Story behind Yuzuru Hanyu FS 20/21/22 - Uesugi Kenshin | Ten to Chi to | Heaven & Earth

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  • Опубліковано 18 вер 2024

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  • @FigureSkatingFan
    @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +81

    Behind Yuzuru Hanyu's new Long Program, lies a God of War in Japan / The Dragon of Echigo and a legendary battle - The Battle of Kawanakajima, deemed the biggest war in the Japan Sengoku Jidai (The warring-state era). The battle would be adapted into various games, legendary tale and the movie - Heaven & Earth. We decided to adapt Hanyu's program on the battlefield of the Kawanakajima Plain, and uncover the story of this Legendary Tale that would become the national symbol of Samurai spirit in Japan. Enjoy~

    • @rlrl781
      @rlrl781 3 роки тому +12

      Congratulations for the 10k
      And very interesting video

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +9

      RL RL thank you so much for the support! We are planning another video with an anime format- a 10K subs thank you video. Stay tuned :)) 💕🥰😄

  • @whitneylu9986
    @whitneylu9986 3 роки тому +126

    Yuzu chose this music “ Heaven and earth “ to skate his new long program, he uses this symbolical Japanese samurai’s spirit not just to tell the story of the Japanese God of War, but also tells his own story. He himself is God of the battles in figure skating ! The greatest figure skater of of all time !

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +19

      So well said. It's now part of Hanyu's story. And he really portrayed the Japanese Samurai Spirit so well! Hanyu in OG2018 - Seimei on Ice. Hanyu in OG2022 - God of Battle on Ice!! Love love love his new program 💗

  • @harumih.3727
    @harumih.3727 3 роки тому +38

    I remember watching this drama "Heaven and Earth" on TV with my father who was a big fan of Kenshin Uesugi, especially as our city was a part of the old Echigo, the territory where Kenshin Uesugi reigned. He was not the usual Samurai, he had an intelligent soul and human heart and he wanted his region and his people to prosper. So this Kawanakajima's battle was his battle against the cruel, egoistic Shingen Takeda, to save and help the people from the Takeda dictatorship.
    Yuzuru said that he found something in common in the thought of battle of Kenshin Uesugi, that is how he was able to transform himself to the person of Kenshin Uesugi. He was intelligent and he was a "ZEN-like" thinker, which is really like Yuzuru.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +8

      Yes we found a lot of similarities in traits between Hanyu and Kenshin. In some ways, Kenshin’s purpose of fighting is so pure - to protect the people, and he just wanna win the battle, not to reap the benefits such as taking advantages of enemy etc. So similar to Hanyu. Also, the act of him sending salt to Shingen when they were deprived of the resource, stating he wanna fight over sword not salt, was such a class act!! Been thinking about making another video drawing the similarities between Kenshin and Hanyu, and these positive values in life.. So much respect for both of them..

    • @atlantis315
      @atlantis315 3 роки тому +6

      @@FigureSkatingFan yes please do another video. the paralels are very interesting

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +4

      @atlantis315 Okay we will make another video about Yuzu & Kenshin. Will think of the storyline. Not so fast but will try it before Worlds 2021 so people have a better idea on the ideology behind. Stay tuned 💕😀

    • @atlantis315
      @atlantis315 3 роки тому +4

      @@FigureSkatingFan great idea...I must confess that i started to look for more background info about this program because ,while Yuzu´s skating was superb, as always, I had a hard time connecting to it emotionally, the musical structure was for me quite challenging and unusual...that is my one fear , that a lot of poeple , not versed in eastern way of thinking, may have a hard time with it...lets hope for the best and thank you again for putting your time and energy into this.

    • @lulaulaf7111
      @lulaulaf7111 Рік тому

      @@FigureSkatingFan si por favor, regalanos ese video. No me canso de ver y admirar a nuestro angel del hielo!!! Entre más lo conozco, más lo admiro y más deseo que se le concedan todos los sueños de su alma. Hanyu Yuzuru Sama es una persona extraordinaria y fascinante.

