#ice show

[diavolito]

Oh my goodness 🤍

[yuzu-all-the-way]

Carmina Burana - Yuzuru Hanyu ft. Mao Daichi (Notte Stellata Day 1 live)

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Shoma Uno and Japanese cast @ Stars on Ice 2024

Photos by TBS

[poohworshiper]

Please excuse me while I have a mental breakdown over this glorious costume.

Now let me preface this by saying that there are exactly two male figure skaters which I have adored and Yuzu was the second one.

The first was actually Johnny Weir and this particular costume with its half skirt, it’s asymmetrical pronounced shoulder, it’s dark ornate vibe and so much about it’s presentation really reminds me of JW. (Think poker face / Bad Romance sorta gala programs). But so so much better! So much more polished(?) and unique.

I just love it so much and I would happily sell my soul to Yuzuru or Satomi idc. It is everything I could have ever imagined for him.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Hollywood Ice Revue at Madison Square Garden, 1948.

Photo: Gjon Mili via Life magazine Instagram

[theicedancekingdom]

Ice rinks aesthetic by fskating_arts

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[jennibeultimate]

Stars on Ice Japan News 30/03/2024 ✨✨✨

[moon-soo-ah]

[doomduck]

Here we goooooo

[figure-frenzy]

In case you missed it, Shigesato Itoi is currently interviewing Yuzuru Hanyu, asking him all sorts of things like the start of his amateur skating career, the Great Eastern Japanese Earthquake, thoughts on his (competitive) performance, etc. Yuzu even manages to talk about his competitive drive in terms of one of his favorite games, MOTHER 2 (which was designed by Mr. Itoi himself(!)). Insightful interview all in all, it is available in Japanese, English, and Chinese (the one I linked is in English), it will have 12 parts in total (as of the time of this post it already have 5 parts published).

[diavolito]

It's been driving me crazy since day one 🖤

[yuzu-all-the-way]

Painfully obsessed with this one

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

The Ice casting decision reeks of misogyny. It's doubly disappointing as a Japanese ice show considering just how good/deep their women's field is. Kaori not only being reigning world champion, but having made history with it just so recently, rubs salt even further into the wound. Makes me wonder if they're falling into the same thing I keep seeing posted on various platforms of the women's field being "not interesting" anymore - various arguments around this statement.

No matter the reasoning, it's extremely disappointing. Especially with just how they openly stated it to, though I guess it doesn't leave anyone wondering just how intentional it was to have them all left out.

Thank you for your thoughts! This probably serves as an answer for my poll. I am still using this to comment on some of your thoughts under the cut and share some additional points from my view.

The decision of an all male cast is strange and uncalled for especially considering their deep field of women. I really wonder what lead to that final decision. I totally get the disappointment and anger even if I like most skaters that are announced for the show. But tbh from my point of view Japan has a lot of mysoginistics way of thinking instilled in their culture, so internalized mysoginy may have played a part, even if probably or hopefully nobody went like "we hate women, so we don't want them". From the reaction by Japanese fans I came across the criticism wasn't as negative as the reaction from the English fandom. In the end the Japanese fans buy the tickets.

We can't tell if the producers buy into the "women skating is not interesting anymore" or if they have other reasons. There is not any justifiable reasons to exclude women single skaters imo! One thought appeared on my mind though: from my outside observation the Japanese single women skaters do not have the same "superstar" status as the male skaters in Japan and maybe that plays a part why they are deemed by producers as "not a selling point"???After Mao Asada no other female Japanese skater got as much attention. It's a shame especially as Kaori has three world titles now! She deserves so much better. All of the Japanese ladies deserve better in general! (Though the women discipline is popular with tv ratings in Japan yet I don't see the same hype around the women skaters as male skaters in the fandom and fans will attend shows not casual tv watchers. Again just an outsiders observation of the Japanese fandom, so by no means any sort of factbased.)

I also think it's maybe in Japan but to me it doesn't feel like a Japanese ice show, bc besides Kao and Shoma and Satoko if you can even count her as she isn't perfoming apparently (that's the wildest point imo to have Satoko and not have her skate 💀) there are not many Japanese skaters announced and I mean the men field in Japan is deep too. So when all male, where are they? Where is Sota, Yuma, Kazuki, Koshiro??? I mean Nika Egadze a stronger selling point than any of them? 🙃

Many things are worth criticizing but the transparancy of the "concept" is not a negative point for me. Transparancy is always good, even if it's not transparent about the reasons for an all male cast. It's better to sell tickets when ppl know what to expect than to let ppl buy tickets blindly expecting certain skaters that then would not fit their concept. They did try to sell tickets last year before anyone was announced and that seemed to have sparked criticism inside Japan, maybe a reason why there is a complete annoucement about their casting decisions, even if it wasn't a decision anyone asked for.

Maybe this decision for an all male cast is also just a promotion stunt. Whether we like it or not, it was a "hot topic" today in the fandom and trended on Jpn Twt.

Whatever lead to that decision I feel like one thing is clear looking at SOI (a show that has the same producer) that new concepts for ice shows are needed. As much as I hate the "empty seats" discussion, shows don't sell as strongly as they used to, not even in Japan (unless it's Yuzu's show but then it's also focused on a male skater and on one skater only). They need new concepts and I am not against having a new concept, but the big question is whether that new concept had to EXCLUDE women single skaters performing???? Absolutely not.

Only time will tell if their "concept" will get ppl interested to buy tickets or turned off. We'll find out in July. And frankly in the end our view doesn't matter much as the majority of us won't be the target audience for this show.

[flapper-dai]

滑走屋~Kassouya~ produced by Daisuke Takahashi (x)

[amorseart]

❄ NEW!! Morse code jewellery inspired by Yuzuru Hanyu 2/? ❄

Adding to this collection, you can now order bracelets that read:

CONTINUES WITH WINGS

PROLOGUE

GIFT

RE_PRAY

These pieces are a little different from my other collections - this set is made with iridescent blue beads meant to evoke the colour schemes used in the branding for Yuzu's ice shows.

All of the listings have options to add charms inspired by each show. For Continues With Wings, a feather; for Prologue, a tiny cog/gear; for GIFT, a fan that, when unfolded, reveals the image of a phoenix; and, for RE_PRAY, a little black bead that looks like a pixel or a pink-red heart representing video game lives. Ice skate charms are also available for all of these!

There are custom listings available for this collection too if you'd like any of these pieces in my usual range of colours, or if you'd like a custom message inspired by Yuzuru Hanyu coded into a bracelet or necklace!

You can check them all out on Etsy.

More coming 11 February! Let me know which of Yuzu's programmes you'd like to see in bracelet form then!

[figureskatingpenguin]

today, I've been so proud to hear that yuzu was invited to perform at the tokyo dome, a stadium with a max capacity of 55,000!!

for reference, tokyo dome has been host to taylor swift, ed sheeran, bts, blackpink, and so many top-tier in-demand artists. the fact that the stadium itself was the one to reach out to yuzu speaks volumes of his popularity. we're not even a year into his pro-athlete career yet!! I'm crying 😭😭