Yuzuru Hanyu donated 55 million yen to his hometown rink behind his marriage announcement! Yuzuru Hanyu’s “spirit of humanity” was nurtured by his original experience of “being hit by a disaster during practice.

It is still special to be able to practice here. I don’t have the opportunity to practice with various teachers like I used to, but I still feel special to be able to practice and improve myself in my hometown without leaving it. I want to grow here, and I want to do my best to contribute to my hometown, which I love, by supporting it in any way I can. I hope I can continue to walk with the people of Sendai.

This is what she said after the open practice session.

It was also in Miyagi where Hanyu stayed on March 11, 2011, his first year as a professional figure skater.

I can perform on such an important day because I am a professional figure skater, and I want to keep in mind the feelings that I can only deliver on March 11, and the feelings that people can feel only because of March 11.

On March 10-12, the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, she held her first ice show as a chairperson at the Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Miyagi Prefecture. Recalling the starry sky above her head that she saw on the nighttime road to the evacuation center with her family in despair, she chose “notte stellata,” which means “star filled sky” in Italian, as the title of her show, hoping that she could send out hope like the stars that lit up the disaster area on that day and bring a smile to people’s faces, if only a little. The title of the film is “notte stellata,” which means “full of stars” in Italian. The sales of goods at the venue also centered on disaster prevention goods, hoping that the event would trigger people to think about disasters. This is something that only Hanyu can do.

Hanyu said, “Every year on March 11, I have skated in secret, praying and expressing gratitude for the disaster. （I sincerely hope that this show will bring some hope.

The rare skater expressed his feelings to the audience of 6,000 people.

With his strong feelings for his hometown Sendai, Hanyu will continue to take the ice.