Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer who competed in the men's singles discipline from 2004 to 2022 and turned professional on July19, 2022. At junior and senior level (2008–2022), he won a total of 59medals in 72competitions, among them 37golds. He is the first male single skater in 66years since American Dick Button to win back-to-back Olympic titles (2014, 2018), and also the youngest and first Olympic champion from Asia in that discipline. He is a two-time World champion (2014, 2017), a six-time Japanese national champion (2012–2015, 2020–2021), and the first single skater to win four consecutive Grand Prix Finals (2014–2017). With his win at the 2020Four Continents Championships, he became the first male single skater to complete the Super Slam, having won all major international junior and senior titles in the course of his career. He is also the only male single skater besides German Jan Hoffmann to win seven world championship medals in the post-war era since 1946.
Hanyu broke world records 19times, the most in singles since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003. He was the first skater to score over 100 points in the short program, 200 in the free skating, and 300 in the combined total score, and holds the historical world record in all three competition segments in men's singles.[note 1] He was awarded a total of 30perfect scores for technical elements and program components, 10 of them for his signature triple Axel jump, and was the first skater to land a quadrupleloop jump in international competition. As a professional, Hanyu became the first skater to produce and present a solo ice show (Prologue 2022) and a solo ice show tour (Repray Tour 2023–24). His second solo show Gift (2023) set a new audience record for ice shows with 35,000 spectators at Tokyo Dome.
In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu has received numerous awards and accolades, including the People's Honor Award (2018), bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan, Japan's Medal of Honor with purple ribbon (2014, 2018), and the Kikuchi Kan Prize (2022). He was the first figure skater to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award, selected in the category Comeback of the Year (2019), and was named the Most Valuable Skater at the inaugural ISU Skating Awards (2020). He was also featured in prestigious lists, such as Forbes' 30Under30 Asia (2018) as well as ESPN's World Fame 100 (2018, 2019) and TheDominant20 (2018).
Hanyu broke Patrick Chan's record from November 2013 and became the first skater to score above 200 points in the free skating in the +3/-3GOE System.
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Hanyu broke Patrick Chan's record from November 2013 and became the first skater to score above 300 points in the combined total in the +3/-3GOE System.
First skater to debut four types of quadruple jumps successfully at first attempt with a positive grade of execution (GOE) in international competition (toe loop in 2010, Salchow in 2012, loop in 2016, and Lutz in 2017)
In the course of his junior and senior career from 2008 to 2022, Hanyu has medalled 59 times in 72 events, winning 37 golds. In 25 Super Slam events, he won 11 golds and finished on the podium 21 times overall. He also medalled at seven different senior Grand Prix events (the Final not included),[note 4] and won gold at four of them.[120][121]
The list includes medals and participations in senior and junior events.
Medals at team events are included only by team result, not individual result.
Events at novice level, withdrawals, and cancelled events are not included in the list.
Medal record at major international senior and junior events[120]
Hanyu medalled in all 14 figure skating seasons of his junior and senior career and won at least one gold in each season with exception of his senior debut in 2010–11. His most successful season by medals was the 2013–14 season, having won his first Winter Olympics, World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and seven medals in total. He also medalled seven times in the 2016–17 season, including his second World and fourth Grand Prix Final title.[120][121]
The list includes medals and participations at national and international events.
Medals at team events are included only by team result, not individual result.
Withdrawals and cancelled events are not included in the list.
Hanyu in his free skate program Hope and Legacy at Worlds 2017 that earned him a historical record
By the end of his competitive career on July19, 2022, Hanyu was the record holder for the program component score (PCS) in the men's short program and set all historical records in the +3/-3GOE System except the technical element score (TES) in the free skating, which was scored by Nathan Chen in 2018. Hanyu achieved three of the seven historical records at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final, namely the combined total score and the program component scores in both competition segments.[122]
Only records at main international senior events are listed, namely the Winter Olympics (individual event), World Championships, Four Continents, and the Grand Prix Final.[note 5] By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the event record score for the men's short program and combined total at the Four Continents Championships.[123] He also set nine of the twelve historical records at main international events, among them the records in all three competition segments at the World Championships and the Grand Prix Final.[5] Hanyu's Olympic programs Ballade No.1 and Seimei contributed to eight of the eleven event records in men's singles.[8]
SP – Short program
FS – Free skating
Highest historical scores achieved in the +3/-3GOE System highlighted in bold and italic
The list considers records and results by other skaters until the end of Hanyu's competitive career on July19, 2022.
