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 July19, 2022. At junior and senior level (2008–2022), he won a total of 59medals in 72competitions, among them 37golds. He is the first male single skater in 66years 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 2020Four 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 19times, the most in singles since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003. He was the first skater to score over 100points 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. He was awarded a total of 30perfect scores for technical elements and program components, 10 of them for his signature triple Axel jump, and was the first skater to land a quadruple loop 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). His second solo show Gift (2023) set a new audience record for ice shows with 35,000 spectators at Tokyo Dome.
In recognition of his achievements, Hanyu has received numerous awards and accolades, including the People's Honor Award (2018), bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan, Japan's Medal of Honor with purple ribbon (2014, 2018), and the Kikuchi Kan Prize (2022). He was the first figure skater to be nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award, selected in the category Comeback of the Year (2019), and was named the Most Valuable Skater at the inaugural ISU Skating Awards (2020). He was also featured in prestigious lists, such as Forbes 30Under30 Asia (2018), and made it to ESPN's top10 selection of the greatest Olympians of the 21st century in 2024.
Yuzuru Hanyu has scored 19 world records in international competition, the most among single skaters since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003. He set new highest scores seven times in the +5/-5Grade of Execution System, three in the short program, two in the free skating, and another two in the combined total score. At the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki, he scored records in all three competition segments at one event. Before the 2018–19 season, he set twelve highest historical scores, seven in the short program, three in the free skating, and two in the combined total score, holding the historical records in all three competition segments. At the 2015 NHK Trophy and the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final, he set new highest scores in all segments at back-to-back events.
Achievement | scope=col width=200px | Event | scope=col width=50px | ||
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scope=row | Nov 24, 2008 | Youngest male single skater to win the Japan Junior Championships (13years and 353days) | 2008–09 Japan Junior Championships | ||
scope=row | Mar 11, 2010 | Youngest Japanese male single skater to win the World Junior Championships (15years and 94days) | 2010 World Junior Championships | ||
scope=row | Feb 19, 2011 | Youngest male single skater to win a medal at the Four Continents Championships (16years and 74days) | 2011 Four Continents Championships | ||
scope=row | Mar 31, 2012 | Youngest Japanese male single skater to win a medal at the World Championships (17years and 115days) | 2012 World Championships | ||
scope=row | Feb 13, 2014 | First skater to surpass 100points in the short program | 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
scope=row | Feb 14, 2014 | First Asian male single skater to win the Olympics and the youngest since Dick Button in 1948 (19years and 69days) | |||
scope=row | Mar 28, 2014 | First Asian and only skater besides Alexei Yagudin, Aljona Savchenko, and Bruno Massot to win the Olympics, Worlds, and the Grand Prix Final in the same season | 2014 World Championships | ||
scope=row | Nov 8, 2014 | First skater to successfully land a triple Axel-Euler-triple Salchow jump combination (in the ISU Judging System) | 2014 Cup of China | ||
scope=row | Dec 13, 2014 | First and only skater across all disciplines to win the Winter Olympics and the Grand Prix Final in the same calendar year | 2014–15 Grand Prix Final | ||
scope=row | Nov 28, 2015 | First skater to surpass 200points in the free skating and 300 in the combined total | 2015 NHK Trophy | ||
scope=row | Dec 12, 2015 | New record for the largest victory margin at a major international senior event across all disciplines (37.48points) | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | ||
scope=row | Sep 30, 2016 | First skater to successfully land a quadruple loop jump in international competition | 2016 CS Autumn Classic | ||
scope=row | Dec 10, 2016 | First single skater and only skater besides Meryl Davis and Charlie White to win the Grand Prix Final four consecutive times | 2016–17 Grand Prix Final | ||
scope=row | Apr 1, 2017 | First Asian male single skater to win multiple world championship titles | 2017 World Championships | ||
scope=row | Apr 21, 2017 | First skater to successfully land three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free skate program | 2017 World Team Trophy | ||
scope=row | Oct 21, 2017 | 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) | 2017 Rostelecom Cup | ||
scope=row | Feb 17, 2018 | First male single skater in 66years since Dick Button in 1952 to win the Olympics twice (consecutively) | 2018 Winter Olympics | ||
scope=row | Mar 24, 2018 | First single skater to be ranked first in the world standings for five consecutive seasons | – | ||
