championships where he placed seventh 30 Hanyu s home rink in Izumi ward eventually reopened in 2007 after being closed for two years 31 The next season he placed first at the Japan Championships in the Novice A category and won the bronze medal at the Japan Junior Championships 30 In 2008 09 Hanyu moved up to junior level and made his international debut in the ISU Junior Grand Prix at the Merano Cup in Italy where he placed fifth 32 The same season he won gold at the Japan Junior Championships becoming the youngest male skater with 13 years to win the event 25 This result earned him an invitation to compete at the Japan Senior Championships for the first time where he placed eighth His national junior title also qualified him for the 2009 World Junior Championships in February where he finished in 12th place with 161 77 points in the combined total 30 In that season Hanyu had included the triple Axel jump in his programs for the first time though receiving negative grades of execution GOE for all three attempts 33 The following 2009 10 season marked the beginning of an 11 year long quest for the first Super Slam in the men s singles discipline with wins at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and World Junior Championships Hanyu placed first at both of his Grand Prix assignments in Poland and Croatia and entered the Final as the top qualifier 25 which he won with a new personal best score of 206 77 points 34 At Junior Nationals he defended his title from the previous season 25 qualifying him for the subsequent Senior Nationals where he finished sixth 35 Based on his results Hanyu was selected to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships winning gold after placing third in the short program and first in the free skate with a new personal best score of 216 10 points He became the fourth and youngest Japanese man to win the junior world title 36 In that season Hanyu had significantly improved the quality of his triple Axel having landed nine jumps with positive GOE in ten attempts 33 First Olympic cycle 2010 2014 Edit 2010 11 season International senior debut Edit In the 2010 11 season Hanyu moved up to senior level at 15 years old facing significant competition in the Japanese men s field including Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Takahiko Kozuka and Tatsuki Machida who all had finished ahead of him at the previous Japan Championships 35 37 Hanyu skated his short program to White Legend from Pyotr Tchaikovsky s ballet Swan Lake performed by Japanese violinist Ikuko Kawai and used Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate for the free skate Both programs were choreographed by his coach Nanami Abe 38 39 Hanyu gave his international senior debut at the 2010 NHK Trophy where he landed his first successful quadruple jump at an ISU sanctioned event a quad toe loop He placed fourth overall at the competition and seventh at the subsequent Rostelecom Cup missing out on a medal at both of his Grand Prix events 38 At the 2010 11 Japan Championships Hanyu was in second place after the short program but faltered in the free skate and finished fourth overall 30 Based on that result he was selected to compete at the 2011 Four Continents Championships where he won his first medal at a main international senior competition 38 placing second behind Daisuke Takahashi with a new personal best score of 228 01 points 40 At 16 years old Hanyu became the youngest medalist at the Four Continents Championships 38 On March 11 2011 Hanyu was skating at his home rink in Sendai when the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck his hometown and the Tōhoku region With his home being damaged he had to spend the following three days with his family at an evacuation center 21 37 A month later on April 7 the water pipes at his rink burst as a result of an aftershock known as the April 2011 Miyagi earthquake 41 and Hanyu was forced to move his training base to Yokohama and Hachinohe until his home rink reopened on July 24 2011 37 In the meantime he had participated in 60 ice shows across Japan using them as an opportunity to get additional practice time and raise money for the areas affected by the disaster 21 38 2011 12 season First world medal Edit Hanyu with Patrick Chan center and Daisuke Takahashi left at the 2012 World Championships podium In the 2011 12 season Hanyu skated his short program to Alexander Scriabin s Etude in D sharp minor and the free skate to a medley of Romeo Juliet by Craig Armstrong The choreographies were made by Abe in collaboration with Natalia Bestemianova and Igor Bobrin from Russia 39 42 Hanyu s first competition was the Nebelhorn Trophy where he won his first gold medal at an international senior competition During the event he shared his career goals with the media My goals for the future are to land all quad jumps in competition I would also like to learn the quad Axel Another goal is to win the next two Olympics or at least win medals 25 For the 2011 12 Grand Prix series he was assigned to the Cup of China where he placed fourth and the Rostelecom Cup which he won with one of the closest margins of 0 03 points ahead of Javier Fernandez from Spain 43 44 qualifying him for his first senior Grand Prix Final where he placed fourth Hanyu then won the bronze medal at the Japan Championships 43 earning a spot on the Japanese team for the 2012 World Championships At his senior Worlds debut Hanyu competed on a sprained ankle 25 placing seventh in the short program but moving up to second place in the free skate and third overall winning the bronze medal with a new personal best score of 251 06 points 45 He became the youngest Japanese world medalist finishing behind then two time world champion Patrick Chan and Daisuke Takahashi After the competition both skaters acknowledged Hanyu as a potential strong rival in the future 46 Upon the conclusion of the 2011 12 season Hanyu changed coaches training with Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club Toronto CSCC in Canada 47 48 His main motivation for the change were the consistent quadruple jumps performed by Orser s student Javier Fernandez 49 According to Hidehito Ito figure skating director of the Japan Skating Federation the change was necessary to challenge Hanyu and raise the level of his skating more 47 50 The first months Hanyu made frequent trips to Toronto but continued to attend high school in Sendai 47 After moving to Canada he increased his on ice training to 3 4 hours a day up from 1 2 hours which had been due to a combination of limited ice time in Sendai schooling and asthma 21 31 2012 13 season First national senior title Edit In the first season at his new skating club Hanyu also teamed up with two new choreographers The 2008 World champion Jeffrey Buttle created all short programs for Hanyu from 2012 onward including that season s program to Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore The free skate was choreographed by Canadian David Wilson to a medley of Riccardo Cocciante s musical Notre Dame de Paris 39 42 The coaching change resulted in immediate success at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy Hanyu landed his first quadruple Salchow in international competition and won the competition 51 52 In the Grand Prix series he scored his first two world records in the short program with 95 07 points at the 2012 Skate America 53 54 where he finished second behind Takahiko Kozuka 42 and 95 32 points at the NHK Trophy which he won 53 55 The placements qualified him for the Grand Prix Final where he finished second behind Daisuke Takahashi and beat Patrick Chan for the first time in competition 56 At the Japan Championships Hanyu won his first national senior title defeating the reigning and five time national champion Daisuke Takahashi scoring an unofficial record of 285 23 points in the combined total 57 However Hanyu s win was not well received among spectators and officials being even booed on the podium but Orser encouraged his student saying They will come around Just give it some time and they will come