Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and actor who competes in the men's singles discipline. He is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2014, 2017), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2013–2016), a three-time Four Continents silver medalist (2011, 2013, 2017), the 2010 World Junior champion, the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion (2012–2015). Hanyu has broken world records twelve times, and currently holds the world records for the highest short program, free skating, and combined total scores.

Hanyu made his on-screen debut as Date Shigemura, a samurai lord, in the 2016 movie, The Magnificent Nine. Edit Biography