  • @berinlist
    @berinlist 3 роки тому +75

    Not only does Yuzuru feel the music, he knows the history behind. Makes his skating so very special. Thank you, beautifully done. 🙏

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +7

      Yes! We feel so honoured to watch Hanyu skating and respect him even more after knowing the stories behind. There's a lot of things also we can learn from Uesugi Kenshin. Grateful that he introduced this story to us 💕😃

    • @Starfish94
      @Starfish94 3 роки тому +2

      I think that it is necessary for him to identify with a model in his programs, in order to give his best self

  • @chunghuey113
    @chunghuey113 3 роки тому +75

    So cool to see the skaters skating to their national classic and share their culture with the world! Reminds me of Anna Karenina from Evgenia, then Don Quijote from Javi, Seimei, and now this - Heaven & Earth from Yuzu!! Respect! And so interesting!

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +9

      So true!! All of them brought so much honor and glory to their countries and the world!! Huge respect to all the figure skaters 💕

  • @nikkich080g
    @nikkich080g 3 роки тому +43

    Wonderful ~ No wonder Hanyu choice this as his long program~ Can't wait to see this program shining up the 2022 Winter Olympics!

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +13

      Really excited to see how his program develops over the season! And this program will really be perfect for him in the Olympics! God of Battle on Ice!

    • @katy9291
      @katy9291 3 роки тому +7

      @@FigureSkatingFan i really hope he compete in Beijing. But tbh, if he decides not to, i would be heartbroken, but i would accept it. Theres always this pressure with the age luring over athletes head all the time, which I think is so wrong. I love the maturity when he skates, and I dont think he seems restricted at all when it comes to flexibility and stamina. I just cant get on board with the 15 year old russian girls, they are good, but they look like babies lol.

  • @eunicehoi6508
    @eunicehoi6508 3 роки тому +48

    The scores have been no longer to prove his value of skating. He is GOAT from heaven.

  • @user-ht2tw6sv3z
    @user-ht2tw6sv3z 3 роки тому +28

    すごい…ありがとうございます😊

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +6

      見てくれてありがとう 😀💕 侍の闘志を尊重する 💪

  • @phyrruskarimarmalgold3660
    @phyrruskarimarmalgold3660 3 роки тому +38

    That's how you produce a program✨🙏🏻💖Not just to tell a story or show your preference but making the audience be curious for their selves to know you and your country better.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +8

      Exactly. Learn so much about the samurai spirit from Uesugi Kenshin's story. Let's thank Hanyu for introducing us to this.

  • @Cdcd4444
    @Cdcd4444 3 роки тому +10

    Great job Yuzuru
    We are at war now. This is the message.

  • @ВераПолевнева
    @ВераПолевнева 7 місяців тому +2

    🌸🌸🌸Thank you very much for the detailed story about the legendary samurai! Yuzuru perfectly showed in his program "Heaven and Earth" his own feelings, his own samurai spirit, as well as the image of a historical hero. Yuzuru's Olympic performans of this program was dramatic and beautiful! He is the best, it was more than gold, he is a diamond💎 Yuzuru Hanyu is a living legend, he is golden himself! Good health and happiness to Yuzuru Hanyu🙏🙏🙏

  • @tiziana5886
    @tiziana5886 3 роки тому +21

    You are always with us during the day in thoughts, at night in dreams GOODNIGHT HANJU

  • @KrishaMaeBCanoy
    @KrishaMaeBCanoy 3 роки тому +50

    So cool and informative. Now, because of you guys I'm interested in Japanese history.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +13