your way 58 After the 2013 Four Continents Championships where he had finished second Hanyu suffered a knee injury and resumed training two weeks prior to the World Championships An additional ankle sprain in practice forced him to compete on painkillers 59 3 Placing ninth after the short program he fought back with a strong free skate finishing fourth overall behind Patrick Chan gold Denis Ten silver and Javier Fernandez bronze and earning a third spot for Japanese men at the 2014 Winter Olympics 52 2013 14 season First Olympic and world title Edit Main article Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons 2013 14 season Hanyu skating his program Parisienne Walkways at the 2014 Winter Olympics For his first Olympic season Hanyu returned to his short program Parisienne Walkways and selected Nino Rota s music from Romeo and Juliet for the free skate choreographed by David Wilson 60 He launched the season with a win at the 2013 Finlandia Trophy 61 and won silver in both of his Grand Prix events the 2013 Skate Canada and Trophee Eric Bompard qualifying him for the 2013 14 Grand Prix Final 60 At the competition Hanyu set a new world record in the short program with 99 84 points and won the title 54 62 He subsequently competed at the Japan Championships where he went on to win a second Japanese national title and was selected to represent the Japanese national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics and World Championships 60 At the Winter Olympics in Sochi Hanyu participated in the men s short program of the figure skating team event earning ten points for Team Japan 63 In the individual event he broke his world record becoming the first skater to score above 100 points in the short program with 101 45 points 50 Despite two falls in the free skate he managed to win the event with a new Olympic record of 280 09 points in the combined total finishing ahead of Patrick Chan silver and Denis Ten bronze 64 65 With his win Hanyu became the youngest gold medalist since American Dick Button in 1948 64 It was the first Olympic title for an Asian skater in the men s singles event and the second for Japan in figure skating following Shizuka Arakawa s gold medal in the women s event in 2006 in Turin 66 67 Hanyu completed the season with a victory at the World Championships in Saitama Japan 50 becoming the first skater to win the Olympics Worlds and the Grand Prix Final in the same season after Russian Alexei Yagudin in 2002 01 68 Second Olympic cycle 2014 2018 Edit 2014 15 season Second Grand Prix Final win Edit Hanyu withdrew from the 2014 Finlandia Trophy due to a back injury 69 70 For the 2014 15 Grand Prix season he was selected to compete at the 2014 Cup of China and 2014 NHK Trophy 71 At the Cup of China Hanyu was second in the short program 70 The next day during the free skate warm up Hanyu collided with China s Yan Han Hanyu was visibly injured but decided to compete He fell five times in the free skate but scored enough to win the silver medal After the competition he received stitches on his head and chin due to the collision and the multiple falls 72 73 74 He flew to Japan for further treatment He had bruising to his chin and head hurt his midriff and left thigh and sprained his right ankle 75 76 77 78 A few days before the NHK Trophy Hanyu announced that he would compete but stated that he wasn t in top form 79 80 He struggled in the short program placing fifth 81 82 The next day he continued to have difficulties but placed third in the free skate fourth overall The score just barely by a 0 15 point margin earned him a spot to the Grand Prix Final 83 84 At the Final he was first in both the short program 94 08 points and free skate 194 08 points a new personal best score and the overall highest free skate score of the season 85 earning the gold medal His total score was 34 26 points higher than silver medalist Javier Fernandez s score 86 In December 2014 Hanyu competed in the 2014 15 Japan Championships He placed first in both the short program and free skate with a total score of 286 86 points earning him his third consecutive Japan National Championships title and the first spot for Japan at the 2015 World Championships 87 He withdrew from the gala following the competition due to abdominal pain 88 Hanyu was diagnosed with a bladder problem related to the urachus and had surgery He was hospitalized for two weeks and expected to resume training a month afterward However on February 9 he sprained his right ankle and was once again suspended from on ice training this time for two weeks In March he resumed training in Japan without his coach Brian Orser 89 Hanyu competed at the 2015 World Championships where he scored a season s best in the short program He entered as first into the free skate and scored 175 88 for a total of 271 08 He finished second behind Spain s Javier Fernandez by less than 3 points 90 Hanyu competed for the first time at the 2015 World Team Trophy in Tokyo Japan He scored first in both the short program with a new season s best and the free skate receiving 24 points to help Team Japan win the bronze medal behind Team USA and Team Russia He was the only skater to win both segments in the competition 91 2015 16 season Back to back world records Edit Hanyu skating his short program Ballade No 1 at the 2015 16 Grand Prix Final For the 2015 16 season Hanyu skated to the soundtrack from the films Onmyōji and Onmyōji 2 in his free program portraying natural philosopher and astrologer Abe no Seimei 92 He also met with Mansai Nomura the actor who portrayed Seimei in the film to get advice on how to portray the character 93 Hanyu started his season by winning gold at the 2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic finishing 36 points ahead of the silver medalist Nam Nguyen 94 For the 2015 16 Grand Prix series Hanyu was selected to compete at the Skate Canada and the NHK Trophy 95 At the 2015 Skate Canada International Hanyu placed sixth in the short program with a score of 73 25 points after missing his quadruple toe loop and doing a double instead 96 In the free skate he pulled up to second with a score of 186 29 after executing three quadruple jumps including the quad Salchow and quad toe loop in the first half followed by a quadruple toe loop double toe loop in the second 97 He finished second overall behind Patrick Chan with a total score of 259 54 98 99 At the 2015 NHK Trophy Hanyu placed first in the short program with a world record score of 106 33 100 He cleanly executed a quadruple Salchow a quadruple toe loop triple toe loop combination and a triple Axel 101 In the free skate he landed four clean quadruple jumps to receive 216 07 and a combined total of 322 40 breaking the world records for the free skate and the combined total With this result he qualified for the Grand Prix Final in second place with 28 ranking season Grand Prix points which were accumulated over the several international events which are part of the Grand Prix 102 103 At the 2015 16 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona Hanyu broke the short program record which he had just set two weeks prior totaling a score of 110 95 points putting him in the lead 104 105 In the free skate he broke another new world record scoring 219 48 points giving him a combined total of 330 43 and his third Grand Prix Final title in a row Hanyu is the first man to have won Grand Prix Final for three consecutive seasons 106 He won with a total margin of 37 48 points ahead of Javier Fernandez breaking the previous victory margin record held by Evgeni Plushenko in 2004 35 1 points 107 On December 26 2015 Hanyu won his fourth consecutive title at the 2015 16 Japan Championships leading in both the short program and the free skate 108 Following that event Hanyu announced that he would not compete at the 2016 Four Continents Championships because he planned to focus on training for the 2016 World Championships 109 Hanyu skated another clean short program at the 2016 World Championships scoring 110 56 points He won that segment of the competition and had a 12 04 point