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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, ice show producer and director, author, and philanthropist. 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 Olympic champion from Asia in that discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuzuru Hanyu has received more than 5,570,427 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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    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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