Yuzuru Hanyu

Yuzuru Hanyu
nation	Japan
birthday	7th December 1994
place of birth	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
size	172 cm
job	college student
Career
discipline	Single run
society	ANA Minato Tokyo, Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club (Formerly: Miyagi FSC)
Trainer	Brian Orser , Tracy Wilson , Ghislain Briand (Former Trainers: Nanami Abe, Shoichiro Tsuzuki)
choreographer	Jeffrey Buttle , Shae-Lynn Bourne , David Wilson (Former Choreographers: Nanami Abe, Kurt Browning , Kenji Miyamoto)
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 2 × 3 × 1 × VKM medals 1 × 3 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Sochi 2014 Men's gold Pyeongchang 2018 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze Nice 2012 Men's gold Saitama 2014 Men's silver Shanghai 2015 Men's silver Boston 2016 Men's gold Helsinki 2017 Men's silver Saitama 2019 Men's Four continents championships silver Taipei 2011 Men's silver Osaka 2013 Men's silver Gangneung 2017 Men's gold Seoul 2020 Men's
Personal best
Total points 322.59 HR 330.43 SC 2019 GPF 2015  Freestyle 212.99 HR 223.20 SC 2019 World Cup 2017  Short program WR 111.82 HR 112.72 4CC 2020 ACI 2017
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 4th 2 0  Grand Prix competitions 8th 7th 0
last change: October 29, 2019 WR: current world record, HR: historical world record

Yuzuru Hanyū ( Japanese 羽 生 結 弦 , Hanyū Yuzuru ; born December 7, 1994 in Sendai , Miyagi Prefecture ) is a Japanese figure skater who starts in a single run . He is the Olympic champion of 2014 and 2018 as well as the world champion of 2014 and 2017 . In addition, Hanyū is a four-time winner of the Grand Prix Finals (2013-2016) and the Japanese Championships (2012-2015), winner of the Four Continents Championships 2020 , Junior World Champion 2010 and winner of the Junior Grand Prix Final 2009.

As the first runner in history, Hanyū broke the 100-point barrier in the short program, the 200-point mark in the freestyle and the 300-point barrier in the overall standings. He has already set new records in men's singles nineteen times in his career and currently holds the world record in the short program as well as all three historical records in the old rating system. No other individual runner has set as many records since the introduction of the ISU rating system in 2004.

Hanyū is the first single men's Olympic gold medalist from Asia and the youngest since Dick Button in 1948. With his win at the 2018 Winter Games , he is the first runner since Button (1948, 1952) to defend his Olympic title. At the Four Continents Championships in Seoul in 2020, Hanyū was the only runner to date to complete the “ Super Slam ” in the men's singles , winning all major international titles in the senior and junior division. In 2016 at the Autumn Classic International, he was the first runner to land a four-time Rittberger in the international competition.

Hanyū has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding achievements. The most important awards include the People's Honor Award in 2018 and the Japanese Medal of Honor with a purple ribbon in 2014 and 2018. He also won the Most Valuable Skater Award at the debut of the ISU Skating Awards 2020.

Family and childhood

Hanyū was born and raised in the Izumi-ku district of the Japanese city ​​of Sendai . Since he was born, he has suffered from asthma , which restricts him in sport and in everyday life. Figure skating as an indoor sport provided a favorable environment for overcoming his illness. So Hanyū began ice skating at the age of four and accompanied his older sister Saya to her practice lessons. His coach at the time, Shoichiro Tsuzuki, quickly recognized his extraordinary talent and potential.

In the following years, Hanyū's health improved, but he quarreled with his motivation in training and his father suggested him several times to switch to baseball . After careful consideration, however, Hanyū decided to stick with figure skating. The duel between Alexei Yagudin and Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City inspired and strengthened his decision. In 2004 he won the Japanese youth championships for the first time (category B). A little later, his skating school was closed due to financial problems and Hanyū had to switch to other training facilities. During this time, Nanami Abe became his new trainer. In 2007 he won the Japanese junior championships in category A and took bronze at the junior championships.

Career

Successes among the juniors

As a two-time Japanese junior champion, Hanyū was also junior world champion in The Hague in 2010 .

2010/11 season: senior debut

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
1	3A	8.50	First half of the program
2	3Lz + 3T	10.10	1	4T	10.30
3	CCoSp	3.50	2	3A	8.50
4th	3F	5.30	3	3F	5.30
5	StSq	3.90	4th	CSSp	3.00
6th	FCSp	3.20	5	3Lz + 2T	7.30
7th	CSSp	3.00	6th	StSq	3.90
			Second half of the program
			7th	3A + 3T	13.86 *
			8th	3Lz + 2T + 2T	9.46 *
			9	3lo	5.61 *
			10	FCCoSp	3.50
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	3S	4.62 *
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		37.60	total		80.85
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

He made his first major international appearance among seniors at the 2011 Four Continents Championship in Taipei . He won the silver medal there with a personal best of 228.01 points behind his compatriot Daisuke Takahashi .

2011/12 season: First senior gold medal and debut at the World Cup

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
1	4T	10.30	First half of the program
2	3A	8.50	1	4T	10.30
3	FCSp	3.20	2	3A	8.50
4th	3Lz + 3T	10.10	3	3F	5.30
5	StSq	3.90	4th	FCSSp	3.00
6th	CSSp	3.00	5	3Lz + 2T	7.30
7th	CCoSp	3.50	6th	StSq	3.90
			Second half of the program
			7th	3A + 3T	13.86 *
			8th	3Lz + 2T + 2T	9.46 *
			9	3lo	5.61 *
			10	CCoSp	3.50
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	3S	4.62 *
			13	FCCoSp	3.50
total		42.50	total		80.85
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

The season began for him with a victory in the Nebelhorn Trophy . That was the first gold medal in his senior career. At the Cup of Russia 2011, Hanyū celebrated his first Grand Prix victory . He improved his personal best in the short program, freestyle and overall performance. In the latter he reached 241.66 points. In the Grand Prix final , for which he was able to qualify for the first time, he only just missed a medal in fourth, but increased his personal best in the freestyle to 166.49 points and in the overall performance to 245.82 points.

At the Japanese championships , Hanyū managed to reach the podium for the first time. He won the bronze medal behind Daisuke Takahashi and Takahiko Kozuka . This meant qualifying for the world championship .

World Championship 2012 .

On his world championship debut in Nice , the 17-year-old was still in seventh place after the short program because he had just rotated his Lutz, but then showed the freestyle of his young life. To the film music of Romeo and Juliet and Escape from Plunkett & Macleane , he started with a safe and beautiful four-fold toe loop and stood all further jumps, including eight triple jumps, without blame or blame. It did not get a negative evaluation in the execution of its elements (GOE). He only fell to the ground once while running, but this did not negatively affect the overall picture. His artistic maturity and highly emotional freestyle brought him a standing ovation and loud calls of admiration from the audience. Hanyū himself could hardly believe his performance and got a crying fit after the freestyle. His freestyle was rated as the second best in the field, he even beat his compatriot Takahashi by 0.05 points in this segment and was rewarded with the bronze medal overall. Hanyū increased his personal best in the freestyle and broke through the 250-point mark for the first time with his 251.06 points in total. With Hanyū's bronze medal and Takahashi's silver medal, Japan was able to win two medals at a World Cup for the first time in the history of men's competition at world figure skating championships.

