General Yuzuru Chat

[Anni]

On 10/13/2022 at 7:49 AM, Anni said:

Excerpt from the Asahi article
Tsuzuki-sensei about Yuzu:

"I have met many skaters, but there are not many who can move the hearts of people all over the world like Hanyu."

 

 

 

Source 

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Here is the complete translation of the article 🙏

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos from "Sportan! NEO!"

 

His LMEY high kick 

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[guor]

3 hours ago, Anni said:

 

 

 

[HABERLER]

 

I've always wanted to see
him beautiful feet
him flying feet ....

 

[Floria]

Idk if it is the right thread to ask, but is there any overseas fan who tried to apply for lottery with foreign credit card and phone?

[Perelandra]

11 hours ago, Geo1 said:

 

This is a tale of two unicorns from Tohoku and how differently their respective sports have treated them.

 

I am, of course, speaking of Yuzuru Hanyu and Shohei Ohtani.

 

I do not have to say much about the way Yuzu has been treated by his sport. Everyone here knows about that. He has been blatantly underscored while his opponents have been ridiculously over scored to the point that it amounted to a virtual slap across his face. Instead of wholeheartedly embracing him as the greatest skater of all time, the ISU and JSF have forced him to do the only thing he could in order to retain his dignity and sanity and that is to withdraw from these unwinnable competitions and re-create himself as a professional athlete. He has not withdrawn from competition. He is competing on a different level and on his own terms.

 

I agree with you that writers and commentators are always misstating or leaving out facts regarding Yuzu to either downplay him or so as not to step on someone else’s toes. During the 2019 Skate Canada International competition, I noticed that Rod Black, the colour commentator, repeatedly said words to the effect of “he’s one of the best” and “he could be the G.O.A.T.” And at one point, he said to Tracy Wilson, something to the effect of “Nathan Chen is great too.” And of course, no one ever says anything about how Yuzu’s accomplishments compare with those of Dick Button, except to say that Yuzu is the first to win back-to-back Olympic medals since Dick Button.

 

Figure skating as a sport seems so petty with the ISU and each of the feds promoting their favourite pets while jealously guarding their little fiefdoms. It’s pathetic really.

 

On the other hand, let’s see how Major League Baseball has treated Shohei Ohtani.

 

For those of you who are not familiar with Shohei Ohtani and baseball, there have been only two true two-way baseball players in the entire history of baseball. The first was Babe Ruth over 100 years ago. He has been considered the iconic G.O.A.T. of baseball. He is to baseball what Dick Button is to figure skating, except several million times bigger. A two-way player in baseball is someone who is an ace pitcher and an elite hitter. For those of you who are more familiar with soccer, it is like one player being the league’s best striker and at the same time the best goalie. Except, in baseball, Shohei Ohtani will play both positions in the same game. In one half of the inning, he will be pitching and in the other half of the inning, he will be hitting.

 

In 2021, Shohei Ohtani was unanimously voted Most Valuable Player of the American League. He was also awarded the Baseball Commissioner’s special award for historical accomplishment in addition to a ton of other trophies.

 

This year, the competition for the American League’s Most Valuable Player is between the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs this year surpassing former Yankee Roger Maris’ AL record of 61. This kind of reminds me of multiple jumps versus all-around skater in figure skating.

 

The difference between the way in which Yuzu and Shohei had been treated is that Shohei has always been treated with the utmost respect. Even those supporting Aaron Judge for MVP will readily agree that Shohei Ohtani is the best player in baseball and probably best all time. They just argue that Aaron Judge is more “valuable” as a player this year.

 

Shohei Ohtani wanted to play in the American Major League as soon as possible. If he had waited until he was 25, he could have negotiated a multiyear $200 million contract. Just prior to the 2021 season, he negotiated a two-year contract for $8.5 million. He received $3 million for 2021, the year that he was unanimously picked the MVP. This season he was paid $5.5 million. He has one more year to go before free agency. To avoid arbitration, he and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a one-year contract next season for the sum of $30 million. Since he would command such a salary as either a hitter or a pitcher, people are saying that he is worth twice that amount.

 

Shohei Ohtani is being treated as the face of Major League Baseball. He is regularly called the unicorn. He is making baseball fun and popular again. His nickname is “Showtime”. People come from around the world to watch him. He is must watch TV. Other ballplayers stop to watch him play. Experts, commentators and other ballplayers have no hesitation in calling him the greatest of all time or words to that effect. Everyone acknowledges that he has surpassed Babe Ruth’s accomplishments. “Better than Babe” is a saying that you hear often when watching Shohei Ohtani. One commentator has gone as far as to say that we should stop using the phrase, “Ruthian” as a superlative in baseball. Someone has surpassed that.

 

Major League Baseball recognizes and knows how to treat its number one star. Too bad figure skating didn’t.

 

9 hours ago, mmmrazorz said:

 

Yeah and imho Jmedia also treated Ohtani with more respect, maybe it's because media think Ohtani is more popular in US so he's more impressive?.

 

No offense to baseball fans, i think baseball is too boring to become mainstream sport worldwide. It's not soccer or f1 where adrenaline goes high from start to finish. I really can't see Ohtani become more popular worldwide because baseball itself just isn't that attractive to casual viewers.

 

Meanwhile, figure skating is also kind of boring when not done right, but Yuzuru imho has better a chance than Ohtani to become household name worldwide. The potential is there and Beijing, as sad as it was, gave us preview of that and how easy it was for him to attract casual viewers. We really haven't seen the peak of Yuzuru Hanyu yet, and imho the term Prologue is really fitting, as this is really just a start from him.

