2 minutes ago, AsteroidB-612 said:

Hahah I was just about to link this... Great minds think alike lol

And also , don't forget this 

 

I remember watching this live and thinking that kid was weird (I didn't see him skate until Boston)! It all makes sense!

hace 1 minuto , yuzuangel said:

Yess. He's a natural...isn't he.

He can skate to Star Wars OST. Has anyone mentioned it in the Music thread? Judges will like it.

 

But I can't imagine it with ruffles and rhinestones...

2 minutes ago, Floria said:

He can skate to Star Wars OST. Has anyone mentioned it in the Music thread? Judges will like it.

 

But I can't imagine it with ruffles and rhinestones...

Lots of people want black with sparkles - deep space? Not my taste but ...

7 minutes ago, AsteroidB-612 said:

Hahah I was just about to link this... Great minds think alike lol

And also , don't forget this 

You can't begin to imagine how LOUD i squealed when i saw this live. That Kouhaku was magical for me, no other Kouhaku will ever top it

1 minute ago, Hydroblade said:

You can't begin to imagine how LOUD i squealed when i saw this live. That Kouhaku was magical for me, no other Kouhaku will ever top it

is there any video of the Kouhaku that Yuzu attended?

 

4 minutes ago, fluffypooh said:

is there any video of the Kouhaku that Yuzu attended?

 

It was so magical i searched everywhere until i got it

2 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

It was so magical i searched everywhere until i got it

omg thanks! i can't find it anywhere 

3 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

It was so magical i searched everywhere until i got it

 

Thank you! I have it on my harddrive but prefer using a tabIet to watch. It helps to cozy up to idol LJ groups to dig this stuff up, too, but they're so painfully strict about everything. That's actually how I got on to Yuzu this year. Someone uploaded a clip of Sakurai Sho talking about him and Shoma @4CC.

19 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

Thank you! I have it on my harddrive but prefer using a tabIet to watch. It helps to cozy up to idol LJ grouos to dig this stuff up, too. That's actually how I got on to Yuzu this year. Someone uploaded a clip of Sakurai Sho talking about him and Shoma @4CC.

I have it so i can relive the moment where i hopelessly fell in love :

At about 16:15 i went "whoa... who's that"

At 16:18 i went "That's... that's the figure skater right? The one who won the Olympics?"

At 16:21 i fell in love.

Fun fact: i was looking for the timestamps (i'm at work) and when he smiled i felt my stomach full of butterflies and i have the most stupid smile ever. When i watch it i always feels like it's the first time...

10 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

I have it so i can relive the moment where i hopelessly fell in love :

At about 16:15 i went "whoa... who's that"

At 16:18 i went "That's... that's the figure skater right? The one who won the Olympics?"

At 16:21 i fell in love.

Fun fact: i was looking for the timestamps (i'm at work) and when he smiled i felt my stomach full of butterflies and i have the most stupid smile ever. When i watch it i always feel like it's the first time...

 

My moment was your namesake at Boston. Chills.

1 minute ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

My moment was your namesake at Boston. Chills.

Well, i fell in love with his skating at Sochi  but the moment i knew i wouldn't be able to ignore him anymore was right there at the Kouhaku  

27 分ぐらい, Hydroblade said:

It was so magical i searched everywhere until i got it

Every time he was on camera he seemed to be having fun and looked so cute. I cannot help but smile every time I see a photo or a footage from Kohaku.

6 minutes ago, sweetwater said:

Every time he was on camera he seemed to be having fun and looked so cute. I cannot help but smile every time I see a photo or a footage from Kohaku.

 

Is this Kohaku like a talent show? And he was a judge on it? Sorry, I don't really have a context for this video. 

11 minutes ago, xeyra said:

 

Is this Kohaku like a talent show? And he was a judge on it? Sorry, I don't really have a context for this video. 

 In English it's called the Red and White Song Battle and it's held on New Years Eve. It's like Eurovision but with two teams - men and women - and all the acts are popular singers, bands, and groups invited to perform. They then invite celebrity guests to judge and hold a popular vote with viewers. It started after the war and the men vs women was apparently to show the equality of the sexes. There was a special TV movie made about it a couple of years ago:

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4409910/

Kohaku is the NHK (Japan National TV channel) New Year's program and it's always been a big deal, matter of prestige and such to be on it (of course, nowadays, many think it's outdated, but I still find it generally more entertaining than New Year shows. It's supposedly a song contest, with two teams. Red Team - which is primarily female artists; there are some bands that also have male members sometimes in the Red Team - and White Team, which is primarily male artists. And a panel of judges and yes, Yuzu was one of the judges. I'm still not exactly clear on how voting goes - the past two years have been somewhat controversial - but every year, there's a winning team.

 

In the Kohaku Yuzu was in, they also did an all artists performance of Hana ha saku, where you can see - not really hear, unless your ears are much better than mine - Yuzu sing. (Every year there's a main all artists performance, that year, it was Hana ha saku)

 

ETA: @SparkleSalad was faster than me

 

ETA2: I actually watched this before I became a Yuzu fan, but was really impressed by him even then... Although I could have sworn he wasn't older than 18 And I loved Hana ha saku (although that it was played on piano by Yoshiki was the main reason I listened to it closely