2012/13 season: First world record and victory at the Japanese championships

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4T	10.30	1	4T	10.30
2	FCSp	3.20	2	4S	10.50
3	CSSp	3.00	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	FCCoSp	3.50
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	StSq	3.90
5	3Lz + 3T	11.11 *	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	3A + 3T	13.86 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			8th	3lo	5.61 *
			9	3Lz + 2T + 2T	9.46 *
			10	3Lz	6.60 *
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	CCoSp	3.50
			13	FCSSp	3.00
total		44.36	total		88.31
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

Hanyū started the season with a victory in the Finlandia Trophy. For the first time in a competition he showed a fourfold Salchow . He made his first Grand Prix appearance of the season at Skate America . There he set a new world record in the short program with 95.07 points . He showed a quadruple toe loop , an effortless triple axel and a triple Lutz triple toe loop combination. The latter two elements he jumped in the second half of his short program, which earned him bonus points. Although Hanyūs attention was by his own admission on the technical components, he also got a high score in the artistic field. However, Hanyū could not save his big lead from the short program with the freestyle. He fell three times and had to give the gold medal to his compatriot Takahiko Kozuka . In his second Grand Prix competition, the NHK Trophy, Hanyū improved his record of points in the short program at Skate America to 95.32 points. To the music of "Parisian Walkways" by Gary Moore, he was solid in his jumps, as well as confident and fluid in his footwork. For each element he received positive evaluations in the degree of execution (GOE) from all nine judges. His pirouettes were rated with the highest level 4. As in Skate America, Hanyū made mistakes in the freestyle, but this time he was able to defend his lead and win the gold medal in his hometown. In the Grand Prix final , the young Japanese won the silver medal behind his compatriot Daisuke Takahashi . He set personal bests in the freestyle (177.12 points) and the overall performance (264.29 points).

On December 22, 2012, Yuzuru Hanyū became the first Japanese master in Sapporo .

The Four Continents Championship 2013 ended Hanyu as two years earlier, by winning the silver medal. He was defeated by the surprise winner Kevin Reynolds . After this competition, the Japanese suffered a knee injury and caught the flu. Significantly weakened, it reached fourth place at the World Cup in London, Canada .

2013/14 season: triple win in GP finals, Olympic and world championships

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4T	10.30	1	4S	10.50
2	FCSp	3.20	2	4T	10.30
3	CSSp	3.00	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	StSq	3.90
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	FCCoSp	3.50
5	3Lz + 3T	11.11 *	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	3A + 3T	13.86 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			8th	3lo	5.61 *
			9	3Lz + 1Lo + 3S	11.77 *
			10	3Lz	6.60 *
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	FCSSp	3.00
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		44.36	total		90.62
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

In his first Olympic season, Hanyū started with second places in his two Grand Prix competitions , Skate Canada and the Eric Bompard Trophy . He qualified for the Grand Prix final in Fukuoka , where he set a new point record of 99.84 points in the short program and won gold for the first time in his career.

In December 2013, Hanyū defended his title at the Japanese championships .

His debut at the Olympic Games began for Hanyū with a new point record of 101.45 points in the short program. He was the first figure skater to break the 100 point mark in this segment. In the freestyle, the Japanese made mistakes that his competitor Patrick Chan , who started after him, could not use them. Hanyū thus also won this segment and became the first Japanese Olympic champion in men's figure skating . The Japanese succeeded in this as the youngest figure skater since Richard Button in 1948.

At the world championship in Saitama , Hanyū was behind his compatriot Tatsuki Machida and his training colleague Javier Fernández after the short program . With an energy performance that only a few believed him capable of after the Olympic Games, however, he managed to make up for the deficit and secure his first world title with a margin of 0.33 points over Machida.

2014/15 season: Second success in the Grand Prix final

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4T	10.30	1	4S	10.50
2	CSSp	3.00	2	4T	10.30
3	FCSp	3.20	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	FCCoSp	3.50
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	StSq	3.90
5	3Lz + 3T	11.11 *	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	3Lz + 2T	8.03 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	3A + 3T	13.86 *
			8th	3A + 1Lo + 3S	14.74 *
			9	3lo	5.61 *
			10	3Lz	6.60 *
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	FCSSp	3.00
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		44.36	total		90.62
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

The post-Olympic season began for Hanyū with a cancellation of the Finlandia Trophy due to back pain. Nevertheless, he planned to compete in the Grand Prix series at the Cup of China and the NHK Trophy . At the Cup of China, Hanyū had a collision with the Chinese Yan Han before the freestyle . Despite obvious injuries, however, he decided to run the freestyle. He fell five times in the process, but was able to hold onto the second place he had after the short program. After the freestyle, hanyu was sewn on the head and chin. He then flew back to Japan for further treatment. In addition to the bruises on the head and chin, an injury to the diaphragm and the left thigh and a sprain of the right ankle were found. A few days before the NHK Trophy, the Japanese announced that he would start but was not in top form. He finished the competition in fourth place and qualified for the Grand Prix final with just 0.15 points . There he won both the short program and the freestyle and thus confidently defended his title from the previous year.

2015/16 season: world record series and 300 plateau

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4S	10.50	1	4S	10.50
2	4T + 3T	14.60	2	4T	10.30
3	FCSp	3.20	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	FCCoSp	3.50
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	StSq	3.90
5	CSSp	3.00	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	4T + 3T	16.06 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			8th	3A + 1Lo + 3S	14.74 *
			9	3lo	5.61 *
			10	3Lz	6.60 *
			11	FCSSp	3.00
			12	ChSq	2.00
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		48.05	total		95.79
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

Hanyū decided to run for his freestyle to Japanese music and to expand his performance skills. For this he chose the soundtrack of the film Onmyōji by composer Shigeru Umebayashi , in order to portray the eccentric astronomer of the 10th century Abe no Seimei as in the film . For this he also met with the actor Mansai Nomura , who had portrayed Seimei in the film.

In his first Grand Prix appearance of the season, Skate Canada , Hanyū had only been sixth after the short program because he had violated the zayak rule by using a triple Lutz double toe loop instead of the planned triple Lutz -Triple toe loop showed. Thanks to his freestyle, however, he was able to improve to second overall, behind Patrick Chan , who had returned from a break .

Hanyū's second Grand Prix was the domestic NHK Trophy in Nagano . In the short program he achieved a world record with 106.33 points. He showed a clean quadruple Salchow , a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop combination and a triple axel . It was the first time in figure skating history that an athlete could surpass the 100 point mark in the short program. In the freestyle, the Japanese then landed three clean quadruple jumps, two clean triple axels and five more clean triple jumps. He received 216.07 points from the judges for this, which also meant a new point record in this segment. For the first time, the 200 point mark in the freestyle was exceeded. Overall, this meant a world record for total performance of 322.40 points, which for the first time in history exceeded the 300-point mark in total performance. Hanyū won the Grand Prix with almost 60 points ahead of the runner-up and qualified for the Grand Prix final in Barcelona. There he won with points records for short freestyle, freestyle and competition (330.43 points). He was also able to win the national championships that took place two weeks later. As in the previous year, Shōma Uno was second .

