a thread of yuzuru hanyu's world records and achievements.

at the 2010 world junior championships, he became the youngest japanese men's singles skater to win the title.

at 2012 skate america, he set a short program record score of 95.07 points.

at the 2012 nhk trophy, he set a short program record score of 95.32 points.

at the 2013 grand prix final, he set a short program record score of 99.84 points.

at the sochi olympics in 2014, he set a short program record score of 101.45 points, becoming the first skater to break the 100-point barrier in the men's short program.

at the sochi olympics in 2014, he became the first olympic champion from asia in men's figure skating.

being nineteen years old, he became the youngest men's singles skater to win the olympic title since dick button in 1948.

he became the first skater since alexei yagudin to win the grand prix final, the olympics and the world championships in the same season.

at the 2015 nhk trophy, he set a short program record score of 106.33 points.

at the 2015 nhk trophy, he set a free skating record score of 216.07 points, becoming the first skater to break the 200-point barrier in the men's free skate.

at the 2015 nhk trophy, he set a total record score of 322.40 points, becoming the first skater to break the 300-point barrier in the men's combined total score.

at the 2015 grand prix final, he set a short program record score of 110.95 points. he became the first and remained the only skater to score above 110 points under the previous system.

at the 2015 grand prix final, he set a free skating record score of 219.48 points.

at the 2015 grand prix final, he set a combined total record score of 330.43 points. this is a historical world record.

at the 2016 autumn classic international, he became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple loop in competition.

he is the first and so far the only skater to win the grand prix final four consecutive times.

at the 2017 world championships, he set a free skating record score of 223.20 points. this is a historical world record. he became the first and remained the only skater to score above 220 points under the previous system.

he is the first and so far the only men's singles skater from asia to win multiple world championships.

at the 2017 world team trophy, he became the first skater in history to successfully land three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free program.

at the 2017 autumn classic international, he set a short program record score of 112.72 points. this is a historical world record.

at the pyeongchang olympics in 2018, he scored 111.68 points in the short program, the highest short program score ever recorded at the olympics.

at the pyeongchang olympics in 2018, he became the first skater to successfully defend his olympic title in over six decades.

at the 2018 grand prix of helsinki, he became the first skater in history to successfully land a quadruple toeloop-triple axel sequence in competition.

at the 2018 grand prix of helsinki, he set a short program record score of 106.69 points.

at the 2018 grand prix of helsinki, he set a free skating record score of 190.43 points.

at the 2018 grand prix of helsinki, he set a total record score of 297.12 points.

at the 2018 rostelecom cup, he set a short program record score of 110.53 points.

at the 2019 world championships, he set a free skating record score of 206.10 points, becoming the first skater to score above 200 points in the free skate under the current system.

at the 2019 world championships, he set a total record score of 300.97 points, becoming the first skater to score above 300 points in the total score under the current system.

at the 2020 four continents championships, he set a short program record score of 111.82 points.

in 2020, he became the first men's singles skater to complete the super slam, having won all the major international titles in his career, junior and senior: junior grand prix final, junior worlds, grand prix final, four continents, worlds and olympic games.

at the 2019 skate canada, he landed a 4t1eu3f combination, becoming the first skater to land a quad jump-euler-triple flip combination in competition. it also became the highest valued combo in the men's discipline at the time, receiving a score of 20.90 points.