Highest scores in the different competition segments by event[123]
In figure skating, a technical element is awarded a perfect score if it is credited with the full base value by the technical panel and the maximum grade of execution after dropping the highest and lowest mark across the judging panel (+3marks before and +5marks since the 2018–19 season).[26] In the +5/-5GOE System, Hanyu received one perfect score for a technical element in international competition,[27] namely his triple Axel jump in the short program at the 2019 Skate Canada International.[124][125] Before the system change, he was awarded a total of 28 maximum scores, covering all types of required technical elements in the senior men's singles discipline: three types of solo jumps, two different jump combinations, a spin, the step sequence, and the choreographic sequence.[26][126]
Seven of the 29 technical elements received unanimous +3marks from all judges on the panel: four triple Axels, a quadruple Salchow, a choreographic sequence, and his step sequence in the short program at the 2016 World Championships.[126] However, that element did not earn a maximum score because it was not credited with the full base value.[127] Hanyu's solo triple Axel jump received a perfect score ten times, the most among all elements. The Axels were all executed in the short program, six of them in the second half.[27][126]
SP – Short program
FS – Free skating
x – 10% bonus in the base value for a jump executed in the second half of the program
Unanimous +3marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with a maximum score in the +5/-5GOE System[126]
Hanyu's most successful season by maximum scores was the 2015–16 season. He was awarded a perfect score for twelve technical elements and maximum grades of execution for another three step sequences that were not credited with the full base value due to level downgrades. Before the 2014–15 season, Hanyu did not receive any maximum scores for single technical elements in international competition.[126]
Number of awarded maximum scores for technical elements by season[126]
A program component is awarded a maximum score if it receives marks of 10.00 from all judges after dropping the highest and lowest mark across the panel. The five components until the 2022–23 season were skating skills (SS), transitions (TR), performance (PE), composition (CO), and interpretation (IN). At the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final, Hanyu was awarded a perfect 10.00 in his short program for the performance component.[128]
A Japanese national record score is the highest score achieved by a Japanese skater in a competition segment at an international event sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Highest scores achieved at domestic skating events like the Japan Championships do not count for national records, but they are recorded by the Japan Skating Federation and reported various news outlets.[129][130]
By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the current and historical Japanese national record scores in all three segments of the senior men's singles discipline. Two of them were achieved at the 2019 Skate Canada International, namely the national records for the free skating and combined total score in the +5/-5GOE System.[131][132] By the end of his career, Hanyu also held all six event records at the Japan Championships,[133] of which five were scored at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.[129][134]
SP – Short program
FS – Free skating
Highest historical scores highlighted in bold and italic
The list considers records and results by other skaters until the end of Hanyu's competitive career on July19, 2022.
Japanese national record scores by competition segment[131][132]
Hanyu received a total of 11 maximum scores for technical elements at the Japan Championships. In the +5/-5GOE System, he earned perfect scores for a spin, two step sequences, and a choreographic sequence.[135] In addition, he received a perfect score of 10.00 in the interpretation component for his short program at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[136] In the +3/-3GOE System, he was rewarded seven maximum scores for six solo jumps and a jump combination.[135]
x – 10% bonus in the base value for a jump executed in the second half of the program
Unanimous +5 or +3 marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with a maximum score at the Japan Championships in the +5/-5GOE System[135]
Absolute best scores are officially recorded by the International Skating Union and, compared to personal bests, they consider multiple scores by one skater in each competition segment.[5][123] In the men's singles discipline, the crucial scores to surpass are 100 points in the short program, 200 in the free skating, and 300 in the combined total score. Hanyu was the first skater to surpass all three in international competition.[12] By the end of his competitive career in 2022, only five other skaters have scored above 300 points in total, namely Javier Fernández, Nathan Chen, Jin Boyang, Shoma Uno, and Yuma Kagiyama.[5]
Hanyu scored ten times above 300 points in the combined total and was the first skater to surpass 310, 320, and 330 points in international competition. In the short program, he scored fifteen times above 100 points and was the first to surpass 110 points, being the only one to do so in the +3/-3GOE System.[5][123] His short program Ballade No.1 was awarded more than 110 points five times, the most times among all short programs.[8] In the free skating, Hanyu scored eight times above 200 points and was the first to surpass 210 and 220 points.[5][123] His free skate program Seimei was the first to be awarded more than 200 points, surpassing that mark trice.[8]
Combined total scores above 300 points in the +5/-5GOE System[123]
Russell, Susan D. (September 6, 2022). "Yuzuru Hanyu – An icon leaves the competitive stage". International Figure Skating. Denville Township, New Jersey. pp. 22–33. IFSISS22-05.
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