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Yuzuru Hanyu is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer who competed in the men's singles discipline and turned professional in 2022.

[3] He scored 19 world records in the ISU Judging System and was the first skater to land a quadruple loop jump in international competition among other achievements.

[1][3] On March 11, 2011, Hanyu experienced the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in his hometown of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, which fundamentally shaped his life and career.

[11] On October 4, 2024, Hanyu announced his second solo tour titled Echoes of Life, with the first show being scheduled on his 30th birthday on December 7 in Saitama City.

[14][19] The Echoes of Life Tour was announced through Hanyu's social media accounts on October 4, 2024, with the official website being launched the same day.

Compared to Gift and the Repray Tour, Hanyu increased the show's duration by 20 minutes and the number of performed programs from 12 to 15, seven of them being presented in the first half.

[23][31] Like previous events of the Ice Story series, the sold-out opening performance in Saitama had a notable impact on domestic tourism, commonly referred to as the "Hanyu effect" or "Hanyuconomy".

[25] Fans were queuing and taking commemorative photos in front of a large advertisement poster of the tour, set up at the Marunouchi central exit of Tokyo Station.

Companies like the tour's co-sponsor Phiten and a Sendai-based cheesecake manufacturer sold exclusive products near Saitama Super Arena, with customers lining up an hour before the stores' opening.

[25] In the period of the upcoming tour stop between December 28 and January 5, travel services reported that Hiroshima ranks first among Japanese prefectures in growth rate of hotel reservations compared to the previous year (1.68 times).