What is the reality of Yuzuru Hanyu's position in Japan after his reign as Olympic champion? Will he become an ice skating coach after retirement?

Yuzuru Hanyu is likely to become a coach because if he was born in Japan in 1994, I think his chances of starting a figure skating career would be greatly reduced. Many people only know Japan as a big figure skating country, but the resources of figure skating in Japan are mainly concentrated in the western part of the country, and people born in Badminton and living in the eastern part of the country don't participate in figure skating to a great extent. To this day, there is still only one competitor in the men's singles competition at some local tryouts in eastern Japan. Yuzuru participated in one competition as a child, and his junior high school's skating department was just one of his teammates.Born on December 7, 1994, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater in men's singles.In February 2014, at the age of 19, Yuzuru Hanyu became Asia's first men's singles skating champion at the Winter Olympics when he won a gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and in March he won the World Figure Skating Championships to achieve the Grand Slam of the Olympics, World Championships, and Grand Prix Finals.In 2016, he won the World Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals, making it four consecutive Grand Prix Finals.In April 2017, he won the World Figure Skating Championships again.In February 2018, he won the PyeongChang Winter Olympics men's singles skating title, becoming the first back-to-back Winter Olympics men's singles title in 66 years for a figure skater.

In addition, Yuzuru Hanyu is the world record holder for the short program at 112.72 points, the free skate at 223.20 points, and the overall score at 330.43 points.

He has broken the world record 18 times and is also the first person to complete the backward outer loop perimeter jump at an ISU-sanctioned international competition.

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Honors

In late April 2014, the Japanese government announced the recipients of the Order of Spring, a purple-ribboned medal for outstanding contributions to the arts and sports, awarded to Yuzuru Hanyuya, winner of the men's singles title in skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics. On April 28, 2018, the Japanese government announced the winners of the 2018 Order of Spring. Yuzuru Hanyu, the defending men's figure skating champion at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, was awarded the Order of the Spring with a Purple Ribbon, which recognizes excellence in scientific research, the arts, and sports. This is the second time he has received this honor after four years. On June 1, 2018, the Japanese government decided to award figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, the reigning Winter Olympics champion, with the National Honor Award. The award ceremony was held on July 2 at the Prime Minister's official residence. Hanyu is the 26th person in the history of the National Honor Award given by the Japanese government to receive the award in his personal capacity. Hanyu, 23, also became the youngest ever recipient of the award, surpassing judoka Taiyu Yamashita, who won at age 27, and in December 2018 was named one of the Top 10 International Athletes of 2018 by Xinhua's sports department.

On January 17, 2019, the nominees for the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards awards were announced, with Yuzuru Hanyu shortlisted for the Best Comeback Award.

Japanese star Yuzuru Hanyu (24), who achieved a second consecutive men's singles skating title at the Winter Olympics after 66 years, attends a monument design presentation in his hometown of Sendai on April 20, 2019 in Sendai, Japan. ***More than 600 fans, who counted 20,113 registrations and were selected by lottery, welcomed Yuzuru Hanyu, who appeared in a black suit with a light pink tie, with loud cheers, saying, "I came back to Sendai yesterday, and it was very warming to be able to meet with the people from my hometown TV station and my hometown newspaper in this way. The unveiling ceremony will be held on April 29 at Kokusai Center Station on the East-West Subway Line, the same place where a monument to Yuzuru Hanyu, who won the short program at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, was set up in 2017 as well.