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Shuzo: You made this pose during the competition this time. We were wondering what it means…
Yuzuru: I thought “it was so close” (mou choi), particularly for the SP. As you know, I have newly included 4Lo for this competition… or rather it’s a new jump for this season. I thought if only I could have adjusted the gap of my feeling [for the 4Lo] a bit more.
(narration)
Yuzuru: I feel way too frustrated. I am saying “so close” but if compared to the size of the globe, it would be equal to the length of the whole equator. Baan!
Shuzo: What are you feeling frustrated for?
Yuzuru: My performance was as such, despite I was thinking that I could do everything properly. Of course, there are lots of parts that have got better, but despite the hard practice and the confidence I built, I am able to execute only to this extent? That’s what I was feeling.
Shuzo: Can’t you think like “I am improving a little bit” or “it’s OK to fail only a bit”?
Yuzuru: No, I can’t. Competitions are only for once. There is one for less than 3 mins (SP) and the other for less than 5 mins (FP), and within these two programmes, the number of jumps is, according to the limit, about … well how many is it…? 8 plus 3 equals… 11. There are only 11 jumps. Only for 11 jumps, we skaters devote our skating life for decades. So, it’s hard to feel that “I have grown! I have done it!!”… It’s not so easy.
Shuzo: So, it’s not that “it was so close” but rather you feel so frustrated. Your frustration…
Yuzuru: Well, if possible, I would like to do this way. (hitting down with fist) Ghaaan! I want to do it like this. (laughs) That’s “Yuzuru Hanyu”.
(narration, screen shows NHK Trophy 2015 and GPF 2015)
Shuzo: (During the last season) you made two perfect performances one after another, so we have received a strong impression that Mr Hanyu never makes a mistake.
Yuzuru: Yes, indeed. There were lots of pressure. Especially for this NHK trophy, I was feeling that “I’ll have to make it”. As you know, there is this [equation] “NHK Cup = Yuzuru Hanyu = the World Record”. There is this sort of a package. So, I feel pressure, equally for the GPF this year. But, that is “expectation”, I mean pressure is expectation. I love pressure, I love being at the edge of a cliff, hurrah! Something like that. (laughter)
Shuzo: Does it mean that you were able to change it [pressure] to something positive?
Yuzuru: From way before, I regard pressure as a positive thing. I could take it as power to push my back. There are many ways to change it to power, so I’d like to ride the flow.
Shuzo: We selfishly expect that “it might well be another perfect performance”.
Yuzuru: Well, I also aim at a full score. Of course, that is my aim but this season is a rather challenging one… so… no, I am not going to think that way, changed my mind. [Apparently, Yuzuru changed his thought here.] I think I can do it.
Shuzo: However, it’s a very difficult one, it’s not as though you were able to achieve something that you have been trying for a long time, as it includes something new.
Yuzuru: But I can do it. [He nods a few times with a smile.] For the NHK trophy, I mumbled “I can do it, I can do it, I can do it” three times.
[narration + Yuzu skating to the centre to start the SP, his mouth saying “dekiru” (I can).]
Yuzuru: It was like this; I was thinking that I could definitely execute 4Lo, and as a result of challenging it, I was able to land in the FP eventually. By believing in the strength of words, I think I can become even stronger.
Shuzo: By saying “I can do it, I can do it, I can do it”, what do you think have changed?
Yuzuru: Self-confidence. I can feel more confident in myself. By saying so, I was able to execute a perfect programme in a practice in the past, so I was able to challenge towards the competition based upon such self-confidence.
Shuzo: Believe in yourself. I will believe in you and look forward to watching you at Marseille.
Yuzuru: Thank you. Thank you very much.
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–translated by Sophie Moroi in YHIFG (and slightly edited by yuzusorbet.tumblr.); video thanks to YzRIKO
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