The show has a duration of 90 minutes and features a cast of international professional skaters as well as a special guest from another sport or performing art field, teaming up for new unique collaborations with figure skating.

Having experienced the earthquake and tsunami himself in his hometown of Sendai in Miyagi on March 11, 2011, Hanyu has since participated in multiple charity shows and made significant contributions to the reconstruction of the affected areas.

The Notte Stellata show, inaugurated in 2023, is a production with the aim to further support the reconstruction and economic revitalization of the region as well as disaster prevention measures for the future.

It was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan, triggering large tsunami waves of over 39 m run-up height, which affected a 2000 km of coast and caused widespread damage, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

[9][10] Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu was 16 years old and practicing at his local ice rink, when the earthquake hit his hometown of Sendai, one of the most severely damaged cities by the disaster in 2011.

[1][2] At the annual ice show Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata, for the first time in his career, he got the opportunity to perform in front of an audience on March 11 to commemorate the events and pay tribute to the victims the disaster: "I want this to be about everyone's remembrance of 3.11, like what they thought when they were looking up at the sky that evening.

'starry night' in Italian) is inspired by Hanyu's exhibition program "Notte Stellata (The Swan)", performed by the operatic pop trio Il Volo with lyrics by Tony Renis.

[14] The music piece was suggested to Hanyu by Russian figure skating coach Tatiana Tarasova,[15]: 2  and the program was choreographed by David Wilson from Canada.

I think, that's one of the best gala performances I've ever witnessed.Notte Stellata is the first ensemble ice show with Hanyu as chairperson since the launch of his professional career,[1] featuring a cast of international professional skaters with Jason Brown, Shae-Lynn Bourne-Turok, Satoko Miyahara, Akiko Suzuki, Keiji Tanaka, Takahito Mura, Rika Hongo, and hula hoop skater Violetta Afanasieva.

[26][27] The second half of the show was opened with a group number by Hongo, Suzuki, Bourne-Turok, and Mura to the song "Dynamite" from the K-pop band BTS.

[29] The two athletes were taking turns in performing, Hanyu presenting multiple jumps and a cartwheel,[1] and Uchimura showing four consecutive whips with a layout somersault among other elements.