      Honestly thanks to Yuzu 💕 We were researching frantically about this story after his glorious free skate at Japan Nationals. The movie "Heave & Earth" was so interesting. When we saw the way they portrayed Uesugi Kenshin, it's really no wonder Hanyu chose to portray him. For example, Kenshin is not interested in the "things" he will get from winning the battle such as the treasures, castles, women, etc, he's just interested in the tactic and on winning the battle itself. Sounds familiar? Haha that's basically the kind of person Yuzu is. Not sure if there's English subtitles, but this incident is portrayed in the movie here: ua-cam.com/video/uSXY07OrT8A/v-deo.html Then, it's 1 full month of obsession over the Battle and the characteristic of Uesugi Kenshin. Despite being a warlord, he displayed great respect to his rivals, including sending salt to his enemies (Takeda Shingen) when his state was deprived of the resource. He stated "I want to fight over sword, not salt" Such respect to him! And also, that resemblance how Hanyu is as a person. Super interesting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin

  • @happymake
    @happymake 3 роки тому +31

    This is such a great video! I am so glad this is created to share with other audience who might not be familiar with non western cultures. It would be great if you do more of these!!
    also to some others: Please STOP saying this is just another Seimei. That would be so ignorant

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +12

      OMG!! You mean there's some who said this is just another Seimei?!! What!? We are not aware of that because we seldom check social media. This program is so different and the message behind is so distinguished and different from Seimei! Please share the video with them if you see anyone saying that!!

  • @harumih.3727
    @harumih.3727 3 роки тому +19

    Imagine Kenshin Uesugi, looking over the river of Kawanakajima, the battle he was going into, looking at the sky, looking at the earth, and looking over the battle ground....then finally finding the sun from the heaven, shining over himself, finding his true victory of the earth.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +4

      You comment is giving me such a touching and emotional image on that battlefield..

    • @harumih.3727
      @harumih.3727 3 роки тому +5

      @@FigureSkatingFan Thank you! I am proud of Kenshin's "kenshin - Contribution" to his country and his people, since I am originally from one of cities in Echigo Region, and I still remember that I and my father were so absorbed in the drama of "Heaven and Earth" when I was still a toddler's age. He was such a "solid, calm, considerate, yet courageous" person, who exibited a "Zen"-like air, which must have calmed every person's nerves. He was really a great "traditional" Samurai with a noble air and sense of greatness.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      You come from really great place with great history :) Yes there’s so much we can learn from Kenshin Uesugi’s values in life.. I found it so pure and so different form normal warriors...

    • @harumih.3727
      @harumih.3727 3 роки тому +8

      @@FigureSkatingFan Also, you can find an interesting thing about Kenshin. As Hanyu's name means "feather, born" kenshin means Faithful diligence and Belief. Japanese names very often do mean something about the personality, strangely. Also, in Japan, the people in the Echigo region are traditionally famous for the patience, couragous perseverance, and humanity, because of the cruel natural conditions (such as the long snowing winter, cruel coldness of the winter, frequent earthquake and Tsunami). As Yuzuru said in his press conference and interview, I believe that Yuzuru has found some common spirits in the personality of Kenshin.

  • @juliexerkj2635
    @juliexerkj2635 3 роки тому +21

    Спасибо Вам огромное!

  • @norhayati4410
    @norhayati4410 3 роки тому +22

    Thanks for sharing about this story because i very2 like the old history ❤❤❤❤

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +9

      Glad you enjoyed it! Yes this was a tactical and legendary battle! (Sorry about the victims, but the tactic used by the warlords and the Samurai Spirits displayed are just beyond imagination). Just on a side note, Uesugi Kenshin actually desired for World peace. He's forced into the battle due to warring state era he lived in. He even became a monk temporary because he couldn't stand the killing in the war. But his people needed his help for the defense and hence he's just gotta protect his people and did the battle. He's skilful and wanted to win the battle always, but he's not interested in the rewards of the war. He respected his enemy a lot as well. There's quite a lot of common spirit we found between him and Hanyu. Hope you like the story and it will make you wanna search for more to read :)

    • @norhayati4410
      @norhayati4410 3 роки тому +4

      Yep hanyu same with uesugi kenshin battle for the win but after that his so friendly with him enemy and thanks for your explained

  • @camusanchez1259
    @camusanchez1259 3 роки тому +24

    Una historia epica impresionante, como todo lo que Yuzuru interpreta en el cielo

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +4

      ¡Tan verdadero! Hanyu siempre nos trajo un patinaje épico con una historia épica detrás.