scope=row | Nov 4, 2018 | First and only skater to successfully land a quadruple toe loop-triple Axel jump sequence in international competition | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | ||
scope=row | Oct 26, 2019 | First skater to successfully land a quadruple toe loop-Euler-triple flip combination in international competition | 2019 Skate Canada | ||
scope=row | Oct 26, 2019 | New record for the largest victory margin in the Grand Prix Series (59.82points) | |||
scope=row | Feb 7, 2020 | New record for the most scored world records in single skating since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2003 (19 world records) | 2020 Four Continents Championships | ||
scope=row | Feb 9, 2020 | First and only male single skater to achieve a Super Slam, winning all available major international senior and junior titles | |||
scope=row | Mar 25, 2021 | New record of 50 landed triple Axel jumps with positive GOE in 51 international senior short programs (98% success rate) | 2021 World Championships | ||
scope=row | Mar 27, 2021 | Second male single skater after Jan Hoffmann to win seven world championship medals in the post-war era (after 1946) | |||
scope=row | Dec 26, 2021 | First male single skater in the IJS era to win the Japan Championships six times and third after Nobuo Sato (ten titles between 1956 and 1965) and Takeshi Honda (six titles between 1995 and 2004) | 2021–22 Japan Championships | ||
scope=row | Feb 10, 2022 | First skater to attempt a quadruple Axel jump at the Olympics, which was the closest attempt in international competition up to then | 2022 Winter Olympics |
Achievement | scope=col width=21% | Event | scope=col width=50px | |
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scope=row | Nov 4, 2022 | First figure skater to produce and present a solo ice show with no other skaters in the line-up | Prologue | |
scope=row | Feb 26, 2023 | First ice skater to perform at Tokyo Dome (first time for an ice rink to be set up at the venue) | Gift | |
scope=row | Feb 26, 2023 | New record for the longest solo ice show (120min, intermission not included) | ||
scope=row | Feb 26, 2023 | New record for most performed programs by an individual skater in one ice show (12programs) | ||
scope=row | Feb 26, 2023 | New record for the largest ice show audience (35,000 spectators, sold-out event) | ||
scope=row | Nov 4, 2023 | First figure skater to produce and present a solo ice show tour | Repray Tour | |
scope=row | Nov 4, 2023 | New record for most solo ice show productions by one skater (three show productions) | Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story | |
scope=row | Apr 9, 2024 | New record for the total attendance of a solo ice show tour (64,000 spectators, sold-out tour) | Repray Tour | |
scope=row | Apr 9, 2024 | New record for most solo ice shows presented by one skater (14shows) | Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story | |
scope=row | Apr 9, 2024 | New record for the total attendance of a solo ice show series (124,400 spectators, sold-out series) |
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Asahi Sports Award (2014)
"Most Dominant Athletes Alive" (#33 in 2014, #21 in 2015)
29th "Chunichi Sports Award" (2015)
30 Under 30 Asia (2018)
"Happy News Person Award" (2018)
64th "Hebei Cultural Award" (2014)
22nd "Daily Sports People Award" Grand Prix (2014)
"The 100 Best Male Sportsmen of the 21st Century" #62 (2020)
"The athletes with the most awards and medals of all time" (Top 30 selection)
"Top 10 Favorite Athletes" Male category (#3 in 2014 and 2016, #1 in 2017, #2 in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021)
33rd "MVP Award" (2014)
"Big Sports Awards" (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), "Special Sports Broadcasting Award" (2019)
"Top 10 Worlds Athletes/Sports Personalities" (#7 in 2018, #5 in 2020)
"Yahoo! Search Awards" Grand Prize & Athlete Category (2014), Special Category & Athlete Category (2018), Grand Prize & Athlete Category (2022)
"Japan Sports Awards" Grand Prix (2014, 2018)
The Career Super Grand Slam or Super Slam is an achievement of winning all major international figure skating events in a discipline at junior and senior level, namely the Winter Olympics, the senior and junior World Championships, the Four Continents or European Championships as well as the senior and junior Grand Prix Final at any point in the course of a career. With his win at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Hanyu became the first skater in men's singles to complete the Super Slam.
Date | scope=col | Event | scope=col width=100px | Edition | |
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scope=row | 1 | Dec 4, 2009 | Junior Grand Prix Final | 2009–10 | |
scope=row | 2 | Mar 11, 2010 | World Junior Championships | 2010 | |
scope=row | 3 | Dec 6, 2013 | Grand Prix Final | 2013–14 | |
scope=row | 4 | Feb 14, 2014 | Winter Olympics | 2014 | |
scope=row | 5 | Mar 28, 2014 | World Championships | 2014 | |
scope=row | 6 | Feb 9, 2020 | Four Continents Championships | 2020 |
In the course of his junior and senior career from 2008 to 2022, Hanyu has medalled 59 times in 72 events, winning 37 golds. In 25 Super Slam events, he won 11 golds and finished on the podium 21 times overall. He also medalled at seven different senior Grand Prix events (the Final not included), and won gold at four of them.
