General Yuzuru Chat

[b138oo]

@gladi 's translation is such a good read  

 

Now that the other skaters are running around trying to upgrade their tech with the speed of Apollo 11 leaving the earth, I am really glad if Yuzu could bring the splat fest trend to its final season 

If Yuzu could have Medvedeva's consistency next season, I think my bank account would stop suffering lol My alcohol expenses during the season is unbelievable  You will really be the light of my life through my bank account Yuzu  

[yuzuthebest]

May I share this here:

 

https://t.co/t7mWA8wO3G

 

<<<Today(3.6.2017) was the day for a trip to Shikotsu Lake,

Otaru City (Hokkaido). On  the way back to Sapporo, when

the sightseeing bus was passing along Makomanai Arena,

I couldn't help saying to the bus tour guide,"Last year I came

to see a competition here."  The feedback from her,"Oh,

you're talking about Yuzuru Hanyu ? He's really polite.

The driver who was in charge of assisting him to and from

the venue commented that he was deeply moved by

 's courteousness   !?">>>

 

[yuzuthebest]

All were sold out ! 

http://www.e-hakutsuru.com/shop/r/r5020/

 

This's a mail-order sales for a specially-made 

Japanese sake ( liquor ), "ＹＵＺＵＲＵＨＡ"

with the limit in quantity produced by a well-known

long-established sa-ke brewery,"Tsuruhaku".

[SparkleSalad]

18 minutes ago, yuzuthebest said:

All were sold out ! 

http://www.e-hakutsuru.com/shop/r/r5020/

 

This's a mail-order sales for a specially-made 

Japanese sake ( liquor ), "ＹＵＺＵＲＵＨＡ"

with the limit in quantity produced by a well-known

long-established sa-ke brewery,"Tsuruhaku".

 

I know how to save for those tickets, now! So easy!

[yuzuthebest]

Something lovely to know...

https://twitter.com/lovefigure0214/status/871179538864066561

 

" I want to play "the Ballade of Chopin"   

 

[An article(2016) from "Minna no Hiroba(An open space

for everyone)", "Manabi-ba(Where to learn)", Chunichi

Newspapers, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture ]

..............................................................................

Written by Minami Futamura, Grade 5 of Jin-Ryo

Elementary School, Kasugai City's, Aichi Pref.

**************************************************************

I've been learning to play the piano since I was 3

years old. Many friends of mine quit the lessons

when they turned grade 5. However, in my case,

I intended to keep going. The reason was just that

there's a piece of music that I would like to play.

That's "the Ballade of Chopin".

 

When I told my piano teacher about that, she

responsed by saying that it's too difficult for me

by now and insisted that I had better play many

more of other music before that.

 

The reason why I wanted to play this music was

when I watched the performance of Yuzuru Hanyu 

to the music, I felt it was just splendid.

The strength of the piano's sound along with the

softness of the melody....I found myself so much

fascinated by his performance and the piano.

So powerful and really cool.

 

I would love to play this kind of cool music. To be 

able to do so, from now on I'll have to do my best.

***************************************************************

Remarks: The drawing on the left-handed side at the

                 bottom has nothing to do with this article.

                 Kind of an exhibition space of a drawing.

................................................................................

 Isn't it a good proof to show that even 2017GPF

      is going to be held in Nagoya in favor of S.Uno,

      there are a lot of fans of Yuzu there, too ?

      Yes, here, there and everywhere. .....

 

 As far as I recall, there's a blog saying things

     like this (as her fixed banner on the first page):

     I was born and brought up in Nagoya where

     without notice/expectation, in my daily life there

     were as usual a flood of news/TV programs about

     M.Asada (and now S.Uno!?)....BUT it was Yuzu who

     urged me to spend money to buy a ticket to go to

     see an ice show for the first time in my life ! .....

 

[Princess Murasaki]

10 hours ago, gladi said:

It reads like the Ice Jewels interview was conducted in at least two separate parts, once after WC and once after WTT, as there is some drift in his opinions. I'm aware of a separate translation out there, but I wanted to capture more of the nuance and some sentences that seemed to have been skipped. This is heavy on translators' notes for context, so pick your poison :)

 

 

 

Thank you so much for your translation!

I will take time to read and observe his way of thinking and analysis. :D

 

On his choice of programs:

To be honest, I do not care if he repeats both Chopin and Seimei. He wants that second OGM more than anyone of us here so I think everything he decided to do is the best for him. I would not blame him if he wanted Med's consistency since I personally think judges make it quite clear this season that skating clean is almost everything; empty/less complex programs are enormously rewarded if skaters hit all elements. It can't be helped if he feels that he needs to skate with confidence. He has no choice but plays the game.

[Altie]

There's a new blog post about Yuzu in Sportymags blog: https://sportymags.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/yuzuru-hanyu-skaters-in-yuzus-story/

[meoima]

4 hours ago, yuzuthebest said:

May I share this here:

 

https://t.co/t7mWA8wO3G

 

<<<Today(3.6.2017) was the day for a trip to Shikotsu Lake,

Otaru City (Hokkaido). On  the way back to Sapporo, when

the sightseeing bus was passing along Makomanai Arena,

I couldn't help saying to the bus tour guide,"Last year I came

to see a competition here."  The feedback from her,"Oh,

you're talking about Yuzuru Hanyu ? He's really polite.