  • @u-ar-e-mylight1217
    @u-ar-e-mylight1217 3 роки тому +18

    Wow indeed, Hanyu became the present time's Uesugi Kenshin.

  • @bbsousou380
    @bbsousou380 3 роки тому +21

    Thank's for this story ! and love Yuzuru !😍🤩 Always an interesting theme and a real fighter👍💪💪💪

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +3

      YES! So true. He always chooses interesting theme and something new to skate to. (Also because Japanese history is not so mainstream in the English media so it's really interesting for us to research about it from his skating). Really love his new program after knowing this impressive history behind 😀💗

  • @Melon-xh9vm
    @Melon-xh9vm 3 роки тому +11

    Me encanto!! Amo el programa de Yuzuru, la música me transporta a esos tiempos, ahora ya se un poco más de la historia detrás de su programa. gracias 😍😍

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      De nada :) Nos encanta su extenso programa y también nos encanta la personalidad que estaba retratando - Uesugi Kenshin. La historia que hay detrás es impresionante. Me alegro de que también te guste :D

  • @luisaespinoza1778
    @luisaespinoza1778 3 роки тому +22

    Me encanto!!! GRACIAS.

  • @jessicaf6535
    @jessicaf6535 3 роки тому +18

    Llegué tarde pero aquí estoy, me encanto demasiado, gracias por el vídeo 💖

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      Estamos muy felices de saber que te encanta. Sí, esta es una batalla tan legendaria (no la víctima, sino la táctica utilizada por los señores de la guerra), y una película educativa para que la veamos también. Agradezcamos a Hanyu por presentarnos esto...

  • @edith1315
    @edith1315 3 роки тому +21

    That was so interesting! well done guys

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      Thank you so much for watching. Yes after knowing the story behind, I love Hanyu's new program even more. Such an interesting story and love that fighting spirit in Yuzu 💕

  • @コメコメ-x6v
    @コメコメ-x6v 2 роки тому +2

    Yuzu loves Kenshin because he is a fair person.
    In the competition, it means fair play.

  • @tiziana5886
    @tiziana5886 3 роки тому +18

    Music and costume a nice combination HANJU GORGEOUS Evgenia x Anna Karenina nooooooo never

  • @assortedasmr430
    @assortedasmr430 3 роки тому +26

    Interesting story...

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      It's really great that Yuzu chose this music and brought us such a story to watch :)

  • @DoanYuSi
    @DoanYuSi 2 роки тому +1

    How Yuzuru chooses to educate us and deepen our understanding of Japanese culture gives his work the kind of depth we haven't seen in figure skating performance. This is why his artistic work is transformative. It gives us consciousness about Japanese history. Without consciousness, there is no meaning in life. You explain well why values of honour, respect play vital roles. They make what might seem an exercise in greed and violence, a demonstration of a profound value system. Thank you... I really enjoyed this video.

  • @対馬茉椰
    @対馬茉椰 3 роки тому +23

    羽生選手💐Beautiful⛸🕺🏻

  • @anamariasandovalcaquilpan6177
    @anamariasandovalcaquilpan6177 3 роки тому +14

    Muy Interesante información histórica, de esta batalla legendaria, sirve para conocer más la cultura japonesa.
    Es hermosa la presentación de Yuzuru de Heaven & Earth.
    Felicitaciones por sus 10K..🤗🤗🤗
    Saludos desde Chile.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      ¡Muchas gracias por el apoyo y las palabras de aliento! Sí, la batalla fue tan táctica e interesante. Para mí, vi la película "Heaven & Earth" y me obsesioné mucho con la era japonesa del Sengoku por un tiempo. Muy agradecido por el hermoso patinaje de Hanyu y nos presentó esta historia a todos.
      Por cierto, estamos haciendo un video de anime especial para los 10,000 suscriptores del video de agradecimiento. Lo publicaremos mañana a esta hora. Manténganse al tanto 😆💕😀