lead over Javier Fernandez who came in second 110 In the free skate Hanyu put a hand down on a quadruple Salchow fell on the second attempt without putting it into a combination stepped out of a triple Axel decided to do a double rather than a triple Salchow and had another hand down on the triple Lutz Following these errors he finished the competition in 2nd place behind Javier Fernandez 111 112 On April 26 the Japan Skating Federation announced that Hanyu would take two months off the ice to heal from injury He had been dealing with pain in his left foot since the beginning of the season which worsened in January The pain was the reason why Hanyu elected to do a Salchow instead of a toe loop as his third quadruple jump in his free skate at Worlds Hanyu was diagnosed with Lisfranc ligament damage in his left foot 113 114 2016 17 season Second world title Edit Hanyu at the victory ceremony of the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki For the 2016 17 Grand Prix Hanyu s assignments were the Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy His short program music was Let s Go Crazy by Prince and the free skate music consisted of Asian Dream Song and View of Silence by Joe Hisaishi while Hanyu titled the program Hope and Legacy Hanyu competed at the Autumn Classic International where he won the gold medal and became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop in a competition 115 116 At the 2016 Skate Canada International Hanyu placed fourth in the short program after landing his first jump on one knee nearly putting his hand on the ice on the second and electing not to perform a planned jump combination 117 In the free skate he pulled up to first with a score of 183 41 Overall he finished second behind Patrick Chan and ahead of Kevin Reynolds At the NHK Trophy Hanyu scored 103 89 in the short program and led this segment of the competition by almost 16 points over Nathan Chen In his free skate Hanyu landed three quadruple jumps a loop a Salchow and a toe loop but made mistakes on two other jumping passes He received a total score of 301 47 and won the gold medal 118 At the 2016 17 Grand Prix Final in Marseille Hanyu placed first in the short program with 106 53 points after a solid showing During the free skate Hanyu had a strong start with clean jumps in the first half of the program but made mistakes on three jumping passes in the latter half He came in third in that segment but was helped by his score advantage from the short program finished first overall He became the first men s singles skater to win four consecutive Grand Prix Finals 119 After contracting the flu Hanyu withdrew from the Japanese National Championships 120 Despite this he was selected to compete at the 2017 Four Continents Championships and 2017 World Championships At the 2017 Four Continents Championships Hanyu placed third in the short program with a score of 97 04 points due to a mistake in his combination 121 During the free skate despite a strong start he again made an error in what was supposed to be a quadruple triple combination Hanyu then improvised his layout for the second half of the program successfully changing three of his jumping passes into more difficult elements to maximize his score after the mistake He placed first in the free skate with a score of 206 67 but overall finished second behind Nathan Chen by about four points 122 At the 2017 World Championships Hanyu was fifth after the short program after invalidating the second part of his combination and receiving a time deduction In the free skate Hanyu landed all of his jumps cleanly with high grades of execution including four quadruple jumps and two triple Axels as well as executing level four footwork and spins He scored 223 20 in the free skate which set both a new world record and a personal best finishing the competition with 321 59 points and winning his second World title 123 124 At the 2017 World Team Trophy Hanyu came in seventh place after a mistake laden short program which left out a planned combination 125 In the free skate Hanyu placed first after receiving 200 49 points for a program that featured four quadruple jumps three of which with positive grades of execution while also becoming the first skater to complete three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free skate program However he turned two other jumps into a single 125 126 Overall he added 18 points to the team score and took gold with Team Japan 127 2017 18 season Second Olympic title Edit Main article Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons 2017 18 season Hanyu with Shoma Uno left and Javier Fernandez right at the 2018 Winter Olympics podium For the Olympic season Hanyu returned to his short program Ballade No 1 and free skate Seimei from the 2015 16 season 42 At the 2017 CS Autumn Classic he scored a new world record of 112 72 points in the short program 54 at the Rostelecom Cup he landed his first successful quadruple Lutz jump in international competition 128 However due to mistakes he finished second at both events behind Javier Fernandez and Nathan Chen respectively 128 129 In November Hanyu was scheduled to compete at the NHK Trophy but injured a lateral ligament in his right ankle after a fall on a quad Lutz in practice and was forced to withdraw from all remaining competitions of the year 129 130 At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang Hanyu placed first in the short program with a new Olympic record of 111 68 points 131 65 In the free skating he missed a jump combination and stumbled on his final triple Lutz placing second in the segment but it was enough to stay in first overall with another Olympic record of 317 85 points in the combined total 65 132 With his win he became the first male single skater in 66 years to defend his Olympic title since Dick Button in 1952 129 132 In order to allow his injured ankle to recover Hanyu decided to withdraw from the subsequent World Championships 133 In spite of the withdrawal he remained first in the world standings for a fifth consecutive time at the end of the 2017 18 season 15 Third Olympic cycle 2018 2022 Edit 2018 19 season Records in new judging system Edit In August 2018 Hanyu announced that his upcoming short program would be set to Otonal by Raul di Blasio and choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle His free skate titled Origin by Hanyu would be performed to Art on Ice and Magic Stradivarius by Edvin Marton and choreographed by Shae Lynn Bourne The former paid tribute to Johnny Weir s 2004 05 free skate program and the latter is a homage to Evgeni Plushenko s Tribute to Nijinsky program which was his free skate in the 2003 04 season On choosing music used previously by his skating idols Hanyu remarked I am satisfied that as a result of my Olympic success I have been released from the pressure that I have to produce results I think and feel that I can skate for myself from now on I want to go back to my skating origins 134 For the 2018 19 Grand Prix series Hanyu was assigned to the Grand Prix of Helsinki and Rostelecom Cup 135 Hanyu started the season by competing at Skate Canada Autumn Classic International He received 97 74 points for his short program after one of his spins was invalidated 136 In the free skate Hanyu received 165 91 points due to several mistakes on his jumps which placed him second behind training mate Junhwan Cha He finished first overall with a score of 263 65 thanks to his lead after the short program 137 Hanyu in the opening pose of his short program Otonal at the 2018 Helsinki GP At his first Grand Prix event the Grand Prix of Helsinki Hanyu placed first in the short program with 106 69 points a world record score under the newly introduced 5 5 GOE system 138 In the free skate he performed four quadruple jumps including the never before attempted quadruple toe loop triple Axel sequence Despite underrotating two of his jumps Hanyu scored 190 43 points for a total of 297 12 points setting two more world records in the process and winning the gold medal by a margin of nearly 40 