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Winter Olympics | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
scope=row | World Championships | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
scope=row | Four Continents Championships | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
scope=row | Grand Prix Final | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
scope=row | World Junior Championships | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Junior Grand Prix Final | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Total | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Japan Championships | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
scope=row | Japan Junior Championships | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
scope=row | Total | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Cup of China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | NHK Trophy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
scope=row | Rostelecom Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
scope=row | Skate America | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Skate Canada | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
scope=row | Total | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
scope=row | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Total | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Autumn Classic International | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
scope=row | Finlandia Trophy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
scope=row | Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | Total | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total | |
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scope=row | Winter Olympics – Team event | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
scope=row | World Team Trophy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
scope=row | Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Hanyu 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 the 2013–14 season, having won his first Winter Olympics, World Championships, Grand Prix Final, and seven medals in total. He also medalled seven times in the 2016–17 season, including his second World and fourth Grand Prix Final title.
scope=col | Season | scope=col width=50px | Events | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total |
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scope=row | 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
scope=row | 2011–12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||
scope=row | 2012–13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||
scope=row | 2013–14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||
scope=row | 2014–15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
scope=row | 2015–16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||
scope=row | 2016–17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||||
scope=row | 2017–18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
scope=row | 2018–19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
scope=row | 2019–20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||||
scope=row | 2020–21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||
scope=row | 2021–22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
scope=row | Total | 62 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 53 |
Events | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:gold;" | Gold | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:silver;" | Silver | scope=col width=50px style="background-color:#C96;" | Bronze | scope=col width=50px | Total |
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scope=row | 2008–09 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
scope=row | 2009–10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
scope=row | Total | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
By the end of his competitive career on July19, 2022, Hanyu was the record holder for the program component score (PCS) in the men's short program and set all historical records in the +3/-3GOE System except the technical element score (TES) 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 component scores in both competition segments.
Type | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=200px | Event | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row | Short program | PCS | 48.47 | 2019 Skate Canada | Oct 25, 2019 |
scope=col width=100px | Segment | scope=col width=55px | Type | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=200px | Event | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row | Combined total | – | 330.43 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | Dec 12, 2015 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=3 | Short program | TSS | 112.72 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic | Sep 22, 2017 | ||||
TES | 64.17 | ||||||||
PCS | 49.14 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | Dec 10, 2015 | ||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | Free skating | TSS | 223.20 | 2017 World Championships | Apr 1, 2017 | ||||
PCS | 98.56 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | Dec 12, 2015 |
Only records at main international senior events are listed, namely the Winter Olympics (individual event), World Championships, Four Continents, and the Grand Prix Final. By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the event record score for the men's short program and combined total at the Four Continents Championships. 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. Hanyu's Olympic programs Ballade No.1 and Seimei contributed to eight of the eleven event records in men's singles.
Segment | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=55px | Edition | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row rowspan=2 | Four Continents | Total | 299.42 | 2020 | Feb 9, 2020 | |
SP | 111.82 | Feb 7, 2020 |
Segment | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=55px | Edition | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row rowspan=2 | Winter Olympics | Total | 317.85 | 2018 | Feb 17, 2018 | |
SP | 111.68 | Feb 16, 2018 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=3 | World Championships | Total | 321.59 | 2017 | Apr 1, 2017 | |
SP | 110.56 | 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | |||
FS | 223.20 | 2017 | Apr 1, 2017 | |||
scope=row | Four Continents | FS | 206.64 | 2017 | Feb 19, 2017 | |
scope=row rowspan=3 | Grand Prix Final | Total | 330.43 | 2015–16 | Dec 12, 2015 | |
SP | 110.95 | Dec 10, 2015 | ||||
FS | 219.48 | Dec 12, 2015 |
In figure skating, 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 (+3marks before and +5marks since the 2018–19 season). 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. 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.
Seven of the 29 technical elements received unanimous +3marks from all judges on the panel: four triple Axels, a quadruple Salchow, a choreographic 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 not credited with the full base value. 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.
