On 19 July 2022 Yuzuru has announced at a press conference his decision to turn professional. This thread compiles all the stuff - news, videos, translation snippets, messages to Yuzu from people in the skating world, etc. - related to his decision by quoting the posts from the General Yuzuru Chat (pages 7209 to ca. 7295), in chronological order from 18 July, Monday to 24 July Sunday, 2022.