points 139 140 At the 2018 Rostelecom Cup Hanyu placed first in the short program with 110 53 points a new world record On the following day he re injured his right ankle in practice after falling on a quad loop jump He considered withdrawing from the event but opted to compete aided by painkillers and changed his program layout to not exacerbate the injury He placed first in the free skate and overall with a score of 278 42 This marked the first time Hanyu won gold at both of his Grand Prix assignments 141 Subsequently he stated I thought about withdrawing because of the injury but it is my choice I really wanted to skate this program in Russia 142 He received his medal at the victory ceremony while using crutches Japan Skating Association head of development Yoshiko Kobayashi reported recommending three weeks of rest for Hanyu s ankle to recover 143 On November 29 2018 the Japanese Skating Federation announced that Hanyu would withdraw from the Grand Prix Final due to injuries to ligaments and tendons in his right leg for which he required around one month of rehabilitation 144 145 His withdrawal from the Japan Figure Skating Championships was announced two weeks later 146 Despite missing nationals Hanyu was assigned to represent Japan at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama Japan based on his record from previous seasons 147 Ahead of the competition he stated that his injured ankle hadn t yet fully recovered but insisted that he was 100 ready for the competition 148 He came in third after the short program with a score of 94 87 due to invalidating one of his elements 149 He placed second in the free skate with a score of 206 10 after delivering a nearly clean program which placed him second overall Both his free skate score and his total score of 300 97 were world records but were quickly surpassed by Nathan Chen who ended up taking gold in the event 150 After the event he stated he was regretful about his performance but assured the result motivated him to continue skating and improve in the next season 151 Similar to his preparations for the Olympics he relied on painkillers before and during the event to make jumping possible The expected timing of his recovery was uncertain 152 Subsequently the Japanese federation announced he would not be participating in the season s final event the World Team Trophy due to his injury 153 2019 20 season Achieving Super Slam Edit Hanyu center at the 2020 Four Continents podium completing the Super Slam Hanyu opted to retain both of his programs for the new season 154 Competing at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International Hanyu placed first in both programs to claim the gold medal despite a fall on his quad Salchow in the short program and a few turnouts on landings in the free skate Coach Orser praised Hanyu saying I have never seen him at this time of the year to be so focused 155 Commencing the Grand Prix Hanyu went to his fourth Skate Canada International having won the silver medal there on his three previous outings Hanyu placed first in the short program with a clean skate twenty points ahead of American Camden Pulkinen Assessing his performance Hanyu said it was not so great but I felt I did my best today 156 In the free skate Hanyu turned out of his opening quad loop but otherwise landed all jumps cleanly setting a new personal best and winning the event by almost sixty points 157 His 59 82 point margin over silver medalist Nam Nguyen was the widest in the history of the ISU Grand Prix series 158 He won his second Grand Prix the 2019 NHK Trophy by a similar margin 159 160 Hanyu went into the Grand Prix Final in Torino as co favorite for the title alongside Nathan Chen Hanyu s coach Ghislain Briand was delayed in traveling to the event resulting in him having no coach present for the competition s first segment In the short program Hanyu stepped out of his quad toe loop without executing a combination and as a result placed almost thirteen points behind Chen 161 In the free skate Hanyu landed five quad jumps in one program for the first time in his career including his first quad Lutz since his Olympic season injury but popped an intended triple Axel triple Axel sequence He finished second behind Chen in that segment as well taking the silver medal overall 162 Competing at his first Japanese championships since the 2016 17 season Hanyu placed first in the short program 5 01 points ahead of Shoma Uno 163 Several jump errors in the free skate saw him place third in that segment behind Uno and Yuma Kagiyama and win the silver medal overall It was Hanyu s first loss to Uno 164 Heading into the Four Continents Championships in Seoul Hanyu opted to return to his Ballade No 1 Chopin program and his Seimei program from prior seasons 165 Referencing the 2018 Winter Olympics which were held in Pyeongchang Hanyu noted that while he wanted to win a gold medal once again in South Korea he wanted to showcase and focus on his own style of figure skating even more In the short program Hanyu broke his previous world record with 111 82 points 166 Hanyu called it the most perfect performance I ve ever done 167 Despite errors on two of his quad attempts in the free skate he won that segment as well taking the gold medal overall with 299 42 points 168 Hanyu s victory on February 9 made him the first and only male singles skater to win all of the major ISU championship events at the junior and senior levels a feat known as the Super Slam previously only achieved by five other competitors in the other three skating disciplines 169 He was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal but these were canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic 170 At the ISU Skating Awards in 2020 Hanyu was nominated for Best Costume and Most Valuable Skater for the 2019 2020 season and proceeded to win the latter 171 2020 21 season Seventh world medal Edit On August 28 Hanyu announced that he would skip the Grand Prix series citing the risk of COVID 19 for himself the competition staff and for his fans who would gather to support him 172 Despite feeling conflicted over whether he should have competed or not as COVID 19 continued and practicing without his coaching team Hanyu decided to compete in Japanese championships which doubled as the final qualifier for the upcoming World Championships in Stockholm 173 174 He placed first in the short program 103 53 points and the free skate 215 83 points with all positive grades of execution on jumping passes and won his fifth national figure skating title with a total score of 319 36 points 175 176 The 2021 World Championships were to be the first direct competition between Hanyu and Nathan Chen since the 2019 20 Grand Prix Final 177 Hanyu placed first in the short program with a solid performance 6 02 points ahead of compatriot Yuma Kagiyama 178 In the free skate Hanyu opened his program with two quadruple jumps and a triple Axel but received negative grades of execution for all three of them Scoring 182 20 points he placed fourth in the free skate and third overall behind Chen and Kagiyama 179 It was the first competition Hanyu had placed below second since 2014 On the following day Hanyu confirmed the report of his asthma attack by overseas media He stated that he felt a little painful after finishing the free skate and explained There were few small troubles that kept stacking up However if asked whether that was what led to the huge mistake in the free skate I don t think it was as big of a miss as it was in terms of the miss in the score 180 Hanyu s placement combined with Kagiyama s qualified three berths for Japanese men at the 2022 Winter Olympics 181 Hanyu competed as part of Team Japan for the 2021 World Team Trophy He placed second in both the short program and the free skate only behind Nathan Chen He achieved a personal season s best score in both the short program and the free skate with 107 12 and 193 76 points respectively and earned a total of 22 points to help his team take home the bronze medal 182 183 184 2021 22 season Sixth national title and