Prologue (ice show)
| Prologue | |
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| Ice show type | Solo show |
| Format | Figure skating performances and video segments |
| Theme | Yuzuru Hanyu's skating career flashback |
| Duration | 90 min |
| Start date | November 4, 2022 |
| End date | December 5, 2022 |
| No. of shows | 5 |
| Country | Japan |
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| Attendance | 24,800 |
| Cinema live viewing | Japan |
| Broadcast | TV Asahi |
| Producer | Yuzuru Hanyu (performer) |
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| Website | prologue-official |
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Prologue (プロローグ) was a solo ice show by Japanese figure skater and two-time consecutive Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu in 2022, organized by his management company Team Sirius in partnership with CIC and TV Asahi. The show was held in two cities at Pia Arena MM in Yokohama on November 4–5 and Flat Hachinohe in Hachinohe on December 2–3, and 5.
It was the first solo ice show in the sport of figure skating and served as a prologue to the Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story series, produced and directed by Hanyu himself in collaboration with Japanese choreographer Mikiko. Each show had a duration of 90 minutes and featured eight to ten programs performed at the athletic level of skating competitions, opening with an unconventional six-minute warm-up session and a challenge of Hanyu's winning free skate program Seimei at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Koki Nakamura, the 2022 world champion and virtuoso on the tsugaru-shamisen, co-starred as a guest artist.
Prologue was sold out by lottery with a total of 24,800 spectators in attendance. The final show in each venue was screened live at cinemas in Japan and aired live on the subscription channel CS TV Asahi. The broadcast of the Hachinohe show was awarded the Grand Prize in the category "best relay broadcast" at the 13th JSBA Original Programs Awards in June 2023. A compilation on DVD and Blu-ray was released in July 2024.