At the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston , Hanyū showed an almost perfect short program, which earned him a 12.04 point lead over Javier Fernández. After a few mistakes in the freestyle and the excellent performance of his training partner Fernández, he had to be satisfied with second place behind the Spaniard, as in the previous year.

Season 2016/17: Second world championship title and premiere of the four-time Rittberger

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4Lo	12.00	1	4Lo	12.00
2	4S + 3T	14.80	2	4S	10.50
3	FCSp	3.20	3	FCCoSp	3.50
Second half of the program			4th	StSq	3.90
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	3F	5.30
5	CSSp	3.00	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	4S + 3T	16.28 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	4T	11.33 *
			8th	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			9	3A + 1Lo + 3S	14.74 *
			10	FCSSp	3.00
			11	ChSq	2.00
			12	3Lz	6.60 *
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		49.75	total		103.43
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

As in the previous year, Hanyū took part in the Grand Prix competitions Skate Canada and NHK Trophy. The 80s hit Let's Go Crazy by Prince was selected as the music for his short program . The background music for his freestyle ("Hope and Legacy") comes from the Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi . At the beginning of the new season, Hanyū again won the gold medal at the Autumn Classic International. There he was also the first figure skater in sports history to successfully land a four-time Rittberger in the competition. A few weeks later, Hanyū won the silver medal at the Grand Prix Skate Canada. He was fourth in the short program and first in the freestyle. At the end of November he won gold at the NHK Trophy with 103.89 points after the short program and a total of 301.47 points after the freestyle. The Grand Prix final 2016-17 Hanyū won again. He won his fourth Grand Prix title after taking first place in the short program and third place in the freestyle.

Because of a flu in December, Hanyū waived participation in the Japanese championships. The new master was therefore Shōma Uno, as expected. However, despite this absence, Hanyū was nominated by his association for the four continents championships and for the world championships.

At the four continents championships, Hanyū finished third in the short program with 97.04 points after jumping a four-time Salchow in combination only twice. He made the same mistake two days later in the freestyle, but otherwise showed a strong program of 206.67 points and won silver in Gangneung . Nathan Chen took gold with a total of 307.46 points, the bronze medal went to Shoma Uno.

At the World Championships , Hanyū opened his short program with an almost flawless quadruple Rittberger , but left many points when he buckled his knee in the quadruple combination and the double toe loop was not rated. With 98.39 points and almost eleven points behind the defending champion Javier Fernández , Hanyū ended up in 5th place after the short program and the chances of a medal seemed almost wasted. With an outstanding world record free program of 223.20 points including four faultless quadruple jumps, however, the Japanese fought his way back to the top. Landmann Shoma Uno and the Chinese Jin Boyang , both strong short programs had shown Hanyu put though with a nearly flawless long program under pressure, but could not pass him. Fernández did not have a good day and fell back to fourth place after a faulty freestyle. With a total of 321.59 points and a new season best, Hanyū celebrated his second world title after 2014.

The Japanese experienced a disaster in the short program of the World Team Trophy 2017 . Right at the beginning he just jumped his planned fourfold Rittberger, which completely dropped it as an invalid element. Even with the quadruple Salchow, Hanyū had to support himself with his hands and could no longer perform a combination. With 83.51 points, he landed in seventh place and got 6 of 12 possible points for the Japanese team. Thanks to faultless short programs from Shōma Uno as well as Mai Mihara and Wakaba Higuchi , Japan took the lead with 44 points after the first day of the tournament. The failed short program was particularly painful for Hanyū, as he wanted to dedicate his interpretation of Let's Go Crazy to Prince on the one year anniversary of his death . Things went much better for Hanyū in the freestyle. He landed a total of four quadruple jumps, three of them in the second half of the program, which no other runner has achieved so far. After he had just rotated the quadruple Salchow, he changed his program during the freestyle and replaced, among other things, the planned combination of triple Axel / single Rittberger / triple Salchow with a quadruple toe loop / single Rittberger / triple Salchow. This combination was also shown for the first time in an official figure skating competition. Despite two mistakes, Hanyū won the freestyle with 200.49 points ahead of his teammate Shoma Uno and secured Team Japan 12 points. After strong freestyle appearances by the women, Japan took gold with a total of 109 points, ahead of Russia and the USA .

2017/18 season: Second Olympic victory after bad luck with an injury

Planned program layout (COR)
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4Lo	12.00	1	4Lz	13.60
2	FCSp	3.20	2	4Lo	12.00
3	CSSp	3.00	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	FCCoSp	3.50
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	StSq	3.90
5	4T + 3T	16.06 *	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	4S + 3T	16.28 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	4T + 1Lo + 3S	16.72 *
			8th	4T	11.33 *
			9	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			10	3A	9.35 *
			11	FCSSp	3.00
			12	ChSq	2.00
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		51.01	total		111.26
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

For the Olympic season, Hanyū returned to his two successful record programs from the 2015/16 season. His short program for Chopin's Ballad No. 1 celebrated a phenomenal comeback at the Autumn Classic International in Montreal with a new world record of 112.72 points. He landed a quadruple salchow as well as a triple axel and a combination of quadruple and triple toe loop in the second half of the program. A completely different picture showed Hanyū in the freestyle with a series of faulty jumps and 155.52 points - his worst freestyle performance since the NHK Trophy 2014 . With that he dropped to second place in the overall standings behind his training partner Javier Fernández .

A month later at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow , Hanyū took second place behind the American Nathan Chen after a mixed short program with an underrotated four-fold Rittberger and a fall in the combination . In the freestyle, he landed a fourfold Lutz in the international competition as well as two more fourfold jumps and won this segment with 195.92 points. However, he could not catch up with the deficit from the short program and took second place in the overall standings behind Chen. This is Hanyū's sixth silver medal in a row at a Grand Prix opener.

During training at the NHK Trophy , Hanyū fell in the fourfold Lutz and injured his right ankle. He then showed one more run of his freestyle, but made no more jumps. Due to persistent pain, he finally had to cancel participation in the Grand Prix event, which also meant that he missed the qualification for the Grand Prix final in Nagoya . His recovery took longer than expected and so, like last year, he was unable to take part in the national championships. Due to his position in the world rankings and the status of a reigning world champion, he was nevertheless nominated by the Japanese association next to Shōma Uno and Keiji Tanaka for the upcoming winter games in Pyeongchang . According to the association, he should also start at the World Championships in Milan .

On February 3, it was announced that Hanyū will not take part in the team competition at the Olympic Games in order to gain more time for training in preparation for the individual competition. The Japanese team would not have had a chance of a medal with him either. Accompanied by high security measures and intensive media coverage, Hanyū traveled to South Korea on February 11th . At a press conference two days later, he explained that he had not been able to train on the ice rink until January and could start triple jumps only three weeks before the competition and quadruple jumps two weeks before. He also said that he still hadn't decided what technical elements to use for the event.