Element | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=55px | scope=col width=55px | scope=col width=217px | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 12.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2019 Skate Canada |
Element | scope=col width=40px | Score | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=200px | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 11.50 | 8/9 | SP | 2014 Cup of China | |||
scope=row | 2 | 11.50 | 6/7 | SP | 2015 Autumn Classic | |||
scope=row | 3 | 11.50 | 8/9 | SP | 2015 Skate Canada | |||
scope=row | 4 | 13.78 x | 8/9 | FS | 2015 NHK Trophy | |||
scope=row | 5 | 4.10 | 8/9 | |||||
scope=row | 6 | 13.50 | 8/9 | SP | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |||
scope=row | 7 | 17.60 | 8/9 | |||||
scope=row | 8 | 13.50 | 8/9 | FS | ||||
scope=row | 9 | 13.30 | 8/9 | |||||
scope=row | 10 | 13.78 x | 8/9 | |||||
scope=row | 11 | 4.10 | 9/9 | |||||
scope=row | 12 | 13.50 | 8/9 | SP | 2016 World Championships | |||
scope=row | 13 | 12.35 x | 9/9 | |||||
scope=row | 14 | 6.00 | 6/7 | SP | 2016 CS Autumn Classic | |||
scope=row | 15 | 12.35 x | 8/9 | SP | 2016 NHK Trophy | |||
scope=row | 16 | 6.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2016–17 Grand Prix Final | |||
scope=row | 17 | 12.35 x | 8/9 | SP | 2017 Four Continents | |||
scope=row | 18 | 6.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2017 World Championships | |||
scope=row | 19 | 6.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2017 World Team Trophy | |||
scope=row | 20 | 13.50 | 7/7 | SP | 2017 CS Autumn Classic | |||
scope=row | 21 | 4.50 | 6/7 | |||||
scope=row | 22 | 12.35 x | 7/7 | |||||
scope=row | 23 | 12.35 x | 9/9 | SP | 2017 Rostelecom Cup | |||
scope=row | 24 | 4.10 | 8/9 | FS | ||||
scope=row | 25 | 12.35 x | 9/9 | SP | 2018 Winter Olympics | |||
scope=row | 26 | 6.00 | 8/9 | |||||
scope=row | 27 | 13.50 | 8/9 | FS | ||||
scope=row | 28 | 13.30 | 8/9 |
Hanyu's most successful season by maximum scores was the 2015–16 season. He was awarded a perfect score for twelve technical elements and maximum grades of execution for another three step sequences that were not credited with the 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.
14–15 | scope=col | 15–16 | scope=col | 16–17 | scope=col | 17–18 | scope=col | 18–19 | scope=col | 19–20 | scope=col | 20–21 | scope=col | 21–22 | scope=col | Total |
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scope=row | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
scope=row | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
scope=row | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
scope=row | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
scope=row | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
scope=row | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
scope=row | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
scope=row | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
scope=row | Total | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
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.
Component | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=55px | scope=col width=55px | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | Performance | 10.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final |
A Japanese national record score is the highest score achieved by a Japanese skater in a competition segment 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 Japan Skating Federation and reported various news outlets.
By the end of his competitive career, Hanyu held the current and historical Japanese national record scores in all three segments of 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 combined total score in the +5/-5GOE System. By the end of his career, Hanyu also held all six event records at the Japan Championships, of which five were scored at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.
Segment | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=200px | Event | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row rowspan=3 | Current | Total | 322.59 | 2019 Skate Canada | Oct 26, 2019 | |
SP | 111.82 | 2020 Four Continents | Feb 7, 2020 | |||
FS | 212.99 | 2019 Skate Canada | Oct 26, 2019 | |||
scope=row rowspan=3 | Historical | Total | 330.43 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | Dec 12, 2015 | |
SP | 112.72 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic | Sep 22, 2017 | |||
FS | 223.20 | 2017 World Championships | Apr 1, 2017 |
Segment | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=95px | Edition | scope=col width=95px | Place | scope=col width=100px | Date |
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scope=row rowspan=3 | Current | Total | 322.36 | 2021–22 | Saitama | Dec 26, 2021 | ||
SP | 111.31 | |||||||
FS | 215.83 | 2020–21 | Nagano | Dec 27, 2020 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=3 | Historical | Total | 297.80 | 2013–14 | Saitama | align=left rowspan=3 | Dec 23, 2013 | |
SP | 103.10 | |||||||
FS | 194.70 |
Hanyu received a total of 11 maximum scores for technical elements at the Japan Championships. In the +5/-5GOE System, he earned perfect scores for a spin, two step sequences, and a choreographic sequence. In addition, he received a perfect score of 10.00 in the interpretation component for his short program at the 2021–22 Japan Championships. In the +3/-3GOE System, he was rewarded seven maximum scores for six solo jumps and a jump combination.
