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OT Ken Watanabe is an absolutely amazing person. I forget which town but a small cafe was set up after the disaster with his support and every single day without fail he would (and perhaps still does) fax them a hand-written letter of support. They keep them all in a binder at the cafe for customers to read.

I think they must have gotten a bit excited.

Please feel free to de-butcher my butchery.

Grey bit. Probably more mistakes than not. Not really too sure of what I'm doing here! First paragraph is corrected by @Kizuna (thank you!) 4 years since we were deeply moved We thought, if only we could become strength for Yuzuru Hanyu-senshu, who will once again challenge that decisive game, even if only a little, then we put all our thoughts and feeling during these four years into a new support song “The miracle you draw” which we were given the chance to present. Furthermore, we wanted to deliver the feelings of everyone who is cheering for Hanyu, so with the co-operation and guidance of the people of Hanyu's starting point, “Ice Ring Sendai,” we were able to produce this video. By all means, please leave your messages of support for Yuzuru Hanyu in the comment field!

He was asked which athlete he was most interested in these Olympics: "I think Hanyu-kun!! Hanyu-kun. As expected," he immediately replied. He raised the tone of his voice and repeatedly called the name of the defending champion. How cute is that? (Sorry for my bad translation.)

Sorry, I get really exhausted translating so I've just done quickly up to the grey part. We thought about writing various things but we've given up! We used them all up in our lyrics. We only have one wish! The truth is, we want you to be yourself We want you to leave no regrets We want you to enjoy your performance. It became 3! Sorry... (If no one comes along before me I'll do the rest in a little while. )

Well that would explain why I couldn't find it. Ohnoohnoohnoohno. Too much! (Lol I totally understand those Tweets now.)

His expression in that photo is unbelievable.

It's around 3:00:00. That's all there was, though. I wonder when the "teddy bears" bit was shown.

The real question is what will his SEIMEI costume do to us? Newcostumenewcostumenewcostumegogogogoyayayay!

Then hot diggity damn, he looks in great shape for next week's battle!

lolwut? Really? I bet it was a direct response to CoR.

Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want all that hairspray again?

I bet it's going to be hell trying to get tickets to anything next season.

>_> Psst. Arm veins.. <_< Looks new. ETA The post before is in ROMANIA and the one after in Toronto. Confusion.

Video at top of page. I couldn't make out what he was saying until the Tweets! I hope someone recorded it.

Oh no! XD Aww but it's so cute. I wonder when they filmed it.

That’s my #1 concern, too.

We’ve heard 9th and 11th so I’m betting he arrives on the 10th

や。。。やばい。。。

I love the gold and silver foil. Just gorgeous. (Plz sell it to all of us.)

Continued ”the younger brother passed along his older brother's message: "because yuzuru's vigor gave me needed strength and courage." their father subsequently established an association to support yuzuru hanyu. thus, the words of the sakata family were able to also give yuzuru strength.”

I wish we were all immune to these sorts of sweet stories. That this is remarkable is such a shame. This should be normal behavior for all human beings.

I would have ordered the minute it went up on Amazon if I'd seen this first. Why'd they wait so bloody long? What's the point now? ARGHhhhghwehrweigeoirhag.

Fred and Abe, Olympics style.