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Hi, I am in love with Yuzu's Notte Stellata, so I wondered which magazine/photobook will be the best investment for swan pictures?

I just hope he doesn't grow a beard. I can't even imagine...

Here are some gifs of Yuzu getting immersed in his music! Everyone please cheer up! source

In the article it was written that he hadn't resume practice yet, so the inflammation is what prolonged the recovery and what's stopping him from getting on ice, and not the result of the practice. It seems like he hasn't even been on ice yet

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20171214-00000094-sph-spo It seems like he has inflammation in the joints and tendons too? That's why his recovery is not going as fast as they first estimated it to be. (Or was this already posted, and I am simply late in finding it out?)

I saw a comment yesterday, which inspired my train of thought for this post. More or less the poster was saying that while the skaters who do many quads but have incorrect techniques are having an edge over the skaters who don't have as many quads now, they will find themselves at the mercy of their own federations and other federations as soon as there are stronger players coming up. My personal thoughts are: (I am kinda regretting posting it now, looking back at it, but since I already spent some time on it, I may as well post it. So here's a long rambling that none of you asked for) It is a "sound" strategy for the younger skaters to add more quads in order to gain foothold in the senior circuit and fight for a place on the podium, because they have mileage on BV therefore they are able to "control their destiny" more so than the skaters that have lower BV. As long as they skate their programs somewhat cleanly (or even with a fall/pop in the midst of 4-5 quads), they will be guaranteed high BV. There is nothing wrong with this logic, per say, as figure skating is a sport. Looking at the results, I will say their strategy works, as we had seen their PCS rose steadily (some more than others) over the past seasons, regardless of whether they truly show better SS, TR, PE, CO, and IN during their programs over the season. I don't begrudge them for taking this route, because they are not the first and only skaters who do that. Yuzu used a similar strategy when he first debuted in the senior circuit, because he knew what he lacked in experience, stamina, and reputation he could made up with technical difficulty (and his iron will). Objectively, it is a good strategy, because one should do what they need to do in order to gain an edge over their competitors, within reason. Competitive figure skating career is so short, that there really is no time to waste (I get it, no one trains for these quads just for the fun of it). But with that said, I really hope the young skaters are not going to be content with the performances they are currently giving. Because for many of them, once the novelty of quads are wearing off, or when they are no longer pushed by their federations, they would find themselves as the first targets for UR/pre, not having a step, wrong edges, lack of transitions etc. And that would be sad, because I entered into this figure skating world in the midst of this exciting era, where there are full of possibilities as skater, and all of these may be ruined by the ineffective judging. I find these skaters to be promising, as they may potentially become the next skater(s) to push the boundaries and have their place in history, but with the current judging, I worried more about how they push the boundaries of how a 4F or 4Lz should be executed, or how a winning program should have five or six quads with no transitions between them (and kids that is how you get that high PCS). But of course, that's not on the skaters themselves, as it is incompetent judging that enables that. But even so, I hope they will improve, and not take things as it is, however sweet it may be for them currently. I think that is what's really impressive about Yuzu's skating (among other reasons). He had made himself so impenetrable (?) that one cannot simply attacks him for his techniques, because his jumps, transitions, spins and skating skills are among the best. From the time he debuted as senior, when he was criticized heavily for his 3F, his SS, his stamina, his noodly arms..., to now when he had shown significant improvements on those elements, the critics are left with nothing to objectively criticized him on. He had went from being the "young boy that only knows how to do jumps" (not my words) to the man who arguably is best at balancing skating skills and technical difficulties into his programs. That's why the media outlets or the "experts" are left with only the subjective side of things, like his display of emotions, his interpretation, and his so-called inconsistency, to focus on. Like many people had said, Yuzuru deserves a mighty load of respect for the fact that he keeps improving, pushing boundaries even after he became the OGM, GPF champion, and WC champion. He knew his weaknesses, and he worked hard to overcome them, even when he could just chose an easier route and let his reputation carried him. So it is quite ironic in that while the young skaters gain control by increasing their BV, they also render themselves powerless in face of a stronger federation (or politics really). While I dislike how much federations and politics play into the scores and results of a competition, you can't really blame everything on them when you consistently UR your jumps, or not follow the rules, as vague as they are. I mean, Satoko found that out fast when she was at the top of the podium in SA, and to be off the podium at GPF two weeks later. It is unfair no matter how you look at it, to only receive a call at panel's whim, but at the same time, didn't she gave opportunity to the tech panel with her UR jumps? (I am just using an example, I really like her skating). It is unfair how Mikhail is the only one to get called on for his lack of steps preceding his jumps, while the other top contenders didn't, but didn't he make himself vulnerable to the possibility of such calls in the first place? I am not trying to defend this judging mess, because I dislike it as much as the next person here, but there are things that are out of control for the skaters (like incompetent judging and unfair calls), and there are also things within control of the skaters (jumping techniques, obeying requirements). (Am I being too harsh? I swear I am not trying to burn them at stakes!) In order to truly become closer in controlling your own fate, the most you can do as a skater is to have good techniques because they are the only thing that you can depend on. Even if you don't achieve the score or results you desire (or deserve), due to some outside reasons, at least you won't be the sacrificial lamb of the political war (without putting up some sort of a fight). Today the judges or technical panel may fall in love with you (or your fed) and reward you plenty on your strengths and close an eye to your errors, the next day they may fall in love with someone else and start taking off points on all those errors they never punished you before. As a skater you can't do anything to control that, as sad as it is, but you can at least make sure they don't punish you for what you do correctly. I hope young skaters who are watching Yuzu's performances and are inspired by him now, will inherit his figure skating's spirit and view of the perfect skate and carry it on no matter what the future may hold.

