How to watch Hanyu Yuzuru's 'notte stellata 2024' in Miyagi
The two-time Olympic champion brings back the self-produced ensemble show paying homage to those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. The show starts on Friday in his home prefecture.
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Hanyu Yuzuru returns home this week to Miyagi Prefecture for a new rendition of his self-produced ensemble ice show, 'notte stellata.'
Notte stellata arrives off the heels of his RE_PRAY tour through Saitama, Saga and Yokohama, for which shows in Miyagi on 7 and 9 April were added on Wednesday (6 March).
Notte stellata - Italian for starry night - is Hanyu's homage to all those impacted by the M9.1 Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, which was coupled by a tsunami and a nuclear power-plant disaster.
This year's cast features several holdovers from last year's performance - Hanyu's former choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne Turok and former training mate Jason Brown, as well as his Japanese peers Miyahara Satoko, Suzuki Akiko, Tanaka Keiji, Mura Takahito and Hongo Rika.
The marquee new face internationally is another one of the two-time Olympic gold medallist's stablemates, former world champion Javier Fernandez who Hanyu shared the podium with at PyeongChang 2018 Games.
Fans from Japan will be enamoured by the addition of actress Daichi Mao, a one-time top star of the famed all-female troupe, Takarazuka Revue.
In 2023, Hanyu collaborated with special guest and three-time gymnastics Olympic champion Uchimura Kohei.
Below is how to watch notte stellata 2024 from 8-10 March at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu, just outside of Hanyu's hometown Sendai.
Hanyu Yuzuru’s notte stellata 2024: Schedule
(All times JST)
- 8 March - 17:00 @ Sekisui Heim Super Arena
- 9 March - 16:00 @ Sekisui Heim Super Arena
- 10 March - 16:00 @ Sekisui Heim Super Arena
Hanyu Yuzuru’s notte stellata 2024: Broadcast/streaming information
In Japan, the three shows - as well as the rehearsals on 9 and 10 March - will be live streamed on Hulu by pay per view. Purchase details can be found here.
The livestreams will also be shown at select theatres nationwide and overseas in Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China.
For updates, check the event's official website or X account.