NHK Trophy 2016: This news video shows parts of the 1st 2 official practices, drawing of turns for SP and the press conference.
At the SP draw, Yuzu sat on a chair that squeaked whenever he sat on it. HAHAHA……..
[Yuzu enters the room for turn-drawing]
Yuzu: Eh? Japan is in front, right? Yes, let’s sit in front.
[He sits and cushion squeaks.]
Yuzu: It’s like a ‘bu-bu’ cushion! (laughs)
[The 3 childhood friends– Yuzuru Hanyu, Ryuju Hino and Keiji Tanaka]
Yuzu: How many years since the 3 of us competed together?….. Even novice, we weren’t all 3 together, right?……. So it’s the first time…… same category. Because I went up to senior very quickly.
Ryuju: My junior Grand Prix debut was same time as your senior Grand Prix debut.
[Yuzu goes to draw his turn. He is #9 to skate for SP]
Press conference (from 2 news programmes):
Q: Will you be able to break the world records again?
Yuzu: Yes, the condition is possible. But I am doing something completely different from last year, I myself do not intend at all to do the same performance as last year….. I am aiming for the best performance that 'the present me’ can do with the present layout, and I want to do that properly.
He was asked about Nathan Chen. He said Nathan’s quad flip and quad lutz are more difficult jumps than his own quad loop, so it gave him a lot of stimulus and he is very motivated to do even better.
(my brief translation) (thanks to pino2016 for the video)
**Yuzu,ganbatte!!!!! Always supporting you and cheering for you!**