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Yuzuru HANYU

flagJPN
  • Date of birth07 Dec 1994
  • Height172 CM
  • Professionfulltime athlete
  • HometownSendai
  • Place of birthSendai
  • Start skating / Club 1999 / ANA
  • HobbiesNone
  • CoachBrian Orser, Ghislain Briand, Tracy Wilson
  • ChoreographerJeffrey Buttle, Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Former CoachNanami Abe, Shoichiro Tsuzuki
  • Practice low seasonToronto and Sendai
  • Practice high seasonToronto and Sendai
  • bio

Hanyu is the first Japanese male skater to win Olympic gold and the first man since 1948 and 1952 Olympic Champion Dick Button (USA) to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals. He is the first skater to perform a clean quadruple loop in competition (2016 Autumn Classics in Canada). Hanyu became the first skater to surpass a total score of 300 points (322.40 points at NHK Trophy 2015). Hanyu followed his older sister into skating. He looks up to Johnny Weir in figure skating. Hanyu's home and ice rink were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami catastrophe on March 11, 2011 and he trained in Yokohama before the ice rink re-opened four months later. Hanyu moved to Canada for training in spring 2012. Hanyu has contributed significantly to the choreography of his programs in the 2021/22 season.

Music Short Program as of season 2021/2022

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns, performed by Shinya Kiyozuka

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2021/2022

Ten to Chi to ("Heaven and Earth") by Isao Tomita

skaters bests

Personal Best Total ScoreISU GP Skate Canada International 201926 Oct 2019322.59
Personal Best Score Short ProgramISU Four Continents Championships 202007 Feb 2020111.82
Personal Best Score Free SkatingISU GP Skate Canada International 201926 Oct 2019212.99