Element | scope=col width=40px | Score | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=70px | Edition | scope=col width=70px | Place | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 5.85 | 9/9 | SP | 2021–22 | Saitama | ||||
scope=row | 2 | 5.25 | 8/9 | |||||||
scope=row | 3 | 5.85 | 8/9 | FS | ||||||
scope=row | 4 | 5.50 | 9/9 |
Element | scope=col width=40px | Score | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=40px | scope=col width=70px | Edition | scope=col width=70px | Place | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 12.35 x | 7/7 | SP | 2013–14 | Saitama | ||||
scope=row | 2 | 13.30 | 6/7 | SP | 2014–15 | Nagano | ||||
scope=row | 3 | 12.35 x | 6/7 | |||||||
scope=row | 4 | 17.60 | 9/9 | SP | 2015–16 | Sapporo | ||||
scope=row | 5 | 13.50 | 8/9 | FS | ||||||
scope=row | 6 | 13.30 | 8/9 | |||||||
scope=row | 7 | 7.40 | 9/9 |
Component | scope=col width=55px | Score | scope=col width=55px | scope=col width=55px | scope=col width=85px | Edition | scope=col width=85px | Place | ||
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scope=row | 1 | Interpretation | 10.00 | 8/9 | SP | 2021–22 | Saitama |
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. In the men's singles discipline, the crucial scores to surpass are 100points in the short program, 200 in the free skating, and 300 in the combined total score. Hanyu was the first skater to surpass all three in international competition. By the end of his competitive career in 2022, only five other skaters have scored above 300points in total, namely Javier Fernández, Nathan Chen, Jin Boyang, Shoma Uno, and Yuma Kagiyama.
Hanyu scored ten times above 300points in the combined total and was the first skater to surpass 310, 320, and 330points in international competition. In the short program, he scored fifteen times above 100points and was the first to surpass 110points, being the only one to do so in the +3/-3GOE System. His short program Ballade No.1 was awarded more than 110points five times, the most times among all short programs. In the free skating, Hanyu scored eight times above 200points and was the first to surpass 210 and 220points. His free skate program Seimei was the first to be awarded more than 200points, surpassing that score trice.
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 322.59 | 2019 Skate Canada | |
scope=row | 2 | 305.05 | 2019 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 3 | 300.97 | 2019 World Championships | |
scope=row | 4 | 300.88 | 2021 World Team Trophy |
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 330.43 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |
scope=row | 2 | 322.40 | 2015 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 3 | 321.59 | 2017 World Championships | |
scope=row | 4 | 317.85 | 2018 Winter Olympics | |
scope=row | 5 | 303.71 | 2017 Four Continents | |
scope=row | 6 | 301.47 | 2016 NHK Trophy |
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 111.82 | 2020 Four Continents | |
scope=row | 2 | 110.53 | 2018 Rostelecom Cup | |
scope=row | 3 | 109.60 | 2019 Skate Canada | |
scope=row | 4 | 109.34 | 2019 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 5 | 107.12 | 2021 World Team Trophy | |
scope=row | 6 | 106.98 | 2021 World Championships | |
scope=row | 7 | 106.69 | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki |
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 112.72 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic | |
scope=row | 2 | 111.68 | 2018 Winter Olympics | |
scope=row | 3 | 110.95 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |
scope=row | 4 | 110.56 | 2016 World Championships | |
scope=row | 5 | 106.53 | 2016–17 Grand Prix Final | |
scope=row | 6 | 106.33 | 2015 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 7 | 103.89 | 2016 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 8 | 101.45 | 2014 Winter Olympics |
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 212.99 | 2019 Skate Canada | |
scope=row | 2 | 206.10 | 2019 World Championships |
Score | scope=col | Event | ||
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scope=row | 1 | 223.20 | 2017 World Championships | |
scope=row | 2 | 219.48 | 2015–16 Grand Prix Final | |
scope=row | 3 | 216.07 | 2015 NHK Trophy | |
scope=row | 4 | 206.67 | 2017 Four Continents | |
scope=row | 5 | 206.17 | 2018 Winter Olympics | |
scope=row | 6 | 200.49 | 2017 World Team Trophy |
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