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Awww. Those ARE really cute!! She's not selling them though. She's showing us how to make them ourselves.

Evil. That reminds me of those collectible card games where you buy a pack of cards and most of the cards in the pack are "common" cards with several "uncommon" cards. If you're lucky, you would get a "rare" card, which gives you a lot of advantage in winning the game and are highly sought-after, but in order to get that rare card, you have to buy many packs of cards. That's how I am about Citizen watches. If I buy one, it would only be because Yuzu endorsed it. As for the doll, does it look that much like him? I suspect it's mostly the costume? Can you link to a picture? I'm just curious.

Of course casino-man would not like Yuzu's message because Yuzu is essentially discouraging people from gathering, which is the best way to reduce the spread of the virus. People not "gathering" also means empty casinos, so I'm sure casino-man would not be happy with that. If he doesn't care about people risking their finances in his casinos, do you think he will care about their health and well-being? It was the same with the Las Vegas casinos when they wanted to stay open in April during the lock down and the idiot mayor supported them and wanted to keep the casinos opened. Luckily it wasn't her decision to make. On the other hand, Yuzu clearly cares about his fans and he wants to minimize the risk not only for himself, but for everyone else too. It's pretty obvious who is the better man here.

Ngl, I'm definitely relieved that Yuzu has decided to skip the GP. He loves to compete, so I'm sure it will not be easy for him to watch others competing while he sits this one out. However, he's looking at the big picture, and he's doing what he feels is right for himself, as well as for many others. Of course I will miss his skating terribly. I hope he will toss us some crumbs every now and then. How about modeling those new costumes in front of that white wall? There's a nice little corner where you can show us some of your new choreo too.

Dreams on Ice broadcast info. Google translate: [Urgent decision] # Figure skating “# Dream on Ice 2020” Held with no spectators on Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13! Live broadcast on CS broadcasting/TBS channel 1 for 2 consecutive days!! For details ⇒ https://www.tbs.co.jp/tbs-ch/item/s1858/ Don't miss the new program that will be unveiled for the coming season ⛸ Don't miss it☆ ETA: Of the two days of performance, all skaters will perform their new season's short program on the first day and the free program on the second day!

Looks like you embedded the Tweet correctly. You can do the same thing to embed YouTube or Dailymotion videos. Just Copy the URL of the video and Paste it in the text box and the video will automatically embed. It works well on a PC, but I heard sometimes people have problems when doing that on a mobile device. Yes, Yuzu, do more research and replace those bias judges with AI!

Here's a quick translation of the segment. Congrats Yuzu!!

Stay warm this weekend! Make yourself some Ghana hot chocolate!

Thank you. There are no fires where I'm at for now. The fires are currently in the central and northern part of the state. But we have 2 more months of fire season to go. Reminds me of last year when I ran off to Toronto for ACI and new fires were just popping up everyday and you didn't know where they would erupt. I purposely didn't check the news because I wanted to enjoy ACI and didn't want to know if my house was about to burn up or something. Unfortunately, it's like this every summer now. It's bad where you're at too. Australia had a horrific fire season last summer. Click the + to the left of the "Quote" button at the bottom of each post you want to reply to. Then when you click on the text box to enter your reply, click the "Quote n posts" button on the lower right corner to embed your selected quotes in the text box.

I want him to tell us about this. It's related to Citizen watches! I'll trade you. We've had a heat wave for the last week, and half the state is on fire, literally.

An autographed photo! Now that's motivation! Wonder if I can win if I can hold the plank for .... 3 seconds ... Easier if I can just buy a Citizen watch.

Yup. That's the only way to get me to exercise. It's cute how he tweaked his nose, but I'm like "Yuzu, don't touch your face." Lol.

Looks like Yuzu will be answering one question per day from 8/19 - 8/25. Lots of crumbs for us!!! Google Translate: From today (August 19) to the lunar calendar Tanabata (August 25), put it every day at 12:07 China time (13:07 Japan time) (one question a day )

Looks like Brian, Nam, and Javi also did the Ice Bucket Challenge. Nam's insta link doesn't work anymore though, but I love Brian and Javi's dramatic axels into the lake afterwards. https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/yuzuru-hanyu-als-ice-bucket-challenge/

Looks like this is being live-streamed this weekend:

Here too, in the first video (You might have to click View to see the video hidden for "potentially sensitive content"). At 0:45, he offers to take a selfie with the 2 women, and then runs to a surprised Kevin Aymoz to take a selfie with him.

That's one of the great things about Yuzu. He senses that maybe some people may want a pic with him, but might be hesitant to ask, so he takes the initiative. Just like at JNats when he gathered all the Team Jpn boys for a photo session. He was obviously tired after his free skate and was not happy with his performance, and yet he still took time to do that. I think it was Kazuki and Sota (?) who said they were impressed.

I love him in that red costume. I can't wait to see what his new costumes will look like this season. Normally we'll be getting the costume reveal next month at ACI. He is definitely kakkoii in the Gum for the Game CM, but then there's also that silly side of him, so I will add this backstage Xylitol CM clip too: This clip cracks me up. We've had previous discussions about whether or not Yuzu can sing since he refused to do it in that video where the Japanese athletes sang Hana wa Saku. Based on this short clip, I think he has a very nice singing voice even though he claims that he sounds tone-deaf here.

Seems to me that the "Wow Factor" these days in Ladies skating is little girls with quads. Although Sasha did not win as much as Alena, they may see her as the one pushing the sport with her ability to jump multiple quads in her Free and multiple types of quads. Also she was the first among the 3A to do these things, so she probably has more name recognition. I know I heard of Sasha first before the other 2. It's said that Anna is favored by Eteri and Daniil. It looks to me like they believe Anna is poised to overtake Alena soon, so perhaps that's what the sponsors think too. Given that Anna is just as pretty and appealing as Alena, sponsors may feel that Anna is a safer bet since there's no guarantee that Alena will gain a quad. Also, you have other ladies, like Rika and Liza who have already landed quads in practice and they might be ready to bring them to comps this season.

Ugh. I hope they're not seriously considering a live audience. Even traveling domestically is not without risks. NHK is in Osaka, and that's one of the COVID hotspots in Japan. https://www.stopcovid19.jp/ I know Yuzu will want to go and compete, even though I'd prefer if he would stay put in Sendai (I'm assuming he's in Japan). I just hope that he will be extra careful and that they will implement maximum precautions at the competition.

Just watching him spin makes me dizzy. And then there's Yuzu with his cute bee spinner: https://yuzuday.tumblr.com/post/180426162492/yuzuru-hanyu-central-yuzu-uses-a-bee-spinner

I just barely beat you to it. I think I hit the Submit button a few seconds before you did. My thanks also to @kaeryth's media compilation. That's where I got the link! It's just a treasure trove of information.

@Kestrelz, thanks for sharing all those lovely pics from Taiwanese Aoi Hono. Love these pics of Yuzu having fun with the other skaters. The pics of him and baby Nam are the cutest! As for the Pirates pic, Yuzu did a Pirates theme group number in the 2011 The Ice show:

That's how we can spot him even when he's a tiny, blurred, speck in the background of another TCC skater's video. I'm going to give Lotte a million clicks for blessing my eyes with this gorgeous CM! Yep, it needs to be a 30 minute infomercial. Nah, I still want my virtual Media Day. Drop it, Zuzu.

I think it's this Sekkisei Instagram/Twitter live interview: And here is part of the translation where he says he does not do skin care, but should try harder to do that.