Planned program layout (Olympia)
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4S	10.50	1	4S	10.50
2	FCSp	3.20	2	4T	10.30
3	CSSp	3.00	3	3F	5.30
Second half of the program			4th	FCCoSp	3.50
4th	3A	9.35 *	5	StSq	3.90
5	4T + 3T	16.06 *	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	4S + 3T	16.28 *
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	4T + 1Lo + 3S	16.72 *
			8th	3A + 2T	10.78 *
			9	3lo	5.61 *
			10	3Lz	6.60 *
			11	FCSSp	3.00
			12	ChSq	2.00
			13	CCoSp	3.50
total		49.51	total		97.99
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

On February 16, Hanyū showed a flawless short program and took the lead with 111.68 points, a good four points ahead of Javier Fernández and seven and a half points ahead of third-placed Shōma Uno. The next day he scored 206.17 points in the freestyle. It was a solid program with four quadruple jumps, three of which he landed cleanly. The best free program, however, was run by the favored Nathan Chen, who in the end was only fifth behind Jin Boyang due to a failed short program. Hanyū received a total of 317.85 points, winning his second consecutive Olympic gold medal, an achievement that has not been achieved since Dick Button's successive titles in 1948 and 1952. Hanyūs was also able to win the 1000th medal in the history of the Winter Olympics. Next to him, his compatriot Shoma Uno and training colleague Javier Fernandez made it onto the podium.

After the games, Hanyū told the media that he did not want to stop figure skating, also because he wanted to show a four-fold Axel in competition that he had never been able to land in a tournament. On March 7, 2018, the Japanese Ice Skating Federation announced that Hanyū would not participate in the upcoming World Championships in Milan so that his injured foot could recover. In the same month he was received by the Emperor Akihito and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe . On April 22nd, he was honored with a large parade in his hometown of Sendai, in which more than 100,000 people took part.

2018/19 season: tribute to his idols

Planned program layout
Short program			Freestyle
#	element	Underlying	#	element	Underlying
First half of the program			First half of the program
1	4S	9.70	1	4Lo	10.50
2	3A	8.00	2	4S	9.70
Second half of the program			3	FCCoSp	3.50
3	4T + 3T	15.07 *	4th	StSq	3.90
4th	FCSp	3.20	5	3lo	4.90
5	CSSp	3.00	Second half of the program
6th	StSq	3.90	6th	4T	9.50
7th	CCoSp	3.50	7th	4T + 3A + SEQ	15.40 *
			8th	3F + 3T	10.45 *
			9	3A + 1Eu + 3S	14.08 *
			10	ChSq	3.00
			11	FCSSp	3.00
			12	CCoSp	3.50
total		46.37	total		91.43
* 10% bonus for jumps included in the second half of the program

After the Olympic Games, Hanyū looked for new motivation and challenges. At the start of the season, he said that from now on he wanted to run more for himself than chase points and titles. He dedicated his competitive programs to two of his greatest figure skating idols. In the short program he ran to the piano piece "Otoñal" by the Spanish composer Raúl Di Blasio , which Johnny Weir had performed in his freestyle between 2004 and 2006. Weir was with the program, among other things, two-time US champion and fifth at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Jeffrey Buttle created the choreography for Hanyū's program . The freestyle was a tribute to the Olympic champion and three-time world champion Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko . It was Pljushchenko's "Tribute to Nijinsky " by the Hungarian composer Edvin Marton . Hanyū rearranged the music under the title "Origin" and used the two pieces Art on Ice and Magic Stradivarius . The choreography was by Shae-Lynn Bourne .

At the Autumn Classic International 2018 in Oakville , Hanyū presented its new competition programs for the first time. In the short program he made all the jumps, but made unusual mistakes in the pirouettes, one of which was even completely out of the ranking. In the freestyle, he struggled with stamina problems, fell on a four-fold salchow and tore open a toe loop. All in all, it was enough to win a narrow victory over his training partner Jun-Hwan Cha from South Korea and Roman Sadovsky from Canada .

One month later, at the Grand Prix in Helsinki , Hanyū set three world records in the new rating system. In the short program he received 106.69 points for a clean program. In the freestyle, too, he completed all the planned jumping elements, including four quadruples, of which the Rittberger and Toeloop were underrotated. The sequence of quadruple toe loop and triple axel, which was shown for the first time in an international competition, was particularly spectacular. Hanyū won with a total of 297.12 points and almost 40 points ahead of second-placed Michal Březina from the Czech Republic .

Less than two weeks after the short program record, Hanyū improved his best performance by four points to 110.53 at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow . So far he is the only runner ever to score over 110 points in this segment. He himself achieved this for the fifth time. In training the next morning, Hanyū fell badly while attempting a four-fold Rittberger and injured himself again on the same ankle as a year earlier at the NHK Trophy . He went to the freestyle, but took the Rittberger out of the program and changed five other jumping elements. He started very strongly with quadruple salchow and quadruple toe loop, but towards the end of the program he had to give in to the pain, fell on the first triple axel and tore open the second. Nevertheless, it was enough to win in the freestyle and in the overall standings with around 30 points ahead of the runner-up, Moris Qwitelashvili from Georgia . Third was his compatriot, Kazuki Tomono .

“I was thinking to stop this competition after my injury but it's my choice. I trained hard to be here. I trained hard to pay tribute to Russian skating and Russian choreography. For the final I am satisfied, I am happy right now. "

“I thought about abandoning this competition after my injury, but it was my decision. I trained hard to be here. I've trained hard to pay tribute to Russian figure skating and Russian choreography. I'm satisfied with [qualifying for] the final, I'm happy at the moment. "

- Yuzuru Hanyū on his freestyle : Rostelecom Cup 2018

Finally, Hanyū had to cancel participation in the Grand Prix final in Vancouver due to an injury. The Canadian Keegan Messing moved up for him . So Hanyū missed the final twice in a row. He was also unable to take part in the Japanese Championships for the third time in a row.

Four months later he was back at the World Championships in Saitama , but he had to run on pain medication. In the short program he tore up his fourfold Salchow and was already 13 points behind Nathan Chen at the top due to this mistake . Two days later he ran a strong freestyle, including a clean quadruple Rittberger at the beginning and a sequence of quadruple toe loop and triple axel in the second half. He was the first runner to score over 200 points in the freestyle and 300 in the overall ranking. It wasn't enough to win, because a few minutes later Chen ran a clean program with four quadruple jumps and beat Hanyū by almost 23 points. For Hanyū it was already the third silver medal at world championships. He was the only runner from the Japanese team to win a medal at the home World Cup.

He had to cancel his participation in the World Team Trophy in Tokyo due to his persistent ankle injury. After the World Cup, he talked about his plans for the next season. Among other things, he must increase the technical difficulty of his programs in order to remain competitive. Even with two clean programs in Saitama, he probably wouldn't have won the competition, said the Japanese. He has firmly resolved to include all six different quadruple jumps in his arsenal. Lutz, who was seriously injured in 2017, landed successfully in the summer show Fantasy on Ice in Kobe at the beginning of June .

