Biography

MEN

Date of birth:

07.12.1994

Yuzuru HANYU
JPN

Place of birth:

Sendai

Height:

171 cm

Home town:

Sendai

Profession:

university student

Hobbies:

music

Start sk. / Club:

1998 / Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club

Coach:

Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson

Choreographer:

Jeffrey Buttle, Shae-Lynn Bourne

Former Coach:

Nanami Abe, Shoitirou Tuzuki

Practice low season:

14 h / week at Toronto/CAN

Practice high season:

12 h / week at Toronto/CAN

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016

Ballade No. 1 op. 23 in G minor by Frederic Chopin

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016

Seimei (Japanese movie soundtrack) by Shigeru Umebayashi

Personal Best Total Score	330.43	12.12.2015	ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16
Personal Best Score Short Program	110.95	10.12.2015	ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16
Personal Best Score Free Skating	219.48	12.12.2015	ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16

08/09

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

12.

1.J

4.S

3.S

1.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU Grand Prix Final 2013/14 Fukuoka	2013	1.
ISU GP Lexus Cup of China 2014 Shanghai	2014	2.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2014 Osaka	2014	4.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15 Barcelona	2014	1.

International Competition	Year	Place
Skate Canada Autumn Classic 2015 Barrie, ON	2015	1.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2015 Lethbridge, AB	2015	2.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2015 Nagano	2015	1.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2015/16 Barcelona	2015	1.

Hanyu is the first Japanese male skater to win Olympic gold. He became the first skater to surpass a total score of 300 points (322.40 points at NHK Trophy 2015). Hanyu followed his older sister Saya into skating. He looks up to Johnny Weir in figure skating. Hanyu's home and ice rink were damaged during the earthquake and tsunami catastrophe on March 11, 2011 and he trained in Yokohama before the ice rink re-opened four months later. Hanyu switched coaches in spring 2012 and has moved to Canada for training. Coach Brian Orser is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist.

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