third Olympics Edit Main article Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons 2021 22 season Hanyu confirmed his plans to compete in the 2021 22 Olympic season and was scheduled to compete at the 2021 NHK Trophy and 2021 Rostelecom Cup in November for the 2021 22 Grand Prix series 185 On November 4 2021 the Japan Skating Federation announced Hanyu s withdrawal from the NHK Trophy due to an injury in his right ankle ligament during a fall in practice 186 The JSF subsequently announced his withdrawal from the Rostelecom Cup prior to the event but said that he would remain in consideration for the Olympic team 187 188 Hanyu made his season debut at the 2021 22 Japan Figure Skating Championships placing first in both the short program and free skate winning his sixth Japanese National title tying Takeshi Honda s record of most national titles in the last 50 years He also attempted a quadruple Axel for the first time during the free skate although it was downgraded to a triple Axel with a two footed landing 189 Hanyu was assigned to represent Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 World Championships 189 190 At the 2022 Winter Olympics Hanyu missed his opening quadruple Salchow jump in the short program due to a hole in the ice and placed eighth with 95 15 points qualifying him for the free skate The score was his lowest in the segment since the 2019 World Championships 191 In the free skate he fell twice in his first two opening jumps a quadruple Axel and a quad Salchow 192 His quad Axel attempt is the first that was not downgraded to triple Axel 193 Other than these two mistakes he delivered a clean skate placing third in the free skate and fourth place overall with a total score of 283 21 points behind fellow Japanese compatriot and bronze medalist Shoma Uno 192 Following his free skate Hanyu confirmed in a press conference that he had re injured his right ankle in practice the day before the free skate but since it was the Olympics and not a normal competition he chose to compete on painkillers instead of withdrawing 194 On March 1 2022 the Japan Skating Federation announced Hanyu s withdrawal from the 2022 World Championships due to the unhealed injury 195 Professional skating career EditMain article Ice shows produced by Yuzuru Hanyu Hanyu skating to Notte Stellata that inspired the ice show of the same name At a press conference on July 19 2022 Hanyu announced his decision to step away from competitive figure skating at amateur level and turn professional stating that he had achieved everything he could achieve and would no longer seek those kinds of evaluations 196 197 He also stated his intention to continue pursuing his ideal skating and dream of completing the quadruple Axel as a professional athlete Nikkei Asia noted that Hanyu s exit from the competitive circuit marks the end of an era 198 Juliet Macur of The New York Times remarked that we may never see another skater like Yuzuru Hanyu 197 Numerous sports figures from and outside figure skating reacted to Hanyu s announcement with gratitude and praise including Japanese gymnast Kōhei Uchimura 199 baseballer Shohei Ohtani and tennis player Naomi Osaka 200 201 Hanyu later opened accounts on social media having long eschewed it for years that are mainly managed by staff 202 He stated his intention to show his skating through his YouTube channel and increase opportunities for everyone to watch it including those who are unable to attend ice shows and live overseas 203 204 but that he did not have plans to make videos about his daily life 205 On August 10 Hanyu live streamed an open practice session on his channel where he performed his past free skate programs including a flawless performance of Seimei with the same elements as he had performed at the 2018 Winter Olympics 206 In November to December 2022 Hanyu held his first ice show tour as a professional figure skater titled Prologue in Yokohama and Hachinohe 207 The solo show of 90 minutes runtime was produced and directed by Hanyu himself featuring a selection of his past competition and exhibition programs 208 The final shows at each venue were aired live on national television and livestreamed in select movie theaters nationwide 209 210 On December 5 2022 Hanyu announced his second solo ice show with the title Gift which will be held at Tokyo Dome one of Japan s largest entertainment venues on February 26 2023 211 212 On January 9 2023 it was announced that Hanyu will be the chairman of a new ice show titled Notte Stellata to send out hope from the disaster area The show will be held on the twelfth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake at Sekisui Heim Super Arena Miyagi which was used as a morgue after the 2011 earthquake 213 Skating technique and style EditHanyu s signature moves Layback Biellmann spin Doughnut camel spin One handed hydroblading Layback Ina Bauer Side lunge pistol pose Hanyu is regarded by analysts as an accomplished skater known for his high level technical elements as well as mature and versatile artistry 9 15 214 His performance is often characterized as the perfect combination of skills strength and elegance 215 216 217 tending to blur rigid gender lines 10 According to four time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko Hanyu had a decided edge over other skaters in the completeness of his performance spins skating skills transitions between jumps and musical interpretation 10 Two time world champion Stephane Lambiel described him as the most complete athlete in figure skating probably ever 10 Hanyu is known for his ability to generate skating speed out of nowhere and cover long distances with only a few strokes 13 216 218 At the 2021 22 Japan Championships he managed to perform a clean short program without using consecutive crossovers and reduce the number of basic skating movements to a minimum 219 This is a feat that has long been considered near impossible as stated by former competitive skater John Misha Petkevich in his book Figure Skating Championship Techniques from 1989 Without a doubt crossovers are the staple of every skater Not only are they used to negotiate corners but they are also used to pick up speed Skating without crossovers would be virtually unthinkable 220 The ability to accelerate with a few strokes allows Hanyu to execute his jumps from a variety of difficult entries Notable are the backward counter turn twizzle and spread eagle into his signature triple Axel jump 221 222 223 Hanyu is also known for his strong vaulting technique with minimal pre rotation on the ice at the take off 224 225 note 3 achieving trajectories of impressive size 216 218 With a height of 70 centimeters and covering a distance of 3 62 meters his triple Axel was the largest measured jump in the men s short program at the 2019 World Championships 227 1 In 2018 Hanyu s triple Axel from the 2018 Winter Olympics was used as a demonstration example by the ISU for the GOE judging criteria very good height and very good length as well as steps before the jump unexpected or creative entry 228 Despite the complex preceding steps and big trajectory he manages to land his jumps smoothly and increase his skating speed from take off to landing 216 218 227 1 With the toe loop Salchow loop and Lutz Hanyu has successfully executed four different types of quadruple jumps in the course of his competitive career He stated his preference for edge jumps and notably featured all three types in his short program of the 2016 17 season 229 Hanyu is able to execute the layback Biellmann and doughnut camel spin 230 which are more commonly seen in women s singles and known for their difficulty among male skaters due to the high flexibility required in spine hips and shoulders 231 12 232 Other signature moves include the layback Ina Bauer hydroblading and the side lunge 233 Overall Hanyu s technical elements stand out for their high quality of execution 9 11 216 having received a total of 29 maximum scores in international competition 234 note 4 covering all four types of required elements in the men s singles discipline