General Yuzuru Chat

[kaeryth]

 

 

I've compiled the blog posts + translations here

 

 

[Henni147]

13 hours ago, Pammi said:

No cute animals in today's blog! but there is thanks for those who support him 

...ummm what's a White Day??

 

Edit: just found the answer to that!

 

Next blog entry: Hanyu-sama reveals who that lucky someone is that received a chocolate from him on White Day 

 

 

Serious question: Does Yuzu really plan to record a message every day from now on? Even if it's only 10 seconds... That's quite ambitious, especially during competitions.

5058 messages have been posted by fans within three days. That's a lot! I doubt that he has the time to read every single post...

However, it's a nice alternative to the classical social media accounts and we get something from him during the long breaks between competitions.

[Veveco]

They probably wrote/recorded everything in advance. I can't imagine Yuzuru focusing on anything but worlds right now. 

[kaeryth]

[ENG SUB] 190311 Yuzuru Hanyu on EVERY. (This was broadcasted on the 8th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.)

 

[sophiang]

54分鐘前, Veveco說:

They probably wrote/recorded everything in advance. I can't imagine Yuzuru focusing on anything but worlds right now. 

yeah, that's just marketing strategy.......

i am working in a marketing department, so i am sure its all pre-recorded...........

[IULIANA]

1 hour ago, kaeryth said:

[ENG SUB] 190311 Yuzuru Hanyu on EVERY. (This was broadcasted on the 8th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.)



 

Thank you so much, I already seeen this but the translation helped me to understand everything, emotions, thoughts, quite impressive! this guy is something else....

[SuperMin]

 

@kaeryth GREAT IDEA!!  Thanks for compiling the Kose blog posts!  

 

[Paskud]

I wonder when they took photos of him and the doll. Off-season? Ninja trip to Japan?

[micaelis]

On 3/14/2019 at 7:49 AM, kaeryth said:

[ENG SUB] 190311 Yuzuru Hanyu on EVERY. (This was broadcasted on the 8th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake.)

 

I have been spending some time in the last few days looking at Yuzu videos where he's not skating, but rather being interviewed or even being part of some light-hearted video stunt.  This particular video gives a clear evidence to me why Yuzu is so popular in Japan.  It has to do with accessibility.  Not accessibility in terms or physical proximity but accessibility in terms of Yuzu relating to the vast Japanese public, skating fans and non-skating fans alike, in terms of the full range of human situations and emotions.  Yuzu in so many videos shows a range of responses that are much beyond the range of most athletes when asked questions.  The average athlete will mouth some pious platitude or cliche, giving an answer he/she expects is the correct, expected one.  Yuzu, however, can be very thoughtful and careful in articulating answers where he wants to clearly communicate the depth of his response.  On the other hand he can be lighthearted and playful, even capable of self-mockery at times.  It's his range of responses in many different situations and the sense of genuineness he communicates in the responses that make him so popular.  It's a good thing he doesn't have political interests because if he were a politician with that ability to communicate he would be formidable.  In any case Yuzuru Hanyu the athlete occupies the position he does because he is on one hand the legendary skater who has dominated not only men's skating but all of figure-skating these last few years.  On the other hand because of his many outreach activities for the recovery and his own struggles with injuries he has become the legendary survivor for so many Japanese.  His struggles reflect their struggles and that has given him a link to the Japanese general public that few, athletes and non-athletes alike, can duplicate.  As I see it, for the Japanese general public Yuzu is not merely the complete skater but the complete human being.  Few public figures achieve such a profile and the fact is that Yuzu knows that and sees the responsibility that such a position engenders.  The one thing that can be said about Yuzu over these years since the earthquake is that he never shirks from what he thinks is his duty.  Borrowing a phrase from the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, Yuzu is 'the parfait gentle knight'.

[daisyjune]

21 minutes ago, Paskud said:

I wonder when they took photos of him and the doll. Off-season? Ninja trip to Japan?

 

I don' know when exactly, but a sure thing is it's after Rostele because Yuzu was saying "I'm again injured."

[utsukushii3A]

39 minutes ago, micaelis said:

Yuzu, however, can be very thoughtful and careful in articulating answers where he wants to clearly communicate the depth of his response.  On the other hand he can be lighthearted and playful, even capable of self-mockery at times.  It's his range of responses in many different situations and the sense of genuineness he communicates in the responses that make him so popular.

 

Like here? 

 

He obviously was embarrassed and felt bad for Boyang that he didn't get to answer, but I hope he can look back on this and see himself as a very smart person who genuinely cares about his sport and not some rambling dude who spoke for 5 minutes.  

[Henni147]

As much as I loved this moment in Helsinki... I really hope that Pooh-san will be saved from more whiplashes next week  

[Michelle]

Any idea when would Yuzu arrive Japan next week?

[rockstaryuzu]

So did anyone else get the error message 'Comment cannot be posted unless it contains full-width characters' when they try to post to the Kose blog? 

 

Does that mean I have to Google translate my comment into questionable Japanese? 

[Maya]

5 hours ago, BWOZWaltz said:

 

I would like to recruit a well dressed gentleman who can discreetly escort an Under Armour clad ice overlord to the below locations...

 

https://www.google.com/search?ei=SD2KXNj_Ddrt9QOzmYeoDA&q=savile+row+tailors&oq=saville+row+tailors&gs_l=psy-ab.3...0.0..207276...0.0..0.0.0.......0......gws-wiz.cTCyCzSWJ_g

 

Kohei, I'm looking at you!!

 

Yuzu: Going all the way to London for something totally not skate-related!?