General Yuzuru Chat

[liv]

I hope that Yuzu is fulfilling his commercial responsibilities during his off time between show weekends. I want him to be able to stay in Toronto and focus on training and not have to fly back to Japan once Faoi is over.  It makes sense to get all that done now. For other people I would hope for a few days holiday, but it's yuzu so.... 

[fluffypooh]

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

[randomanon]

37 minutes ago, fluffypooh said:

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

yeh i remember he said fried foods were too heavy for his stomach lol

 

ETA: he looked so excited talking about beef and dumplings LOL 

 

[kaeryth]

36 minutes ago, fluffypooh said:

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

 

He was younger then and didn't do multiple quads. haha..

I think he said it's only recently that he was conscious of his diet during competitions.

 

[Fresca]

9 minutes ago, kaeryth said:

 

He was younger then and didn't do multiple quads. haha..

I think he said it's only recently that he was conscious of his diet during competitions.

 

 

Yes, he said he didn't jump well at GPF 2016 because he ate too much and felt too heavy to execute the jumps properly.

[yuzuthebest]

https://t.co/LuYB3eHfyQ

 

 The details on the right:
"If not figure skating, what kind of sports suits Yuzu well ?" 

 

In brief, Mr. Takaoka (a sport analyst ?) assumed that Yuzu

had great potential for ski, snowboarding and more 
He pinpointed that it had sth to do with MUSCLE STRENGTH

required  for certain sports. Also added that rather than being

a baseball player who needed dynamic muscle strength (瞬発力),

Yuzu suited much better or had great potential with sports as

mentioned which required muscle strength of uniform velocity

(等速性筋力).

 

The details on the left:
As you know, in 2010, Yuzu(16) was invited as an honorary guest

to toss out the first ball for home team "Tohoku Rakuten Golden

Eagles" at the Opening Ceremony of a baseball game in Sendai.

He had a "nearly" fine delivery. His pitching (curve ball ?) was so

close to a strike, but finally judged as a ball.

 

The twitter's details:
"While sorting out my magazines, I found out this info. I had a

feeling that Yuzu could manage to participate in the Olympic

Game with his skateboard! Anyway, it's good that he chose

figure skating...Thanks to his home rink."

[matchanodoame]

45 minutes ago, fluffypooh said:

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

Thank you for sharing this! I never came across this particular video. Quite an interesting insight (Yuzuru Hanyu museum? Heck yeah I'll come! ) Even at 15 years old he was quite level-headed, wasn't he? 
I always wonder how those people who interviewed him when he was small think now that he's becoming one of the greatest skaters of all time 

[b138oo]

1 hour ago, fluffypooh said:

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

He was already good at interviews even at 15 yo. He's so enthusiastic, but still very respectful, and yet well informed. His concern about how there's only 1 ice rink at Miyagi and his answer about how Arakawa Shizuka used her OGM status to help opening back the rink motivated him to do the same really made my jaw dropped. He's 15, and yet he's not self centered during his interviews, how's that even possible   

For his diet, I am quite sure it changes over time. His stamina was not good back then. Novak Djokovic only knew he's celiac on 2010 during Davis Cup. After he changed his diet, he became no 1 in the world the following year. So, I guess it made sense if Yuzu had never been to a nutritionist during his junior career and just ate whatever he wanted without too much thought, hence the oily food diet.

[yuzuuu]

20 minutes ago, b138oo said:

He was already good at interviews even at 15 yo. He's so enthusiastic, but still very respectful, and yet well informed. His concern about how there's only 1 ice rink at Miyagi and his answer about how Arakawa Shizuka used her OGM status to help opening back the rink motivated him to do the same really made my jaw dropped. He's 15, and yet he's not self centered during his interviews, how's that even possible   

For his diet, I am quite sure it changes over time. His stamina was not good back then. Novak Djokovic only knew he's celiac on 2010 during Davis Cup. After he changed his diet, he became no 1 in the world the following year. So, I guess it made sense if Yuzu had never been to a nutritionist during his junior career and just ate whatever he wanted without too much thought, hence the oily food diet.

ikr unlike certain people    

Yuzu's stamina really made a huge leap at one point, it crazy to see he difference now and then 0.0

[sallycinnamon]

1 hour ago, fluffypooh said:

At 3:40, I am surprised he likes oily food, i thought Oda said he doesn't like fied food lol

lol at 9:48, on the idea of Yuzuru Hanyu museum, he said if he gets famous one day ... yes Yuzu you will be very very famous 

 

I love how he says paprika, but at the same time I am sad he hates it

[Altie]

There's a pretty great long interview of Shoma that has just been translated by cantilovertranslation

 

It's a good read. Here re the specific parts where he talks about Yuzu :

 

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At Worlds, Hanyu was first and you were second. Did you deeply feel Hanyu’s strength by being second?

