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Yuzuru Hanyu

1994 - Today

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Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, Hanyū Yuzuru, Hiragana: はにゅう ゆづる; born December 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. Universally regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history for his well-rounded skills, achievements, innovations, longevity, popularity, and impact on the sport, he started skating at four years old and competed in the men's singles discipline from 2004 to 2022. Hanyu is the first male single skater in 66 years since Dick Button to win back-to-back Olympic titles (2014, 2018), and also the youngest and first Asian Olympic champion in that discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuzuru Hanyu has received more than 5,807,123 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Yuzuru Hanyu is the 86th most popular skater (down from 39th in 2019), the 1,381st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,074th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 86 out of 483. Before him are Stien Kaiser, Ria Baran, Melitta Brunner, Surya Bonaly, Alena Vrzáňová, and Hana Mašková. After him are Jonny Nilsson, Kaija Mustonen, Sergei Grinkov, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Terry McDermott, and Johann Olav Koss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 44. Before him are Dimash Kudaibergen, Piotr Zieliński, Han So-hee, Marcel Sabitzer, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Robin Gosens. After him are Joaquín Correa, Wout van Aert, Yerry Mina, Saúl Ñíguez, Vitalik Buterin, and Iñaki Williams.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 1,381 out of 6,245. Before him are Nujabes (1974), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Koichi Kudo (1909), Kei Nishikori (1989), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), and Romi Park (1972). After him are Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Seiji Honda (1976), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), Ken Sugimori (1966), and Daijiro Kato (1976).

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Among SKATERS In Japan

Among skaters born in Japan, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 1. After him are Midori Ito (1969), Shizuka Arakawa (1981), Mao Asada (1990), Yuka Sato (1973), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Miki Ando (1987), Shoma Uno (1997), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), and Nobunari Oda (1987).

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