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It's was one of the most popular requests during #Challenge4Yuzu and some of those requests included sharing videos of his practices wearing his Under Armour training gear. Well, he opened the YouTube channel and left a message wearing UA ✨👀

I just added Marika's (written), Tsukiyomi's (written) and Sarah SS' (video) translations of the parts of the post-press conference interview released by TV Tokyo on Youtube on Aug 6th. In this interview, Yuzu talks about how he communicated (will communicate) his decision to his coaches and how grateful he is of coaches and teachers. ***The link copies weird so the first snippet is from a different interview (News α), but you can find the translations after that.

✨We will have more content of Kobe on August 28th!!!! Fuji TV channel 2, 12 PM - 1:30 PM (Japan). Special footage: interviews and images from the practice of the day before Kobe day 1✨ https://twitter.com/pep_on_/status/1555452828550045696?t=8Wr4oCGEVq6Hh3D1LMO2eA&s=19

A Japanese fan have me the heads up about the photo. She said that if we retweet or quote retweet, we can get a gift from Yuzu ✨👀. If anything, we can rt or qrt to show our support to one of Yuzu's sponsors. Sekkisei is expanding internationally (looking for more presence in Duty Free stores at the airports), so they may be happy if they see international fans sharing 😊

This thread includes possible links. She will also add other links closer to the date, if available. https://twitter.com/AikaAnnaHanyu/status/1554973471666540547?t=slgY_qB4kELs7Mv-U0LVKg&s=19

Hi Lynne487! I can record the show and share it with you as I did for Shizuoka Day 1 ☺️. As you can imagine, I don't mind watching Yuzu performing again while I record the show 😂❤️‍🔥.

@Skrimblo_iced This thread with video explanation is very clear to explain the difference in technique for an axel jump And this other one that shows the technique and marks left on the ice. This is what Yuzu was explaining about his particular technique avoiding pre-rotation: https://video.h5.weibo.cn/1034:4793055493161023/4793056564349083

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but there are some compilations with explanations on YouTube YUZURU HANYU - COMPLETE 6 JUMP ANALYSIS + GOE ANALYSIS YUZURU HANYU - Highest Scored Jumps from each season | 2013-2020 (not in slow motion, but you could select to play the video in slow motion) Yuzuru Hanyu 羽生結弦: Best Recovery Jumps and Layout Changes (this one is fun to watch because it shows how good Yuzu's mind, technique and reflexes work) I also love Elisa's (@Lunnarias on Twitter) analysis of Yuzu's jumps, which of course include slow motion videos. These are on her Instagram: Yuzu's 4Lo (part 1) & Yuzu's 4Lo (part 2) Yuzu's 4Lz Yuzu's 3A

And talking about interpretations, I found this thread very interesting. I think Yuzu had been giving signs for quite some time that he was ready to move on while also sharing what he was feeling. Danse mon Esmeralda was just the most obvious of those messages that we weren't able to interpret (or didn't want to?). About the other clear signs: Masquerade, Rondo (see Shae-Lynn Bourne explanation of the choreography) and Tenchi. The story of Kenshin who fought many battles and after facing defeat with his army ponders whether to continue fighting or take a new path to priesthood.

I posted something about the meaning of Raison, the costume and the rolling up the sleeve some time ago, along the same lines of @LiaRy I recently read a post from a Japanese fan, she/he was mentioning something like Yuzu being given a 'slap or hit on the shoulder' by JSF and ISU. The image of Raison and Yuzu holding his shoulder came to my mind. So I looked for the concept and it seems to be an equivalent of giving someone the cold shoulder. But I also found that there is a move in Go (Japanese strategy board game, similar to chess) that's called Katatsuki (shoulder hit). The move is used to reduce the territorial potential of an opponent's group without being easily captured. When I read that description I thought how Yuzu had been increasingly cornered by organizations that cannot be made easily accountable for their actions.

