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2012.04.25

Source: https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2012/04/26/articles/K20120426003120830.html

Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20260720014221/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2012/04/26/articles/K20120426003120830.html

 

 

Hanyu to train under Kim Yuna's former coach in Toronto.

 

Yuzuru Hanyu (17, Tohoku High School), who won the bronze medal in the men's event at the World Figure Skating Championships, will now be coached by Canadian Brian Orser (50), the former coach of Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yuna (South Korea).

 

On the 25th, figure skating director Hidehito Ito said, "He wants to go abroad more, take on a wider range of challenges, and improve his level." Hanyu's coach-student relationship with Nanami Abe has already been dissolved. Going forward, he will receive instruction in Toronto, Canada, where Orser is based.

2012.04.25

Source: https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNSSXKD0505_V20C12A4000000/

https://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/general/20120425000473

 

Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu to have a new coach: Brian Orser, who previously coached Kim Yuna.

 

Yuzuru Hanyu (17), a rising star in men's figure skating who won a bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships, will be training under Canadian coach Brian Orser (50), who coached Kim Yuna (South Korea) to a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. This was announced on the 25th by Hidehito Ito, chairman of the Japan Skating Federation's figure skating committee.

From now on, Hanyu will focus his activities on Toronto, Canada, where Orser has his training base. According to Chairman Ito, Hanyu made this decision because he wanted to "go abroad and raise his level," and is leaving coach Nanami Abe, who had coached him for many years in his hometown of Sendai. [Kyodo]

Source: Jiji Press (https://toramomo.exblog.jp/18193844/)

Yuzuru Hanyu to train under former coach of Kim Yuna

It was learned on April 25th that Yuzuru Hanyu (Tohoku High School, Miyagi Prefecture), who won a bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships, has changed his coach to Canadian Brian Orser. He notified the Japan Skating Federation by the same day. Orser is based in Toronto and coached Kim Yuna (South Korea), the gold medalist in the women's event at the Vancouver Olympics, until August 2010.

Hanyu had previously been coached by Nanami Abe. Regarding the reason for the change, he reportedly told Hidehito Ito, head of the Japan Skating Federation's figure skating department, that he wanted to "go abroad, take on challenges, and raise his level even higher." For the time being, he will train by traveling back and forth between Sendai, where his high school is located, and Toronto.　

Source: Sankei Shimbun (https://toramomo.exblog.jp/18193844/)

Brian Orser, who coached Kim Yuna, to become Hanyu's coach.

It was reported at the Japan Skating Federation's board meeting on the 25th that Brian Orser, a Canadian who coached Kim Yuna (South Korea), the gold medalist in women's figure skating at the Vancouver Olympics, has been appointed as the new coach of Yuzuru Hanyu (Tohoku High School, Miyagi), who won the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships. According to Hidehito Ito, head of the figure skating department, Hanyu has said that he "wants to go overseas and raise his level even higher."

At the board meeting that day, the athletes designated as special elite skaters for 2012 were also announced. In addition to Mao Asada (Chukyo University) and Daisuke Takahashi (Kansai University Graduate School), former world champion Miki Ando (Toyota Motor Corporation), who has taken a break this season and has indicated her intention to enter this year's Grand Prix (GP) series, was also selected.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun (http://mainichi.jp/sports/news/20120426k0000m050020000c.html ; https://think58.exblog.jp/17859055)

Figure Skating: Yuzuru Hanyu Changes Coaches to Brian Orser

Yuzuru Hanyu (17) = Tohoku High School, Miyagi Prefecture = who won a bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships (March, Nice, France) will be coached by Brian Orser, the coach who trained Kim Yuna = South Korea =, the gold medalist at the Vancouver Olympics. This was announced on the 25th by Hidehito Ito, head of the figure skating department of the Japan Skating Federation.

According to Director Ito, the coaching relationship with his current coach, Nanami Abe, was amicably dissolved on the 24th. Hanyu has said that the reason for the change of coach is that he "wants to go overseas, challenge himself more broadly, and raise his level even higher." As Hanyu is still in high school, he will be traveling back and forth between Toronto, Canada, where Orser is based, and Japan for the time being.