jumps spins steps and choreographic sequences 235 236 237 Beyond that his elements are noted for their seamless embedding into the choreography and his movements for their precise timing with the music 238 239 the latter being awarded a perfect 10 00 in the interpretation component at the 2021 22 Japan Championships 240 Hanyu s programs cover a variety of different music genres including classical pieces modern pop rock musicals and traditional Japanese music 42 196 He notably portrayed the historical Japanese figures Abe no Seimei and Uesugi Kenshin in his free skate programs at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics 241 242 He also dedicated various exhibition programs to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and performed them as live music collaborations at shows like Fantasy on Ice among others 243 Hanyu is known to be involved in all aspects of his programs from the music selection and editing process to the costume design and choreography 215 242 As his choreographer Shae Lynn Bourne stated He knows what costume he wants He knows what jump order he wants He makes a lot of the decisions on his own You can t say no to that ever You know with music especially because he is going to skate with conviction 241 Figure skaters Hanyu looked up to while growing up are Evgeni Plushenko and Johnny Weir 231 244 With his competitive programs for the 2018 19 season he paid homage to the two skaters by skating to Otonal by Raul di Blasio as well as Art on Ice and Magic Stradivarius by Edvin Marton which had been used by Weir and Plushenko respectively in their programs 245 At the press conference of the 2018 Winter Olympics Hanyu also mentioned Stephane Lambiel Javier Fernandez and Dick Button as the skaters who had influenced him as a skater 246 Former coaches and choreographers Edit Hanyu with his former coach Brian Orser left in 2014 Before the 2011 12 season most of Hanyu s career was guided by Nanami Abe in Sendai 47 After winning bronze at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships he switched coaches to Brian Orser who is known for guiding Kim Yuna to gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics In switching Hanyu continued to attend high school in Sendai but made frequent trips to Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club TCSCC where Orser works as a skating instructor 247 Hidehito Ito the figure skating director at the Japanese Skating Federation said the change was necessary to challenge Hanyu and raise the level of his skating more 47 During his time at TCSCC Hanyu was also coached by Tracy Wilson and Ghislain Briand 48 248 On his experience working as a jump specialist with Hanyu since 2014 Briand stated that he was given a lot of room I have to admit Hanyu is probaby the first athlete who really recognizes what I m doing with him 248 After Hanyu turned professional Briand stated that he would continue to work with him when he was needed 249 During Hanyu s junior career all of his programs were choreographed by Nanami Abe 250 Starting from his 2012 2013 season his programs were choreographed by others with Shae Lynn Bourne and Jeffrey Buttle as frequent collaborators 251 252 Hanyu has also worked with Canadian choreographer David Wilson for several years including his free skate program for the 2014 Winter Olympics 253 252 before collaborated on many exhibition programs 254 Other choreographers for his exhibition programs include Kurt Browning Kenji Miyamoto and former coach Nanami Abe 251 In 2021 due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic Hanyu started to train alone in Sendai with some remote consultation from his coaches Despite the difficulties of training alone Hanyu found that it had been a good opportunity to learn how to control and analyze himself 255 which led him not return to Canada until he turned professional and made Ice Rink Sendai his training base again 206 256 During that period none of his coaches accompanied him to any competition except the 2021 World Championships Hanyu also opted to receive remote choreography for his programs ever since and has contributed significantly to the choreography of his programs in the 2020 21 season 257 Public life EditEndorsements and ambassadorships Edit Hanyu pictured with his endorsing brand Kose at the 2019 20 Grand Prix Final Hanyu has appeared in many commercials and advertising campaigns over the years In 2013 Hanyu alongside fellow Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi became the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics campaign ambassador for P amp G s global Proud Sponsor of Moms campaign 258 He also signed an affiliation contract with All Nippon Airways and from February 8 to 23 2014 Hanyu endorsed their new line of flight attendant outfits which were designed by Prabal Gurung and appeared in a TV commercial for their 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Hello Blue Hello Future campaign 259 260 261 In September 2014 Hanyu starred in a TV commercial for Capcom s new video game Monster Hunter 4G 262 and endorsed Lotte s Ghana milk chocolate with Mao Asada singer Airi Matsui and actresses Suzu Hirose and Tao Tsuchiya in following years he also endorsed Lotte s Xylitol Whites and GUM FOR THE GAME 263 264 265 266 Hanyu has also worked with other brands such as Ajinomoto endorsing their sport nutritional products Amino Vital and nutritional meals along with other athletes like Uta Abe 267 bath salts Bathclin Kikiyu 268 bedding products Nishikawa Sangyo co 269 and Phiten for their line of Rakuwa nylon coated necklace models including Hanyu s inspired necklace Wings Gold 270 271 272 273 In 2019 Hanyu became the ambassador for Citizen in China Hong Kong and Macau 274 as well as the global ambassador of the Sekkisei series by Kose 275 He was later appointed as the global muse of the Sekkisei Miyabi brand in 2020 276 In October 2021 Hanyu was chosen as a face of Towa Pharmaceutical co appearing in a TV commercial with veteran actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 277 278 and endorsed ANA s new teleportation services avatarin 279 In 2013 and 2021 Hanyu was appointed as the model for Miyagi Prefecture Police s traffic safety poster aiming to encourage compliance with traffic rules and spread awareness of safe driving According to an official in March 2021 Hanyu was chosen because he embodies sportsmanship 280 In June 2021 Hanyu was appointed as the ambassador of the world s first official Paralympics game The Pegasus Dream Tour making his video game debut with his avatar appearing in the game According to the representative of the game s developer company Hanyu was chosen because he is an athlete as well as a person who has artistry in his way of life 281 282 Since April 2014 Hanyu has been acting as the tourism ambassador of Sendai and featured in the city s tourism posters as well as tourist guidebooks 283 284 285 Philanthropy Edit Hanyu in Requiem of Heaven and Earth a tribute to the victims of 3 11 Since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Hanyu has been an advocate for and supporter of various campaigns to help earthquake victims as he was also directly affected by the disaster stating When the earthquake hit I was on the ice at my home rink in Sendai 21 Shortly after the disaster he and other skaters skated in ice shows to raise money for the victims raising a total of more than 150 000 He also sold his personal belongings at the show fundraising an additional 2 954 323 35 387 21 Hanyu donated his 2014 Olympic gold medal 6 million yen 55 000 prize money as well as his 2018 Olympic gold medal 10 million yen 92 000 prize money received from the Japan Skating Federation and Japanese Olympic Committee to Sendai and Miyagi Prefecture to help with the reconstruction of the disaster areas 286 287 He also has been helping his original home rink Ice Rink Sendai rendered unusable after the disaster by donating all the royalties and part of the proceeds of his autobiographies Blue Flames and Blue Flames II which were released in 2012 and 2016 respectively 31 