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 July 19, 2022. In his 14 junior and senior seasons (2008–2022), he has won a total of 59 medals in 72 competitions, among them 37 golds. He is the first male single skater in 66 years 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 2020 Four 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 19 times, 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 30 perfect 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). At his second solo show Gift (2023), he also set a new audience record for ice shows with 35,000 spectators.
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)
With exception of the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Italy and the Olympic team event, Hanyu has medalled at least once at every senior and junior figure skating event he attended between 2008 and 2022. He collected 21 medals at 25 Super Slam events, among them 11 golds. In the ISU Grand Prix series, he medalled at seven different senior Grand Prix events (the Final not included),[note 4] having won gold at four of them.[120][121]
The list records 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 has 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 in 2013–14, when he won his first Olympics, Worlds, Grand Prix Final, second Japan Championships, and seven medals in total. He collected another seven medals in 2016–17, including his second World and fourth Grand Prix Final title.[120][121]
The list records 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.
By the end of his competitive career on July 19, 2022, Hanyu was the record holder for the Program Component Score in the men's short program and set all historical record scores in the +3/-3GOE system except the Technical Element Score 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 components in both competition segments.[122]
Only records at main international senior events are listed, namely the Olympics (individual event), Worlds, Four Continents, and the Grand Prix Final.[note 5] By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the event record score for the short program and the 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.[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 July 19, 2022.
Highest scores in the different competition segments by event[123]
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 (+3GOE before and +5GOE since the 2018–19 season).[26] In the +5/-5GOE system, Hanyu received one perfect score for a technical element in international competition, namely his triple Axel jump in the short program at the 2019 Skate Canada International.[124] 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.[125]
Seven of the 29 technical elements received unanimous +3GOE from all judges in the panel: four triple Axels, a quadruple Salchow, a choreographic sequence, and his step sequence in the short program at the 2016 World Championships.[125] However, that element did not earn a maximum score because it was downgraded by the technical panel to Level3 and did not reach the full base value.[126] 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.[125]
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 +3GOE marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with a maximum score in the +5/-5GOE system[125]
Hanyu's most successful season by maximum scores was in the 2015–16 season. He was awarded a perfect score for twelve technical elements and maximum GOE for another three step sequences that did not reach 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.[125]
Number of awarded maximum scores for technical elements by season[125]
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.[127]
A national record score in a competition segment is the highest score achieved by a Japanese skater 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 national skating federation and various news outlets.[128][129] By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the current and historical Japanese national record scores for all three segments in 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 the combined total score in the +5/-5GOE system.[130][131] By July 19, 2022, Hanyu also held all six event records at the Japan Championships,[132] of which five were scored at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.[128][133]
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 July 19, 2022.
Japanese national record scores by competition segment[130][131]
Hanyu has received a total of eleven maximum scores for technical elements at the Japan Championships. In the current +5/-5GOE system, he earned perfect scores for a spin, two step sequences, and a choreographic sequence.[134] In addition, he received a perfect 10.00 in the interpretation component for his short program at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[135] In the +3/-3GOE system, he was rewarded seven maximum scores for six solo jumps and a jump combination.[134]
x – 10% bonus in the base value for a jump executed in the second half of the program
Unanimous +5 or +3GOE marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with a maximum score at the Japan Championships in the +5/-5GOE system[134]
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 achieve 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 of the three scoring barriers 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, Boyang Jin, Shoma Uno, and Yuma Kagiyama.[5]
Hanyu has 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 has scored fifteen times above 100 points, among them eight times before the 2018–19 season—a record in the +3/-3GOE system. Hanyu was also the first skater to score above 110 points in international competition and the only one in the old judging system.[5][123] Hanyu's program Ballade No.1 has scored above 110 points five times, the most times among all short programs.[8] In the free skating, he has scored eight times above 200 points in the free skating and was the first skater to score above 210 and 220 points in international competition.[5][123] Hanyu's free skate program Seimei was the first to score above 200 points, surpassing that mark three times.[8]
Total scores above 300 points in the +5/-5 system[123]
^ abcWith the change of the judging system, the ISU decided to start the recording of highest score statistics from zero and declared all records historical that were achieved before the 2018–19 season.[1]
^The Axel jump is a required element in the senior men's short program. Only one attempt of a triple Axel is permitted in that competition segment.[26]
^ abAs of February 2024, Hanyu's Ice Story series was sold out with 12 shows and attracted a total of 112,800 spectators:
Prologue (2022): 7,900 spectators per day in Yokohama (2 days),[39] and 3,000 per day in Hachinohe (3 days);[40] 24,800 in total
Gift (2023): single-day event with 35,000 spectators[32]
Repray Tour (2023–24): 14,000 spectators per day in Saitama (2 days),[37] 5,500 per day in Saga (2 days),[41] and 7,000 per day in Yokohama (2 days);[38] 53,000 in total.