    • @anamariasandovalcaquilpan6177
      @anamariasandovalcaquilpan6177 3 роки тому +2

      @@FigureSkatingFan Esperando su video..🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @Aligueri
    @Aligueri 3 роки тому +3

    Aaaaand now I wanna see a movie with Yuzuru as Uesugi Kenshin 😭

  • @tiziana5886
    @tiziana5886 3 роки тому +17

    Good morning Hanju. Shall we have 1 coffee together? We pass you the sugar and YOU sweeten our hearts. WE LOVE YOU Good day

  • @ЕленаАнатольевнаТурусова

    Очень интересно познакомиться с историей Японии. И в этом заслуга Юзуру Ханю. И ещё я начала изучать японский язык, чтобы лучше понять эту нацию.

  • @user-sg2wg3ds7o
    @user-sg2wg3ds7o 3 роки тому +8

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @user-1933Olga
    @user-1933Olga 3 роки тому +11

    если Ханю подбирает костюм под эту историческую битву, то этот совсем не подходит

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +13

      Ха-ха, он выбирает наряд, который подходит ему самому, а не истории. Как эта история станет его! Синий ему действительно идет

    • @user-1933Olga
      @user-1933Olga 3 роки тому +4

      @@FigureSkatingFan зато другие костюмы были под выступление.!

    • @jelenakiritsevskaja1924
      @jelenakiritsevskaja1924 3 роки тому +12

      он выбрал костюм не под битву, а под личность Уэсуги Кенсина.

    • @user-1933Olga
      @user-1933Olga 3 роки тому +2

      @@jelenakiritsevskaja1924 ???

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +5

      @@jelenakiritsevskaja1924 Да. Идеальное объяснение :)

  • @sujathasingh
    @sujathasingh Рік тому

    I think this is in poor taste. Shouldn’t we be showing more respect to one of the greates athletes of our time?

  • @kosenjounagakute5295
    @kosenjounagakute5295 3 роки тому +7

    Note: One of the Japanese historical rumor. Not joke, famous gossip.
    Uesugi Kenshin was gay.
    Takeda Shingen was bisexual.

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +8

      Hmm... I wonder what are you interpreting...

    • @kadovax6567
      @kadovax6567 3 роки тому +4

      If it's a gossip, it's not the truth.....

    • @FigureSkatingFan
      @FigureSkatingFan  3 роки тому +16

      @@kadovax6567 It's definitely not true. We went to read more about Uesugi Kenshin after seeing this comment. There are also some rumors saying he's female not male. All these are just because he didn't get married his whole life. The myth was debunked as Kenshin simply followed the Buddhism teaching to stop any desire in life so he can focus. He simply didn't want to be distracted by marriage / relationship etc. His entire mind was on something else, the fight, the politics, protection etc. Normal people wouldn't understand that kind of devotion..

    • @Starfish94
      @Starfish94 3 роки тому +7

      Even so, this only shows that one's sexual orientation has nothing to do with his/her strength, bravery and feeling of honor!

    • @angeljordan4337
      @angeljordan4337 3 роки тому +2

      What of this connected with the story anyway? Are you trying to pointing someone? It was telling the Japan history, by you said this, it was like make the history shameful! You are using Japanese name, but I dont think you are Japanese, you dont seem proud of Japan by commented like this. It is shame.

  • @ludmilabobko6463
    @ludmilabobko6463 3 роки тому +5

    История конечно хорошая. Но для меня программа слабоватая. С ней олимпийские игры не выиграешь. Не чемпионская программа, я бы так сказала. Юзуру бы поработать с Тутберидзе и Глейхенгаузом, или хотя бы с Ламбьелем. Орсер уже ничего ему не даст. Их совмесная работа выдохлась, это показал финал гран- при, где выиграл Нейтан Чен, напрыгав себе победу.