Divorce is not only for Yuzuru Hanyu, but also for Jin Akanishi and Haruma Miura: “Runaway fans” and their “brain

The divorce of professional figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, along with media coverage, has also focused on the “excessive behavior” of some of his more extreme fans.

Late at night on November 17, Hanyu announced his divorce via X in a blitz. He and his partner, Ms. A, had just registered their marriage in August.

Hanyu explained the reason for the divorce

Hanyu said, “Currently, various media outlets are slandering, stalking, and conducting unauthorized interviews and reports against my partner, her relatives, and related persons, who are ordinary people, as well as against my relatives and related persons. Even in my living space, I have been prowled by suspicious vehicles and persons, and have even been accosted out of the blue.”

He confessed. He continued.

When I thought about the future, I made the decision to divorce my partner because I wanted him to be happy, and I wanted him to be happy without restrictions.

Hanyu’s comment was a bit of a surprise to me, as I had never heard of such a thing before.

Hanyu’s comments seem to suggest that the divorce was caused in part by the media’s revelation of Ms. A’s true identity, which she had wished to keep secret. Certainly, it is no wonder that the stalker-like coverage is said to have “crossed the line.

On the other hand, most of the media, including TV and sports papers, covered only Yuzuru Hanyu, the figure skater, and did not mention Mr. A at all. Hanyu’s divorce statement may give the impression that even the media, which has been observing such rules, is “collectively to blame.