Due to Yuzu's massive global following, his name will outlast his competitive and probably professional career. Yuzu will most likely build his own rink or have one built with in his name, set up educational foundations for FS and possibly other sports and with the other recovery efforts he will become known for philanthropic works. The Kikuchi prize recognising Yuzu's contribution to the Arts and Yuzu being cited as inspiration for various Doctoral theses will pique people's curiosity as well. 

Now, Yuzu is featuring in beauty and fashion, it will not be surprising if he makes it to Vogue next. Then there is business venture of his own brand show, then merchandising - Blu rays, collector edition programmes, all of the other things that have previously been seen and sold at the exhibitions, Yuzu's enterprises will end up being featured in financial publications.

The Muses of Greek mythology spanned all manner of artistic, historical and scientific pursuits. Yuzu is inspiring all of disciplines on his own

 

A permanent Yuzu exhibition / museum may be incorporated into a rink complex and the fiscal opportunities for Sendai would be a huge economic boost for the city and region. 

The sales related to Yuzu featuring in magazines and in fact anything that he touches is already remarkable. Although it is often referred to in a jocular way, Hanyuconomy is real or certainly there are real world effects with regards to anything associated with Yuzu.  

Hopefully, the legacy of benefits realised by Sendai and it's environs, will be a real demonstration of how supremely regarded Yuzu is. 

[Pammi]

1 hour ago, Floria said:

Idk if it is the right thread to ask, but is there any overseas fan who tried to apply for lottery with foreign credit card and phone?

Just saw this tweet, don't know if it answers your question but it sounds like it's not easy for overseas fans to buy on this occasion.

[Yuzurella]

AAAAAAHHH! Gorgeous!!! Yuzu is sooo beautiful!

 

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[Floria]

Hace 1 hora, Pammi said:

Just saw this tweet, don't know if it answers your question but it sounds like it's not easy for overseas fans to buy on this occasion.

What I have seen so far is that foreign credit cards are accepted and tixplus app allows you to registrer foreign phone number (they even send you sms to verify your account, so it works somehow). TV Asahi doesn't accept foreign numbers but at the moment of application you have to introduce your phone number  again and it is not checked. I wonder which of those three phone numbers is really the one used for issuing the ticket. 

[JanMary]

1 hour ago, Floria said:

What I have seen so far is that foreign credit cards are accepted and tixplus app allows you to registrer foreign phone number (they even send you sms to verify your account, so it works somehow). TV Asahi doesn't accept foreign numbers but at the moment of application you have to introduce your phone number  again and it is not checked. I wonder which of those three phone numbers is really the one used for issuing the ticket. 

the number you provide to tv asahi application page immediately after choosing you lottery preferences should match the one you register the tixplus. That one is the one for issuing ticket and it must be a Japanese phone number.

[Yuzuwinnie]

3 hours ago, Perelandra said:

 

Due to Yuzu's massive worldwide popularity, her name will outlive her competitive and likely professional career. Yuzu will most likely build his own skating rink or have one built in his name, create educational foundations for FS and possibly other sports, and with the other recovery efforts, he will become known for his philanthropic works. The Kikuchi Prize recognizing Yuzu's contribution to the arts and the fact that Yuzu is cited as an inspiration for various doctoral dissertations will also pique people's curiosity. 

Now Yuzu is in beauty and fashion, it will not be surprising if he goes to Vogue next. Then there's the own-brand business enterprise, and then there's the merchandising - Blu-rays, collector's edition programs, all the other things that have already been seen and sold at expos, Yuzu's businesses will eventually be presented in financial publications.

The muses of Greek mythology covered all kinds of artistic, historical and scientific pursuits. Yuzu alone inspires all disciplines

 

A permanent Yuzu exhibit/museum could be integrated into an ice rink complex and the tax opportunities for Sendai would be a huge economic boost for the city and region. 

Sales related to Yuzu being featured in magazines and in fact everything he touches are already remarkable. Although often mentioned in a joking manner, Hanyuconomy is real or there are certainly real-world effects when it comes to anything associated with Yuzu.  

Hopefully, the legacy of benefits achieved by Sendai and its surroundings will be a true demonstration of Yuzu's supreme consideration. 

 

 

 

and as I read in a comment : "the galas will no longer be the same without HIM" 

[SuzyQ]

12 時間前, meowmeownyanさんが言いました:

 

a screen capture from FaOI. maybe the Kobe special?

 

Yes, this was shown as one scene of the practice in the talk with Nobunari Oda and an announcer. They were talking like "Kobe is particularly hot".

 

 

[LiaRy]

19 hours ago, Geo1 said:

I’ve never seen this picture before. I just happened upon it today. I wonder when and where it was taken.

 

 

 

It'a from this Kobe special interview https://axelwithwings.com/2022/07/13/eng-sub-fantasy-on-ice-in-kobe-special-interview-20220627/

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[Anni]

Some translated parts from the AERA interview 

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[Anni]

This article about Yuzu was published in the "Shanghai Students’ Post"

 

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"Even though he didn't finish on the podium, his full display of Olympic spirit while trying to surpass himself was yet more proof that he deserves all the admiration that has come his way."

 

 

 

The Kumazawa bookstore has also congratulated Yuzu to the Kikuchi Kan prize.

 

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[Anni]

More photos 

 

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On 18th October there will be unseen footage on their youtube channel.