Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan is the two-time defending champion in Olympic men's figure skating, winning gold medals in Sochi (2014) and Pyeongchang (2018). A five-time national champion and three-time ...

Otherworldly in a flowing white shirt, Yuzuru Hanyu's elegiac performance was a reminder of the talent that has graced three Olympics.

Japanese figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu has arrived in Beijing, the Japanese Olympic Committee said on Sunday.

TOKYO -- After he won gold in the second consecutive Winter Games in 2018, figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu's target for the next Olympics shifted to the quadruple axel, which no one has ever achieved ...

‘I have two consecutive Olympic gold medals and I will live my life very proud of it,’ says the 27-year-old, who outlined his ankle injury throughout Beijing required painkillers and injections.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu won't be pursuing medals or seeking to impress judges anymore, but he plans to continue performing for his legions of fans and someday land the quad axel.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two-time reigning Olympic men's figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu is unlikely to make it three in a row, a forecast released Wedne ...

BEIJING--Yuzuru Hanyu made history with his quad axel jump at the Beijing Olympics. Only, it wasn’t the record that he has long sought and obsessed over. The International Skating Union ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- While Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno together propelled Japanese men's figure skating to its most successful era on the international stage, the two were a study in contrasts.

Yuzuru Hanyu struggled in his short program at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, downgrading his first jump and receiving a score of 95.15.

It’s a feat that hasn’t been achieved for more than six decades, but reigning Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu isn’t known to let a little thing like precedent get in his way ...