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I think this was the setlist in order #プロローグ
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a hotel close to where prologue will be held in yokohama next week 🤨
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Without forgetting the frustration you may feel from being powerless and [your hard work] being for nothing, I'd like you to live in the present in a way that will allow you to say with certainty that it wasn't all for nothing. (4/4)
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Yuzuru's message for young athletes in Team Japan: Not winning even if you enter international competitions, not being rewarded despite working hard, not getting results, environmental [factors], for example getting injured - (1/?) twitter.com/TeamJapan/stat…
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tldr 3 mottos? he wants to live by are 1. continue challenging 2. live beautifully as a human being 3. to not neglect his studies (keep learning)
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as ppl expect from me. so my true feelings are "please look forward to what's coming and please keep watching". i don't htink it's right to say "thank you" here bc it's not the end. i will keep going and doing my best, so i will be counting on you from now on as well
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i don't think there's anything special about me. bc of the fact that there are so many ppl supporting me, i was able to come here. even if there were only 10 ppl supporting me, i'd feel full from just that. [missed some stuff] i want to keep giving performances that are
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q: anything you want to say to your fans
a: it's hard to say it in one sentence, but it's bc ppl supported me that i am speaking here now and have skated until now and want to keep skating
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everyone feels. and from now on, i want to treasure myself the way many ppl have taken care of me until now. for ppl who have said that there is meaning in supporting me and found inspiration, i'd like to say thank you [missed a good amount bc of emoshuns]
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but i want to keep performing. there have been times when i've felt empty inside and cried without a reason and been unable to stomach food. but as a human being, i learned to trust many ppl, and there have been times i didn't know who to trust, but i think this is something that
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many ppl who will keep supportin gme. during pc when i was feeling a bit crushed and said things about my efforts not being rewarded, ppl still cheered me on. so i always feel that 'yuzuru hanyu' is a heavy existence
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new question
for me, yuzuru hanyu is a very heavy existence. even being here and speaking here about my decision, i'm very nervous and i was shaking. i want to be perfect and continue being perfect and be a better yuzuru hanyu. i will keep feeling a lot of pressure, but there are
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at my best. i don't know if i'll be skating until i'm 40, but i'm excited for ppl to see that some things are still possible at a certain age. there are different ways to work hard and do your best, and i want to improve while discoving them
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for a figure skater, they would stop competing at around this age and stop improviing, ppl say this is around 23 for us. but i won pc at that age and even now i feel that i was able to improve a lot with my jumps. so after that i was able to understand and now feel that im
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not bc you could win if you did 3 quads or many 3a. i want to keep giving performances that make ppl want to keep watching me. from now on, the rules may keep changing as they do every year, and things may happen, but i want to chase my ideal form fs that's like from that era
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q: ??
a: when i just started skating and looked up to skaters from that era, it was impressive just to have 2 quads. now everyone is jumping many quads, but in that era it was amazing to have multiple quads or 1 quad + 3a. the fs that i love is from that era that i grew up in
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for me, skating equals living, and as i continue living there are things that don't go well or ppl say things about, but these hold true for skating as well. and that's what fs is to me, so it's not bc i set records or jumped difficult jumps
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q: about always challenging
a: i think it's bc i'm an athlete. i've never been satisfied with my current situation and always thought i want to improve. whether it's jumps or interpretation of the music, it's always been fun to try to improve and that's why i can continue skating
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beijing olys ended and i came home, and as i was resting and recovering from my ankle energy when i couldn't skate, i thought i want to become better and stronger and made the decision. when i was at faoi, that was the last time i skated as an amateur skater
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here on out. about when i thought about becoming a pro skater, i thought about it every comp. after pyeongchang, every competition, i thought about many things, like if i had chosen the wrong path or wasn't trying hard enough. in the end, i made the final decision after beijing
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q: when did you make this decision + what was the biggest factor?
a: there were many places i thought about stopping as a competing athlete and becoming a pro athlete, and starting towards a new step. not in a negative meaning like 'retiring' ..... this is the start from
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so i will refrain from speaking specifically. but i was limited by competitions until now, and i want to create something that ppl who've never gone to see live skating will want to see too, something that will satisfy ppl who have cheered me on until now
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q: are you thinking of doing shows or anything specific?
a: i'm thinking about things and starting to talk with others about it. i am trying to put multiple things into motion, but as for naming specifics, i'm still unsure of things or if they will even happen
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i strongly feel that i want to share [the 4a] with everyone and land it in front of ppl
fanyu since sochi translating JP→EN and attending live events for fun sometimes