Fan Q&A with Yuzuru and Shoma from the JOC Instagram story (x)
What do you think about right before the music starts to play?
Y: I think about wanting to perform well and also about the first jump.
How do you calm yourself before you skate?
S: I just do whatever I want to do. I game until the last second. And in the warmup, rather than trying to focus, I just play around the way I like to.
What were you listening to during the warmup?
Y: One Ok Rock’s Kanzen Kankaku Dreamer, and Koji Wada’s Kaze.
What would you like to reward yourself now that you’ve won the silver medal?
S: I just want to sleep for now. I’ve been so busy since yesterday, so I want to sleep. I also want to give myself more time to game.
What kept you going through difficult times?
Y: All the messages from my fans and my senpais and others.
What is necessary in order to make dreams come true?
S: There are many things, but the most important one is effort. And not just putting in effort, but I think what’s most important is to put in effort to think carefully about your actions.
What were you talking about with Fernandez after the competition?
Y: He told me this might be the end of his competitive career, and I started crying.
At what point of the competition did you think, “I gave it my all!”?
S: The moment I finished my free program. Regardless of the first mistake, I was able to keep it together until the end, which was the result of my training.
How are you different from how you were at Sochi?
Y: I think my attitude towards myself and my strengths has changed.
Any words of encouragement for kids who wish to become skaters?
S: If you really want to do it, you must enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it, you won’t improve nor will you have fun. So if you really want to go for it, I wish for you to enjoy it.
If you were to describe yourself with one word, what would it be?
Y: I’m someone who hates losing, and I’m also stubborn.
What is the first thing you want to do when you return to Japan?
S: The things I normally do are generally limited, so of course, I just want to shut myself in my room and game as much as I want to.
A little drawing of the awesome Yuzuru Hanyu! 😀 HE WAS SO GOOD Not used to drawing real people as anime characters, but I tried XD CONGRATS ON SECOND GOLD, YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN
Aries – “Sometimes I might meet people and they might just not like me, not want to get to know me. And that’s okay. They’re boring as hell anyway.”
Taurus – “I’ve learned from every setback, proudly own up to my mistakes, grown from disappointments, and now I’m a glamazon bitch ready for the runway.”
Gemini – “I say I really like my slutty costumes. It’s, like, tongue in cheek. But I do, I really like my slutty costumes.”
Cancer – “The other day I was joking to one of my friends. He was like, ‘You’re kind of everywhere right now.’ I was like, ‘I know; I’m America’s sweetheart.’ He laughed in my face.”
Leo – “I can’t explain witchcraft. I just feel like I’m coming into my own. I’m confident in who I am and what I’m doing. I’m just having a great time.”
Virgo – “Nobody loves me as much as I love me; so I guess I’ll just be my own Valentine tomorrow.”
Libra – “I was recently asked in an interview what its like to be a gay athlete in sports. I said that it’s exactly like being a straight athlete. Lots of hard work but usually done with better eyebrows.”
Scorpio – "I’m like a witch and you can’t kill me. I keep coming back every year, and every year I get better.”
Sagittarius – “I’m going to go to Target, and I’m going to get a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc Oyster Bay with the twist top. Yeah. Uh-huh. Immediately. You can come right over. I live like 15 minutes from LAX and we can just have a day.“
Capricorn – “Maybe if this were my fifth Olympic Games, I’d say, ‘Oh, I wish it were like this, or like that.’ But honestly, at this point in my life, if they said, ‘Here’s your opening ceremony outfit,’ and then handed me a piece of rope and some broken sticks and a trash bag, I’d be like, ‘IT’S GORGEOUS. I’LL MAKE IT WORK.”
Aquarius – “I might not be the best, but I’m the most fun. I’m going to skate my heart out.”
Pisces – “With everything going on in the media about me this Valentine’s Day I don’t want people to get distracted and forget how beautiful I am (on the outside).”
“If he skates a clean short and a clean long, I might think he might be unbeatable,” Fernández said of Hanyu.
A few moments later, Hanyu arrived in the interview area, hugged Fernández, removed the shiny new gold medal from his own neck and placed it around the Spaniard’s.
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