(source) (video) During 2012 WC practice, for a moment Yuzu posed the beginning pose of RJ1 before he realized he was supposed to practice Etude.

Here is the link: (around 22:43 mark) http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM3NDUxODkyOA==.html?_time=1365.790 It is during the 6min warm up at 2015 SC. I don't exactly know what happened then, but from the looks of it, I assume his blade got caught with something and he tried to catch it in the air after shaking it off his blade. As a bonus: (cr: YuzuruInfoStation) Cheers to the amazing SE-3A-SE he pulled in the competition!

It's time to bring this back... never forget how happy we were... (google search; cannot embed it)

source Haha, so excited that he didn't know which hand to raise

Thank you!

Ooh, that sounds beautiful! I don't remember if I had seen anything like that. Is there a way you can share your clip so it may ring a bell to someone here and hopefully makes it easier to recognize?

On a side note, an interesting tidbit I found is, At age 19, Yuzuru Hanyu is the youngest male figure skater to win Olympic in more than 60 years. At age 24, Shizuka Arakawa is the oldest female figure skater to win Olympic in more than 80 years. Wow at the parallels Bonuses: Both grew up in Sendai. Both skated at Sendai ice rink. Both had Nanami Abe as former skating coach. Both are Tohoku High School graduates. Both are students at Waseda University. Both are the only Japanese Olympic gold medalists in figure skating (men's and women's). Both are the only Japanese gold medalist at the respective Olympic (2006 and 2014). Both have only earned silver medals in Four Continents Championships when they participated.

Okay, so this is what I digged up. Please be aware there may be some inaccuracies in it (I wasn't able to completely dig everything up due to the time constraint). Also, this is only applicable to male single skater. Please correct me if you find mistakes! Hanyu Yuzuru 2007.11 He is the first novice skater to get a medal (bronze) in JPN Junior Nationals 2008.11 He is the youngest Japanese Junior National champion, when he was 13 years old (two weeks shy of his 14th birthday) 2009.09 He is the youngest Japanese Junior GP gold medalist (2009 Torun Cup) 2009.12 He is the youngest Junior GPF gold medalist, when he was 14 years old (three days shy of his 15th birthday). 2010.03 He is the youngest Japanese skater who won Junior World Championship, when he was 15 years old. 2011.02 He is the youngest medalist in Four Continent Championship, when he was 16 years old . 2011.11 He is the youngest Japanese GP gold medalist (2011 CoR) 2012.03 He is the youngest Japanese World Championship medalist (bronze), at the age of 17. 2013.12 He is the youngest Japanese GPF gold medalist, at the age of 19. (He is also one of the two Japanese men to win GPF, the other is Daisuke Takahashi.) 2014.02 He is the youngest Japanese Olympic gold medalist (FS), at the age of 19. (He is the only male Japanese and Asian figure skater to win Olympic in FS) 2014.03 He is the youngest Japanese World Championship gold medalist, at the age of 19. (He is also one of the two Japanese men to win WC, the other is Daisuke Takahashi.)