"I aspire to have a program that cannot be beaten if I can skate it cleanly."

"I'm aiming for a program that can't be beaten if I run clean."

- Yuzuru Hanyū after the World Cup : Olympic Channel

2019/20 season: winning the four continents championships

Hanyu decided at the beginning of the new season to keep his two programs. At the CS Autumn Classic International 2019, Hanyu took first place and thus won the gold medal. Coach Orser praised Hanyu with the words: "I have never seen him so focused at this point in the year".

At the beginning of the Grand Prix, Hanyu competed in his fourth Skate Canada International after winning the silver medal in the previous three competitions. Hanyu took first place in the short program and was twenty points ahead of American Camden Pulkinen . Judging his performance, Hanyu said it "wasn't great, but I felt like I did my best today". He achieved a new personal best in the freestyle. His lead of 59.82 points over silver medalist Nam Nguyen was the largest in the history of the ISU Grand Prix series. He won his second Grand Prix, the 2019 NHK Trophy, with a similarly commanding lead.

Hanyu went alongside Nathan Chen as a co-favorite for the title of the Turin Grand Prix final . Ghislain Briand arrived late, which meant that he had no coach with him for the first segment of the competition. In the short program, Hanyu messed up his quadruple toe loop without performing a combination, and was almost thirteen points behind Chen. He said afterwards that he was "not satisfied" with his performance. In the freestyle, Hanyu landed five quadruple jumps in a program for the first time in his career, including the first quadruple Lutz since his injury in the Olympic season. However, he left out an intended triple-axel-triple-axel sequence. In this segment, too, he finished second behind Chen and thus took the silver medal in the overall standings. The freestyle coincided with Hanyu's birthday. Hanyu expressed his satisfaction at having landed the fourfold Lutz, but also his "regret" for the second part of the program.

At his first Japanese championships since the 2016/17 season, Hanyu took first place in the short program with 5.01 points ahead of Shoma Uno. Several jumping errors in the freestyle meant third place in this segment behind Uno and Yuma Kagiyama . He finished second in the overall standings. It was Hanyu's first defeat in a competition with the UN.

On the way to the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, Hanyu decided to return to his "Ballad No. 1 in G minor" and "Seimei" programs. Referring to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Hanyu noted that while he wanted to win a gold medal again in South Korea, he wanted to bring his own figure skating style to the fore. In the short program, Hanyu broke his own record for the ISU best with 111.82 points. Hanyu called it "the most perfect performance I've ever done". Despite mistakes in two of his fourfold attempts in the freestyle, he also won this segment and took the gold medal in the overall standings with 299 points. With this victory, Hanyu became the first male individual runner to win all major ISU championship competitions in the junior and senior classes, an achievement known as the Super Slam that previously only succeeded five other competitors in the other three figure skating disciplines.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the World Cup in Montreal was canceled in March . The following ice shows in Japan did not take place either. At the ISU Skating Awards 2020, Hanyu was nominated for the best costume and the "Most Valuable Skater" for the 2019-2020 season. He won the latter.

Trainer

Nanami Abe

Yuzuru Hanyū with trainer Nanami Abe at the Cup of Russia 2011

Hanyū trained in his hometown of Sendai until 2012 under his long-time trainer Nanami Abe. Because of his asthma and his school days, he often only has two hours of training a day left. The earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 broke the water pipes under his training hall. He had to move to Yokohama and Hachinohe until the hall could reopen on July 24, 2011.

Brian Orser

Yuzuru Hanyū with trainer Brian Orser in 2014

In April 2012, Hanyū moved to coach Brian Orser . The reason given by the director of the Japanese figure skating federation, Hidehito Ito, was the need for a challenge and the improvement of his figure skating level. Hanyū will continue to attend school in Sendai, but will regularly fly to Toronto with his mother for training . In an interview from October 2012, Brian Orser was pleased about Hanyū's politeness and helpfulness, also in dealing with his training colleague Javier Fernández . However, Orser still needed a translator in the early days.

Shows and exhibitions

Continues with wings

In April 2018, Hanyū put on his first self-produced show called "Continues with Wings" in Tokyo , to which he invited figure skaters who had influenced and inspired him during his ice skating career. These guests included Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko , Johnny Weir , Shae-Lynn Bourne , Jeffrey Buttle and Takahito Mura . All of them showed one or two of their most famous programs and were interviewed by Hanyū in the hall. He himself ran to a total of nine different programs from his junior and senior competitions, although he did not jump because of his injury. In each show he wore a different costume from 2010 and 2011. Stéphane Lambiel and Javier Fernández could not personally take part in the three-day show marathon, but sent video messages that were broadcast in the hall. On the last day of the event, Fernández organized a live stream early in the morning in an ice rink from Spain and showed his Olympic freestyle.

Tribute programs

Hanyū at his gala appearance in PyeongChang 2018

Since the severe Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 , Hanyū has dedicated various programs to his hometown Sendai and the victims of this natural disaster. These include his freestyle Hope and Legacy by Joe Hisaishi and a series of gala programs. Particularly noteworthy is the piano piece Requiem of Heaven and Earth by the Japanese composer Yasunobu Matsuo , which was about the Tōhoku earthquake and the memory of the victims. Hanyū showed his interpretation of this piece of music in the 2015/16 season. After his appearance in the show Fantasy on Ice , he appealed to the audience not to forget to support the heavy destruction in the regions of Tōhoku , Fukushima , Ibaraki and Chiba . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , Hanyū also dedicated his gala program to the victims of the earthquake, which generated a positive response in the media.

Media presence and fan culture

Winnie the Pooh Mascot and Plush Toy Rain

Hanyūs friend and companion is the Disney -Figur Winnie the Pooh . The story began with a tissue box that he brought with him to competitions in his first senior years. Today the plush bear takes part in every competition and sits either on the board of the ice rink or in Hanyū's lap in the Kiss & Cry . This special relationship has not escaped the numerous fans. Hanyū is particularly popular in his home country of Japan and the People's Republic of China and attracts crowds to the stadiums. At the 2015 World Cup in Shanghai , hundreds of fans who had traveled with him threw pooh plush toys on the ice after his freestyle. It took several minutes for the flower girls to collect all the presents from the ice surface. Meanwhile, the "pooh rain" has cult status at Hanyū's performances and the organizers are preparing with additional helpers to collect and sort the gifts. At the Finland Grand Prix 2018 in Helsinki, over 1000 cuddly bears were distributed among several truckloads. When asked what Hanyū does with all the stuffed animals, the Japanese replied that he would keep some of them, but also give them away or donate them to various kindergartens, schools and foundations.

“I really appreciate all the gifts. I get a lot of power from the fans' support and while I can't bring all of them back with me, I can take the energy back with me to Toronto. "

“I really appreciate all of the gifts. I get a lot of strength from the support of the fans and while I can't take all of it with me, I can take the energy with me to Toronto. "

- Yuzuru Hanyu : Finland Grand Prix 2018

Awards and rankings

People's Honor Award

Hanyū was awarded the People's Honor Award on July 2, 2018 by the Japanese Prime Minister , Shinzō Abe , the highest honor for athletes and entertainers in Japan . He is the youngest person to date and the only winter sportsman to have received this award. He was honored on the one hand for his athletic achievement, as the first figure skater to defend the title at the Olympic Winter Games in 66 years , as well as for his historical world records under the old rating system. In addition, he was recognized as a role model and hope for Japanese society.