The driver who was in charge of assisting him to and from

the venue commented that he was deeply moved by

 's courteousness   !?">>>

 

When even Japanese, who are famous for their manners, say they're moved by Yuzuru's manners... aww

[yuzuthebest]

２０２０WFC will be in Montreal !

https://twitter.com/BevSmithWrites/status/871384900603170816

[ralucutzagy]

19 minutes ago, sublimeskating said:

i know this has probably been posted many times before, but just LOOK at the EPICNESS of this photo - all top 6 men together with huge smiles on their faces!!!

 

the 4 horsemen of the quadpocalypse (credits to yuphoniumist who came up with this name) + the multi-time world champions "uncles"!

 

all the worlds and olympics medalists in 1 photo

 

 

 

A photo for posterity!!! Yes, it's epic!!!

[randomanon]

4 minutes ago, sublimeskating said:

 

i have it saved on my phone so that i can look at it every now and then and bask in the epicness...

 

seriously, with how fast figure skating moves on, what a precious occasion it is to have the top 6 skaters together like this?  all of them are world championship medalists / olympics medalists / world record holders (at one time or another)

 

 

 

i know right?? its amazing <3 
also yuzu is really cute in this photo haha 

[Lyyli]

I´d like to hear your thoughts about what Yuzu needs to be consistent next season. He will be well-trained and so in top shape of course. In Ice Jewel he talked about Medvedeva´s consistency and said he has a lot to learn from her on the mental side. What is the secret for her being so consistent in each competition? 

 

I remember her saying once that she does not think so much, she just skates. Yuzu said the same thing in Helsinki right after the FS was over. He said he forgot everything and " I just worked with the music". I have been wondering how on earth he got the mood for the clean H&L after 5th position in SP.

 

Ice jewel gave some answers: " ... the strong urge to stand up to challenge came to the forefront. Above all, it was because this competition happened precisely as my second half 4S had begun to stabilize. Especially with confidence in the second half 4S, I could focus on each aspect, listening properly to the sound of the music… and if I can try my best that way, I was thinking I could go clean. So first of all, I landed the beginning 4Lo and 4S, and then I focused on riding the momentum."

 

About SP at WTT he said that he had a strong feeling that he has to go clean and felt a lot of pressure.

 

Seems like Medvedeva does not let anything to disturb her concentration. I was very surprised in Helsinki that she could make a clean FS right after Pogorilaja´s unlucky skate.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[yuzuthebest]

https://t.co/ipyeAZpXdv

 

" You are more beautiful than roses. ",

        written to Yuzu by "Vegatta",

        the Mascot of Sendai Football Team.

...............................................................................

( Imo, Vegatta-san, you're beautiful too bc as a man, 

  you can say so to him  )

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https://t.co/ka6h1gyjHi

 

Dk how many people cried with his wishes on his "Ema"....

 

But please don't forget that Yuzu definitely loves to see

everybody's smile.  Please save our energy to cheer for him

We all know, he's too good and cares for everyone . 

..............................................................................

(Me ? No! I was chopping an onion and that's why I tried hard

 to hold back my tears    Sorry, just KIDDING.

 Have a good time)

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[Fay]

Oh sorry, I’m keeping a promise I gave such a long time ago to translate what Mishin and Gachinsky said about Yuzu around the time of 2017 World Championship. I apologise it took me so long.

 

Mishin: So after the short program he put out an expert opinion that Yuzuru Hanyu was like a panther who has never been to a ballet class and who has no idea what battement tandu or port de bras are (unlike Javier Fernandez who seems to be a classical ballet dancer). https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3259927

 

After Yuzu’s phenomenal free skate, Mishin said that Yuzuru skated like never before in his life. “I have such a concept ‘zakidonshik’ (don’t ask me what that that means – there’s no such word in Russian dictionaries, but it does have to do with “закидать/закинуть” – throw) which first appeared in my vocabulary when I was 15. In Helsinki, “zakidonshik” Hanyu showed us an unprecedented skate. I wonder when the others will be able to do something similar” http://stadium.ru/news/02-04-2017-aleksei-mishin-kolyada-i-kovtun-doljni-libo-osvoit-dopolnitelnie-chetvernie-prijki-libo-otdat-flag-v-ruki-drugih

 

Gachinsky: Hanyu proved that he’s No.1 in current men’s figure skating. “If Yuzuru goes out, all the others are defeated (lit. remain lying down). They can’t keep up with him, because when Yuzuru does his quads with such lightness, such flow, such an attack, he get +2/+3 GOE. He’s certainly the one to beat!.. Yuzuru was phenomenal in his free skate” http://sporteveryday.info/pages/gachinskiy-odinochniki-rasshirili-ramki-figurnogo-kataniya-na-chm-v-helsinki/

 

The translation is rather free and approximate - too many possible shades of meaning in some cases, and the printed text doesn't allow deciphering those.

 

[kaeryth]

56 minutes ago, yuzuthebest said:

https://t.co/ipyeAZpXdv

 

" You are more beautiful than roses. ",

        written to Yuzu by "Vegatta",

        the Mascot of Sendai Football Team.

...............................................................................

( Imo, Vegatta-san, you're beautiful too bc as a man, 

  you can say so to him  )

 

 

Vegatta seems to really like Yuzu from way back. hahaha