Beatrice

Thank you for the welcome I have checked the archive, but it's so ample, I could easily get lost there for a whole month - or even longer The problem is: quite a few of the vids are not playing for me

Thank you so much for your comforting and very kind words - they really make me feel much better Hence I promise to refrain from cluttering this thread with further apologies ..... unless I happen to perpetrate some other blunder of the thoughtless kind ..... which I dearly hope will never happen again

Absolutely right I very much hope that all his future programs/endeavours will be available to watch online and/or on DVD, for such fans like me who cannot travel anywhere to see him live - I'd gladly pay almost any amount to buy DVDs with Yuzu's future and also past appearances.

First, thank you for the welcome Sorry, in my introductory post I was not specific enough. It was the World Championships 2019 in Saitama where I first saw Yuzuru on TV in the exhibition gala performing his stunning "Haru Yo Koi" , and not the NHK Trophy 2019 in Sapporo. (German TV only broadcast Olympics, World championships and European championships, alas nothing of the Grand Prix series.) But I did search for NHK Trophy 2019 videos and found these: Men Free Skating | NHK Trophy 2019 (full competition + medal ceremony) (Yuzu from 1:55:50 and again from 2:01:10; the funny scene with Roman is at 2:10:25; Yuzu again from 2:24:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWXF57mc9-A Exhibition Gala | NHK Trophy 2019 (full 3+ hours) (Yuzu's "Haru Yo Koi" at 2:56:40, then the gala finale with all skaters and Yuzuru having skating fun with the mascots, very cute - watch from 3:13:00, at the very end another funny moment as Yuzuru has to delay shouting his trademark farewell "Arigatou gozaimashita" due to the rink commentator's verbosity) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmdWEc231Q [ENG SUB] Yuzuru Hanyu NHK Trophy 2019 Gala Interview - Shizuka's Room 191124 (really interesting interview, showcasing Yuzuru's inquisitive analytic mind and intelligence and thirst for knowledge) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-VdRYPwLnk Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦) Funny/Cute Moments GP season 2019 (clips with mascots etc, very cute & funny) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzZKtGRvX7A I hope these vids are available overall.

Thank you, Anabel, for your welcome, your consoling and your kind words - they mean so much to me and I'm already feeling a bit less ashamed than before - thanks again

Thank you for the welcome I too am grateful to @geo1 for having pointed out my thoughtless blunder of that offensive abbreviation which should definitely never be used - I corrected my post accordingly. I am not only sincerely sorry for having used it - even if unwittingly - but after a mostly sleepless night filled with tormenting thoughts I am still reeling with remorse for having hurt people's feelings, though unintentionally. Those who know me can attest to my being respectful and considerate of others' feelings, and I am anguished by the fact that here I seem to have acted the opposite, making a bad first impression and possibly hurting others in the process. I am most honestly apologizing once again to all it concerns.

Thank you all for your warm words of welcome (Yes, I like alliterations ) OMG, I'm sooooo sorry for having used that abbreviation ! I was not aware that it has such awful connotation, and I most definitely did NOT intend it as a slur to anybody, honestly! I was not thinking properly when writing those descriptions accompanying the links, I just tried to make the text as short as possible. My heartfelt apologies to all it concerns. Thank you Geo1 for pointing out my blunder so that I can avoid repeating it in the future. I will go back and edit my post, I definitely don't want that word in it, now that I know of its negative connotation ... but what about those posts of others who quoted mine ? I cannot edit those. One more time, I sincerely apologize for hurting anyone's feelings, it was unwittingly done.

Hello, I'm a newbie who discovered the treasure Yuzuru Hanyu quite late, by watching the TV footage of the Gala exhibition Saitama 2019 - the wonderful "Haru yo koi" - no need to tell you that I have been mesmerized ever since. I'd like to express my gratitude for this forum and to all you lovely people here, whose expansive exploration and plentiful postings have saved me from drowning in my own tears after first reading about Yuzu's 'retirement' from competitions. Thank you for your dedication and for providing such prompt and extensive infos and updates on all things "Yuzuru". Some weeks ago, while browsing Yuzu vids on YT, I stumbled upon footage of the Torino 2019 medal ceremony with fancam coverage of the approx 10 minutes where Yuzuru is in the background of the rink with Ghislain and he's dancing and laughing almost all the time while waiting for the junior ceremony to end - it appealed to me so much that I sacrificed almost an entire night to search for all available related videos, and I'd like to share with you the fruit of my sleepy labour. My apologies if these have already been posted here in earlier years or former pages, alas I don't have the time just now to read 7k+ pages, I struggle to keep up with the current news and infos as it is. Yuzuru Hanyu - Medal ceremony GPF Torino (07.12.2019 - YH's BD) (in more or less chronological order) 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R1OnKq-uIc (earliest start: YH in the background, talking to Japanese official, embracing + laughing with young woman, clapping for Japanese junior winner, waiting) 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDnh_LfEumE (YH sings along to Japanese anthem for junior winner, starts dancing, goes down to rink etc, medal ceremony from front-side, ends with stepping down from podium) 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnPbgEK31g (starts in the backgr after Japanese anthem for junior winner, then going to the rink, medals back-side view, ends before the US anthem for Chen) 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BOqIQQzc8w (dancing, interaction w Ghislain, then full ceremony front-side view) 5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHKtnjXZKqs (by the rink, interaction with Ghislain, dancing, taking off jacket) 6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRP28eUZ4S0 (going down to side of the rink, dancing, interaction with Russian + Ghislain + junior, then full ceremony from back-side view) 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewd-jIeF4OA (dancing, interaction with Russian+Ghislain+junior, then full ceremony in side view) My daughter (whom I have not yet had the time to thoroughly initiate into Fanyu-dom) happened to see a short part of it - her comment was as follows: "No wonder your darling boy is dancing and laughing, after all he's happy to be the winner, isn't he ?" My reply: "No, my darling daughter, Yuzu is not the 'winner' of the gold medal here; that is the yawning youth beside him in the yellingly-yellow shirt, looking like he'd rather be elsewhere. But Yuzu is the winner of all the hearts, like always!" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited on 30.July 2022 - to exchange a negatively connotated abbreviation for the full word. I'm sorry for my blunder. My apologies to all it may concern.