Japanese Medal of Honor (purple ribbon)

Hanyu has already twice with the Japanese Medal of Honor awarded for his victories at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and 2018 in Pyeongchang . He received the purple ribbon for academic and artistic achievement. In addition to him, the figure skater Shizuka Arakawa and three other athletes were awarded this medal.

ESPN lists 2018

In the year of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Hanyū made it into the ESPN World Fame list of the 100 greatest names in the sport and was ranked 70th. Besides him, only two other winter athletes were included in the list: snowboarder Shaun White and ski racer Lindsey Vonn from the USA . It is noteworthy that Hanyū was ranked among the 100 most popular athletes just by the number of searches on the Internet. He neither has a social media account nor is there any information about his advertising income.

In the same year he was ranked 11th in the ESPN list of the 20 most dominant athletes. The list was created on the basis of the scores, prize money and other factors achieved by an athlete in the 17/18 season and related to the best performances within the sport since 1998. Hanyū achieved a dominance rate of 1.174. For comparison, US gymnast Simone Biles took first place with a rate of 3,248.

World records and other milestones

World records in international competitions

In his career, Yuzuru Hanyū has already set nineteen world records, six of them in direct succession at the NHK Trophy and the Grand Prix Final in 2015. Three years later, at the Finland Grand Prix in Helsinki , he again set records in all three segments put. No single runner has set more world records since the introduction of the cumulative scoring system in 2004.

He currently holds the record in the short program and all three competition segments in the old rating system. With the introduction of the new +/- 5 system, all records up to and including the 2017/18 season were frozen and declared historical.

World records in the overall standings
#	date	score	competition	Remarks
4th	23 March 2019	300.97	World Figure Skating Championships 2019	Hanyū was the first runner to break the barrier of 300 points in the overall ranking in the new rating system. A few minutes later, his record was broken by the American Nathan Chen with 323.42 points.
3	4th November 2018	297.12	Finland Grand Prix 2018	Hanyū improved Chen's world record (280.57) by almost 17 points. It was his first overall record in the new +/- 5 system.
2	December 12, 2015	330.43	Grand Prix Final 2015	Hanyū is the first and so far only runner who scored over 330 points in the overall standings. It is the best overall result under the +/- 3 system and has been declared historic by the ISU.
1	November 28, 2015	322.40	NHK Trophy 2015	He exceeded Patrick Chan's two-year record on November 16, 2013 and became the first runner in history to break the 300-point mark. In addition, he was the first runner to score over 320 points in the overall ranking.
World records in the short program
#	date	score	competition	Remarks
10	February 7, 2020	111.82	Four continents championships 2020	For the tenth time, Hanyū set a world record in the short program. He set the record for the technical elements to 63.42 and the program components to 48.40 .
9	16th November 2018	110.53	Rostelecom Cup 2018	Hanyū improved his record by four points within two weeks. Also in the TES (62.44) and PCS (48.09) he set new highs under the new rating system.
8th	3rd November 2018	106.69	Finland Grand Prix 2018	Hanyū's first world record since the introduction of the new +/- 5 rating system. He replaced compatriot Shōma Uno with a new record of 106.69 points (104.15). At the same time, Hanyū set new records in the TES (59.09) and PCS (47.60).
7th	22nd September 2017	112.72	Autumn Classic International 2017	In addition to the world record in the short program, Hanyū also set a new record of 64.17 points in the technical elements. It is the best short program rating under the old +/- 3 system and has been declared historic.
6th	December 10, 2015	110.95	Grand Prix Final 2015	Hanyū was the first and so far only runner to score over 110 points in the short program. The 49.14 points in the artistic components are still a high in the men's short program.
5	November 27, 2015	106.33	NHK Trophy 2015
4th	February 13, 2014	101.45	Olympic Winter Games 2014 (Individual)	The Japanese was the first runner in history to break the 100-point barrier in the short program.
3	5th December 2013	99.84	Grand Prix Final 2013	Hanyū broke Patrick Chan's record on November 15, 2013.
2	November 23, 2012	95.32	NHK Trophy 2012
1	19th October 2012	95.07	Skate America 2012	He beat Daisuke Takahashi's record in the April 19, 2012 short program.
World records in the freestyle
#	date	score	competition	Remarks
5	23 March 2019	206.10	World Figure Skating Championships 2019	As the first runner, Hanyū exceeded the mark of 200 points in the freestyle according to the new rating system. Less than 10 minutes later, Nathan Chen improved this record with 216.02 points. In the components, Hanyū set a new record of 95.48 points.
4th	4th November 2018	190.43	Finland Grand Prix 2018	Hanyū's first free-style record under the new +/- 5 rating system. He improved Chen's high (189.99) by just under half a point.
3	April 1, 2017	223.20	World Figure Skating Championships 2017	Hanyū is the first and so far only runner who scored over 220 points in the freestyle. He also set a new record in the technical elements with 126.12 points. In March 2018, Nathan Chen improved the technical record with 127.62 points. It is the highest freestyle rating under the old +/- 3 system and has been declared historical.
2	December 12, 2015	219.48	Grand Prix Final 2015	In addition to the freestyle record, Hanyū also achieved a new high of 98.56 points in the artistic components, which has not been exceeded to this day.
1	November 28, 2015	216.07	NHK Trophy 2015	He broke Patrick Chan's record on November 16, 2013 and became the first runner in history to surpass the 200-point mark in the freestyle.

Other records and world firsts

Status: July 13, 2020

Title wins

• By winning the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi , Yuzuru Hanyū is the first Asian Olympic champion in men's figure skating and the youngest since Dick Button in 1948.
• At the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang , Hanyū became the first runner since Button (1948 and 1952) to win two Olympic Games in a row. His gold medal was precisely the 1,000th awarded at the Winter Games.
• He is the first Asian runner and the only one since Alexei Jagudin in 2001/02 to win the "triple" of Grand Prix finals , Olympics and World Championships within one season (2013/14).
• Hanyū is the first Asian runner in the men's competition to win two world titles (most recently in Helsinki in 2017 ).
• With the victory at the 2016 Grand Prix final in Marseille , he is the first and so far only individual runner to have won four Grand Prix finals in a row.
• With the victory at the four continents championships in 2020 , Hanyū completed the "Super Slam" in figure skating as the first men's individual runner. He won all international junior championships ( world championships and grand prix finals) and senior championships ( winter olympic games , world championships , four continents championships and grand prix finals ).

