[2026.02.01 Donation to Ice Rink Sendai]

[Wintek]

Ice Rink Sendai ("Irene") posted on their website an announcement of a new donation received from Yuzuru Hanyu:
https://icerink-sendai.net/news/detail.php?id=20

 

To Our Customers,

 

Thank you very much for your continued patronage of Ice Rink Sendai and for your generous support and cooperation.

 

Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu always deeply loves his hometown Sendai and holds ‘Ice Rink Sendai’ very dear to his heart, and we have previously received his generous donations on many occasions. This time as well, we have once again received a new, substantial donation. We would like to express our deepest gratitude for his repeated thoughtfulness.

 

We will use this donation meaningfully and strive to further improve customer satisfaction. 

 

Going forward as well, in response to the kindness of Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu, all of our staff will continue to make every possible effort so that everyone can enjoy the facility in an even more comfortable environment. We humbly ask for your continued patronage.

 

Donation amount received this time: ¥2,000,000

Total donations from Yuzuru Hanyu: ¥109,971,996

 

February 1, 2026

Kato Shokai Co., Ltd.
Representative Director: Matsuhiko Kato

[Wintek]

[2026.02.01] 

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Sponichi

Source: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2026/02/01/articles/20260201s00079000297000c.html

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260201160329/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2026/02/01/articles/20260201s00079000297000c.html

 

Yuzuru Hanyu donates 2 million yen to his hometown Sendai skating rink — total donations exceed 100 million yen, voices calling him “otokomae”[1]

“Ice Rink Sendai,” located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, updated its official website on the 1st. It reported that it had newly received a donation of 2 million yen from Yuzuru Hanyu (31), who achieved consecutive Olympic gold medals in men’s figure skating and is now active as a professional.

On the site, it stated:

“Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu always deeply loves his hometown Sendai and holds ‘Ice Rink Sendai’ very dear to his heart, and we have previously received his generous donations on many occasions. This time as well, we have once again received a new, substantial donation. We would like to express our deepest gratitude for his repeated thoughtfulness.”

Mr. Hanyu has continued to make donations to this rink, which he used as his training base, and on this occasion donated 2 million yen. It was reported that the total amount of his donations to date has reached 100,997,996 yen.

The rink also appealed:

“Going forward as well, in response to the kindness of Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu, all of our staff will continue to make every possible effort so that everyone can enjoy the facility in an even more comfortable environment. We humbly ask for your continued patronage.”

On social media, voices followed one after another, such as: “Too ‘otokomae’,” “Yuzuru Hanyu is truly a god,” “Precious.”[2]

Notes

[1] “オトコマエ” slangy SNS praise meaning: cool, manly in character, gallant, admirable in action.

[2] 尊い (toutoi), “precious / sacred / too pure to exist,” common fandom term.

[Wintek]

[2026.02.01] 

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The Digest

Source: https://thedigestweb.com/topics_detail13/id=108709

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260201161144/https://thedigestweb.com/topics_detail13/id=108709

 

Yuzuru Hanyu donates 2 million yen to a skating rink in his hometown Sendai!

Total donations to date “exceed 100 million yen” — two days earlier, he donated 54 million yen for repairs to another rink facility

His feelings toward his hometown remain unchanged.

The year-round skating rink “Ice Rink Sendai,” located in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, updated its official website on February 1, announcing that it had newly received a 2 million yen donation from Yuzuru Hanyu, gold medalist in men’s figure skating at the 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. According to the organization, it was also reported that the total amount of donations to date has reached 100,997,996 yen.

His substantial support for his hometown has been drawing attention. The site distributed a release titled “Regarding a Donation from Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu.” It reported:

“Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu always deeply loves his hometown Sendai and holds ‘Ice Rink Sendai’ very dear to his heart, and we have previously received his generous donations on many occasions. This time as well, we have once again received a new, substantial donation. We would like to express our deepest gratitude for his repeated thoughtfulness.”

Born in Sendai City, Hanyu had been going to Ice Rink Sendai since early childhood and has used it as his training base. Although the rink suffered significant damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, Hanyu has continued donating to the facility even now, after becoming a professional skater. On this occasion, he donated 2 million yen.

The rink appealed:

“Going forward as well, in response to the kindness of Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu, all of our staff will continue to make every possible effort so that everyone can enjoy the facility in an even more comfortable environment. We humbly ask for your continued patronage.”

Two days earlier, Hanyu had also donated just over 54 million yen to the sports facility “Bell Sunpia Miyagi Izumi” in Yamato Town, Miyagi Prefecture, for the purpose of skating rink repairs. So that children who enjoy skating, and children aiming for the world from Miyagi, can skate safely… even now that he is active as a professional, Hanyu’s feelings of repaying his hometown remain unchanged.

Composition: THE DIGEST Editorial Department