It was revealed in 2021 that a total of 31 442 143 286 000 had been donated to the rink 288 289 In September 2014 Hanyu was appointed as the Tsunami Disaster Prevention Ambassador for one year participating in activities to spread tsunami disaster prevention public awareness 290 In February 2015 Hanyu became the spokesman for reconstruction efforts led by the Japanese Red Cross Society 291 He also lent his image as the spokesman for the Red Cross Hatachi no Kenketsu donation campaign where he starred in the promotional video with patients 292 In March 2019 he donated a pair of figure skates to an online charity auction which raised 7 12 million yen 64 000 for the disaster area reconstruction 293 He also collaborated with Line Corporation supervising the creation of Yuzuru Hanyu 3 11 Smile Stamp which went on sale with all revenues donated to the Nippon Foundation s Special Fund for Disaster Reconstruction to support acts for reconstruction and future disaster preparation 294 295 On August 21 2019 a poster of Hanyu with the protagonist of the anime Yowamushi Pedal was released to promote Tour de Tohoku an annual charity cycling event held to support the cause He appeared in five of the nine posters being released 296 In 2021 marking the 10th anniversary of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami Hanyu organized the Together Forward exhibition that traces his footsteps during that difficult period revisiting the affected people and places The exhibition is held in multiple Japanese cities in an effort to remind everyone of the importance of disaster prevention and preparation 297 Hanyu also regularly participates in Nippon TV s annual charity program 24 Hour Television since 2014 holding special ice shows and visiting victims in disaster areas In 2014 he held a one night ice show to bring in donations 298 In 2015 he and Hey Say JUMP member Yuri Chinen designed Chari T shirts for the program under the slogan To connect a smile beyond time The shirts were to be sold with the profits given to charity 299 He also visited earthquake affected areas in Fukushima and Ishinomaki interviewing the victims as part of the program segment 300 301 Film and television Edit For more details about Hanyu s DVD and Blu ray releases see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu Home media Advertisement pillars by TV Asahi at Tokyo Station picturing Hanyu in 2022 Hanyu served as a judge on Japan s popular New Year s Eve music show Kōhaku Uta Gassen twice in 2015 and 2022 109 302 He made his on screen debut as Date Shigemura a samurai lord in the 2016 movie The Magnificent Nine 303 304 Hanyu s first DVD Blu ray album Time of Awakening which compiled his career before the 2014 Winter Olympics was released on May 21 2014 selling 21 000 copies 305 306 It was the first DVD from an athlete to top Oricon s DVD ranking since its establishment in 1999 The album also peaked at number 3 on the chart s Blu ray ranking 307 On December 18 2015 NHK Enterprises released the DVD of The Flowers Bloom on Ice featuring behind the scenes and interviews with Shizuka Arakawa and Yuzuru Hanyu as they skate at the ice show together to support reconstruction after the 2011 Japan earthquake 308 In 2018 Hanyu s first self produced show Continues with Wings was live broadcast on TV Asahi CS and live streamed at 66 movie theaters throughout Japan 309 310 He is also one of the lead cast members besides Stephane Lambiel and Johnny Weir at the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice having participated in all editions of the tour since its revival in 2010 with one exception having missed the shows in 2016 due to rehabilitation from a ligament injury 243 311 Books and magazines Edit For the full list of Hanyu s publications see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu Bibliography Print media with Hanyu on the cover at the Junkudo bookshop in Ikebukuro Tokyo In addition to his autobiographies Blue Flames and Blue Flames II Hanyu also released some photobooks His first photo book Yuzuru was released on October 4 2014 selling over 23 000 copies It ranked first in Oricon s weekly charts for photos and sport related categories as well as second in the chart s general books category 312 On September 25 2015 Yuzuru Hanyu Goroku was released containing pictures and quotes by the skater In September 2015 the book topped Amazon s reservation sales rankings 313 314 Hanyu has graced covers of numerous Japanese sports magazines as well as well known magazines such as An An and Aera 315 316 Personal life and education EditSince Hanyu began carrying a Winnie the Pooh tissue box to competitions in 2010 his supporters and fans eventually made it a custom to acknowledge the end of his performances by throwing Pooh bears onto the ice instead of other kinds of stuffed toys or gifts which has been a tradition in figure skating Hanyu donates the bears to disadvantaged children at local hospitals and charities surrounding the arena that hosted the event 317 318 Hanyu studied at Nanakita Elementary and Junior High School 319 In 2013 Hanyu graduated from Tohoku High School ja then entered an e school program on Human Information Science at Waseda University 30 320 321 He attended the school from his training base in Canada 322 In August 2020 it was revealed that his graduation thesis summarizes how 3D motion capture technology could be used in figure skating and in particular its potential for use in figure skating judging 323 One area of research he did is recording and analyzing his movement while doing the triple Axel jump off ice which he hopes can be used to improve the skills of athletes and AI judging 324 He officially graduated from the university in September 2020 but was unable to attend the ceremony due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Japan 325 In March 2021 a bulletin paper summarizing his graduation thesis was published in the Waseda Journal of Human Sciences 326 Accolades and impact EditFor the full list of awards and honors see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu Awards and honors Hanyu receiving the People s Honor Award from then Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2018 Many sport writers commentators and skaters have made the case for Hanyu as the greatest skater in history 6 10 14 11 particularly after his second Olympic victory for his well rounded skills longevity at the top in a highly competitive field and ability to deliver under pressure 7 8 9 13 15 His decision to attempt the quadruple Axel at the 2022 Winter Olympics instead of taking a conservative option was seen to have strengthened his status 9 13 Hanyu is regarded as part of the vanguard of the quad revolution in men s figure skating 5 13 He was one of the few skaters who challenged quadruple Salchow at the 2014 Olympics 231 He is credited as the first figure skater to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition after performing it in the short program at the Autumn Classic International in Montreal Canada on September 30 2016 115 327 He is also the only skater who has landed a quadruple toe loop triple Axel sequence in competition doing so for the first time at Grand Prix Helsinki 2018 328 Hanyu is also the first skater to land a quadruple toe loop Euler triple flip combination at Skate Canada 2019 329 At the 2022 Winter Olympics Hanyu made his first attempt on the quadruple Axel in an international competition Despite falling on the jump he received the base value of quad Axel before being reduced for under rotation 330 It was the closest quad Axel attempt in a competition until American Ilia Malinin successfully landed one at the 2022 CS U S Classic 331 332 who cited Hanyu as his inspiration to attempt the jump 332 However in regards to the ongoing debate on jumps versus artistry in the sport 333 334 335 Hanyu spoke through an interpreter after his second Olympic win in 2018 336 I believe that this artistry is very much based on having the correct technique and a strong foundation at the core of everything It is upon these that the artistry is built and