Yuzuru Hanyu Divorced (updated)

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They didn't see any problems announcing her name because her ex-wife is a well-known violinist in Japan, not an ordinary person, and comes from one of the most renowned families in the region.

Well-known violinist from prominent family married Olympic Gold medal winning athlete who launched many super popular and extravagant skating shows with tons of promotion and no one in their entourage managed to help them stop the ongoing pressure from less than reality based fans? No one? What a crock.

Immature indeed.
 

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Actually, what is most disturbing is how those nuts are attempting to couch their "concern" as not limited to Yuzu but for ALL citizens & residents of Sendai. Savior complex much?

If only they were self aware enough to realize the tabloid press' antics are because of his rabid fans who just can't get enough. Peak click bait karma.
 

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I'm sure this will help a lot.

Y'know, I'll just say it. These people weren't even this frenzied about Denis Ten's murder, and some sickos were saying it was "karma". But Hanyu getting "divorced due to the media" needs letters to the Mayor of his hometown because he's "a national treasure". Whatever.
I'm glad you mentioned this about Denis Ten. That's the exact moment I lost any amount of respect for Hanyu and his obsessive worshippers. Disgusting lunatics.
 

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Generally when entertainers fall off the map, ex: are isolated in their home, someone notices. Most solo performers have fans, who look for their latest performance schedules, and/ or are part of social media fan groups, and would notice that, suddenly there were none and would be concerned.
 

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Generally when entertainers fall off the map, ex: are isolated in their home, someone notices. Most solo performers have fans, who look for their latest performance schedules, and/ or are part of social media fan groups, and would notice that, suddenly there were none and would be concerned.
Fair.

Apparently, this woman is famous enough to have a ja.wiki page about her https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/末延麻裕子

And it does contain a fairly recent TV show schedule in the References. https://web.archive.org/web/20230921120045/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/572613/tv/

As well as a list of works. https://web.archive.org/web/20230921115909/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/572613/products/

Not sure if the (google translation of the) article has captured everything accurately - but it's yahoo news, so not sure it can be completely discredited (IDK how the press in Japan works).
 

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My humble idea: Hanyu should get into some sort of "witness protection program", change his haircolor, gain weight and move abroad in order to have a slight chance of having some sort of a normal life.
There is no way his psycho Fanyus are gonna leave him or his family alone.
 

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My best friend’s 5 year old daughter is currently (innocently) obsessed with Taylor Swift. She told her mom last night that she is going to have a sleepover with “her best friend Taylor and her boyfriend Jack”.

There is no Jack btw. I’m feeling confidant that she isn’t stalking worthy. Kids are soooo funny.

I told my friend to let me know when Taylor was popping over for that sleepover though.

I also want to meet this Jack dude.
 
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Fair.

Apparently, this woman is famous enough to have a ja.wiki page about her https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/末延麻裕子

And it does contain a fairly recent TV show schedule in the References. https://web.archive.org/web/20230921120045/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/572613/tv/

As well as a list of works. https://web.archive.org/web/20230921115909/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/572613/products/

Not sure if the (google translation of the) article has captured everything accurately - but it's yahoo news, so not sure it can be completely discredited (IDK how the press in Japan works).
Hang on... does the wiki page say that she was married to Hanyu?
 

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I'm glad you mentioned this about Denis Ten. That's the exact moment I lost any amount of respect for Hanyu and his obsessive worshippers. Disgusting lunatics.

I used to be a big Yuzuru fan back then, but after the second olympics i got attacked by the fanyu mob on twitter and being called an "anti" because i dared to criticize his program ( i never communicated with them, but for some reason a rando like me was important enough for them to feel offended lol). This turned me off and i unstanned. But i know about all the paranoia going on, the JSF was against him ( he got free tickets to worlds even after he didn't attend Nationals 2 years in a row), the ISU was against him ( they gifted him 20 world records, a GP silver with a 5 fall program, a World and Olympic medal), and now it's again everybody else at fault for his short marriage. I actually think that he lacks maturity for marriage, he never left the bubble he lived in, he always milked some drama around him like "poor me" and it's obvious that skating means more to him than marriage and family. He could quit skating and become anonymous and have a peacful family life, but this will never happen. It's his choice
 

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I find the fact that he considers his about-to-be-ex a non-celebrity when she is well-known in circles other than skating (and even some skating fans are aware of her) to be interesting. I don't know if it says a lot about how he views the world or if it's just a matter of bad machine translations. But if that is about what he said, I'd be offended if I were her.
 

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A bit off topic, but Yuna Kim is also married isn't she? Like, her fans and popularity in her country are similiar to Yuzuru's, but she doesn't seem to have these kind of problems, or at least i don't know about it. Anyway, i don't buy his reason for the divorce, he somehow fumbled this whole thing and it doesn't make him look good. Sigh
 

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I find the fact that he considers his about-to-be-ex a non-celebrity when she is well-known in circles other than skating (and even some skating fans are aware of her) to be interesting. I don't know if it says a lot about how he views the world or if it's just a matter of bad machine translations. But if that is about what he said, I'd be offended if I were her.

There were reports that is she is retired as a violinist and left her agency a while ago so she would be considered a non-celebrity right now.
 

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That would explain why her following -- however large or small -- wouldn't have been concerned that her calendar cleared up suddenly.
 