 

S: Yea. I thought I’ve always known Yuzu-kun’s strength, but when he performed a clean free at Worlds, I was confident that Yuzu-kun will win. Right now, the only times I’ve gotten higher scores than him were when Yuzu-kun made mistakes and I performed clean. I know that there’s a lot of possible outcomes since this is a sport, but I of course want to win based solely on our abilities.

 

Were you watching Hanyu’s free skate?

 

S: Yes. No seriously, it was amazing. All of the jumps were perfect.

 

Were you able to step on the ice without unrest?

 

S: I was confident that there was no way I could win, so I just wanted to do whatever I could do.

 

The result of that was that the point difference between you and Hanyu’s was 2.28. How do you feel about those two points?

 

S: But that was only because I had a lead from the short. Although the total difference was 2.28, there was an even bigger difference in the free (8.75 points), and since there was that big of a difference even when I did a good performance, I thought, “I still got a long way”.

 

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Whose expressions do you think are really good?

 

S: There is something different about each and everyone that I like. For example, I really like the way Javier’s skating just flows non stop and that there’s always a story to it. Jason Brown’s every little movements are so pretty, and for skating skills, I like Patrick Chan’s. And the skater who has all of that combined is Yuzu-kun I think. Honestly there are so many great skaters, they let me learn so many things.

And that’s where you think Hanyu’s strength is?

 

S: Amongst many of the skaters who are good at specific elements, Yuzu-kun is the one who has the highest abilities in all aspects.

 

Are there any elements which you think you are better at (than Yuzuru)?

 

S: Nothing at all. Honestly.

 

Then how did you get such high marks and won silver at Worlds?

 

S: My jumps just happened to land. I think it was because I had my emotions under control. But it was also because of luck, since this is a sport.

 

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Was it like that for the 4lo?

 

S: Yep. I had it in my head that 4los are something that are impossible to stabilize without even trying them, but when Yuzu-kun landed them, I thought, “Wow, it is possible to stabilize it to that extent”.

 

That type of motive is what gives you the energy to move forward.

 

S: Yes. Us mens single skaters are battling against each other, while growing together at the same time.

 

[fluffypooh]

26 minutes ago, Altie said:

There's a pretty great long interview of Shoma that has just been translated by cantilovertranslation

 

It's a good read. Here re the specific parts where he talks about Yuzu :

 

 

 

 

Shoma is confident that he would lose lol, remind me of that video interview with Shoma and Hanyu together, it's mentioned there too

[Murieleirum]

That Shoma interview is amazing! I actually feel very much in tune with his view of the sport now. (Is it because he complimented Yuzu so much? hehehehprobably)

44 minutes ago, Altie said:

Right now, the only times I’ve gotten higher scores than him were when Yuzu-kun made mistakes and I performed clean. I know that there’s a lot of possible outcomes since this is a sport, but I of course want to win based solely on our abilities.

 

Hard (impossible) to imagine that anyone would win against a Clean Yuzu. But I guess that has to be your goal, if you want to compete during Hanyu-era, right? 

[xeyra]

I really loved this interview with Shoma. Not just the parts he talks about Yuzu but his entire feelings and thoughts on his evolution. He actually shares a lot more with Yuzu than you think, including this need to always improve, to never being happy, to aiming for an ideal that is always changing and evolving. And also I really liked how he didn't allow the interviewer to push him too much.

[b138oo]

The thing about Yuzu is when he performs his program clean, people can only subjectively nitpick his programs, such as this program is not my taste, it's boring, what's with his costume, he's too feminine, etc. No one could ever criticize his technical skills, especially his jumps, transitions, skating skills, bc he's just such a complete skater. He never cheats on his jumps, he cares about edges, his spins are fast and he absolutely hates when he lets his program empty without those transitions. Of course as a complete skater he wouldn't be able to have Patrick's edges, bc I admit that Patrick is just talented and so good at it. However, that's what makes Yuzu special, he doesn't have a specific specialty. He's just good at figure skating as a whole that when he goes clean, quoting Kurt Browning, he gives the judges the big picture. This is how a figure skating program should be. It's not just about the jumps, not just about edges, not just about artistry, but it's about a whole package of everything combined. This whole package program is really hard to beat, especially when you are a top skater yourself who is aware of your own ability, you just know today is not your day.