without that strong foundation and that basis in technique it is not possible to have that full artistry required as well Of course there are some other figure skaters who perhaps place a much higher priority on the jumps themselves and they are also successful in winning in competitions through this as well However sic personally I believe that within these different difficult jumps these are used as the basis for the artistry and this relationship is balanced which comes together to form what is most important In recognition of his achievements Hanyu has been awarded numerous accolades including the People s Honor Award in 2018 becoming the first figure skater and the youngest recipient of the award 16 He was also awarded the Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon in 2014 and 2018 337 338 and received two monuments depicting his trademark poses performed at the 2014 and 2018 Olympics in his hometown of Sendai 339 340 He was also nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year in 2019 becoming the first figure skater to be nominated for the award 341 342 and was awarded the Most Valuable Skater of the 2019 20 season at the inaugural ISU Skating Awards in 2020 171 In 2021 he was awarded the Azusa Ono Memorial Award the most prestigious award that can be conferred to students and given to those recognized as a model from Waseda University 343 344 On October 11 2022 he was announced as a recipient of the Kikuchi Kan Prize for his accomplishments as a competitive figure skater as well as his attitude of continuing to take on challenges 345 Hanyu was featured in prestigious lists such as Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 346 as well as ESPN s World Fame 100 and The Dominant 20 347 348 and has received multiple awards and ranked high in multiple lists and popularity polls from various media outlets 349 350 In 2022 he placed sixth in the list of most searched athletes on Google Search worldwide behind Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Serena Williams all tennis Manti Te o American football and Shaun White snowboard 351 World records and other achievements EditFor Hanyu s historical world records and other notable achievements see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu Hanyu at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki where he reset the world record scores in all competition segments Throughout his career Hanyu has broken world records nineteen times seven times under the current 5 5 GOE system and twelve times in the old 3 3 GOE system note 5 He holds the historical world record in all three competition segments the short program free skating and combined total score 54 353 SP Short program FS Free skating The table only lists Hanyu s world records under the current 5 5 GOE system Chronological list of world records by competition segment 353 No Date Score Seg Event Place1 Nov 3 2018 106 69 SP 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki Helsinki2 Nov 4 2018 190 43 FS3 Nov 4 2018 297 12 Total4 Nov 16 2018 110 53 SP 2018 Rostelecom Cup Moscow5 Mar 23 2019 206 10 FS 2019 World Championships Saitama6 Mar 23 2019 300 97 Total7 Feb 7 2020 111 82 SP 2020 Four Continents Championships SeoulPrograms EditFor the full list of Hanyu s programs including details about the music pieces and choreographers see List of programs and publications of Yuzuru Hanyu Hanyu performing his free skate program Seimei at the 2018 Winter Olympics Programs performed at the Winter Olympic Games highlighted in bold and blueChronological shortlist of senior competition programs 42 Season Short program Free skate program2010 11 White Legend Zigeunerweisen2011 12 Etude in D sharp minor Romeo Juliet2012 13 Parisienne Walkways Notre Dame de Paris2013 14 Parisienne Walkways Background and making Romeo and Juliet Background and making 2014 15 Ballade No 1 in G minor The Phantom of the Opera2015 16 Ballade No 1 in G minor Seimei2016 17 Let s Go Crazy Hope and Legacy2017 18 Ballade No 1 in G minor Background and making Seimei Background and making 2018 19 Otonal Origin2019 20 Otonal OriginBallade No 1 in G minor Seimei2020 21 Let Me Entertain You Heaven and Earth 天と地と 2021 22 Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Background and making Heaven and Earth 天と地と Background and making Competitive highlights EditFor the full list of Hanyu s competition scores see List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu Detailed results team Team event GP Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series CS ISU Challenger event C Event cancelled WD Withdrew from event Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only The individual placement at the World Team Trophy is listed in brackets Placements at senior events since the 2010 11 season 32 30 Event 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22Olympics 1st 1st 4thOlympics team 5thWorlds 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 1st WD 2nd C 3rd WDFour Continents 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st CGP Final 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st WD 2nd CGP Cup of China 4th 2ndGP Finland 1stGP France 2ndGP NHK Trophy 4th 1st 4th 1st 1st WD 1st WDGP Rostelecom Cup 7th 1st 2nd 1st WDGP Skate America 2ndGP Skate Canada 2nd 2nd 2nd 1stCS Autumn Classic note 6 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1stFinlandia Trophy 1st 1st WDNebelhorn Trophy 1stJapan Championships 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st WD WD WD 2nd 1st 1stWorld Team Trophy team WD WD 3rd 1st 1st 3rd WD 3rd 2nd JGP Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series A Event at novice level A B Event at novice level B Hanyu with Song Nan left and Artur Gachinski right at the 2010 World Junior Championships podium Placements at senior junior and advanced novice events until the 2009 10 season 32 30 Event 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08 08 09 09 10Junior Worlds 12th 1stJGP Final 1stJGP Croatia 1stJGP Poland 1stJGP Italy 5thSanta Claus Cup 1stMladost Trophy 1stSkate Copenhagen 1stJapan Senior 8th 6thJapan Junior 7th 3rd 1st 1stJapan Novice 1st B 2nd B 3rd A 1st ASee also EditYuzuru Hanyu series Yuzuru Hanyu Olympic seasons Ice shows produced by Yuzuru Hanyu List of career achievements by Yuzuru Hanyu List of programs and publications of Yuzuru HanyuOther List of Olympic medalists in figure skating Axel jump Fantasy on Ice The Magnificent NineNotes and references Edit The listed personal best scores were achieved in the 3 3 GOE judging system with the standing world records before the 2018 19 season being declared historical HR Hanyu s personal best scores achieved in the 5 5 GOE system are 111 82 in the short program scored at the 2020 Four Continents Championships 212 99 in the free skating and 322 59 in the combined total both scored at the 2019 Skate Canada 3 Various news outlets and figure skating experts have called Hanyu as one of the greatest or made the case for him as the greatest skater in history See 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Since the 2022 23 season jumps with excessive rotation on the ice at the take off are listed under poor take off and result in a deduction of 1 to 3 in the raw GOE mark 226 In the ISU Judging System a technical element is awarded a perfect score if it s credited with the full base value by the technical panel and the maximum grade of execution GOE after dropping the highest and lowest mark across the judging panel 3 GOE before and 5 GOE since the 2018 19 season With the change of the judging system the ISU decided to start the recording of highest score statistics from zero and declared all records historical that were achieved before the 2018 19 season 352 The 2015 Autumn Classic International was not part of the Challenger Series that season Citations Edit 羽生結弦 Hanyu Yuzuru Japan Skating Federation in Japanese Shinjuku Tokyo Archived from the original on March 29 2022 ISU Season Best Scores Statistics Total Men Lausanne International Skating Union Season 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