Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater who began his career in 2004 and competed at a senior level for the first time in 2010. Throughout his career, Hanyu has won the Olympics twice (2014, 2018) and achieved a Super Slam for having won all major competitions in his senior and junior career. He is the first skater in history to successfully land a quadrupleloop jump in competition and has broken world records nineteen times – the most times amongst singles skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004. He is the historical world record[note 1] holder for the men's short program, free skating and combined total score. He is also the first man to have received over 100 points in the men's short program, over 200 points in the men's free skate, and over 300 total points in competition. In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu has been awarded numerous accolades. He is the youngest recipient of the People's Honour Award (in 2018) by the Prime Minister of Japan, and nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year (in 2019).
Hanyu has set seven world record scores under the current +5/-5 Grade of Execution (GOE) system, three in the short program and two in the free skating and the combined total score. At the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki he reset all three world records in one event.
Hanyu broke twelve world records before the 2018–19 season,[note 1] seven in the short program, three in the free skating and two in the combined total score. At the 2015 NHK Trophy and the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final he reset the world records in all three competition segments at back-to-back events.
SP – Short program
FS – Free skating
Historical world records in the senior men's singles short program, free skating and combined total score[2][4]
First Asian male single skater to win the Olympics and the youngest since Dick Button in 1948 (19 years, 2 months and 7 days)
March 28, 2014
First Asian and only skater besides Alexei Yagudin, Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot to win Olympics, Worlds and the Grand Prix Final in the same season
First and only skater across all disciplines to win the Winter Olympics and the Grand Prix Final in the same calendar year
Alina Zagitova is the only other skater who won Olympic gold and qualified for the Grand Prix Final in the following season (winning silver at the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final).
By landing the quadruple Lutz with a positive grade of execution, Hanyu has debuted four types of quadruple jumps in international competitions with 100% success rate.
First skater in history to land a quadruple toe loop-triple Axel sequence in competition
At the 2018 Helsinki GP Hanyu received a negative grade of execution for that jump sequence. The same season at the 2019 World Championships he landed it with positive GOE.
First skater in history to successfully land a quadruple toe loop-Euler-triple flip combination in competition
It was the highest scored element in history with 20.90 points, until it got surpassed by Alexander Samarin's quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup with 21.12 points.
Hanyu holds the record in all historical best scores except the technical element score in the free skating, which was set by Nathan Chen in 2018.[4][113][114]
Historical world records[note 1] highlighted in bold and italic[4]
Historical record scores in the combined total and competition segments, including the technical element and program component score of each segment[2][4][113]
Only records at main international senior events are listed, namely the Olympics (individual event), Worlds, Four Continents and the Grand Prix Final (Europeans excluded as Hanyu is not eligible for that event). Hanyu holds the current event record score for the short program and the combined total score at the Four Continents Championships. Shoma Uno set the Four Continents record for the free skating and Nathan Chen the remaining seven event records.[115]
Hanyu set nine of the twelve historical record scores at main international events, among them the records in all three competition segments at the World Championships and the Grand Prix Final. The other three records were set by Nathan Chen.[5]
Historical world records highlighted in bold and italic[4]
Historical record scores in the different competition segments by event[2][5]
Ten of Hanyu's triple Axel jumps received a perfect score. All were executed in the short program and six of them in the second half.
A technical element is awarded a perfect score if it's 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 (+3 GOE before and +5 GOE since the 2018–19 season). In the current system Hanyu has 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.[116]
The step sequence in Hanyu's short program "Let's Go Crazy" has received full base value and maximum GOE four times.