Jump elements

• On September 30, 2016 at the Autumn Classic International in Pierrefonds , Hanyū was the first runner in history to land a four-time Rittberger in the international competition.
• As the first runner, Hanyū landed three quadruple jumps in the second half of a program, including the world first quadruple toeloop / Euler / triple salchow at the World Team Trophy 2017 in Tokyo .
• At the Finland Grand Prix 2018 in Helsinki, Hanyū was the first runner to land a jump sequence of quadruple toe loop and triple axel in an international competition, albeit with slight deductions due to an unsafe landing. At the 2019 World Cup in Saitama , he finally succeeded in the sequence with a positive rating (+3.12 GOE).
• At the Skate Canada Grand Prix 2019 , Hanyū was the first runner to land a combination of quadruple toe loop / Euler / triple flip. At the same time, it was the element with the highest technical rating in history (20.90 points).

Results

Season overview and placements

Hanyū triumphs for the fourth time in a row at the 2016 Grand Prix Final , setting a new record

Hanyū wins the 2015 Grand Prix Final ahead of Javier Fernandez and Shoma Uno

Championship / season	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
Olympic Winter Games (Individual)						1.				1.
Olympic Winter Games (team)						5.				Z
World championships			Z	3.	4th	1.	2.	2.	1.	Z	2.
Four continents championships			2.		2.				2.			1.
Junior World Championships	12.	1.
Japanese championships	8th.	6th	4th	3.	1.	1.	1.	1.	Z	Z	Z	2.
Japanese Junior Championships	1.	1.
Grand Prix competition / season	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
Grand Prix Final			NQ	4th	2.	1.	1.	1.	1.	NQ	Z	2.
NHK Trophy			4th		1.		4th	1.	1.	Z		1.
Cup of Russia			7th	1.						2.	1.
Cup of China				4th			2.
Skate America					2.
Skate Canada						2.		2.	2.			1.
Eric Bompard Trophy						2.
Grand Prix (Finland)											1.
Junior Grand Prix competition / season	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
JGP finals		1.
JGP Croatia		1.
JGP Poland		1.
JGP Italy	5th
Other competition / season	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20
World Team Trophy							3.		1.
Nebelhorn Trophy				1.
Finlandia Trophy					1.	1.
Autumn Classic International								1.	1.	2.	1.	1.

Z = Resigned, NQ = Not Qualified

Detailed results

Hanyū with Nathan Chen and Shoma Uno on the podium of the Four Continents Championships 2017

Hanyū wins the 2014 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona ahead of Javier Fernandez and Sergei Voronov

Hanyū at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships

Podium at the 2014 Olympic Games : Patrick Chan (silver), Yuzuru Hanyū (gold), Denis Ten (bronze)

Hanyū (left) on the podium at the 2011 Four Continents Championship

The following table lists the results from the senior sector. Personal bests are highlighted in bold. Newly set world records are also shown in italics.

Figure skating season 2019/20
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
Four continents championships 2020	1	111.82	1	187.60	1	299.42
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2019	1	110.72	2	172.05	2	282.77
Grand Prix Final 2019/20	2	97.43	2	194.00	2	291.43
NHK Trophy 2019	1	109.34	1	195.71	1	305.05
Skate Canada 2019	1	109.60	1	212.99	1	322.59
Autumn Classic International 2019	1	98.38	1	180.67	1	279.05
Figure skating season 2018/19
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Figure Skating Championships 2019	3	94.87	2	206.10	2	300.97
Rostelecom Cup 2018	1	110.53	1	167.89	1	278.42
Finland Grand Prix 2018	1	106.69	1	190.43	1	297.12
Autumn Classic International 2018	1	97.74	2	165.91	1	263.65
Figure skating season 2017/18
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
Olympic Winter Games 2018 (Individual)	1	111.68	2	206.17	1	317.85
Rostelecom Cup 2017	2	94.85	1	195.92	2	290.77
Autumn Classic International 2017	1	112.72	5	155.52	2	268.24
Figure skating season 2016/17
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Team Trophy 2017	7th	83.51	1	200.49	1 (3)	284.00
World Figure Skating Championships 2017	5	98.39	1	223.20	1	321.59
Four continents championships 2017	3	97.04	1	206.67	2	303.71
Grand Prix Final 2016/17	1	106.53	3	187.37	1	293.90
NHK Trophy 2016	1	103.89	1	197.58	1	301.47
Skate Canada 2016	4th	79.65	1	183.41	2	263.06
Autumn Classic International 2016	1	88.30	1	172.27	1	260.57
Figure skating season 2015/16
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Figure Skating Championships 2016	1	110.56	2	184.61	2	295.17
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2015	1	102.63	1	183.73	1	286.36
Grand Prix Final 2015/16	1	110.95	1	219.48	1	330.43
NHK Trophy 2015	1	106.33	1	216.07	1	322.40
Skate Canada 2015	6th	73.25	2	186.29	2	259.54
Autumn Classic International 2015	1	93.14	1	184.05	1	277.19
Figure skating season 2014/15
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Team Trophy 2015	1	96.27	1	192.31	3 (1)	288.58
World Figure Skating Championships 2015	1	95.20	3	175.88	2	271.08
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2014	1	94.36	1	192.50	1	286.86
Grand Prix Final 2014/15	1	94.08	1	194.08	1	288.16
NHK Trophy 2014	5	78.01	3	151.79	4th	229.80
Cup of China 2014	2	82.95	2	154.60	2	237.55
Figure skating season 2013/14
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Figure Skating Championships 2014	3	91.24	1	191.35	1	282.59
Olympic Winter Games 2014 (Individual)	1	101.45	1	178.64	1	280.09
Olympic Winter Games 2014 (Team)	1	97.98	-	-	5	-
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2013	1	103.10	1	194.70	1	297.80
Grand Prix Final 2013/14	1	99.84	1	193.41	1	293.25
Trophée Eric Bompard 2013	2	95.37	2	168.22	2	263.59
Skate Canada 2013	3	80.40	2	154.40	2	234.80
Finlandia Trophy 2013	1	84.66	1	180.93	1	265.59
Figure skating season 2012/13
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Figure Skating Championships 2013	9	75.94	3	169.05	4th	244.99
Four continents championships 2013	1	87.65	3	158.73	2	246.38
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2012	1	97.68	2	187.55	1	285.23
Grand Prix Final 2012/13	3	87.17	2	177.12	2	264.29
NHK Trophy 2012	1	95.32	1	165.71	1	261.03
Skate America 2012	1	95.07	3	148.67	2	243.74
Finlandia Trophy 2012	2	75.57	1	172.56	1	248.13
Figure skating season 2011/12
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
World Figure Skating Championships 2012	7th	77.07	2	173.99	3	251.06
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2011	4th	74.32	1	167.59	3	241.91
Grand Prix Final 2011/12	4th	79.33	3	166.49	4th	245.82
Rostelekom Cup 2011	2	82.78	2	158.88	1	241.66
Cup of China 2011	2	81.37	4th	145.16	4th	226.53
Nebelhorn Trophy 2011	1	75.26	1	151.00	1	226.26
Figure skating season 2010/11
event	Short program		Freestyle		total
Four continents championships 2011	3	76.43	3	151.58	2	228.01
Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2010	2	78.94	4th	141.12	4th	220.06
Rostelekom Cup 2010	6th	70.24	6th	132.42	7th	202.66
NHK Trophy 2010	5	69.31	4th	138.41	4th	207.72