He was the gold medalist in 2009 Novice National Championship, so he was invited to compete in Junior National Championship, where he placed 3rd. So at the time (2009-2010) he was still competing at novice level if that's what you mean? He made his international debut as junior skater in 2011-12 season.

Shoma also won a bronze medal in 2009 Junior Nats as a novice skater, but he wasn't sent to Senior Nats.

Haha, here is an excerpt I got from the Wikipedia page (source): I bet Yuzu was kuyashi at his age for making him miss an opportunity to skate lol. But then he will have to prepare another FS because of the extra 30secs requirements to skate in a senior event? ETA: Even as a novice, he has the highest FS score for the event.

I don't know him that well either. He just made a deep impression on me when I saw the news of him landing 3A and him being a Sendai native (Anything remotely connected to Yuzu leave impression on me lol). TBH I don't know him or his skating much beyond that. I was just fascinated by how the jumping techniques of Japanese skaters have been heavily criticized, so I got interested in the whole coaching subject. IIRC Yamada's skaters were known for UR in their jumps? And I remembered it is noted Yuzu has such a proper and good jumping technique due to the influence of his former coach Shoichiro Tsuzuki (I guess I should be thankful he escaped the Nagoya camp?) . So I got curious at what made his edge jumps bad (or skaters in general really)- could it be from a coach's teaching, or should it be attributed to himself? Sorry that I keep asking you questions. These questions should probably be reserved for the skating thread.

Oh, isn't that Mitsuki's? I was asking about Shun because of your comment on his edge jumps... I was curious on whether there is one predominant skating coach in Sendai to teach the new and upcoming Sendai skaters since Nanami Abe is mostly a choreographer now. I remembered him being affiliated to Sendai FC so it means he has to be training at Sendai right?

Sorry to be off-topic, but do you know who is his coach? It always interested me to read how a skater's jump technique can be attributed to their coaches.

How about young Shun Sato? He is only 13 right? and to pull a 3A as his last jumping pass at Nationals? (I haven't really watched him much, but he seems to have a lot of potential?) What's with Sendai and its water?

I just enjoyed watching the motion of it, and not what he is eating haha. He takes such big bites that it is like watching chipmunk eating lol. (source)

Here is a video to lift everyone's spirit up! I think all of you will be smiling throughout the entire video. http://t.cn/R0kP660?m=4159022858368203&u=3037417180 P.S.: Don't watch if you are hungry or on a diet!

Hi, here you go! If you are interested in more of them, you will find more success if you search "Rostelecom Cup" instead of "CoR" P.S.: Do you have trouble viewing them as in they are not available in your country? Tell me if this one doesn't work.

Now, in hindsight, I am so glad there were so many fan projects organized for Yuzu these past months. At first, I thought we were getting a little out of hands with showing our support, with so many projects and whatnot, but now I am so grateful to all the fans who took the time to initiate and organize them. Arguably, this may be the hardest period of time for Yuzu (and his fans) in his senior career with what is at stake this season (I am sure this season is up there along with the 2014-15 season and the Tohoku earthquake), so I am so happy we took the opportunity to show our support to him. Hopefully he will gain strength from all the fan messages he received. I am sure he knows he has quite a large fan following in Japan, but all the projects this season would make it extra clear to him the support he has from all over the world, not just in Japan. If nothing else, I hope they at least lifted his spirit up for a while.