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Section sizes in Yuzuru Hanyu

Section size for Yuzuru Hanyu (40 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 8,741 8,741 Early life 2,902 2,902 Competitive skating career 31 49,996 Novice and junior career (2004–2010) 4,684 4,684 First Olympic cycle (2010–2014) 40 12,579 2010–11 season: International senior debut 2,691 2,691 2011–12 season: First world medal 3,593 3,593 2012–13 season: First national senior title 2,982 2,982 2013–14 season: First Olympic and world title 3,273 3,273 Second Olympic cycle (2014–2018) 41 14,502 2014–15 season: Second Grand Prix Final win 3,785 3,785 2015–16 season: Back-to-back world records 3,700 3,700 2016–17 season: Second world title 4,393 4,393 2017–18 season: Second Olympic title 2,583 2,583 Third Olympic cycle (2018–2022) 40 18,200 2018–19 season: Records in new judging system 4,074 4,074 2019–20 season: Achieving Super Slam 4,348 4,348 2020–21 season: Seventh world medal 4,267 4,267 2021–22 season: Sixth national title and third Olympics 5,471 5,471 Professional skating career 1,070 7,399 Launch of social media and Share Practice 1,022 1,022 Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story solo show series 4,189 4,189 Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata and other charity shows 1,118 1,118 Skating technique and style 7,692 7,692 Public life 16 22,797 Endorsements and ambassadorships 5,287 5,287 Philanthropy 9,405 9,405 Film and television 3,959 3,959 Books and magazines 4,130 4,130 Accolades and impact 9,980 9,980 Personal life and education 5,196 5,196 World records and other achievements 1,521 1,521 Programs and ice show productions 3,048 3,048 Competitive highlights 4,154 4,154 See also 153 153 Notes and references 39 139,622 Citations 136,622 136,622 Books and magazines cited 2,961 2,961 Further reading 930 930 External links 4,637 4,637 Total 268,768 268,768

Overview: Yuzuru Hanyu article series

Assessment status of the series

Now that Hanyu has launched his professional career as a skater and ice show producer, his biography article will probably to undergo various changes in terms of content and structure. Hanyu is expected to be active for another decade or more, doing shows and being present in the media. To keep his biography at reasonable length, more sub-articles are in the making, expanding the series to 12 articles in total:

Main series

• Main biography
• Figure skating legacy
• Olympic seasons
• Career achievements
• Figure skating programs
• Philanthropy
• Bibliography

Solo ice shows

• Prologue
• Gift
• Repray Tour

Ensemble ice shows

• Continues with Wings
• Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata

To have a proper overview of the full series, a separate task force page has been launched, including a detailed to-do list and manual of style. A long-term goal is to improve the full series to a featured topic, with a consistent structure, formatting, and close interlinking between the single articles.

Note: The {{Yuzuru Hanyu series}} template has been merged into the infobox to have the sub-page links as far at the top of the article as possible and to make them accessible in mobile view as well. In addition, the navigation box {{Yuzuru Hanyu}} has been added at the bottom of each page.

Last update by Henni147 (talk) 19:16, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Maintenance status of the main biography

• Current readable prose size: 62 kB
• Desired readable prose size: below 50 kB

We need to consider that any crucial future event needs to be mentioned in Hanyu's biography article, so we need to calculate some "buffer" space and keep the article as flexible as possible for future additions. This is the most important criterion that stands above all other decisions.

• Y Lead
• Y Family and early life
• Y Novice and junior career (2004–2010)
• Y First Olympic cycle (2010–2014)
• Y Second Olympic cycle (2014–2018)
• Y 2018–19 season: Records in new judging system
• N 2019–20 season: Achieving Super Slam
• N 2020–21 season: Seventh world medal
• N 2021–22 season: Sixth national title and third Olympics
• Y Professional skating career
• N Contributions to figure skating
• N Philanthropy

• N Endorsements and ambassadorships
• N Film and television
• N Books and magazines
• N Personal life and education
• N Accolades and impact
• Y World records and other achievements
• Y Programs and ice show productions
• Y Competitive highlights
• Y See also
• N Notes and references
• Y Further reading
• Y External links

Last update by Henni147 (talk) 19:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Lead section discussion

To the Wiki group on Twitter and @Yolo4A4Lo: The clean-up of the prose sections has not been finished yet, but independent from that I suggest to revamp and update the lead now. The current one is mostly a plain list of Hanyu's medals and records and misses many important information about the rest of his career, especially his latest achievements as a professional skater and philantropic contributions. Since the lead of the main biography is what most casual readers check first, it is very important that it's up-to-date and includes everything what the general public needs to know. However, I didn't want to make big changes without everyone's consent, so I decided to list up all points here first that I think should be covered in the prose with new content marked in green:

Figure skating career and legacy:

1. Regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history for his well-rounded skills, achievements, innovations, popularity, and impact on the sport
2. First back-to-back Olympic champion in men's singles in 66 years, youngest and first Asian male single skater to win the Olympics
3. Two-time World champion, six-time national champion, and first single skater to win four consecutive Grand Prix Finals
4. First male single skater to complete the Super Slam (this already includes 4CC, JWC, and JGPF titles)
5. 19 world records, the most among single skaters in IJS era
6. First skater to land a quadruple loop jump
7. Hanyu's move to professional level in 2022 marking "end of an era in competitive figure skating" (Nikkei)
8. First skater to produce and present a solo ice show (Prologue) and a solo tour (Repray Tour)
9. First skater to perform at Tokyo Dome (Gift) with a new ice show audience record of 35,000 spectators
10. Created a new entertainment and performing art genre with his Ice Story series, weaving figure skating programs into comprehensive, philosophical stories with on-screen narration

Philanthropy and author works:

13. Experienced the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in his hometown of Sendai, which fundamentally shaped his life and career
14. Participated in different charity events and dedicated various performances to the victims of the disaster
15. Chairs annual commemoration event Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata since 2023
16. Donated a cumulative total of more than 3 million US dollars for reconstruction and disaster prevention
17. Wrote best-selling autobiography series Blue Flames I–IV
18. Published multiple compilation and photo books that made it to the Oricon top 10 charts of best-selling books
19. Written picture book GIFT in collaboration with Clamp

Awards, honors, and rankings:

20. First figure skater and youngest recipient of the People's Honor Award and recipient of the Kikuchi Kan Prize
21. Firs figure skater to be nominated for a Laureus Award and named ISU Most Valuable Skater
22. Featured in Forbes' 30 Under 30, ESPN World Fame 100 and Dominant 20
23. Ranked 6th among most-searched athletes on Google worldwide in 2022

Here is a first draft. What do you think about this content selection and structure? I'm always open for suggestions Henni147 (talk) 20:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

This is a good structure, but the part "established a new genre of performing art and entertainment, weaving figure skating programs into comprehensive, philosophical stories with on-screen narration" needs sources, especially since we can't find time in the article itself. - Yolo4A4Lo (talk) 01:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@Yolo4A4Lo: Yes, I want to improve the pro career section today and add the missing information with sources. I have found 2-3 good ones from reliable publishers. Henni147 (talk) 07:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Note: Lead revamp has been discussed with Yuzuru Hanyu task force members Apqaria (talk · contribs) and Marika yuzu (talk · contribs) in external chat. The sources for the attendance of Hanyu's Ice Story series and total donations will be added shortly. Henni147 (talk) 07:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)