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A local press from Hanyu's ex-wife's hometown Yamaguchi, which was the first and only press reporting the real name of his ex-wife in Japan, criticized him for “throwing them under the bus” and hurting the feelings of the local people.
So the plot thickens. How did Kristi Yamaguchi get involved in this? :D
 

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You’re always entitled to your opinion but if you Google “diana saved by seatbelt” you’ll find dozens of articles in which expert investigators and pathologists agree that both she and Dodi would have survived had they been wearing seatbelts. They base this on the injury that killed her: a tiny tear in the aorta that happens in a sudden decelerations. And I should clarify that by “seatbelt” that includes a shoulder strap. That strap is what would have saved her.
In fact, one of the four people in the car with Princess Diana survived. The security man who was the only one of the four passengers who wore a seatbelt. Maybe the seatbelt had nothing to do with his survival. Maybe it was simply his location in the vehicle. But maybe the seatbelt is what saved him.
 

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I haven't read every post in this thread, but it appears that at least a couple of people have the same thought I had...that there never was a wife. That's the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the divorce thread. There was a wedding that was never publicized and a wife never publicly named -- speculated, yes, but not named. Then all of sudden there's a divorce, again, no name. As someone noted above, Yuna Kim is a megawatt celeb in South Korea, and she manages to have a personal life. Yes, some celebs in the U.S. are followed by paps, but most who want to live low key get to go about their business. This all seems very sus to me.
 

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There were reports that is she is retired as a violinist and left her agency a while ago so she would be considered a non-celebrity right now.
Eh, lots of celebrities retire from the job that made them a celebrity. They are still celebrities IMO. Like when actors announce they are stepping away from acting. They don't stop being famous because they aren't planning on doing another movie/tv show/play.
 

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A bit off topic, but Yuna Kim is also married isn't she? Like, her fans and popularity in her country are similiar to Yuzuru's, but she doesn't seem to have these kind of problems, or at least i don't know about it. Anyway, i don't buy his reason for the divorce, he somehow fumbled this whole thing and it doesn't make him look good. Sigh
I think girls are treated differently. And not only in Asia. The fact that a girl wanted to get married and have children is the norm. And the sooner the better. But it’s always too early for a man.
 

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I found a chinese article (obviously made up) that tells a very romantic story, mentioning the violinist has a chinese mother. And that they married in 2020. Great storytellibg and imagination (a former colleague of mine now works for a tabloid and told me how they have meetings where they try to come up with a story to go along with a candid photo they were offered to buy).

It is really very strange. I still don‘t understand why he made it public that he is married in the first place.
 

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Hang on... does the wiki page say that she was married to Hanyu?
No. (It was never made public by either of them, it looked like speculation initially, and wiki is edited by regular people)
As someone noted above, Yuna Kim is a megawatt celeb in South Korea, and she manages to have a personal life.
Actually, not just this. There was very much slander against her too, and she managed to... not divorce her husband over it.

 
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Eh, lots of celebrities retire from the job that made them a celebrity. They are still celebrities IMO. Like when actors announce they are stepping away from acting. They don't stop being famous because they aren't planning on doing another movie/tv show/play.
And actually, recollecting my own reaction to the phrasing, and also seeing some others saying the same, some people are certainly thinking she must be inexperienced with the limelight and things must have been too much for her... Even if she's a minor, local celebrity, I'd assume she was prepared to some extent (ignoring she'd have known how he's hounded)... Misleading phrasing, then.
 

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I found a chinese article (obviously made up) that tells a very romantic story, mentioning the violinist has a chinese mother. And that they married in 2020. Great storytellibg and imagination (a former colleague of mine now works for a tabloid and told me how they have meetings where they try to come up with a story to go along with a candid photo they were offered to buy).

It is really very strange. I still don‘t understand why he made it public that he is married in the first place.
Perhaps because articles with scandalous content were already prepared. Celebrities are often forced to be the first to tell scandalous news about themselves, as this is the only way to present the news in a favorable light.
 

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The most prominent magazine in Japan “Shukan Bunshun” has interviewed some of his relatives.
even his relatives only get the marriage and divorcing news from the press.
 
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The most prominent magazine in Japan “Shukan Bunshun” has interviewed some of his relatives.
even his relatives only get the marriage and divorcing news from the press.
[op deleted rumours, so deleting comment too]
 

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Why would getting married be "scandalous" news?
Oh, the tabloids will find a million reasons why. Most likely, it was already impossible to hide the relationship; in this case, marriage protects the girl’s reputation.
Let's just say, there was a lot, and I say a lot, on weibo, that if at all true (which it of course might not be, because tabloids are tabloids and that's what they were quoting) would explain quite a bit.

However, a point that was brought up earlier is something I've seen before. She quit her job, and it was said she did it for the sake of her marriage (which is partly what seems to be causing the angry reaction at the divorce). Which seemed like a rumour to me, but seems believable if there are reports she's indeed retired, as @binbinwinwin mentions...
 

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And do you doubt that even a sober chauffeur would have saved her? Get real.
Was Henri Paul really drunk though, or is it cover up? He was alleged to be way over the legal limit, but he's on surveillance camera right before driving squatting down & tying both shoes without problem. If he was noticeably drunk, would Diana & Dodi, not to mention their body guard, get in the car with him?
 
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