^During Hanyu's senior career between 2010 and 2022, the ISU Grand Prix series only consisted of six recurring international Grand Prix events in the United States, Canada, France, China, Russia, and Japan. In 2018, the Cup of China was replaced by the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki, which Hanyu won.[120]
^The European Championships are excluded, since Hanyu is not eligible for that event.
^ ab羽生結弦さん「やっと『破滅』ノーミスできたぁ!」4回転3本、3回転半2本の高難度構成、満員7000人が歓喜の喝采 [Yuzuru Hanyu: 'I finally skated a no-mistake performance to 'Darkness of Eternity'!' The difficult layout with three quadruple jumps and two triple Axels made a sellout crowd of 7,000 people cheer with joy]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Minato, Tokyo. February 19, 2024. Archived from the original on February 19, 2024.
^羽生結弦『第70回菊池寛賞』受賞「挑戦を続ける」姿勢に評価 [Yuzuru Hanyu awarded with the 70th Kikuchi Kan Prize for his attitude of "continuing to take on challenges"]. Oricon (in Japanese). Minato, Tokyo. October 11, 2022. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022.
^平昌五輪日本代表が解団 小平、羽生、高木姉妹らメダリストに特別賞/五輪ニュース [Japan's national team at the Pyeongchang Olympics winning special award such as medalits Kodaira, Hanyu and Takagi sisters]. Daily Sports (in Japanese). Kobe. February 27, 2018. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018.
^ ab羽生、高木美帆ら表彰 スケート連盟祝賀会 [Hanyu, Miho Takagi and others honored at Skating Federation Celebration]. Daily Sports (in Japanese). Kobe. April 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020.
^Public Relations Society of Japan (January 20, 2023). 2022年度日本PR大賞が決定 [2022 Japan PR Awards decided]. PR Wire (in Japanese). Minato, Tokyo: Kyodo News. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023.
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^羽生結弦選手Yahoo!検索大賞 2018で「アスリート部門賞」&「スペシャル部門賞」をW受賞!2014年には大賞なども [Yuzuru Hanyu won the "Athlete Category Award" & "Special Category Award" at Yahoo! Search Awards 2018, including the Grand Prize in 2014!]. Edge Line Tokyo (in Japanese). Shinjuku, Tokyo. December 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018.
^名誉県民・県民栄誉賞 [Honorary Prefectural Citizens and Prefectural Citizens' Honor Awards]. Miyagi Prefecture (in Japanese). Sendai. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015.
^宮城県議会議長特別表彰 [Special Commendation by the chairman of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly]. Miyagi Prefecture (in Japanese). Sendai. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016.
^羽生結弦選手に「仙台市議会議長特別表彰」を行います [Special Commendation from the chairman of the Sendai City Council to Yuzuru Hanyu] (PDF). Sendai City Assembly (in Japanese). Sendai. April 17, 2018. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 23, 2021.
^市政だより2014年4月号 [Municipal News, April 2014]. Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
^羽生結弦選手に「賛辞の楯」の贈呈および特別表彰を行います [Yuzuru Hanyu presented with a "plaque of praise" and a special award]. Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. April 17, 2018. Archived from the original on April 23, 2018.
^羽生結弦選手に「賛辞の楯」の贈呈および特別表彰を行いました [Presentation of a "Plaque of Praise" and special commendation to Yuzuru Hanyu]. Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018.
^平成 22 年仙台市スポーツ賞受賞者一覧 [List of recipients of the 2010 Sendai Sports Awards] (PDF). Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. 2010. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 23, 2021.
^平成 23 年仙台市スポーツ賞受賞者一覧 [List of recipients of the 2011 Sendai Sports Awards] (PDF). Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. 2011. Archived(PDF) from the original on October 31, 2020.
^平成 24 年仙台市スポーツ賞受賞者一覧 [List of recipients of the 2012 Sendai Sports Awards] (PDF). Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. 2012. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 23, 2021.
^平成 25 年仙台市スポーツ賞受賞者一覧 [List of recipients of the 2013 Sendai Sports Awards] (PDF). Sendai City (in Japanese). Sendai. 2013. Archived(PDF) from the original on May 23, 2021.
^つながる金メダリストの系譜。荒川静香と羽生結弦が語る「五輪の記憶」 [Genealogy of connected gold medalists – Shizuka Arakawa and Yuzuru Hanyu talk about their memories of the Olympics]. Sportiva (in Japanese). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha. April 19, 2017. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017.
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