Programs

Hanyū with Chopin's No. 1 ballad at the 2015 World Championships

Hanyū runs to Phantom of the Opera at the 2014 Grand Prix Final

Hanyū at the exhibition gala of the Skate Canada tournament 2013

Hanyū shows a free-style for the Romeo and Juliet Medley at the Cup of China 2011

season	Short program	Freestyle	Gala (exhibition)
2019/20	Ballad No. 1 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle * Program change at the Four Continents Championships 2020	Seimei Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne * Program change at the Four Continents Championships 2020	Hope and Legacy : View of Silence Asian Dream Song Composer: Joe Hisaishi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne Seimei Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne Notte stellata (The Swan) Composers: Tony Renis , Camille Saint-Saëns Interpreter: Il Volo Choreography: David Wilson Haru yo, Koi Composer: Yumi Matsutōya Artist: Shinya Kiyozuka Choreography: David Wilson Parisienne Walkways Composer: Gary Moore Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle
	Otoñal Composer: Raúl Di Blasio Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Origin : Art on Ice Magic Stradivarius Composer: Edvin Marton Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne
2018/19	Otoñal Composer: Raúl Di Blasio Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Origin : Art on Ice Magic Stradivarius Composer: Edvin Marton Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne	Masquerade Artist: ToshI Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne Crystal Memories Artist: ToshI Choreography: David Wilson Haru yo, Koi Composer: Yumi Matsutōya Artist: Shinya Kiyozuka Choreography: David Wilson
2017/18	Ballad No. 1 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Seimei Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne	Haru yo, Koi Composer: Yumi Matsutōya Artist: Shinya Kiyozuka Choreography: David Wilson Hope and Legacy : View of Silence Asian Dream Song Composer: Joe Hisaishi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne Wings of Words Composers: Yukinojo Mori, Yoko Kasinagaya, Naohisa Taniguchi Interpreter: Chemistry Notte stellata (The Swan) Composers: Tony Renis , Camille Saint-Saëns Interpreter: Il Volo Choreography: David Wilson
2016/17	Let's Go Crazy Artist: Prince Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Hope and Legacy : View of Silence Asian Dream Song Composer: Joe Hisaishi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne	Notte stellata (The Swan) Composers: Tony Renis , Camille Saint-Saëns Interpreter: Il Volo Choreography: David Wilson
2015/16	Ballad No. 1 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Seimei Composer: Shigeru Umebayashi Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne	The Final Time Traveler Artist: Sarah Alainn Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Hana wa Saku Interpreter: Fumiya Sashida Choreography: Nanami Abe Requiem of Heaven and Earth Composer: Yasunobu Matsuo Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto
2014/15	Ballad No. 1 Composer: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	The Phantom of the Opera Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Choreography: Shae-Lynn Bourne	Hello, I Love You Artist: The Doors ( Adam Freeland -Remix) Choreography: Kurt Browning Believe Artist: Che'Nelle Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Vertigo Interpret: U2 Choreography: Nanami Abe Parisienne Walkways Composer: Gary Moore Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle The Final Time Traveler Artist: Sarah Alainn Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Hana wa Saku Interpreter: Fumiya Sashida Choreography: Nanami Abe
2013/14	Parisienne Walkways Composer: Gary Moore Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Romeo and Juliet Composer: Nino Rota Choreography: David Wilson	Hana ni Nare interpreter: Fumiya Sashida Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Romeo and Juliet - Medley : Kissing You Artist: Des'ree Escape composer: Craig Armstrong Choreography: Nanami Abe White Legend ( Swan Lake ) Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Interpret: Ikuko Kawai Choreography: Nanami Abe Story interpreter: Ai Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Notre Dame de Paris Composer: Riccardo Cocciante Choreography: David Wilson Etude in D flat minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Composer: Alexander Scriabin Choreography: Nanami Abe
2012/13	Parisienne Walkways Composer: Gary Moore Choreography: Jeffrey Buttle	Notre Dame de Paris Composer: Riccardo Cocciante Choreography: David Wilson	Hana ni Nare interpreter: Fumiya Sashida Choreography: Kenji Miyamoto Hello, I Love You Artist: The Doors ( Adam Freeland -Remix) Choreography: Kurt Browning
2011/12	Etude in D flat minor, Op. 8, No. 12 Composer: Alexander Scriabin Choreography: Nanami Abe	Romeo and Juliet : O Verona Kissing you Escape Composer: Craig Armstrong Interpret: Des'ree Choreography: Nanami Abe	White Legend ( Swan Lake ) Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Interpret: Ikuko Kawai Choreography: Nanami Abe Somebody to Love Artist: Justin Bieber Choreography: Nanami Abe
2010/11	White Legend ( Swan Lake ) Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Interpret: Ikuko Kawai Choreography: Nanami Abe	Gypsy Wise Composer: Pablo de Sarasate Choreography: Nanami Abe	Vertigo Interpret: U2 Choreography: Nanami Abe

Web links

Commons : Yuzuru Hanyu  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yuzuru Hanyu in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Yuzuru Hanyu on the Olympic Channel (English)

Individual evidence

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30. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
31. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
32. ↑ http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/hanyu-breaks-2-more-of-his-records-to-win-gp-final
33. ↑ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2016: Men short program - Judges details per skater. (PDF; 54.61 kB) International Ice Skating Union (ISU), December 8, 2016, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English). 
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36. ↑ ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2017 - Men Planned Program Content - Check List. (PDF; 58.67 kB) International Ice Skating Union (ISU), October 19, 2017, accessed on November 6, 2017 (English). 
37. ↑ Olympic Winter Games 2018: Men short program - Judges details per skater. (PDF; 206.0 kB) International Ice Skating Union (ISU), February 16, 2018, accessed on November 6, 2018 (English). 
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39. ↑ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018 Helsinki: Men short program - Judges details per skater. (PDF; 65.0 kB) International Ice Skating Union (ISU), November 3, 2018, accessed on November 6, 2018 (English). 
40. ↑ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018 Helsinki: Men free skating - Judges details per skater. (PDF; 67.8 kB) International Ice Skating Union (ISU), November 4, 2018, accessed on November 6, 2018 (English). 
41. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu reveals motivation and music ahead of new season. Olympic Channel , accessed November 6, 2018 . 
42. ↑ Olympic Channel on Twitter. Olympic Channel , accessed November 17, 2018 . 
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44. ↑ http://www.goldenskate.com/2011/04/shooting-for-the-top/
45. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
46. ↑ http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120425&content_id=29616874&vkey=ice_news
47. ↑ http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121019&content_id=39929628&vkey=ice_news
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50. ↑ How earthquake survivor Yuzuru Hanyu persevered to achieve his dream. Olympic Channel , accessed November 6, 2018 . 
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68. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2016/17. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
69. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2015/16. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
70. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2014/15. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
71. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2013/14. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
72. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2012/13. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
73. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2011/12. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
74. ↑ Yuzuru Hanyu: 2010/11. (No longer available online.) International Skating Union (ISU), archived from the original on May 16, 2010 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.