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Yuzuru Hanyu

1994 - Today

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Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, Ha'nyū Yuzuru, born December 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. He is a two-time Olympic champion (2014, 2018), a two-time World champion (2014, 2017), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2013–2016), the 2020 Four Continents champion, the 2010 World Junior champion, the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a six-time Japanese national champion (2012–2015, 2020–2021). He has also medaled at five other World Championships, taking bronze in 2012 and 2021, and silver in 2015, 2016 and 2019, making him the only male single skater along with Jan Hoffmann to win seven world championship medals in the post-World War II era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuzuru Hanyu has received more than 5,018,659 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Yuzuru Hanyu is the 39th most popular skater (up from 79th in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,293rd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Skater.

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  • 48.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 39 out of 315. Before him are Willy Böckl, Nikolai Panin, Maxi Herber, Sergei Grinkov, Anna Hübler, and Alfred Berger. After him are Walter Jakobsson, Denise Biellmann, Gabriele Seyfert, Charles Jewtraw, Claudia Pechstein, and Karol Divín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 14. Before him are Dakota Fanning, Harry Styles, Kai, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Dimash Kudaibergen, and Marquinhos. After him are Sulli, Benjamin Mendy, Otto Warmbier, Saoirse Ronan, Bruno Fernandes, and Mateo Kovačić.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuzuru Hanyu ranks 1,077 out of 6,048. Before him are Ichiro Hosotani (1946), Mikio Oda (1905), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Akemi Iwata (1954). After him are Teruo Nimura (1943), Peter Doi (1892), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Isuzu Yamada (1917), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), and Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944).

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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), Shoma Uno (1997), Miki Ando (1987), Daisuke Takahashi (1986), Akira Kuroiwa (1961), Hiroyasu Shimizu (1974), Yuko Kavaguti (1981), Nao Kodaira (1986), and Fumie Suguri (1980).

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