Thanks!!! I'm recording right now. Will send you a DM when I have saved the video on Google Drive or something. I'll probably need to divide it in parts because the video will be heavy!

TRANSLATION OF YUZU'S PRESS CONFERENCE While we wait for better translations of Yuzu's press conference of July 19, I did a quick machine translation with DeepL. Thankfully, the Asahi Shimbun Globe posted a full transcription of the press conference in Japansese, so I just copy/paste. Please read with some creativity as machine translations can be weird. I saved the translation, the full video conference, and the translations done by fans so far here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-XV8EBO-rNqFpchWEKUmk0CUlD9nGBR0?usp=sharing Original source: https://globe.asahi.com/article/14673858 This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

I can record them but I will probably scream for help to upload them. What if I focus on Shizuoka Day 1 & @Lynn487on Day 2?

Shizuka Day 1, 2, and 3!!!! https://planethanyu.com/topic/1791-fantasy-on-ice-2022-in-shizuoka/?do=findComment&comment=528389

https://twitter.com/starrynotte/status/1553196176958263296?t=j4_rksV7pZRMY_FBQgKw0A&s=19 This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

July 30 Shizuoka Day 1: 11 AM (Japan) *** New content, we haven't seen day 1, 4T4T 👀*** Shizuoka Day 2: 2:30 PM (Japan) July 31 Shizuoka Day 3: 5:30 PM (Japan) Links for July 30: This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Thread with some of the photos This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Yes, that's what he said during the post press conference interview with Shuzo-san (Hodo station). He retired from competitive figure skating (some would say he retired from JSF and ISU). But he is pretty much doing the same as he had been doing until now in terms of goals, drive, training, etc. Video dnippet with English translation of that part of the interview: https://twitter.com/sarah_sohma/status/1549854201643413505?t=RHTuyXS6QvkurkyACt0-BQ&s=19 Written translation of the same interview he talks about being practicing the night before in page 10): This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Many fans were asking for a new coordinated action to support Yuzu so, with @Sun_Rise other fans, we just launched #Challenge4Yuzu on Twitter. There is also a Spanish translation of the instructions. I am sharing here both post: Version en Español:

Hi! I am compiling the interviews that have been translated (video sub or written translation) in one thread on Twitter.

I added the most recent translations of the interviews of Yuzu with Asahi TV and TV Tokyo, Of course, this are not exhaustive translation, but they help to keep us in the loop until we get the most important interviews and press conference translations from Axel with Wings. Also, there is my folder where I have been saving subbed videos and written translations, as well as some press coverage in English. @Henni147, I some of the press coverage might be useful to update Yuzu's Wikipedia page (e.g. Yes, he is the GOAT) or give more references to support the milder statement that I know you had to use for several reasons.

I saw this tweet that I found informative. The chart shows how Yuzu's scores didn't go up in spite of performing more complex programs and he getting better and better. And as you say @Melodiewe don't know much of the politics of JSF, but for what I have read they have not been very subtle. Won't go deeper into that as it might be a topic more suitable for the Salt Mines

I might be jumping late into this but I think the time is ripe for the letter. Of course, we have seen how the unfairness has affected Yuzu, but this goes way beyond him. ISU (and the feds) need to be made accountable. If Yuzu went through this, others might as well though they cannot say anything because they don't have the fan base and sponsorship support to be able to voice the mistreatment. Imagine those skaters who want to continue involved in competitive figure skating as coaches or choreographers. They have to stay quiet.

Yuzu went on the 20th. But it seems that the timeline is OK, see the post below.

My pleasure! There is so much info coming out in little pieces and at times when we are not necessarily watching... it gets very confusing. I have kept adding new interviews to the thread (like the one from News 'Zero'). BTW, I started my 'campaign' of asking Japanese Media to share some of the interviews and the press conference with English Subtitles. I ended up posting a request under a post from Asahi TV with images of the Special Program with Yuzu. You can give it a like or add your own requests. Let me dream that we can get something