Before the system change, Hanyu was awarded a total of 28 maximum scores, covering all types of technical elements in the men's singles discipline: three different solo jumps, two jump combinations, one spin, the step sequence and the choreographic sequence.[33] Seven elements received unanimous +3 GOE from all judges in the panel: four triple Axels, a quadruple Salchow, a choreo sequence and his step sequence in the short program at the 2016 World Championships. However, that element did not earn a maximum score, because it was downgraded by the technical panel to Level 3 and did not reach the full base value.[117]
x – 10% bonus in the base value for a jump executed in the second half of the program
Unanimous +3 GOE marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with maximum score in the +3/-3 GOE system[2][33]
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.[33]
Number of awarded maximum scores for technical elements by season[33]
Element
14–15
15–16
16–17
17–18
18–19
19–20
20–21
21–22
Total
3A
1
3
2
3
1
10
4S
3
2
5
StSq4
4
1
5
ChSq1
2
1
3
3A+2T
2
2
4T
1
1
2
4T+3T
1
1
CSSp4
1
1
Total
1
12
6
9
0
1
0
0
29
Program components[]
A program component is awarded a maximum score if it receives marks of 10.00 from all judges after dropping the highest and lowest score across the panel. The five components are skating skills (SS), transitions (TR), performance (PE), composition (CO) and interpretation (IN). Hanyu received a perfect 10.00 in the performance component for his short program at the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.[118] He is the only male single skater besides Javier Fernández[119] who has been awarded a perfect component mark in the men's singles discipline and the only one to earn a 10.00 in the performance component.
Hanyu holds the current and historical Japanese national record scores for all competition segments in the senior men's singles discipline.[120][121] He also holds all six event records at the Japan Figure Skating Championships.[122][123][124]
Scores achieved at domestic competitions are not recognized by the ISU as personal best scores. Only scores at sanctioned international events are considered as official and ratified national records.
Current and historical record scores at the Japan Figure Skating Championships by competition segment[2][122][124][125]
Hanyu has received a total of eleven maximum scores for technical elements at the Japan Championships. In the current +5/-5 system he earned perfect scores for a spin, two step sequences and a choreographic sequence.[33] In addition, he got a perfect 10.00 in the interpretation component for his short program at the 2021–22 Japan Championships.[125] In the old +3/-3 system he was rewarded seven maximum scores for six solo jumps and a jump combination.[33]
Unanimous +5 GOE marks from the judging panel highlighted in bold
Technical elements with maximum score at the Japan Championships in the +5/-5 GOE system[33][125]
At the 2017 World Championships, for the first time in history, all three medalists with Hanyu (center), Shoma Uno (left) and Jin Boyang (right) scored above 300 points in the combined total.
Hanyu has scored ten times above 300 points in the combined total, four times since the 2018–19 season. The only other skater to score above 300 in total in the current system is Nathan Chen.[115] In the old +3/-3 GOE system the other three skaters besides Hanyu and Chen to accomplish this feat were Javier Fernández, Jin Boyang and Shoma Uno.[5]
Combined total scores above 300 points since the 2018–19 season[115]
Hanyu's Ballade No. 1 has set five of the seven highest all-time short program scores across all judging systems.
Hanyu has scored fifteen times above 100 points in the short program, seven times since the 2018–19 season. He also has set six of the eight highest short program scores across all judging systems and was the first skater to score above 110 multiple times.[5][115]
Short program scores above 100 points since the 2018–19 season[2][115]
Hanyu's Seimei was the first program to score above 200 points in the free skating. It surpassed that mark three times.
Hanyu has scored eight times above 200 points in the free skating, two times since the 2018–19 season. The only other two skaters to score above 200 in the current system are Nathan Chen and Yuma Kagiyama.[115] In the +3/-3 GOE system the other four skaters besides Hanyu and Chen to accomplish this feat were Javier Fernández, Patrick Chan, Jin Boyang and Shoma Uno.[5]
Free skating scores above 200 points since the 2018–19 season[2][115]
No.
Score
Program
Event
1
212.99
Origin
2019 Skate Canada
2
206.10
2019 World Championships
Free skating scores above 200 points before the 2018–19 season[2][5]
^ abcdBecause of the introduction of the new +5/-5 GOE system which replaced the previous +3/-3 GOE system, the ISU has decided that all statistics start from zero from the 2018–19 season onwards. All previous records are now historical.[3]
^The Axel jump is a required element in the senior men's short program and only one attempt of a triple Axel is permitted in that competition segment.[31]
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